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Daily Grammar
Practice
Fall 2011
August 22, 2011
Directions: Write the sentence on your paper in ink. Label
the parts of speech. Every word is a part of speech so they
should all be labeled. Label what kind of verb and
conjunction.
Their team will practice after school.
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Their = possessive pronoun
team = concrete noun
will = helping verb
practice = action verb
after = preposition
school = concrete noun
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There = demonstrative pronoun (placement)
They’re = contraction – they + are
Their = possessive pronoun (whose is it?)
Prepositions = must be part of a prepositional phrase
Helping verbs are only helping if there is another verb present
August 29, 2011
Directions: Write the sentence on your paper in ink. Label
the parts of speech. Every word is a part of speech so they
should all be labeled. Label what kind of verb and
conjunction.
Jeb likes cars, but he can’t drive yet.
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Jeb: noun
likes: action verb
cars: noun
but: coordinating conjunction
he: pronoun
can’t: can – helping verb not – adverb
drive: action verb
yet: adverb
Notes:
• Not is not a verb!
• Yet – common adverb, answer question, when?
• Coordinating conjunction with a comma connects two independent
clauses
September 12, 2011
Directions: Write the sentence on your paper in ink. Label
the parts of speech. Every word is a part of speech so they
should all be labeled. Label what kind of verb and
conjunction.
Sara read the novel To Kill a Mockingbird in her English
class.
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Sara: noun
Read: action verb
The: article, adjective
Novel: noun
To Kill a Mockingbird: noun
In: preposition
Her: possessive pronoun
English: adjective
Class: noun
September 19, 2011
Directions: Write the sentence on your paper in ink. Label the
parts of speech. Every word is a part of speech so they should
all be labeled. Label what kind of verb and conjunction.
Can you come over and watch the movie Casablanca after school?
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Can: helping verb
You: pronoun
Come: action verb
Over: adverb
And: coordinating conjunction
Watch: action verb
The: adjective
Movie: noun
Casablanca: noun
After: preposition
School: noun
September 26, 2011
Directions: Write the sentence on your paper in ink. Label the
parts of the sentence. Subject(s), verb(s), compliment(s),
phrase(s), clause(s) and sentence type.
Each of the girls did her homework.
Answers:
• Each: Subject
• Of the girls: Prepositional phrase – adj.
• Did: action verb
• Her: personal pronoun
• Homework: direct object