Grammar Practice Slide 2 Appositive Appositive: gives additional
information or details about the noun or subject. Example: John,
the elevator operator, works at the hotel. Example: Tiffany attends
Vista, a middle school in the valley. Slide 3 Participial Phrase
Participial Phrase: contains a verb form that is used as an
adjective. The verb form usually ends in "- ing, -ed, or -en.
Example: Forced into doing homework, the student rebelled. Example:
Flapping it's wings, the bird took flight. Example: Driven by a
strong desire to win, the girl played amazingly well at the
volleyball game. Slide 4 Phrase Phrase: a group of words that does
not contain both a subject and a verb. Example: likes to write
Slide 5 Gerund Gerund Phrase: uses a verb within the "-ing" ending
Example: Eating ice cream on a windy day can make a mess. Playing
soccer is fun. Slide 6 Infinitive phrase Infinitive Phrase:
includes an infinitive, which is to + verb Example: To kick the
ball past the goalie was Johnny's desire. Example: Lakesha hopes to
win the approval of her mother. Slide 7 Punctuations Semi-Colon- ;
Separates two complete sentences Colon- : use a colon before a list
or explanation that is preceded by a clause that can stand by
itself. Example: There is only one thing left to do now: confess
while you still have time. Slide 8 Parallelism (Parallel Structure)
Parallelism (Parallel Structure)- using the same pattern of words
to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
Example: Mary likes hiking, swimming, and bicycling. Example: Mary
likes to hike, to swim, and to ride a bicycle. Slide 9 Clauses
Clause- a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.
Independent Clause or Main Clause- a complete sentence that can
stand on its own. Dependent or Subordinate Clause- has a subject
and a verb but can't stand alone. Slide 10 Independent and
Dependent Clauses Independent Clause: An independent clause is a
group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a
complete thought. Ex. Jim studied in the Sweet Shop for his
chemistry quiz. Dependent Clause: A dependent clause is a group of
words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a
complete thought. A dependent clause cannot be a sentence. Often a
dependent clause is marked by a dependent marker word. Ex. When Jim
studied in the Sweet Shop for his chemistry quiz... (What happened
when he studied? The thought is incomplete.) Slide 11 (continued)
Dependent Clause Markers Some common dependent markers are: after,
although, as, as if, because, before, even if, even though, if, in
order to, since, though, unless, until, whatever, when, whenever,
whether, and while. Slide 12 Misplaced Modifiers Example #1
Misplaced modifier: He nearly drove the car for six hours a day.
Correction: He drove the car for nearly six hours a day. Example #2
Misplaced modifier: She saw a puppy and a kitten on the way to the
store. Correction: On the way to the store, she saw a puppy and a
kitten. Example #3 Misplaced modifier: She served sandwiches to the
children on paper plates. Correction: She served the children
sandwiches on paper plates. Slide 13 Prepositional Phrase At the
minimum, a prepositional phrase will begin with a preposition and
end with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause, the "object" of the
preposition. Slide 14 Examples of Prepositions about above
according to across after against along along with among apart from
around as as for at because of Before behind below Beneath beside
between beyond but by by means of concerning despite down during
except except for excepting for from in in addition to Slide 15
Examples of Prepositions in back of in case of in front of in place
of Inside in spite of instead of into like near next of off on onto
on top of out out of outside over past regarding round since
through throughout till to toward under underneath unlike until up
upon Slide 16 Active Voice/Passive Voice Active Voice: The man must
have eaten five hamburgers. Marilyn mailed the letter. Passive
Voice: Five hamburgers must have been eaten by the man. The letter
was mailed by Marilyn. Slide 17 Additional Grammar Resource Chomp
Chomp Grammar Practice http://chompchomp.com/ Ms. Chucs website
grammar page: http://msdow.weebly.com/grammar.html
