The KISS Grammar Book



The Ideal KISS Grammar Sequence

Book 5

Supplemental Exercises

© Dr. Ed Vavra

Revised June, 2015

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Unit 1 – Review 3

Embedded Subordinate Clauses 3

Ex. 8 - Based on “Sally Migrundy” (#1) 3

Ex. # 9 - Based on “Sally Migrundy” (#2) 4

Unit 8 - Studies in Punctuation and Logic 5

Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Adjectival Clauses 5

Ex. 4 - From “Little Snow-White” (2) 5

Bending and Breaking the Rules 6

Ex. 5 - From “Beauty and the Beast” in My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales 6

Unit 9 - The Logic of Subordinate Clauses 7

Ex. 1 – 7

Ex. 2 – 7

Ex. 3 – 7

Ex. 4 -The Logic of Subordinate Clauses from My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales 8

Ex. 5 -The Logic of Subordinate Clauses from My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales 9

Unit 10 - Sentence Combining and Style 10

Parallel Constructions 10

Ex. 5 - Sentence-Combining (Parallel Subordinate Clauses) from “Princess Goldenhair” 10

Unit 1 – Review

Embedded Subordinate Clauses

|Ex. 8 - Based on “Sally Migrundy” (#1) |[pic] |

|From FRIENDLY FAIRIES | |

|Written & Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle, 1919 | |

Directions:

1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.

2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once, and label complements.

3. Label verbals “V” plus their function: “PA,” “PN,” “DO,” “Adj.” or “Adv.”

4. Place brackets [ ] around each subordinate clause. Above the opening bracket, label the function of noun clauses. From clauses that function as adjectives or adverbs, draw an arrow from the opening bracket to the word that the clause modifies.

5. Place a vertical line after each main clause.

6. Label each interjection (“Inj”), each noun used as an adverb (“NuA”), and each example of direct address (“DirA”).

1. One day a man who lived on a hill many, many miles away from the whispering forest said to his wife: “Mother, wouldn’t you like to know where the water that flows from our spring goes to?”

2. And his wife replied: “It must travel until it reaches the ocean!”

3. I mean, wouldn’t it be interesting to know all of the country through which the water flows?

4. Sally Migrundy was very much surprised to see the two children, for she had almost forgotten she had written the invitation.

5. The magic table knew just what the person wished for who sat at it.

|Ex. # 9 - Based on “Sally Migrundy” (#2) |[pic] |

|From FRIENDLY FAIRIES | |

|Written & Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle, 1919 | |

Directions:

1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.

2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once, and label complements.

3. Label verbals “V” plus their function: “PA,” “PN,” “DO,” “Adj.” or “Adv.”

4. Place brackets [ ] around each subordinate clause. Above the opening bracket, label the function of noun clauses. From clauses that function as adjectives or adverbs, draw an arrow from the opening bracket to the word that the clause modifies.

5. Place a vertical line after each main clause.

6. Label each interjection (“Inj”), each noun used as an adverb (“NuA”), and each example of direct address (“DirA”).

1. One day the man who lived upon the hill where the spring bubbles up from the ground and makes the beginning of the singing stream said to his wife: “Mother, I will follow the stream and see where it leads to!”

2. Although I could not hear them yet it seemed to me that I felt they were shouting and laughing at their play!

3. Then as I stooped to drink of the tinkling waters before I started on my way home, I saw, tied to a flower growing in the water, the tiny little bottle with the note inside which I had floated off a long time ago, so I brought it home with me!

4. “I wish we knew just who tied the bottle to the flower!” said the wife as she picked the bottle up to look at it.

Unit 8 - Studies in Punctuation and Logic

Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Adjectival Clauses

|[pic] |Ex. 4 - From “Little Snow-White” (2) |

| |in My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales |

| |by Edric Vredenburg; Illustrated by Jennie Harbour |

Directions:

1. Place parentheses around each prepositional phrase.

2. Underline every subject once, every verb twice, and label complements (“PA,” “PN,” “IO,” “DO”).

3. Put brackets [ ] around every subordinate clause and use arrows or labels to indicate their function.

4. Put a vertical line at the end of every main clause.

5. Write “R” above the beginning of restrictive clauses. (Be prepared to explain why.)

1. The queen went her way over the hills to the place where the dwarfs dwelt.

2. The Queen dressed herself up again in a disguise that was very different from the previous one.

3. The moment the Prince lifted the coffin up to carry it home with him, the piece of apple fell from between Snow-White’s lips, and she awoke.

4. Snow-White, who did not dream of any mischief, stood up before the old woman.

5. But the queen, who thought Snow-White was dead, believed that she was certainly the handsomest lady in the land.

Bending and Breaking the Rules

|[pic] |Ex. 5 - From “Beauty and the Beast” |

| |in My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales |

| |by Edric Vredenburg; Illustrated by Jennie Harbour |

Directions:

1. Place parentheses around each prepositional phrase.

2. Underline every subject once, every verb twice, and label complements (“PA,” “PN,” “IO,” “DO”).

3. Put brackets [ ] around every subordinate clause and use arrows or labels to indicate their function.

4. Put a vertical line at the end of every main clause.

5. In this selection, two main clauses are joined by “and” without a comma, and two are joined by “but” without a comma. Another two are joined by a semicolon. Finally, the last sentence contains a fragment. What reason(s) might there be for the author to do these four things?

But she knocked three times and the gate opened by magic, and she went through the garden and hurried to the Castle, that shone like fire in the light of the setting sun. And the huge gates opened by magic, and the doors opened by magic, and she stood in the great hall, but there was no Beast there. She searched in all the rooms but he was not there; with fear and anxiety in her heart she ran into the gardens, and there she found him at last. Found him lying stretched out on the grass, and she thought he was dead.

Unit 9 - The Logic of Subordinate Clauses

Ex. 1 –

Ex. 2 –

Ex. 3 –

|Ex. 4 -The Logic of Subordinate Clauses |[pic] |

|from My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales | |

|by Edric Vredenburg; Illustrated by Jennie Harbour | |

Directions: After each sentence, write the type of the logical connection between each subordinate clause and what it modifies. Begin by determining the type of the subordinate clause (noun, adjective, or adverb). Then use the following:

For Noun Clauses—“ID” (for “Identity”) plus their function, for example, “ID, DO”

For Adjectival Clauses—ID” plus the word that the clause modifies

For Adverbial Clauses—Use one of the following plus the word that the clause modifies:

|Time |C/E - result |C/E - condition |

|Space |C/E - purpose |C/E - concession |

|C/E - cause |C/E - manner |Comparison |

1. When there was a great famine in the land, he could hardly procure even his daily bread.

2. Princess Goldenhair, who loved Avenant from the depths of her heart, was not happy.

3. These words were repeated to the King in such a manner that they made him very angry

4. The giant eats a man as a monkey would eat a chestnut.

5. When Princess Goldenhair heard of this imprisonment, she fell on her knees before the King.

|Ex. 5 -The Logic of Subordinate Clauses |[pic] |

|from My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales | |

|by Edric Vredenburg; Illustrated by Jennie Harbour | |

Directions: After each sentence, write the type of the logical connection between each subordinate clause and what it modifies. Begin by determining the type of the subordinate clause (noun, adjective, or adverb). Then use the following:

For Noun Clauses—“ID” (for “Identity”) plus their function, for example, “ID, DO”

For Adjectival Clauses—ID” plus the word that the clause modifies

For Adverbial Clauses—Use one of the following plus the word that the clause modifies:

|Time |C/E - result |C/E - condition |

|Space |C/E - purpose |C/E - concession |

|C/E - cause |C/E - manner |Comparison |

1. A beautiful child, in a snow-white robe, was sitting close to the spot where they had reposed.

2. I shall refuse him unless you will bring me some water from the Grotto of Darkness.

3. The Princess went straight to the tower, and, with her own hands, struck off the chains that bound Avenant.

4. She was in great fear, for she heard wild beasts about her.

5. A chamber-maid had broken the flask containing this wonderful water, so that it was all spilled.

Unit 10 - Sentence Combining and Style

Parallel Constructions

|Ex. 5 - Sentence-Combining |[pic] |

|(Parallel Subordinate Clauses) | |

|from “Princess Goldenhair” | |

|in My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales | |

|by Edric Vredenburg; Illustrated by Jennie Harbour | |

Directions: The sentences in the following text are very short. Rewrite the text by combining some of the sentences. The original text ends with four parallel main clauses, each modified by a subordinate clause that begins with "if." See if you can do that. [Hint—you need to combine the final nine main clauses in the text below into four main clauses. Begin with “People wash in it.”]

Inside the grotto there is a deep pit. You must descend into it. It is full of toads. There are lots of scorpions in it. And serpents help fill it. At the bottom of this pit there is a little cave. In the cave flows the fountain of beauty and health. Positively I must possess the water. People wash in it. They are beautiful. They continue so always. They are ugly. They become beautiful. They are young. They remain young. They are old. They regain their youth.

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