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1 Grammar and CompositionGrammar PracticeWorkbookGrade 10 Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to reproduce material contained herein on the condition that such material bereproduced only for classroom use; and be provided to students, teachers, and familieswithout 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 in the United States of all inquiries to:Glencoe/McGraw-Hill8787 Orion PlaceColumbus, Ohio 43240 ISBN 0-07-823356-91 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 905504 03 02 01 00iiGlencoe/McGraw-HillParts of .. and Relative Pronouns.. Verbs and Verb Phrases .. Verbs .. Conjunctions.. 8 Parts of the Subjects and Predicates .. Objects .. Complements .. Complements .. Phrases .. and Appositive Phrases.

2 And Participial Phrases .. and Gerund Phrases .. and Infinitive Phrases .. 17 Clauses and Sentence , 3 Main Clauses; Simple and Compound Sentences .. Clauses .. Clauses .. Clauses .. Kinds of Sentences .. Fragments.. Sentences .. 24 Verb Tenses and and Irregular Verbs .. Tenses .. of Verbs .. 27 Unit 15 Unit 13 Unit 12 Unit 11 Unit 10iiiContentsSubject-Verb with Linking Verbs .. 5 Agreement with Special Subjects .. 29 Using Pronouns of Personal Pronouns .. with and as Appositives .. After Thanand As.. Agreement .. Pronoun Reference .. 34 Using Modifiers Comparisons .. Comparisons .. and Dangling Modifiers.. of Sentences .. 3 Capitalization of Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives .. 39 Punctuation, Abbreviations, and 3 End Punctuation .. Colon .. Semicolon.. and Coordinate Adjectives.. and Compound Sentences.

3 With Parenthetical Expressions and Conjunctive Adverbs .. with Direct Address and Tag Questions .. of Commas .. Dash .. Marks.. (Underlining) .. Apostrophe.. 13 Hyphens and Abbreviations .. 52 Unit 21 Unit 20 Unit 18 Unit 17 Unit 16 ContentsivWriter s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook ,Grade 10, Unit .. A. Identifying NounsUnderline the nouns in the following the early years of the United States, thousands of settlers traveled west to build new and men worked together to clear the land, plant crops, and build this work, women tended the children and did housekeeping prepared food to use during the made clothes for the whole family and used homemade soap to wash the frontier mother was often the only teacher her children there were few doctors, women had to take care of the medical needs oftheir usually lived so far apart that isolation was a common pioneer families became friends with Native Americans who lived help fight loneliness, many women wrote journals and diaries about their livesand experiences.

4 B. Identifying Noun TypesFrom the nouns you identified in the sentences above, list an example for each type of noun _____Abstract noun _____Concrete noun _____Common noun _____Proper noun_____Grammar The McGraw-Hill Companies, a person, place, thing, or concrete nounnames an object that can be recognized by any of the senses; an abstract nounnames an idea, a quality, or a noun names a particular person,place, thing, or idea; a common nounis thegeneral name of a person, place, thing, or collective nounnames a group and can beregarded as either singular or InformationPossible answers are , lonelinesswomen, land, United Statesyears, settlers, journalsUnited States, Native Americans2Wr ite r s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook ,Grade 10, Unit 10 A. Distinguishing Between Interrogative and Relative PronounsUnderline the pronoun in each of the following sentences.

5 Then write whether the pronoun is interrogative or finally auditioned for the lead role? explosion that shook the town was caused by an error at the barn, which was painted red, stood in a field of daisies. have you done to make Angela so angry? is trying to decide whom to ask for help with his biology. _____ B. Using Interrogative PronounsUse an appropriate interrogative pronoun to turn each of the following statements into questions. Write your new interrogative sentence in the space called me last is the quickest way to get to the are my sister s would like to have lasagna for my birthday Pulitzer Prize is named after Joseph .. and Relative PronounsCopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, are formed with interrogative whom whose which whatWhois coming to dinner?Whosekeys are these?A relative pronounis used at the beginning ofa special group of words that contains its ownsubject and verb and is called a woman whowon the marathon is hardest will get Informationinterrogativerelativerelative interrogativerelativeWhom did Kendall call last night?

6 /Who called you last night?Which/What is the quickest way to get to the cafeteria?Whose jeans are these?What would you like to have for your birthday dinner?After whom is the Pulitzer Prize named?Wr ite r s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook ,Grade 10, Unit .. A. Distinguishing Between Transitive and Intransitive VerbsUnderline the entire action verb, including all auxiliary verbs, in each of the following sentences. Then write whether the verb is transitive or have the right-of-way over motorboats. careful truck driver slowed noticeably in the rain and snow. Chinese pandas should attract many visitors to the zoo. begin their work long before the start of construction. of the actors have already learned their lines. new compact disc will arrive in stores tomorrow. ball landed only six inches from the hole. scent of fresh sheets welcomes the hotel s guests every night.

7 You simply guess on the last question? blues singer does not always sing sad songs. _____ B. Using Action VerbsUnderline the verb in each of the following sentences. Then write a more lively verb that addsinterest to the walked home slowly in the gray January light. parachutist fell toward the ground. police car drove by at high speed. last month s storm, hail hit our roof loudly. three girls talk constantly. _____Grammar Verbs and Verb PhrasesCopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, verbstell what someone or somethingdoes, either physically or ball slammed into the catcher s child dreamedof cotton verbs are followed by wordsthat answer the question what? or whom?We finally spottedour mistake. [spotted what?]We eventually invitedKate. [invited whom?]Intransitive action verbs are not followed bywords that answer what?or whom?Instead,they are frequently followed by words that tellwhen, where, why, or how an action sometimes sing in the shower.

8 [sing where?]Mark Twain wrotewith great wit. [wrote how?]A verb phraseconsists of a main verb and allof itsauxiliary,or helping, ice was melting quickly in the did rememberto order french Informationtransitiveintransitivetransit ivetransitivetransitiveintransitiveintra nsitivetransitiveintransitivetransitivet rudgedplummetedracedpeltedchatterPossibl e answers are ite r s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook ,Grade 10, Unit 10 A. Distinguishing Between Action and Linking VerbsUnderline the verb in each of the following sentences. Then write whether it is an action verbor linking people admire Andrew Jackson. came from the Carolina pine woods. eventually became president. he built a house near Nashville, Tennessee. still visit it today. house looks lovely. grew hickory trees there. called Jackson Old Hickory. many people he seemed a tough man.

9 , he was a man of tenderness, too. _____ B. Using Linking VerbsComplete each of the following sentences by writing a word or group of words in the blankthat follows the linking verb. The words you write should identify or describe the subjects ofthe our family vacations are group s latest hit song chocolate milk tastes making a foul shot to tie the game, Michelle felt temperature of the room seemed .. VerbsCopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, linking verblinks, or joins, the subject of asentence with a word or expression that identi-fies or describes the most commonly used linking verb is be inall its forms am, is, are, was, were, will be, hasbeen, was verbs that sometimes act as linking verbsinclude the following:appearlooksmellbecomeremainsta yfeelseemtastegrowsoundNote: Except for seem, these words can alsoserve as action verbs.

10 If seemcan be substitutedfor the verb in a sentence, that verb is probablya linking soup smelleddelicious. [linking]The chef smelled the soup. [action]Key Informationactionactionlinkingactionacti onlinkingactionactionlinkinglinkingSente nces will ite r s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook ,Grade 10, Unit .. A. Identifying AdjectivesUnderline all adjectives in the following sentences. Do not count the articles a, an,or active volcano destroyed those tiny country loves spicy Mexican food but dislikes sweet, rich Hawaiian vacation can be expensive, especially for a family with many s two dogs are friendlier than his Siamese narrow but swift river kept the young hikers from finishing their characters in Roman mythology were similar to the Greek new student has the loudest voice in the pep locker in the girls gym belongs to your older sister?