GRAMMAR & USAGE - Shields Middle School

GRAMMAR & USAGE

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ISBN 0-8251-6055-3 Copyright ? 2006

J. Weston Walch, Publisher P.O. Box 658 ? Portland, Maine 04104-0658

Printed in the United States of America

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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--one for each day of the school year--practice 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--or whenever else you have minutes that now go unused. Daily Warm-Ups are easy-to-use reproducibles--simply 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

Concrete and Abstract Nouns

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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.

Daily

Warm-Ups:

Gra Based on the examples listed

concrete and an abstract noun.

above,

explain

the

difference

between

a

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

Concrete

Abstract

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Concrete or Abstract?

Remember that a concrete noun names a person, place, or thing that can be sensed with one of the five senses. An abstract noun names an idea or quality and cannot be sensed with one of the five senses.

Daily Warm-Ups

For each of the following nouns, write C on the line if it is a concrete noun or A if it is an abstract noun.

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___ 1. ocean ___ 2. aviary ___ 3. sorrow ___ 4. communication ___ 5. Earth ___ 6. beauty

___ 7. grandmother ___ 8. justice ___ 9. ability ___ 10. Miami ___ 11. bracelet ___ 12. belief

Parts of Speech

Common and Proper Nouns

A common noun names a person, place, or thing. A proper noun

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names a particular person, place, or thing.

Common nouns: teacher, school, calendar

Proper nouns: Mrs. Ramirez, Riverdale High School,

September

Daily

Warm-Ups:

Gra Read

the

following

the proper nouns twice.

sentences.

Underline

the

common

nouns

once.

Underline

1. My grandmother came to the United States from Ireland before the Great Depression.

2. My brother usually drives us to school in his Toyota Camry.

3. Ryan works nights and weekends at Parker's Restaurant.

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4. Aunt Hilda bought me an iPod for my birthday.

5. When I graduate from high school, I'm going to college at Boston University.

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Parts of Speech

Making Proper Nouns

Remember that a common noun names a person, place, or thing. A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing.

Daily Warm-Ups

Make each of the common nouns below into proper nouns. The first one has been done for you.

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1. road _B_a_k_e_r__R_o_a_d____________

2. river ______________________

6. park ______________________ 7. month ____________________

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3. store ______________________ 4. teacher ____________________ 5. aunt ______________________

8. school _____________________ 9. car _______________________ 10. holiday ____________________

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