GRAMMAR & USAGE - Shields Middle School

GRAMMAR & USAGE

GRAMMAR & USAGE

The classroom teacher may reproduce materials in this book for classroom use only.

The reproduction of any part for an entire school or school system is strictly prohibited.

No part of this publication may be transmitted, stored, or recorded in any form

without written permission from the publisher.

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ISBN 0-8251-6055-3

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Copyright ? 2006

J. Weston Walch, Publisher

P.O. Box 658 ? Portland, Maine 04104-0658



Printed in the United States of America

The classroom teacher may reproduce materials in this book for classroom use only.

The reproduction of any part for an entire school or school system is strictly prohibited.

No part of this publication may be transmitted, stored, or recorded in any form

without written permission from the publisher.

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ISBN 0-8251-6055-3

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J. Weston Walch, Publisher

P.O. Box 658 ? Portland, Maine 04104-0658



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Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Parts of Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Usage

Verb Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Pronoun Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Adjective/Adverb Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Mechanics

Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

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Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Parts of Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Usage

Verb Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Pronoun Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Adjective/Adverb Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Mechanics

Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

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The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into

valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities¡ªone for each day of the school year¡ªpractice

language arts skills. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get

students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that

transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons¡ªor whenever else you

have minutes that now go unused.

Daily Warm-Ups are easy-to-use reproducibles¡ªsimply photocopy the day¡¯s activity and

distribute it. Or make a transparency of the activity and project it on the board. You may want

to use the activities for extra-credit points or as a check on the language arts skills that are built

and acquired over time.

However you choose to use them, Daily Warm-Ups are a convenient and useful supplement to

your regular lesson plans. Make every minute of your class time count!

Daily Warm-Ups: Grammar & Usage

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The Daily Warm-Ups series is a wonderful way to turn extra classroom minutes into

valuable learning time. The 180 quick activities¡ªone for each day of the school year¡ªpractice

language arts skills. These daily activities may be used at the very beginning of class to get

students into learning mode, near the end of class to make good educational use of that

transitional time, in the middle of class to shift gears between lessons¡ªor whenever else you

have minutes that now go unused.

Daily Warm-Ups are easy-to-use reproducibles¡ªsimply photocopy the day¡¯s activity and

distribute it. Or make a transparency of the activity and project it on the board. You may want

to use the activities for extra-credit points or as a check on the language arts skills that are built

and acquired over time.

However you choose to use them, Daily Warm-Ups are a convenient and useful supplement to

your regular lesson plans. Make every minute of your class time count!

Daily Warm-Ups: Grammar & Usage

Parts of Speech

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Concrete and Abstract Nouns

A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

Examples: musician, studio, guitar, hope

Nouns can be concrete or abstract. The examples listed above are

all concrete except the noun hope.

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Based on the examples listed above, explain the difference between a

concrete and an abstract noun.

Think about some concrete and abstract nouns in your daily life. Make a list below.

Concrete

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Parts of Speech

ma

r&

Usa

ge

Concrete and Abstract Nouns

A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

Examples: musician, studio, guitar, hope

Nouns can be concrete or abstract. The examples listed above are

all concrete except the noun hope.

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m

Daily

mWar

Up

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Based on the examples listed above, explain the difference between a

concrete and an abstract noun.

Think about some concrete and abstract nouns in your daily life. Make a list below.

Concrete

Abstract

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