Grammar and Language Workbook, Part 1: Grammar

1 GrammarGrammar45 Unit 1, Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences47 Copyright by Glencoe/McGraw-HillName _____ Class _____ Date _____GrammarUnit 1: Subjects, Predicates, and SentencesLesson 1 Kinds of Sentences: Declarative and InterrogativeA sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. Different kindsof sentences have different purposes. A declarative sentencemakes a begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. An interrogative sentenceasks a question. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a question hobby is reading mystery books. (declarative)Have you read the latest Nancy Drew book? (interrogative) Exercise 1 Write in the blank dec. before each declarative sentence and int. beforeeach interrogative you ever played a mandolin? and ice kept us housebound last you know how to word process? much do these sweaters cost? shelves smell like lemon you think my hair is too long? worked long hours to finish her painting. you going to Richard s party?

2 The English test difficult? and his dad won the sack think blue is my favorite rusty hinges creaked as Grant opened the old you born in Montana, or did you move here? you help me with my homework tonight? wiped her hand across her expression is an is the computer games champion in our you ever seen purple cotton candy? year s starting quarterback is a math s going to bring the noisemakers? the squirrels eat all the tulip bulbs? Exercise 2 Write dec. before each declarative sentence and int. before eachinterrogative sentence. Add correct punctuation and capitalization where library has several good books on the you met Nadine? you help me with my home economics project? perched briefly on Aunt Kara s the leaves had fallen from the tree within a day or you name that tune? is visiting with her aunt this makes dinner on Tuesdays while his mom you looked it up in the encyclopedia? can t leave until I finish my lives in the apartment above Mrs.

3 You taken any classes at the art museum? you make a copy of that photograph for me? did Katherine tear the cartilage in her knee? walked across the floor on his you heard Amelia sing her solo? you see that boy in the plumed hat? you like to go to the park with us? refrigerator is almost spider web wasn t here strand of ivy was painted around Marcia s _____ Class _____ Date _____48 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 7 Copyright by Glencoe/McGraw-HillGrammarLesson 2 Kinds of Sentences: Exclamatory and ImperativeThe purpose of an exclamatory sentenceis to express strong feeling. It beginswith a capital letter and ends with an exclamation point. I aced the test! (exclamation)An imperative sentencegives a command or makes a request. Its subject is notstated directly, but is understood to be you. Imperative sentences also begin witha capital letter and usually end with a period. A strong command may end withan exclamation point. (You) Put your essay on my desk when you are finished.

4 (imperative)(You) Give me a break! (strong imperative) Exercise 1 Write in the blank exc. before each exclamatory sentence and imp. beforeeach imperative sentence. If a sentence is neither exclamatory nor imperative, s get out of here! one and then pass the rest s a touchdown! keep this to can do it myself! away from the dance before you ever ridden in a hot-air balloon? 911 in an really makes me angry! particularly careful with this antique won! careful! just set a record for the broad jump!Unit 1, Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences49 Copyright by Glencoe/McGraw-HillName _____ Class _____ Date dense grass felt like smooth me try! to me! protective the Blarney Stone before you leave s a great idea! to stand when Dr. Chou enters the can t believe it! pass the dressed as a chocolate bar for the costume you interested in going to a movie? the picnic table to the jam is a good glaze for baked clever of you! alert to rapidly changing weather me a chance!

5 Don't believe it! disturb nesting your pants inside your socks when new neighbors moved in the word you notice the price of that saddle? is a Thai restaurant around the corner from that pose while I adjust the camera a mess your room is! the flag at _____ Class _____ Date _____50 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 7 Copyright by Glencoe/McGraw-HillGrammarLesson 3 Subjects and PredicatesEvery sentence has a subject and a predicate, which together express a completethought. The subject of a sentence tells whom or what the sentence is about. Thepredicateof the sentence tells what the subject does or has. It can also tell whatthe subject is or is through the cracks in the old simple subject, usually a noun or a pronoun, is the main word or group ofwords in the complete subject. The complete subject is the simple subject withall of its modifiers. The simple predicate, which is always a verb, is the mainword or group of words in the complete predicate. The complete predicateis thesimple predicate with all of its noiseof the thunderscaredthe noise of the thunderscared the children.

6 Exercise 1 Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete each simple subject once and each simple predicate known as the Emerald rolling, green landscapeglows against its blue temperatureskeep the lush vegetation deep rainfallkeeps the soil dark and added greatly to the woodlandremains in Ireland today, most of central mountain rangesrise near the s highest peakis in the Mountains of one of Ireland s twenty-six a beautiful area of lakes and s beautiful landscapeinspired her many writers and 1, Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences51 Copyright by Glencoe/McGraw-HillName _____ Class _____ Date the Emerald Isle include Padraic Colum, Sean O Casey, and playwrights worksappear at the Abbey Theater in Butler Yeatsstarted this a memorable Irish poet and during the time known as the Irish Literary writersof this age were James Joyce, George Augustus Moore, and the most famous of the wrote about Dublin and about the Irish influenceof Irish writers extended beyond their native Bernard Shawwas popular in English and American s worksinclude Arms and the Man, Man and Superman,and Wildealso found fame in England and the United the author of A Woman of No Importanceand The Importance of BeingEarnestas well as the novel The Picture of Dorian Irish paintersperfected their craft with the help of the Royal Irish artistsare Maurice MacGonigal and Estella Ireland produced great treasures over the the beauty of the Emerald _____ Class _____ Date _____52 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 7 Copyright by Glencoe/McGraw-HillGrammarLesson 4 Compound Subjects and PredicatesA sentence may have more than one simple subject or simple predicate.

7 Two ormore simple subjects that have the same predicate form a compound subject. Thesubjects are joined by and, or,or orAlexcan fix that bike for compound predicatehas two or more simple predicates, or verbs, that have thesame subject. The simple predicates are connected by and, or,or drink nectar andeatother insects. Exercise 1 Draw one line under each part of a compound subject. Draw two linesunder each part of a compound knickknackswere available at the craft Mikewill lead the manicottiwere the restaurant s people in the village first resisted but then accepted the new carpetor wallpaperwould brighten this old the show, Simonand Ashleypracticed their lucky quarter rolled and bounced down the peachwill be the color of the bridesmaids clown with shoes the size of clipper ships sang and danced at Carley s Neilfilled food baskets for the homeless in their speaker hesitated but soon began his rainis predicted for the tri-state area baked brownies and cooked pasta for the surprise Lawson wrote, directed, and produced this old car s engine sputtered but eventually roared to 1, Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences53 Copyright by Glencoe/McGraw-HillName _____ Class _____ Date crowd called and waved to the three your jacket on the coat rack or hang it in the the program.

8 Claireand Suewere listed before daylilieswould grow well , olive oil, and spinachare used in that tailback slashed, spun, and pounded his way through the opposing team Spanish Cluband field hockeyare Dora s favorite extracurricular soccer team played hard but lost the game in the last , Tom, or Wingwill head the decorations election day, the levy will pass or ice creamwere served to all the sea lionswill be the topic of her , clothes, and other itemshad been collected and sold at the hurried but missed his Tarini writes or phones every participant in the study once a letterson behalf of the popular television program poured into thenetwork s corporate pinch hitter swung at every pitch but missed the ball each cherry pieis Arthur s favorite Thomasesand the Jordansare planning a trip to Costa tiesare worn daily at that all-boys ringsof Saturn and the moonsof Jupiter have been seen through this _____ Class _____ Date _____54 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 7 Copyright by Glencoe/McGraw-HillGrammarLesson 5 Sentence FragmentsA sentence must have a subject and a predicate and must express a completethought.

9 A group of words that does not have both a subject and a predicate is anincomplete sentence, or sentence truck, an old red one. (lacks a predicate)Slowly climbed the steep hill. (lacks a subject)On the country road outside of town. (lacks a subject and a predicate) Exercise 1 Write sent. in the blank if the group of words is a sentence and write it is a about Warwick Kerr studied the University of S o Paulo in 1956 he imported some African queen bees had a savage animals and people without , African bees sting only to defend their stinging incidents occur during the swarming hot summer incidents by large numbers of bees are Kerr carefully kept the bees in another twenty-six queens and their swarms to African bees readily nested in the wilds of quickly and swarming African honeybees began to all 1, Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences55 Copyright by Glencoe/McGraw-HillName _____ Class _____ Date _____Grammar Exercise 2 Write S in the blank if the fragment lacks a subject and P if it lacks apredicate.

10 If the sentence is complete, write bees, digger wasps, and red together in you know that a colony may contain thousands of insects? all the special room or cell for the , wasps, and ants undergo a complete four stages of these egg, the larva, the pupa, and the female have many food and take care of the nest, the queen, and her workers protect the nest from for food to bring back to the various ways of communication. Writing Link Write four complete sentences containing both a subject and a _____ Class _____ Date _____56 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 7 Copyright by Glencoe/McGraw-HillGrammarLesson 6 Simple and Compound SentencesA simple sentence has one subject and one predicate. However, a simple sentencemay have a compound subject, a compound predicate, or and Jupiter are the two largest planets in our solar system. (compoundsubject)Queen bees survive the winter and lay eggs in the spring. (compound predicate)Juan and Luis throw and catch the softball.