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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Review of Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns
... to Mordor, and he leaves secretly to continue it alone. continued REVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS 65 Lesson 10 Review of Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns REVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS ... ___________________. L.V. 4. Ice becomes ___________________. L.V. 5. Rembrandt and Picasso were ___________________. L.V. 6. Iceland and Greenland are ___________________. L.V. In the exercise you have just ... a summary of the rules for forming plurals of nouns. must have lost 62 PARTS OF SPEECH 1. Olives imported from Spain are sold in supermarkets. 2. They spoke in words that were full of bitterness. 3....
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... indicated. Samples: the plural of window the singular of kittens 1. the singular of chairs 2. the plural of passenger 3. the singular of gloves 4. the plural of bandage 5. the plural of tree kitten windows NOUNS ... bark of the dog the visitor’s name 34 PARTS OF SPEECH We are building up our library at: www.waystoenglish.com We are building up our library at: www.waystoenglish.com Review of Adjectives and ... and wife: Change f to v and add s to form the plural. knife knives life lives wife wives EXERCISE 4. Write the plural of the following nouns. 1. thief 2. riff 3. loaf 4. grief 5. roof 6. proof 7....
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Adverbs
... well Extremely 82 PARTS OF SPEECH ADJECTIVE WORD MODIFIED 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 90 PARTS OF SPEECH Lesson 13 Review of Adjectives and Adverbs REVIEW ... above passage. Adverbs 1–5 and the words they modify are shown as samples. List the remaining twenty-four adverbs and the words they modify, including the part of speech of the words modified. FIRST ... yesterday. (hoarse, hoarsely) accurately REVIEW OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 93 EXERCISE 2. Indicate whether the italicized word is an adverb or an adjective, and tell what it modifies. Samples: The clock...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Basic Paragraph Composition
... sheet of paper or a paper clip?” They have no intention of giving it back, and I really do not expect them to. The same is true of pencils. How often has a teacher asked, “Will you lend so -and- so ... abil- ity and a competitive streak. These qualities helped him win the Kids Triathlon at age 13 and, at age 16, become a professional triathlete. The cycling part of the triathlon became his focus, and ... They are a major cause of air pollution, endangering the nation’s health. ______ 2. They destroy billions of dollars of property annually. ______ 3. They kill thousands of people (43,000 in 2002)...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Compound Verbs
... the subject and the verb of each sentence in the passage you have just read. Caution: Some of the subjects are compound, and some of the verbs are compound. The subject and the verb of the first ... was Ellen’s, and the handwriting was ______________, too. EXERCISE 2. Find the pronoun ( PRON .) and its antecedent ( ANTECED .), and write them in the spaces at the right. Samples: Sandra said ... two verbs of the same subject, connected by and, give us the compound verb stumbled and fell. Here are more examples of compound verbs: The wind all night. S. compound verb At night I often television. S....
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Nouns
... indicated. Samples: the plural of window the singular of kittens 1. the singular of chairs 2. the plural of passenger 3. the singular of gloves 4. the plural of bandage 5. the plural of tree kitten windows NOUNS ... predicted. Did Terry and Mallika agree with you? 1. Vermont and New Hampshire are next to each other. Terry and Mallika Rain or snow Here are the singular and plural forms of a few more nouns. SINGULAR ... verb connected by and or or. 1. Erin and Sean our group. compound subject verb Erin is a subject of the verb joined. Sean is also a subject of the verb joined. These two subjects of the same verb,...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Prepositions
... object of the preposition. He slammed the ball out of the infield. PREP. OBJ. OF PREP. (The noun infield is the object of the preposition out of. ) Please do not leave without us. PREP. OBJ. OF PREP. (The ... win and lose.) 4. A conjunction connects pronouns, or a noun and a pronoun: You and she are always on time. PRON. CONJ. PRON. (The conjunction and connects the pronouns You and she.) Alex and ... few prepositions consist of more than one word: because of, in spite of, etc. m iiiiiiij x 5. We were late because of the fog. ADJ. PREP. N. (The preposition because of relates the noun fog to...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization
... the republican candidate 7. lord of the rings: return of the king 3. english and history 8. grandma and aunt louise 4. the planet saturn 9. in the southwest near phoenix 5. fourth of july holiday ... Senate, Department of the Interior Titles of persons showing office, rank, profession President Roosevelt, General Marshall, Dr. Reed, Professor Hutchinson Names of planets, satellites, stars, and constellations Jupiter, ... ___________________ Words Often Confused In addition to words that are tricky to spell, English also has its share of words that are easily and often—confused. Note the correct spelling of the words in...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Nouns
... adjectives (Lessons 11 and 13) and adverbs (Lessons 12 and 13)—how they function, how they differ, and how some adverbs are formed from adjectives. In this lesson, we touch on a couple of usage concerns. Adjectives ... the cafeteria and sat down next to Page. 176 COMMON USAGE ERRORS 8. Alex walked confidently to the front of the room and speaks to the class. 9. My sister handed the clarinet to me and then cringes ... thrown win won (have) won wind wound (have) wound write wrote (have) written Forms of have and of be and do are often used as helping verbs: has left, were chosen, do agree. PROBLEMS WITH VERBS...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Pronouns
... letter to Karin and (I, me). 19. We saw Marisol and (he, him) in the stands at the baseball game. 20. (Him and I, He and I) went on a rafting trip on the Nantahala River. Agreement of a Pronoun ... words and expressions; and use of commas in letters, dates, and addresses. Commas in a Series Use a comma to separate items in a series. Last summer we hiked, swam, golfed, and played softball. My ... is not capitalized as part of the name, but in The New York Times it is. Sometimes the name of the city is part of the name of the paper, as in the Chicago Sun-Times, and sometimes it isn’t.) EXERCISE...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Sentence Structure
... Museum of Natural History, it has a fan- tastic collection of gems. 7. When a duck and her five ducklings waddled across the street. 8. Four runners standing in the starting line. 168 COMMON USAGE ... SENTENCE : Cats are more aloof. COMPOUND SENTENCE : Dogs show affection for their owners, but cats are more aloof. The parts of a compound sentence are often joined together by and, but, or, or nor. These ... year. 166 COMMON USAGE ERRORS Verbals as Fragments Most of us play more than one role in life. You may be both a student and an athlete. Your father may be a gardener and a police officer. Your...
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