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Grammar Revolution 
 
 
 
 
Study Guide 
 
 
 
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 QUIZ #1

2 basic parts of a sentence:

1. Subjects: tell whom or what the sentence is about
2. Verbs: tell what the subject is or does
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Examples of Verb Phrases: ​will run, might have jumped

The 24 helping verbs:

be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being, have, has, had, could, should, would,
may, might, must, shall, can, will, do, did, does, having
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Noun: words that name people, places, things or ideas.

Nouns can be subjects.
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You will be asked to diagram 3 sentences:

1. Plants grow.
2. Will Mark run?
a. Remember to turn the question into a statement when you diagram.

3. David can jump.

sentence: David can jump.

subject (noun): David
verb phrase: can jump You will be asked to label all of these parts!
helping verb: can
main verb: jump

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 QUIZ #2

Adjectives: Modify nouns and pronouns.

Adjective questions: ​Which one? What kind? How many? Whose?

Adverbs: Modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.

Adverb questions: ​How? When? Where? Why? To what extent?

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My beautiful shoes are muddy.

What part of speech is ​beautiful​, and how do you know?
Beautiful is an adjective. I know this because it tells more about the noun, shoes. It
also answers the adjective questions: What kind? or Which one?

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Examples of Imperative Sentences: Go. Stop. The understood (you) is the subject.

You will diagram 1 imperative sentence, 1 sentence with adjectives, and 1 sentence
with adverbs. You will have to tell which questions the adjectives and adverbs answer.

You will also have to label subject, verb phrase, helping verb, main verb.

You will have to diagram a question. Turn it into a statement first. List both the question
and statement.

Sentences you will diagram:

1. Eat
2. Was Jim’s red truck stolen?
3. Yesterday, he walked slowly.

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 QUIZ #3

Prepositional Phrases act as a single part of speech. They act as either adjectives or
adverbs.

Prepositional Phrases are made of a preposition, a noun or pronoun, and sometimes

adjectives modifying the noun or pronoun.
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What part of speech is the underlined word, and how do you know?:

The boy walked ​around​ the house.

Around is a preposition. I know this because it is part of a prepositional phrase.

The girl walked ​inside.

Inside is an adverb. I know this because it is not part of a prepositional phrase,
and it answers the adverb question, “Where?”
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You will be given a sentence, and will have to answer 4 questions about it:.

1. Name 1 prepositional phrase in the sentence.

2. Tell what word that prepositional phrase is modifying.
3. Tell what part of speech that prepositional phrase is acting as.
4. Tell what adverb or adjective question it answers.
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You will diagram this sentence:

Monkeys climbed up the banana tree.

You will label:
sentence, subject, verb, prepositional phrase, preposition, object of the preposition,
adjective modifying tree, 2nd adjective modifying tree.
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You will diagram a sentence containing an understood (you) and a prepositional phrase.

You will label:

sentence, subject, verb, prepositional phrase, preposition, object of the preposition and
adjective.

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 QUIZ #4

Know the difference between intransitive complete verbs and transitive active verbs.

An intransitive complete verb does not transfer action to anyone or anything. It is

complete without having to transfer its action. Bob ​smiled.

A transitive active verb transfers its action to someone or something. It has to transfer
its action to be complete. David ​cleaned​ his room.

The direct object receives the action of a transitive action verb.

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The 3 noun/pronoun jobs we have learned so far:

1. subjects
2. objects of the preposition
3. direct objects

The 7 coordinating conjunctions are: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
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You will be asked to write a sentence containing a compound subject, then diagram it.
Compound subject ideas: Mary and Joseph, peanut butter and jelly, yellow and blue
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You will diagram this sentence:
Seven flying monkeys chased Dorothy and Toto down the road and through the field.

You will label:

subject
adjective modifying subject (twice)
verb
compound direct objects
coordinating conjunction joining direct objects
compound prepositional phrases modifying verb
coordinating conjunction joining compound prepositional phrases
preposition
object of the preposition
adjective modifying the object of the preposition
preposition
object of the preposition
adjective modifying the object of the preposition

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 QUIZ #5

Interjections are words that show emotion. Wow, yuck, yikes, yippee

What do interjections and nouns of direct address have in common?

Interjections and nouns of direct address are not grammatically related to the rest of the
sentence. Also, both of them are diagammed on a line floating above the subject.

In order to have an indirect object, you need to have a direct object

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The 5 noun/pronoun jobs we have learned so far:

1. subject
2. object of a preposition
3. direct object
4. indirect object
5. noun of direct address
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You will write and diagram a sentence containing a noun of direct address.
Example: Students, study your chapter.

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You will diagram the following sentence:
Wow, Sally and John sang me a beautiful song in the music room.

You will label:

interjection
compound subjects
coordinating conjunction
verb (transitive active)
indirect object (pronoun)
direct object (noun)
adjectives
prepositional phrase
preposition
object of the preposition
adjectives

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 QUIZ #6
The 3 types of action verbs:
intransitive complete, transitive active and transitive passive.

Linking verbs link the subject of the sentence with either a (predicate) noun or a
(predicate) adjective.

The subject receives the action in a transitive passive sentence.

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You will write and diagram a sentence containing a transitive active verb, an adjective
and an adverb. Possible sentence: The little boy happily kicked the ball.

You will write and diagram a compound sentence containing at least 1 linking verb.
Possible sentence: Your feet smell bad, but your socks look nice.
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You will diagram a compound sentence containing a noun of direct address:
John, the dog ran away and the hamster is sick.

You will label:

compound sentence (statement)
independent clauses
coordinating conjunction
noun of direct address
subject (noun)
adjective
verb (intransitive complete)
adverb
subject (noun)
adjective
verb (intransitive linking)
predicate adjective

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 QUIZ #7

A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb.

The 2 basic types of clauses are independent clauses and dependent clauses.

A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb, which cannot stand
alone as a complete idea. It acts as 1 part of speech.
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You will be given 2 groups of words and will have to state whether or not the groups of
words are clauses or not, and why?
Example: ​ into the store
Into the store is not a clause because it does not contain a subject and verb.
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Subordinating conjunctions introduce adverb clauses and connect them to independent

clauses. Know how to identify them in sentences!

You will diagram a sentence with an interjection and lots of clauses:

Wow! Whoever reads the book will absolutely love it.

You will label:

sentence (statement)
interjection
dependent noun clause acting as subject of independent clause
subject of noun clause - pronoun
verb of noun clause (transitive active)
direct object of noun clause (noun)
adjective (noun clause)
verb phrase in independent clause
helping verb
main verb
adverb
direct object in independent clause (pronoun)

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 QUIZ #8
A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb.

The 2 basic types of clauses are independent clauses and dependent clauses.

A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb, which cannot stand
alone as a complete idea. It acts as 1 part of speech.

You will be given 3 groups of words in sentences and will have to state whether or not
the groups of words are clauses or not, and why?

(So far, everything is the same as on Quiz #7)!

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You will diagram 1 sentence:

What James did surprised everyone in the class

You will label:

sentence (statement)
independent clause
subject of independent clause (dependent noun clause)
subject of noun clause (proper noun)
verb (dependent clause) (transitive active)
direct object of ​did​ (pronoun)
verb of independent clause (transitive active)
direct object of ​surprised​ (pronoun)
prepositional phrase (adjective)
preposition
object of the preposition (noun)
adjective

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 QUIZ #9
Verbals are words that are formed from verbs but act as different parts of speech.

Gerunds are a type of verbal. They end in ​-ing,​ and they act as nouns.

You will write an example sentence with a gerund. Underline the gerund.

Participles are a type of verbal that act as adjectives.

They end in ​-ing, -d, -t, or n.​

You will write an example sentence with a participle. Underline the participle. Be able
to identify participles in sentences.

Infinitives are a type of verbal that are made of to + a verb. they act as nouns,
adjectives, and adverbs.

You will write an example sentence with an infinitive. Underline the infinitive.

You will be given the words,​ to the store​, and decide if is an infinitive phrase and why or
why not.

You will diagram this sentence:

Smiling, Jake asked to play at the park.

You will label:

sentence (statement)
participle
subject
verb
direct object of “asked” (infinitive phrase) (noun)
infinitive (noun)
prepositional phrase (adverb)
preposition
object of the preposition (noun)
adjective