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1 Grammar and CompositionGrammar PracticeWorkbookGrade 11 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 all inquiries to:Glencoe/McGraw-Hill8787 Orion PlaceColumbus, Ohio 43240 ISBN 0-07-823357-71 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 907904 03 02 01 00iiGlencoe/McGraw-HillParts of .. Verbs.. Verbs .. 8 Conjunctions and Interjections .. 8 Parts of the 4 Subjects and Predicates .. and Indirect Objects .. Complements .. Complements.

2 Phrases .. and Appositive Phrases .. and Gerunds .. : Phrases and Clauses .. Phrases .. 17 Clauses and Sentence 4 Clauses and Sentence Structure .. Clauses .. Clauses .. Clauses .. Kinds of Sentences .. Fragments.. Sentences .. 24 Verb Tenses, Voice, and 3 Verbs: Principal Parts and Tense .. 5 Verb Tenses and Forms .. 7 Compatibility of Tenses and Voice of Verbs .. 27 Subject-Verb 3 Subject-Verb Agreement I .. 6 Subject-Verb Agreement II .. 29 Unit 16 Unit 15 Unit 13 Unit 12 Unit 11 Unit 10iiiContentsUsing Pronouns of Personal Pronouns .. 3 Pronouns with Appositives and Thanand As.. and Intensive Pronouns .. Whomin Questions and Clauses .. 7 Pronoun Agreement and Reference .. 34 Using Modifiers 2 Making Comparisons .. 4 Double and Incomplete Comparisons.

3 And Dangling Modifiers.. : Sentences and I.. 3 Capitalization: Proper Nouns and Adjectives .. 39 Punctuation, Abbreviations, and 3 Period, Exclamation Point, Question Mark .. Colon .. Semicolon.. and Compound Sentences.. and Coordinate Adjectives.. and Nonessential Elements .. : Titles, Addresses, Numbers and Direct Address.. of Commas .. 8 The Dash and Parentheses .. Marks.. 11 Quotation Marks and Italics (Underlining) .. Apostrophe.. 14 The Hyphen and Abbreviations .. 52 Unit 21 Unit 20 Unit 18 Unit 17 ContentsivWriter s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook ,Grade 11, Unit .. A. Identifying NounsUnderline all the nouns in the sentences for an athletic event such as the New York City Marathon involves serious weightlifter must have the capability to lift incredibly heavy wage individual battles but can earn points for a basketball was invented in the United States, it is now played throughout theworld and is a part of the and lacrosse are sports that are gaining popularity in club sometimes sponsors swimmers, golfers, or other athletes in group of running events may be held on indoor league, such as the National Hockey League, can provide national committee may judge events such as skating any sport only a handful will earn the reputation of a Monica Seles or a Michael Jordan.

4 B. Using NounsFrom the sentences above, list five examples of each of the following:1.(proper nouns) _____2.(collective nouns) _____3.(concrete nouns) _____4.(abstract nouns) _____5.(plural nouns) _____Grammar The McGraw-Hill Companies, nounis a word that names a person, a place,a thing, or an concrete nounnames an object that occu-pies space or that can be recognized by abstract nounnames an idea, a quality, ora singular nounnames one person, place,thing, or idea. A plural noun names more than proper nounis the name of a particular person, place, thing, or HemingwayCanadaNovemberA common nounis the general not the particular name of a person, a place, a thing,or an nouns are capitalized; common nounsare generally not collective nounnames a Information2 Writer s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook ,Grade 11, Unit 10 Identifying PronounsUnderline all pronouns below.

5 Above each pronoun, write Per.(personal),Poss.(possessive),Ref.(re flexive),Dem.(demonstrative),Int.(interr ogative),Rel.(relative), or Ind.(indefinite). advise anyone to go to war or to marry. Spanish your friends privately, but praise them openly. destroys its possessor. pledge you I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people. F. D. can argue; not many converse. you make your bed, you must lie in it. English changes but change. will come out in the washing. one reaches a high position without daring. best way out of a difficulty is through it. m from Missouri; you must show me. save me from my friends; I can protect myself from my enemies. De set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us. laughs best who laughs last. English is sillier than silly laughter.

6 Is the city but the people? a man bites a dog, that is news. John succeeds like success. who is firm in will molds the world to himself. must look into people as well as at them.. The McGraw-Hill Companies, pronounis a word that takes the place of anoun, a group of words acting as a noun, oranother pronoun. The word or group of wordsthat a pronoun refers to is called its personal pronounrefers to a specific personor reflexive pronounrefers to a noun oranother pronoun and indicates that the sameperson or thing is possessive pronountakes the place of thepossessive form of a demonstrative pronounpoints out specificpersons, places, things, or interrogative pronounis used to relative pronounis used to begin a specialsubject-verb word group called a indefinite pronounrefers to people,places, or things in a general InformationWriter s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook ,Grade 11, Unit.

7 A. Identifying Action VerbsUnderline the action verb in each sentence. Identify each verb as transitive or intransitive bywriting T or I in the platypuses pose a scientific possess flat, rubbery bills, no teeth, and webbed platypuses produce milk for their flop their beaverlike live in rivers and also feed sleep in burrows in platypuses usually strike their sometimes call the platypus a bits-and-pieces animal. still seek answers to the mammal s mysteries. B. Using Action VerbsFill in the blank in each sentence below with an appropriate action verb. In the blank beforethe sentence, identify the action verb as T (transitive) or I (intransitive). in the concert hall _____ the conductor, who raised hisbaton to begin the final first notes of the symphony _____ from the percussion sectionlike approaching audience _____ almost breathlessly as the conductor led theorchestra through a very personal interpretation of one of Wagner s best the intermission, the crowd _____ the final piece, everyone vigorously VerbsCopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, verbis a word that expresses action or astate of being and is necessary to make a state-ment.

8 A verb expresses time present, past, and future by using tense action verbtells what someone or some-thing does. Action verbs can express eitherphysical or mental workedon the painting. (physicalaction)She admiresPicasso. (mental action)A transitive verbis an action verb that is followed by a word or words that answer the question what? or whom?The chorus sanga new song. (The actionverb sang is followed by the noun song,which answers the question sang what?)An intransitive verbis an action verb that is not followed by a word that answers thequestion what? or whom?The chorus sangloudly. (The action verb isfollowed by a word that tells how.)Key Information4 Writer s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook ,Grade 11, Unit 10 Identifying Linking VerbsUnderline the linking verbs in the sentences great frigate bird is the most widespread of the five species of frigate birds on islands located in the Pacific and Indian oceans are the nesting spots of these , rocky cliffs are the homes of frigate birds seem happiest on uninhabited over a year, young frigate birds remain dependent on their of the time the young birds stay warm in their huge scarlet throat sac is characteristic of the full-grown male frigate sac looks great frigates are marvelous soarers and flight a great frigate bird sometimes looks free, like a ragged bundle of feathers floating in the seem happier in the air than on the appear capable of every kind of airborne movement.

9 Their flying ability is birds are extraordinary; they are famous for snatching fish from other birds in can also snatch fish from the ocean s surface; fish are their staple sometimes feel clumsy next to these spectacular .. VerbsCopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, linking verblinks, or joins, the subject of asentence (often a noun or a pronoun) with aword or expression that identifies or describesthe in all its forms is the most commonly usedlinking verb. Forms of be include am, is, are,was, were, will be, has been, and was verbs that can act as linking verbs includeappear, feel, look, seem, sound, taste, become,grow, remain, smell, and stay. Most of theseverbs can also be action determine whether a verb is an action verbor a linking verb, substitute seem for the verb.

10 If seem can be substituted, the verb is probablya linking : The leaves turnedred. [Seemed makes sense.]Action: The taxi turnedthe corner. [Seemed cannot be substituted.]Key Information A. Identifying AdjectivesUnderline each adjective that appears in the following sentences. (Include articles and proper adjectives.) treetops of a tropical forest contain a marvelous community of plants and animalsliving in a complex varieties of mosses, cacti, ferns, and orchids present unusual shapes and brightcolors that are unknown in our American limbs and woody vines intertwine to create the topmost layer of trees in theseAfrican and Asian , biologists and naturalists gather to study the quiet, secret realm of the forests thatyield many benefits to the world s products that were first discovered in these forests include the familiar and theunfamiliar: rubber, copal, dammar, chicle, quinine, vanilla, cocoa, coffee, Brazil nuts,avocado, rattan, and a large percentage of many favorite houseplants.