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GRAMMAR PRACTICE 3.7
Circle ALL of the NOUNS in this sentence: ​The bright sunlight shone with alacrity through the pellucid
window onto the bloody floor before reflecting onto the wall.
Circle ALL of the ADJECTIVES in this sentence: ​The bright sunlight shone with alacrity through the
pellucid window onto the bloody floor before reflecting onto the wall.
Circle ALL of the VERBS in this sentence: ​The bright sunlight shone with alacrity through the pellucid
window onto the bloody floor before reflecting onto the wall.
Write the definition for a VERB:
Write the definition for a PARTICIPLE:
Write the definition for a GERUND:
Identify each underlined word as a Participle, Gerund, or Verb:
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Loving​ her was what he was designed to do.
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She enjoys ​hiking.
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While ​relaxing​ after school, Josh was attacked by zombies.
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He is ​training​ his dragon for a Viking raid.
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He liked small ​painted ​unicorns.
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Often the ​swimming​ coach wore a speedo.
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The ​galloping​ horse looked magnificent.
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Desiring​ her smell made him want to turn her into perfume.
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Steelheart’s ​bleeding ​moment gave the Reckoners hope.
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The sheep ​wanted ​to take over the world.
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Circle EVERY PRONOUN (personal, possessive, etc) and draw a line connecting EACH to its
antecedent:
The Krampus wanted to shove Joey into his sack and take him away, but Joey fought back. He punched the
Krampus in his face and shoved him into a dumpster.
Identify each sentence as SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX, or COMPOUND COMPLEX.
1. Fighting dragons can be fun, though most people say it is crazy. _________________
2. You can never be too sure your friend is not your enemy._______________________
3. The roof opened and let in a sea of foamy white light, but I did not hesitate, even though I was
scared. ____________________
4. Since you gave my girlfriend a candy-gram, I must kill you._____________________
5. The zombie apocalypse is coming, and I find myself looking forward to it, yet many are dreading
the amount of brains that will be consumed.______________________
6. The end of the world will be a pleasant thing, but I will miss pizza.________________
7. Although pizza is grand, eternal sleep is better.____________________
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Grammar Practice 3.7
Identify each as​ periodic or loose.
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Because of her random appearance in the woods, her ability to travel into the upside down world,
her amazing mind powers, and her strangely shaved head, the boys were not sure if they could trust
her. ______________
The lights flicker on and off whenever the beast is near causing panic in everyone except the
mother who searches for her lost son._______________
Although they searched hard and finally made contact with the other side using a sensory
deprivation pool and the girl with the powers, they were too late to save Barbara. ____________
Despite feeling nervous and nauseated and wondering what she would say after everything they
had been through together, he finally got up the nerve to kiss her.______________
Fixing Run-On Sentences
Add punctuation and/or conjunctions and capitalization to each run-on sentence to make it into a
complete sentence or two complete sentences.
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Jeremy loves to go swimming he also love running in the woods.
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The cat died a horrible death and the family decided to eat it for dinner.
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My car is so dirty it smells like something died in there.
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The creature snuck out of the sea and came for her but was stuck down by the old man.
Fill in the blanks with LESS or FEWER.
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He had __________ mind powers that his sister.
The other world has ___________ mystery about it.
He killed _____________ people than Kaladin with his Shardblade.
Harry has ________ respect for Snape than Dumbledore.
__________ miles separate them than before.
Fill in the blanks with FURTHER or FARTHER where appropriate:
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She would go no ________ in life until the argument was resolved.
The creepy alley looked _________ away from the window.
________ instructions will not be given until the first task is complete.
Frodo and Sam walked _________ than they had ever imagined they could.
She ate Ramen noodles to stretch her money __________.
Write 1 sentence using an appositive:
Write 1 sentence using a semicolon:
Write 1 sentence using a comma before addressing someone directly by name:
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Grammar Practice 3.7
Write 1 sentence using WHOM correctly (WRITE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS TIME!):