Transcript Grammar Review

Grammar Review
English I
When you have a sentence…
1. Look for prep. phrases, subject,
and verb
2. Ask yourself: Action, Linking, or
Being verb??
(note: direct, indirect obj, pred adj, pred nouns are
called complements)
**If it’s an action verb…do you
have a direct? indirect object?
**If it’s an action verb…do you
have a direct? indirect object?
**If it’s a linking verb…do you
have a predicate adj? pred.
noun?
(if no pa or pn, it’s a being verb)
NOW…you can look for other
parts of speech…adjective,
adverb, conjunction, article,
interjection, etc.
1. The man in the blue shirt
sang the song well.
2. The lady is on the stage.
3. Bob is a great builder.
4. Give mom the flowers in
the vase tomorrow.
What is a phrase?
A group of words that DO NOT
have a subject and a verb
Adjective and Adverb Phrases:
prepositional phrases that
function as adj or adv
The boy in the blue shirt is a
good football player.
The girl ran down the street.
The man on the grass jumped
over the fence.
What is a clause? A group of words
that has a subject and a verb – it
can either be an independent or
subordinate clause
Independent- complete sentence
Subordinate- fragment
Independent or Subordinate
Clause??
1. Because she won the race
2. The man gave her red roses.
Put it together!
Because she ran the race, the
man gave her red roses.
What type of sentence is this?
simple, compound, complex, or
compound-complex
simple: Sue likes shopping.
Bill and Bob like fishing and love
camping.
compound: Bill likes fishing, but
Bob prefers camping.
Bill likes fishing; Bob prefers
camping.
complex: Since Patricia likes to
cook, she volunteered to make
the cakes.
She volunteered to make the
cakes because she likes to cook.
compound-complex: Since Patricia
likes to cook, she volunteered to
make the cakes, but she will not
wash the dishes!
She volunteered to make the cakes
since she likes to cook, but she will
not wash the dishes!
There are LOTs of comma rules!
You can review all in your textbook,
but here are a few examples…
appositives: He says football, a
common sport in the U.S., is his
favorite.
(Think: “a common sport in the U.S.”
tells about “football”)
Introductory words, common
expressions, interrupters:
So, do you know who won the
race?
Bill, I think, was the winner.
Have you seen him run, Sam?
Well, maybe I saw him last
Sunday.
Quotation marks and commas in
dialogue:
“Do you like sports?” said Bill.
“Yes,” replied Sam, “they are
awesome!”
“Football is my favorite sport,”
added Bill.
“Me too! We should go to a game
soon! I’ll buy the tickets!”
exclaimed Sam.
Titles:
Use Underline or Italics with
major works
book, periodical (newspaper,
magazine), long poem, play,
film, TV series, art, ship, train,
spacecraft
Titles that use “quotation marks”
These are the titles of things that are a part
of or in another source
Articles, essays, short stories, short poems,
songs, episodes of a TV series, chapters
Colons
“and here it is” or “and here they are”
The following students need to report to the
office: Bill, Bob, Sue, and Fred.
3:00
Matthew 3:26
Semicolons
“the furthermore test”
I like food; pizza is the best.
Bob is a really nice guy; he helped me wash
the car.
I like cooking; however, washing the dishes
is another story!