Download Grammar Lessons 31-34

Grammar Lesson 31
• Vocab
• Ante – Latin prefix, before
• Antebellum – before the war
• Antedate – to be older than or precede something
• Anteroom – small room leading to a larger room
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
• The same verb can be transitive or intransitive
• Transitive verb – action verb with a direct object
• Aladdin possessed a magic lamp.
• Aladdin summoned the genie.
• Intransitive verb – has no direct object
• Moby Dick is a long novel. (Linking verb)
• The whale was floating.
Grammar Lesson 32
• Vocab
• Forceful – full of force, powerful, vigorous, effective
• Forcible – done by force
Object of the Preposition/
The Prepositional Phrase
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Object of the preposition – noun or pronoun that follows the preposition
Every preposition has an object
Object of the preposition may be compound
Prepositional phrase begins with a preposition
Prepositional phrase contains a noun and its modifiers
Grammar Lesson 33
• Vocab
• Phobia – Greek suffix meaning irrational fear
• Hydrophobia – unnatural fear of water
• Agoraphobia – fear of crowds and public places
• Claustrophobia – fear of narrow or enclosed places
Prepositional Phrase as an Adjective
Diagramming
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Prepositional Phrases function as a single word
Some modify a noun or pronoun
We call them adjective phrases
These answer:
• Which one?
• What kind?
• How many?
Diagramming the Prepositional Phrase
• See board for examples of:
• Single prepositional phrase
• Multiple prepositional phrases
Grammar Lesson 34
• Vocab
• Discrete – separate, distinct, or apart
• Discreet – careful or prudent in one’s speech and conduct
Indirect Objects
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Transitive verbs have direct objects
Two kinds of objects – direct and indirect
Direct object receives action
Indirect object receives action indirectly
Indirect objects tell to whom or for whom action was done
Indirect Objects
• To have an indirect object, a sentence must have a direct object
• Indirect objects can be compound
• See board for diagramming example