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Parts of Speech
Review Part Deux
Use Precise, Exact Nouns in Writing
• What’s better?
Restaurant
School
fruit
people
Or
Or
Or
Or
Noodles
Milwaukee Lutheran
apple
students
Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
• Which Pronoun is Correct?
1. Since Gypsies work only when necessary, (he or
she/they) are free to travel almost at will.
2. In fact, “Traveler” is another common name for
(this/these) people.
3. With (their/its) unusual lifestyle, this ethnic group
has always fascinated the non-gypsy.
4. Signs that “No Gypsies Are Allowed” were posted in
exactly (that/those) kinds of places where the Gypsies might
camp.
Use Pronouns to Create
Subordinate Clauses
Identify the subordinate clauses
1. Caroline, who has not missed a school day in
two years, is a friend of Sasha’s.
2. The Statue of Liberty is the sight that has
greeted millions of new immigrants.
3. Basketball, which was invented by an
American, is now played around the world.
4. The violinist Itzhak Perlman is a man who has
overcome serious physical disabilities.
Use Pronouns to Create a
Subordinate Clause
Use one of the Relative Pronouns
(who, which, that, whose, whom)
to create an original complex sentence.
Use Adjectives to Expand Thought
The following sentence is BORING
“Dogs trotted out as we approached
the farm house, and we called to
them in a way, but they did not respond.”
Rewrite it using adjectives:
“ __(#)_____ _______, ________ dogs trotted
out as we approached the farm house, and
we called to them in a ______way, but they
were _________ and __________.”
Prepositions Creatively Start Sentences
Use Prepositional Phrases to
start sentences….
For example:
Under the sofa and between the cushions is where
we finally found the missing socks.
or
During the night, I had a bad dream that a sock
monster was chasing me.
Start with a Prepositional Phrase
• Write a creative
sentence of your own
that begins with a
Prepositional phrase.
True/False Time
• T/F Contractions are used in Formal Writing.
• T/F Interjections are used in Informal Writing.
• T/F The preferred Verb Tense when writing a
formal paper about literature is Present Tense.
• T/F Active Voice is when the subject receives
the action.
• T/F Coordinating Conjunctions are also known
as “FANBOYS.”
Compound Sentences
• Use the following sentences to make 3
compound sentences, each a different way.
Sent. #1: I like ice cream.
Sent. #2: John does not.
1. I like ice cream, but John does not.
2. I like ice cream; John does not.
3. I like ice cream; however, John does not.
Complex Sentence
• Use the following to make 3 complex
sentences, each a different way.
#1: The monkeys jumped all over the exhibit.
#2: Whenever the keeper brought food.
1. Whenever the keeper brought food, the
monkeys jumped all over the exhibit.
2. The monkeys, whenever the keeper brought
food, jumped all over the exhibit.
3. The monkeys jumped all over the exhibit
whenever the keeper brought food.
Compound-Complex Sentence
Use the following to make a compound-complex
sentence.
#1: Basketball try-outs will be in November
#2: Before the season begins
#3: Conditioning starts in October
Conditioning starts in October before the season begins;
however, basketball try-outs will be in November.
Before the season begins, basketball try-outs will be in
November, but conditioning starts in October.
Active vs. Passive Voice
• Label each sentence Active
Voice (AV) or Passive Voice (PV);
then turn each passive voice
into active voice.
1. Alex Haley’s bloodline was discovered by him to
begin in the African village of Juffure.
2. His ancestor, Kunta, finally realized that he would
not see Africa again.
3. The facts of Kunta and his descendants were
fashioned into gripping fiction by Haley.
Writing in Present Tense Practice
• Change all the past tense verbs to present tense.
1. Surprisingly, Chinese paintings done in America
resembled those done in China.
2. The ancient rules and traditions that ruled
Chinese art keep it consistent.
3. The artist spread silk or paper on a floor or
table.
Which Verb Agrees with the Subject?
• A tree stands/stand at the front gate?
• A tree with green leaves stands/stand at the front gate.
• The coach, as well as the players, is/are going to the game
by plane.
• High seas and dense fog has/have slowed the rescue
operation.
• An apple or an orange was/were in every box lunch.
• Stacy nor her brothers is/are going to the state convention.
• Either these telephone numbers or that address is/are
wrong.
• You were/was listed on today’s honor roll.
• There was/were three raccoons digging in the trash heap.