Grammar Practice Workbook

1 Grammar and Composition Grammar Practice Workbook Teacher's Annotated Edition Grade 11. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to reproduce material contained herein on the condition that such material be reproduced only for classroom use; and be provided to students, teachers, and families without charge; and be used solely in conjunction with Writer's Choice. Any other reproduction, for use or sale, is prohibited without written permission of the publisher. Printed in Canada. Send all inquiries to: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 8787 Orion Place Columbus, Ohio 43240. ISBN 0-07-823364-X. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 079 04 03 02 01 00. ii Contents Unit 10 Parts of Speech Nouns.

2 1. Pronouns .. 2. Action Verbs.. 3. Linking Verbs.. 4. Adjectives .. 5. Adverbs .. 6. Prepositions .. 7. 8 Conjunctions and Interjections .. 8. Unit 11 Parts of the Sentence 4 Subjects and Predicates .. 9. Direct and Indirect Objects .. 10. Object Complements .. 11. Subject Complements .. 12. Unit 12 Phrases Prepositional Phrases .. 13. Appositives and Appositive Phrases .. 14. Participles and Gerunds .. 15. Infinitives: Phrases and Clauses .. 16. Absolute Phrases .. 17. Unit 13 Clauses and Sentence Structure 4 Clauses and Sentence Structure .. 18. Adjective Clauses.. 19. Adverb Clauses .. 20. Noun Clauses .. 21. Four Kinds of Sentences .. 22. Sentence Fragments.. 23. Run-on Sentences.

3 24. Unit 15 Verb Tenses, Voice, and Mood 3 Verbs: Principal Parts and Tense .. 25. 5 Verb Tenses and Forms .. 26. 7 Compatibility of Tenses and Voice of Verbs .. 27. Unit 16 Subject-Verb Agreement 3 Subject-Verb Agreement I .. 28. 6 Subject-Verb Agreement II .. 29. iii Contents Unit 17 Using Pronouns Correctly Case of Personal Pronouns .. 30. 3 Pronouns with Appositives and Than and As .. 31. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns.. 32. Who and Whom in Questions and Clauses .. 33. 7 Pronoun Agreement and Reference .. 34. Unit 18 Using Modifiers Correctly 2 Making Comparisons .. 35. 4 Double and Incomplete Comparisons .. 36. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers.. 37. Unit 20 Capitalization Capitalization: Sentences and I.

4 38. 3 Capitalization: Proper Nouns and Adjectives.. 39. Unit 21 Punctuation, Abbreviations, and Numbers 3 Period, Exclamation Point, Question Mark .. 40. The Colon .. 41. The Semicolon.. 42. Commas and Compound Sentences.. 43. Commas and Coordinate Adjectives.. 44. Commas and Nonessential Elements .. 45. Commas: Titles, Addresses, Numbers and Direct Address.. 46. Misuse of Commas .. 47. 8 The Dash and Parentheses .. 48. Quotation Marks.. 49. 11 Quotation Marks and Italics (Underlining) .. 50. The Apostrophe.. 51. 14 The Hyphen and Abbreviations .. 52. iv Grammar Practice Name .. Class .. Date .. Nouns Key Information A noun is a word that names a person, a place, A proper noun is the name of a particular a thing, or an idea.

5 Person, place, thing, or idea. A concrete noun names an object that occu- Ernest Hemingway pies space or that can be recognized by the Canada November senses. A common noun is the general not the carpet mouse sky particular name of a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. An abstract noun names an idea, a quality, or a characteristic. writer country month surprise goodness intelligence Proper nouns are capitalized; common nouns are generally not capitalized. A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea. A plural noun names more A collective noun names a group. than one. jury committee herd A. Identifying Nouns Underline all the nouns in the sentences below. 1. Preparation for an athletic event such as the New York City Marathon involves serious effort.

6 2. A weightlifter must have the capability to lift incredibly heavy weights. 3. Wrestlers wage individual battles but can earn points for a team. 4. Although basketball was invented in the United States, it is now played throughout the world and is a part of the Olympics. Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 5. Soccer and lacrosse are sports that are gaining popularity in America. 6. A club sometimes sponsors swimmers, golfers, or other athletes in competitions. 7. A group of running events may be held on indoor tracks. 8. A league, such as the National Hockey League, can provide national organization. 9. A committee may judge events such as skating competitions. 10. In any sport only a handful will earn the reputation of a Monica Seles or a Michael Jordan.

7 B. Using Nouns From the sentences above, list five examples of each of the following: Possible answers are given. New York City Marathon, United States, Olympics, National Hockey League, Monica Seles 1. (proper nouns) _____. team, club, group, league, committee 2. (collective nouns) _____. weightlifter, weight, soccer, swimmers, tracks 3. (concrete nouns) _____. effort, capability, popularity, preparation, reputation 4. (abstract nouns) _____. weights, sports, athletes, events, swimmers 5. (plural nouns) _____. Writer's Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook , Grade 11, Unit 10 1. Grammar Practice Name .. Class .. Date .. Pronouns Key Information A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a A demonstrative pronoun points out specific noun, a group of words acting as a noun, or persons, places, things, or ideas.

8 Another pronoun. The word or group of words An interrogative pronoun is used to form that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent. questions. A personal pronoun refers to a specific person A relative pronoun is used to begin a special or thing. subject-verb word group called a subordinate A reflexive pronoun refers to a noun or clause. another pronoun and indicates that the same An indefinite pronoun refers to people, person or thing is involved. places, or things in a general way. A possessive pronoun takes the place of the possessive form of a noun. Identifying Pronouns Underline all pronouns below. Above each pronoun, write Per. (personal), Poss. (possessive), Ref. (reflexive), Dem.

9 (demonstrative), Int. (interrogative), Rel. (relative), or Ind. (indefinite). Ind. 1. Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry. Spanish proverb Poss. Per. 2. Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly. Syrus Poss. 3. Ambition destroys its possessor. Talmud Per. Per. Per. Ref. 4. I pledge you I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people. F. D. Roosevelt Ind. Ind. 5. Many can argue; not many converse. Alcott Per. Poss. Per. Per. 6. As you make your bed, you must lie in it. English proverb Ind. Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 7. Everything changes but change. Zangwill Ind. 8. All will come out in the washing. Cervantes Ind. 9. No one reaches a high position without daring.

10 Syrus Per. 10. The best way out of a difficulty is through it. Anonymous Per. Per. Per. 11. I'm from Missouri; you must show me. Vandiver Per. Poss. Per. Ref. Poss. 12. God save me from my friends; I can protect myself from my enemies. De Villars Per. Ref. Per. 13. We set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us. Burke Per. Rel. 14. He laughs best who laughs last. English proverb Ind. 15. Nothing is sillier than silly laughter. Catullus Int. 16. What is the city but the people? shakespeare Dem. 17. If a man bites a dog, that is news. John Bogart Ind. 18. Nothing succeeds like success. Dumas Per. Rel. Ref. 19. He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. Goethe Per. Per. 20. You must look into people as well as at them.