Ch 1 Grammar Review
Singular and Plural Nouns
Knife
Roof
Salary
Potato
Ox
Box
Subject and Subject Complements (subject | subject complement)
 The Comanche in particular became extraordinary horseback riders.
 Canada is a leading source of exported petroleum.
Object and Object Complements
 Direct, indirect, object complement, object of the preposition
o My grandmother had a beautiful antique grandfather clock in her living room. (Direct Object)
 Direct object receives the action of the verb.
 My grandmother KEPT what? GRANDFATHER CLOCK
o Rick passed Javier the ball just as the defender arrived. (Indirect Object)
 Indirect Object tells to whom or for what an action is done.
 Rick passed TO WHOM? JAVIER
o To this day some historians call the Civil War the worst war in American history. (object of propostion)
 Find the preposition and find the noun that follows.
Appositive
 Restrictive
o Louis Sachar’s compelling novel Holes won a Newbery Medal in 1999.
 Non-Restrictive
o Mr. Speers, an art teacher, taught the teen group how to paint totem poles.
Possessive Nouns
 The McCourt family’s vacation to Disney World was a success. (family- family’s)
 The boys’ treehouse was the talk of the town. (boys- boys’ MORE THAN ONE BOY)
 The toy’s batteries died. (toy- toy’s)
 The Gospels tell the story of Jesus’ life. (Jesus- Jesus’)
 We ate dinner at the Joneses’ house. (Jones- Joneses’)