Lesson
1 Circle the complete subject in each sentence. Underline
the complete predicate.
1. I am taking guitar lessons.
2. My lessons are on Thursdays.
3. Some of the exercises are difficult.
4. I practice really hard.
5. My teacher doesnt know any new songs.
6. His favorite songs are from the 1980s.
7. Alternative music is my favorite.
8. I took my teacher a tape of my favorite song.
9. He figured out the chords.
10.
Most of the chords were actually very simple.
11. I learned them with no trouble.
12. My love for the song made pracricing fun.
13.
\7e played it together last week.
14. My teacher
liked the song
15. Our lessons
are teaching
a
lot.
him about todays music.
Lesson 2 Circle the simple subject in each sentence. If the subject is understoo
Underline the simple predicate.
1. Hummus is a Middle Easrern dish.
2. My sister gave me the recipe.
3. Pour a can of garbanzo beans into a blender.
4. Some people call garbanzo beans chickpeas.
5. Squeeze one whole lemon over the beans.
6. I use even more lemon sometimes.
7. Add crushed garlic, olive oil, salt, and tahini.
8. Tahini is sesame seed paste.
9. The action of the blender squashes the beans.
10.
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Hummus on pita bread makes
a great sandwich.
Slice the bread into two half-circles.
12.
Open the pita pocket carefully with your hand.
13.
This bread breaks somerimes.
14. Put hummus, lettuce,
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tomato, and anything else into the pocket.
Many people simply dip the pita into the hummus.
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Lesson
3 Each sentence has a compound
nouns or pronouns that make up eaih
compound predicate'
or three simple
subject or a compound predicate' circle the two
up each
make
that
verbs
two
the
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1. Marisa and Rachel play on a soccer team together'
2. Kelly, Raph, and I watched one of their Sames'
3. Rachel ran down the field and trapped the ball'
4. The goalie and a defensive player ran toward her'
5. Rachel saw Marisa and kicked the ball to her'
6. Marisa took a shot and scored a goal'
7. RaPh and KellY cheered'
8. I put two fingers in my mouth and whistled'
9. 'W'e shouted and clapped for a long time'
10.
the game'
Marisa, Rachel, and I went out for pizza aftet
11. Rachel
12.
and I wante
to the counter and ordered alarge pizza'
14. Mushrooms
and pepperoni were on one half of the pizza'
The other half was for Marisa and had olives on
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mushrooms and pepperoni'
instead'
Marisa dislikes mushrooms and suggested olives
L3. I went
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Circle each direct object in the sentences below
An artist painted a mural in my neighborhood'
2. I watched her every afternoon'
3. First she sketched a Plan'
4. She drew dancers at a carnival'
5. The artist chose bright colors at the paint store'
6. Then she mixed the colors together into new shades'
7. She built a scaffold next to the wall'
8. The scaffold raised her to the level of the mural'
9. The artist painted masks and feathers on the dancers'
10. One dancer in the mural carries a huge' colorful
11. Another juggles flaming torches'
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umbrella'
neighborhood'
Some of the dancers resemble people in my
13. I
juggler'
recognized the face of my math teacher on the
14.
One acrobat actually resembles me!
15.
Everyone likes the new mural'
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Lesson
5 Circle the indirect object in each sentence
below.
1. charliet uncle gave charlie a ticket to a comic book convention.
2. Charliet aunr gave them a ride to rhe convention center.
3. Inside, dealers offered collectors rare comic books.
4, Some collecrors were paylng dealers large sums for the best comics.
5. Charlie showed a dealer his prized old comic.
6. On the cover, a villain was giving a superhero a blast of supersonic cold rays.
7, The dealer offered Charlie a trade for another rare comic.
8. Charlie and his uncle gave the trade careful consideration.
9. They made the dealer an offer for two comics.
10. On the convention stage, a famous illustrator told the audience stories about
11. The illustratort friends had often given him ideas for comic book heroes.
12. An archaeologist friend
his career.
had given him the inspiration for Dino-w'oman.
13.
she had told the illusuator many fascinating tales about dinosaurs.
14.
The illustraror's talents had won him many awards.
15.
Afterward, the illustrator drew charlie
a
picture and then signed it.
Lesson 6 rVrite Pllif the boldfaced term is a predicate noun. write
adjective. Circle the linking verb in each sentence.
PAif the boldfaced term is a predicate
l. The raffiesia is a fower.
2. Its home is the rain forest.
3. These blossoms are hog". _
4. Some blossoms are rhree feet wide.
5. They look beautifirl.
6. The thick, heavy perals are dark red.
7. Raffesias smell terrible, however. -8. The fower's scent is the smell of rotten mear.
9. But this scenrsmells wonderful ro fies.
10.
Flies are the main pollinators of this rare plant.
11.
Raflesias have become endangered.
12.
Rain forest logging and slash-and-burn agriculrure are the main threats to the fower's survival.
13.
The raffiesia is still so little understood.
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14. Scientists are hopefirl about future studies of this plant.
15.
The extinction of this plant would be a tragedy.
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Lesson 7 Underline.each prepositional phrase. Circle the preposition that begins each phrase. Draw a box
around the object of the preposition. There may be more than one prepositionil phrase in each senrence.
l. In July my camp wenr on a rafting trip.
2. Our bus drove through the woods and stopped ar a river.
3. \7e carried rubber rafts from the bus ro the warer.
4. Soon we were foating down the river.
5. Our paddles dipped into the warer.
6. Across the river a bird fished with its beak.
7. After a calm stretch, we paddled through some rapids
8. Foamy waves splashed over us.
9. Ve held tightly to the raft.
10. My friend
Peg was swept
into the water.
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11. For a minute, we could only see her hat bobbing on the waves.
12. Then we saw Peg drifting down the rapids.
13. She floated on her back and kept her feet above rhe water.
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\7e did exactly what we'd learned in safety
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Before nightfall, we climbed onro the bus and returned to camp.
class, and soon Peg was
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in the boat again.
Lesson 8 Underline each adjectival prepositional phrase. Circle the noun
have more than one adjectival prepositional phrase.
1. Noel's summer job earns her money for CDs.
2. She washes the windows of her neighbors' houses.
3. First she gets a bucket of warm water.
4. Then she carefully adds one capful of ammonia.
5. The fumes from the ammonia sometimes make Noel's eyes water.
6. Noel next uses a wer cloth from the bucket.
7. Then a quick wipe with a squeegee removes the streaks.
8. The sound of the squeegee makes Noel giggle.
9. A window without streaks is a beautiful sight.
10.
The windows in Noel's neighborhood sparkle.
11.
Noel's job gave me an idea for my own summer job.
12. I have started mowing
13.
the lawns in front of my neighbor's houses.
The smell of the grass is wonderful.
14. A cap with a big brim keeps away the glare of the sun.
15. My weekdays in the mowing
'{i!ilifr!illi;i-ilrs*
business leave my Saturdays free.
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underline each adverbial.prepositional phrase. circle
the verb or verb phrase it modifies.
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There may be more than one preposit'iorial pt
l. I make origami figures in my spare time.
2. This craft originated in Japan.
3. Origami paper is folded into elaborate shapes.
4. On Tuesday I made an origami frog.
5. I folded some green paper in halfi
6. Then I folded the right side over the left.
7. For twenry minutes I carefully made more and more folds.
8. In the end, I had a little green paper frog.
9. If you push on its back, the frog hops across the table.
10. I have placed many
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A boat, a giraffe,
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'S7ith
origami figures around my room.
a spider, and three fish sit on my
a hanger and ten
origami cranes, I made
a
shell
mobile.
13. It hangs over my desk.
14. My friends
received origami stars for the Fourth ofJuly.
15. In my opinion, origami is a terrific
hobby.
Lesson 10 Underline the appositive phrase in each
sentence.
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Miacis,
a
prehistoric weasel-like animal, was the ancestor of
cats.
Ancient Egyptians, the first people to domesticate
cars, considered the animal sacred.
cats, excellent hunters of mice and rats, kept houses free
of vermin.
In Medieval Europe, cats, supposedly "evil" animals, were
killed in rarge numbers.
5. The resulting increase in rat populations helped
spread the Black Death, a
4.
plague carried by the
rats'fleas.
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The Egyptian Mau, an ancient cat breed, has a striped
and sported coat and green eyes.
The Manx, a breed that originated on the Isle of Man
in the Irish Sea, usually has no tail.
The Japanese bobtail, another breed with an
unusually short tail, is considered good luck in
Japan.
The siamese is a breed with a colorpoint coat, a coat
with contrasting patches of color on rhe face, ears,
rail, and feet.
10' A tabby coat, one with patterns
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of dark stripes, is often found on American shorthair
cats.
The scottish fold, a breed with ears that fold down,
originated in Scotland.
The largest breed, the Maine coon cat, resembles a raccoon.
Crossbreds, cats
with characteristics from more than one breed,
are often healthier than purebred cats.
14' Animal shelters, facilities found in most communities, are excellent
places to find a cat.
15' The cats at a shelter, crossbreds as well as cars of different breeds,
need a good home.
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Lesson 11 Combine the information in each group of sentences to write one sentence.
l.
Sea
2.
The leatherback is the largest sea turtle.
3.
Sea turtles are omnivores. Omnivores eat plants.
4.
Animals that
turtles are found in most of the world's oceans. Only the Arctic Ocean does not have
sea
It
is six to seven feet long.
turtles eat include jellyfish and
sea turtles.
It can weigh up to 1,300 pounds.
Th.y dso eat animals.
sea sponges. They
might also eat shrimp and fish. Plants
consumed by sea turdes include algae, seaweed, and seagrass.
5.
Sea
turtles spend most of their time in the water. However, the females do come ashore. They come to lay
their eggs on sandy beaches.
6.
It is illegal to hunt
sea turdes
in most places. People still catch them though. Th.y are mostly used for food.
Lesson 12 Add the correct punctuation mark to each sentence. Then label each sentence dcclaratiue,
interrogatiue, imperatiae, ot exchmatory.
1.
\7ow, wete going'to the natural history museum
2. -What time do the doors open
3. \(ill there be bones from a Tyrannosaurus rex
4. That would be so cool
5. Make sure you get a map at the information desk
6. If we have a map, we wont miss anything
7. \X&ich exhibit would you most like to see
8. 'Would you rather see dinosaurs or plant fossils
9. \We might'have to split up this morning
10.
Meet me at the cafeteria at noon
11.
'W'e
12.
I ve heard that the museum has a 35-carat diamond
13.
That is one huge diamond
14.
Bring your watch so we can keep track of the time
15.
'W'e
@
can have lunch before seeing the gemstone exhibit
will
need to leave by four o'clock