Warm-Up #1



Warm-Up #41

1. What type of opener does this sentence have? To get a better look at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, John

climbed a light pole. __________________________

2. Explain completely correctly the three parts to the -y rule when making a word plural. ___________________

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3. Punctuate: With his hands in his pockets and his feet firmly planted on the floor Henry spelled the word dog.

Also: What two types of openers? _________________________________________________________

4. Punctuate this sentence: My parents went on a vacation to Mexico then they visited my grandmother.

5. Punctuate the following sentence and circle any adjectives: Walking down the street the other day Ted

watched all the beautiful girls but then fell over a garbage can placed on the sidewalk.

Warm-Up #42

1. The form of a verb that is used with the verb(s) have, had, or had is called the _________________________.

2. Tell the reason why there are comas in this sentence: I was wondering, Jack, if you heard the correct answer.

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3. Identify the verb(s): I have never in my life heard of a purple cow. Did you eat my cookie? Weren't you absent

yesterday? Three lively lingbats had often scriminated up a griune. Betty has not been studying for her test.

4. Spell correctly the word that means "a word or group of words that explains what has just been said."

_________________________

5. Is there an "s/v split" in this sentence (no internal punctuation is included)? With a big smile my sister the

biggest brat you ever met hit me on the head with her brush.

Warm-up #43

1. What part of speech relates a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence? __________________

2. "Dr.," "Mrs.," "Mr.," etc. have periods after them because they are _____________________

3. Punctuate: No John that is not the correct answer replied Gev Wright but its a good try.

4. Spell the -ing form of these words: frob ______ defeŕ _______ drive ______ club _______

5. The writing trait that deals with one's ability to control fragments, run-ons, comma splices, along with other related

skills is called ________________________________

Warm-up #44

1. "I went to school at 6:00 A.M., but I found the doors were locked." would be an example of which

two of the following (circle/underline) : simple sentence, compound sentence, two independent clauses joined

with a conjunction, two dependent clauses, a fragment, several phrases.

2. When you pull your writing off a printer, what is it Adon Ross has said you should never do? _______

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3. In order to know if your writing really says what you think it says, Adon Ross has told you to

_________________________________________ (very carefully).

4. An opener or s/v split that starts with to + a verb (Example: "To watch …") is called a(n) __________________

5. Type of s/v split? The little boy, his finger up his nose and his shoes untied, sat on the curb._________________

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