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The Ideal KISS Grammar SequenceThe Ideal KISS Grammar Sequence

Book 1Book 1

Supplemental ExercisesSupplemental Exercises

© Dr. Ed VavraRevised June, 2015

KISS Instructional Materials are available for free at KISSGrammar.org.

For Unit 2--A Focus on Subjects and Verbs..................................................3A Focus on Single-Word Verbs.........................................................................................3

Ex. 6 - From Ben and Alice...........................................................................................3

Ex. 7 -From “The White Fawn”.....................................................................................4

Ex. 8 - Identifying Simple Subjects and Verbs from “Hansel and Grethel”..................5

For Unit 3—Verb Phrases...............................................................................6Ex. 1 - Verb Phrases (Tenses) From Ben and Alice.......................................................6

Ex. 2 - Verb Phrases – Tenses From Ben and Alice.....................................................7

Ex. 3 - Identifying Verb Phrases from “Little Red Riding Hood”................................8

Other Helping Verbs..........................................................................................................9

Ex. 4 - Identifying Verb Phrases from “The White Fawn”...........................................9

Unit 6 – A Focus on Compounds..................................................................10Ex 1 – From “The Story of the First Woodpecker”.....................................................10

For Unit 9—Prepositional Phrases...............................................................11Ex. 1 - Adding Prepositional Phrases From Ben and Alice (#1)..................................11

Ex. 2 - Adding Prepositional Phrases From Ben and Alice (#2)..................................12

Passages for Analysis.....................................................................................13Ex. 1 -Little Rabbit (Part 1) by Anne Schutze.............................................................13

Ex. 2 - Little Rabbit (Part 2) by Anne Schutze............................................................14

Ex. 3 -Time to Rise by Robert Louis Stevenson..........................................................15

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Ex. 4 - Lesson 27 adapted from STANDARD FIRST READER.................................16

Ex. 5 - Lesson 28 adapted from STANDARD FIRST READER.................................17

Ex. 6 – Singing From A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson........18

Ex. 7 - Capitalization and Punctuation: The Heron.....................................................19

Ex. 8 - Lesson 66 adapted from the STANDARD FIRST READER.............................20

Ex. 9 - Lesson 72 adapted from the STANDARD FIRST READER............................21

Ex. 10 - Lesson 74 adapted from STANDARD FIRST READER.................................22

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For Unit 2--A Focus on Subjects and VerbsFor Unit 2--A Focus on Subjects and Verbs

A Focus on Single-Word VerbsA Focus on Single-Word Verbs

Single Word Verbs

Ex. 6 - From Ben and Alice

Directions: Underline verbs twice and their subjects once.

1. We have a little white cat.

2. We like a white cat.

3. Who is in the house?

4. Are you in the house?

5. Here I am.

6. Blackie ran away.

7. Jumpity-hoppity was a little rabbit.

8. You are one of our many friends on the farm.

9. Mother saw the dog house.

10. They put the bird in the house.

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Ex. 7 -From “The White Fawn”

in My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales by Edric Vredenburg; Illustrated by Jennie Harbour

Directions: Underline subjects once, finite verbs twice.

1. A King and Queen were perfectly happy.

2. The crab transformed herself into a beautiful little old woman.

3. I am afraid.

4. In this superb place dwelt six Fairies.

5. All the Princes admired the portrait greatly.

6. You are in trouble.

7. Princess Noire now went to the Fairy of the Fountain.

8. Princess Desirée heard of the Prince’s illness.

9. The Fairy of the Fountain was the cause of this disaster.

10. The Queen threw herself upon their necks.

11. She then escorted the Queen to the most magnificent palace.

12. She is fifteen years old.

13. They showed her the Prince’s portrait.

14. Giroflée ran after her mistress.

15. The door opened, and a crab appeared.

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Ex. 8 - Identifying Simple Subjects and Verbsfrom “Hansel and Grethel”

in My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales by Edric  Vredenburg; Illustrated by Jennie Harbour

Directions: Underline subjects once, finite verbs twice.

1. Grethel shared her bread with Hansel.

2. We are ready.

3. Hansel peeped back at the house.

4. The mother led the children deep into the wood.

5. We have only half a loaf of bread.

6. It is the only means of escape for us.

7. In the back room were two nice little beds.

8. It was quite dark.

9. Nevertheless he comforted Grethel.

10. That is not a cat.

11. Hansel and Grethel were very happy.

12. I am Grethel’s brother.

13. Then she gave them each a piece of bread.

14. These are better than pebbles.

15. The slice of bread was still smaller than the former piece.

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For Unit 3—Verb PhrasesFor Unit 3—Verb Phrases

Ex. 1 - Verb Phrases (Tenses)

From Ben and Alice

Directions: Underline verbs twice and their subjects once.

1. Blackie will not hurt you.

2. Your home is in town.

3. We will run to the garden.

4. I found the little bird here in the garden.

5. Who will play house?

6. I give many good eggs.

7. Father was in the house.

8. Do we have a bear picture in this room?

9. You will live in this house.

10. We have made a good picture.

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Ex. 2 - Verb Phrases – Tenses

From Ben and Alice

Directions: Underline verbs twice and their subjects once.

1. My bird can not fly.

2. I am in a tree.

3. I will get your bird for you.

4. I did not color my picture.

5. You will like this school.

6. Is the little bird hurt?

7. Jack had put a box under Ben’s cap.

8. Who is here in the house?

9. Will you come to the garden with me?

10. They made this house with my help.

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Ex. 3 - Identifying Verb Phrases from “Little Red Riding Hood”in My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales

by Edric Vredenburg; Illustrated by Jennie Harbour

Directions: Underline subjects once, finite verbs twice.

1. And what are you carrying under your apron?

2. You will at once know it.

3. I have been looking for you.

4. Then your grandmother will have had nothing.

5. But she had begun to look for flowers.

6. Where are you going so early, Little Red Riding Hood?

7. Why do you not look about you?

8. Little Red Riding Hood kept going deeper and deeper among the trees.

9. She was not at all going to be frightened.

10. She will have been beloved by everyone. 

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Other Helping VerbsOther Helping Verbs

Ex. 4 - Identifying Verb Phrases from “The White Fawn”

in My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales by Edric Vredenburg; Illustrated by Jennie Harbour

Directions: Underline subjects once, finite verbs twice.

1. Soon you will have a daughter.

2. We will bestow all sorts of good gifts upon her.

3. You have only to hold this bouquet, and mention each flower.

4. Prince Guerrier used to stand before the picture and avow his passion.

5. The Prince’s portrait had been painted by a clever artist.

6. It will be the death of me.

7. I am not going to scold you.

8. Hunting had ever been his favourite pastime.

9. The six Fairies will have been living in the apartment for a long time.

10. But where have you seen her?

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Unit 6 – A Focus on CompoundsUnit 6 – A Focus on Compounds

Ex 1 – From “The Story of the First Woodpecker”

from

The Book of Nature Myths by Florence Holbrook

Directions:1. Put parentheses around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once, and label complements (“PA,” “PN,”

“IO” or “DO”).

1.) In the days of long ago the Great Spirit came down from the sky and

talked with men.

2.) The woman made a very little cake and put it on the fire.

3.) With a loud cry she rose from the earth and flew away to the forest.

4.) So she put it away and made a small one.

5.) And to this day all woodpeckers live in the forest and hunt for their food

in the bark of trees.

6.) You shall go out into the forest and hunt for your food in the bark of

trees.

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For Unit 9—Prepositional PhrasesFor Unit 9—Prepositional Phrases

Ex. 1 - Adding Prepositional Phrases From Ben and Alice (#1)Directions:

1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase. 2. Underline the verbs twice, their subjects once, and write “C” above any complements.

1. Ben ran to Alice.

2. The monkey ran up a tree.

3. I want to play with Ben.

4. The monkey put the cap on his head.

5. The monkey ran down the tree.

6. They found a man at the door of the zoo.

7. Will you find Ben for me?

8. Draw a tree by the house for us.

9. Will you draw the picture of a girl for us?

10. Alice ran to the big tree in the garden.

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Ex. 2 - Adding Prepositional

Phrases From Ben and Alice (#2)

Directions: 1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase. 2. Underline the verbs twice, their subjects once, and write “C” above any complements.

1. Father monkey ran after baby monkey.

2. The box was under the table.

3. Mother sat down in a chair by the door.

4. Then you will like a book about the zoo, too.

5. They went at once to the store.

6. Will you draw a little cat for the girl?

7. You may keep my mouse for a pet at school.

8. Down the road went the pony with Ben on his back.

9. You will find the picture of a monkey on the blue book.

10. Out of the house he went and down the road to New Town.

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Passages for AnalysisPassages for Analysis

Ex. 1 -Little Rabbit (Part 1)

by Anne Schutze

from The Elson Readers Primer

This is Part 1 of 2 from a complete story from The Elson Readers PrimerDirections:

1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline the verbs twice, their subjects once. (Write in any understood “you.”) 3. Write “C” above any complements. (For quotations with “said,” put a “C”

above the opening quotation mark.) 4. Write “DirA” over each word that functions as Direct Address, “Inj” over

Interjections, and “NuA” over Nouns Used as Adverbs.

Stop, Stop, Little Rabbit!

Where are you going?

Do not run away from me.

I can not see you, now.

Where are you, Little Rabbit?

Oh, now I see you!

You are behind the flowers.

You are in the pretty clovers.

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Ex. 2 - Little Rabbit (Part 2)

by Anne Schutze

from The Elson Readers Primer

This is Part 2 of 2 from a complete story from The Elson Readers PrimerDirections:

1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline the verbs twice, their subjects once. (Write in any understood “you.”) 3. Write “C” above any complements. (For quotations with “said,” put a “C”

above the opening quotation mark.) 4. Write “DirA” over each word that functions as Direct Address, “Inj” over

Interjections, and “NuA” over Nouns Used as Adverbs.

Stop, stop, Little Rabbit!

Do not eat the clovers.

They are so pretty.

They are so white.

They are white like your ears.

The clovers are so little, now.

Soon they will be big.

Then you may eat them.

Good-bye, Little Rabbit, good-bye.

--L. E. Orth.

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Ex. 3 -Time to Riseby Robert Louis Stevenson

From A Child's Garden of VersesIllustration adapted from Millicent Sowerby's

Directions: 1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline every verb twice, every subject once, and label complements (“C”).3. Label each interjection (“Inj”), each example of Direct Address

(“DirA”), and every noun used as an adverb (“NuA”).

Note: The complement of “said” is the words in quotation marks. Analyze them as if they were a separate sentence.

A birdie with a yellow bill

Hopped upon my window sill,

Cocked his shining eye and said:

“Ain’t you ‘shamed, you sleepy-head!”

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Ex. 4 - Lesson 27adapted from

STANDARD FIRST READERNEW YORK AND LONDON:

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, 1902

Directions:1. Place parentheses ( ) around each

prepositional phrase.2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects

once.3. Label complements (“C”).

Note that some sentences have more than one S/V pattern. In doing the

analysis, ignore the words that are in small letters. (You'll learn how to

analyze them later.)

Fish swim in the water.

They can not live long out of the water.

They have many small gills,

through which they breathe.

Fish lay many eggs.

Have you seen a fish swim?

It moves its tail when it swims.

Fish are of many colors.

Some fish have colors like the rainbow.

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Ex. 5 - Lesson 28 adapted from

STANDARD FIRST READERNEW YORK AND LONDON:

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, 1902

Directions:1. Place parentheses ( ) around each

prepositional phrase.2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects

once.3. Label complements (“C”).

Note that some sentences have more than one S/V pattern. In doing the analysis,

ignore the words that are in small letters. (You'll learn how to analyze them later.)

The peach-tree is in the garden.

There are leaves on the tree. They are green.

The tree has pink flowers on it.

These flowers are called blossoms.

The peach-blossoms fall to the ground

when the peaches begin to grow.

A peach is at first green.

Then it turns ripe, and we may eat it.

A peach-stone is inside of the peach.

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Ex. 6 – Singing From A Child's Garden of Verses,

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Illustration adapted from Myrtle Sheldon’s for a 1916 edition.

Directions:1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once.3. Label complements (“C”).

Of speckled eggs the birdie sings

And nests among the trees;

The sailor sings of ropes and things

In ships upon the seas.

The children sing in far Japan,

The children sing in Spain;

The organ with the organ man

Is singing in the rain.

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Ex. 7 - Capitalization and Punctuation:

The HeronAdapted from: Chit-chat stories for little folks.

New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons; London: S. W. Partridge & Co.

Directions: 1. The capital letters and punctuation in this passage has been lost. Please fix it, right on this page.

Optional: 2. Put parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase. 3. Underline the verbs twice, subjects once, and label (“C”) any complements. (Note that some sentences have more than one S/V/C pattern.)

the heron is a large strange-looking bird he has

very long thin legs and his bill also is very long he likes

to live apart from other birds herons make nests of

sticks and wool they often stand quite still in shallow

water and watch for fish

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Ex. 8 - Lesson 66 adapted from the

STANDARD FIRST READER

NEW YORK AND LONDON: FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, 1902

Directions: 1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.  2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once.  3. Label complements (“C”).

In doing the analysis, ignore the words that are in small letters. (You’ll learn how to analyze them later.)

Alfred Tennyson was a poet. He wrote about a king named

Arthur. King Arthur had brave men around him, called knights. The

knights were always kind, and took care of the sick and of the

poor. They wore coats of steel, and carried swords and shields and

spears. They wore steel caps, called helmets. King Arthur was brave,

and loved truth and honor.

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Ex. 9 - Lesson 72adapted from the

STANDARD FIRST READERNEW YORK AND LONDON:

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, 1902Directions:

1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.  2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once.  3. Label complements (“C”).

Note that some sentences have more than one S/V/C pattern. In doing the analysis, ignore the words that are in small letters. (You’ll learn how to analyze them later.)

Bees make honey. They find the honey in the flowers. Have

you ever seen a beehive? The beehive is a nice home for the bee

when it is not flying among the flowers. Honey is made in combs.

The combs are wax, and are full of little pockets, called cells. The

honey is put in the cells. Each cell has six sides. The comb is called

a honeycomb. The worker bee is always busy.

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Ex. 10 - Lesson 74adapted from

STANDARD FIRST READERNEW YORK AND LONDON:

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, 1902Directions:

1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.  2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once.  3. Label complements (“C”).

Note that some sentences have more than one S/V/C pattern. In doing the analysis, ignore the words that are in small letters. (You’ll learn how to analyze them later.)

The man planted some seeds in the ground. Then he covered them up

so that they would be warm. In the Spring the warm sun found them. Then

the seeds sent little white roots into the ground. They were fed in the soft,

warm earth. Then little green leaves and