10-11-22

10-11-22

Grammar Review & MUG 8​

​You'll have a grammar test on terms and usage next week.

1. Conjugate

2. Subject/Verb Agreement

3. Adverb

4. Conjunction

5. Coordinating Conjunction

Term

1. Part of Speech

2. Noun/ Common and Proper

3. Verb/ Verb Tense

4. Adjective

5. Modifier

Term

​Here are the first set of terms you need to know

1. Possessive Pronoun

2. Reflexive Pronoun

3. Homophone

4. Relative Pronoun

5. Demonstrative Pronoun

6. Antecedent ​

Term

1. Subordinating Conjunction

2. Preposition

3. Prepositional Phrase

4. Subject Pronoun

5. Object Pronoun

6. Indefinite Pronoun

Term

​Here are the second set of terms you need to know

​Review of Grammar Terms from

lesson 1

Take this time today to go through the lessons form unit 1 of the packet that I posted and write down the term and the definition. You can use any personally handwritten notes on your test.

​Review of Grammar Terms from

lesson 1

Now, let's take some time to practice!

​Review of Grammar Terms from

lesson 1

Review Relative and Demonstrative Pronouns ​

Multiple Choice

A demonstrative pronoun...

• Introduces a subordinate clause

• is a pronoun that points to or refers to a specific person, place, or thing.

• Can only refer back to a verb

• Links a phrase to an independent clause

Be careful....

​Sometimes these could be used as adjectives.

Pronoun: This is a delicious strawberry. (This refers to the strawberry)

Adjective: This strawberry is delicious. ​(This modifies strawberry)

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Pronoun: That is the stamp my cousin sent from Sweden. ​(That refers to the stamp)

Adjective: That stamp was the first in my collection. (That modifies stamp)​

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Demonstrative Pronouns

​Point out a specific person place or thing

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​this that these those

What is that?

This is the uniform once worn by George Washington​.

These are the shoes he used to wear.

Are those really his autographs?​

Multiple Choice

A relative pronoun...

• Introduces a subordinate clause

• is a pronoun that points to or refers to a specific person, place, or thing.

• Can only refer back to a verb

• Links a phrase to an independent clause

Relative Pronouns

​Introduce a subordinate clause

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that which who whom whose

​George Washington, who became the first president, was a great general in the Revolutionary War.

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Robins are among the birds that migrate south for the winter.​

Now, you try!

​Read the following sentence and identify the correct relative pronoun.

Multiple Choice

A burglar is a person ... illegally enters buildings and steals things.

• which

• who

• whose

• when

Multiple Choice

They are the traffic wardens ... fined me yesterday.

• where

• who

• whose

• when

Multiple Choice

The house ... I live has a garden.

• where

• who

• when

• whose

Now, you try!

​Read the following sentence and identify if the correct demonstrative or relative pronoun.

Multiple Choice

Identify these pronouns as Relative or Demonstrative:

The only student that could complete the obstacle course was Sophia.

• Demonstrative

• Relative

Multiple Choice

Identify these pronouns as Relative or Demonstrative:

The light bulb, which has been flickering for a few days, finally burned out.

• Demonstrative

• Relative

Multiple Choice

Identify these pronouns as Relative or Demonstrative:

We have to choose between these, and the ones we looked at yesterday.

• Demonstrative

• Relative

Multiple Choice

Identify these pronouns as Relative or Demonstrative:

We have to choose between these, and the ones we looked at yesterday.

• Demonstrative

• Relative

A relative pronoun is used to join a dependent clause to its antecedent in the independent clause.

The relative pronouns are who, whom, which, that, and whose.

Ex. The student who earned first place received a scholarship.

• Independent clause: The student received a scholarship

• Dependent clause: who earned first place

Who and whom refer to people. Who is used when the pronoun is the subject in the dependent clause, and whom is used when the pronoun is the object.

• Ex. The person who called you was a salesman.

• Ex. She wrote to the person whom she had met last month.

Which refers to animals, places, or things (NEVER people). That can be used to refer to people, animals, places, or things, but never a specific person, only a group of people or type of person.

• Ex. Gary lost the key which you had given him.

• Ex. The students that were absent had a different assignment.

Whose shows possession or ownership.

• Ex. The family whose house burnt in the fire was given a complimentary hotel suite.

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Now, read the sentence and evaluate if the pronoun underlined is correctly or incorrectly used.

Multiple Choice

Last summer they traveled to Rome, that is in Italy.

• correct

• incorrect

Multiple Choice

The reckless driver who ran the red light crashed his car.

• correct

• incorrect

Multiple Choice

Clearance sales, whom happen rarely, are great ways to save money.

• correct

• incorrect

Multiple Choice

The child to which you have spoken is my sister.

• correct

• incorrect

​MUG #8 Grammar Practice. Correct the sentences on your own paper and show your corrections clearly.

Use the papers provided to mark the answers. Turn in to the tray when you're finished. There are questions to answer after the video.

For Holloween my boyfriend Thor decided to dress up as a dainty delicate princess.

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On Saturday night some teenagers in my neighberhood dressed up as vampires and ghouls write some funny songs and went Halloween style caroling

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​Here's the video with the answer key. Watch it and then use the video to answer the following questions. https://watch.screencastify.com/v/9P2zQqwdayYxIaHoX5HM

Multiple Choice

In MUG #8, we put commas around the name "Thor" because it was what type of a phrase?

• noun

• adjective

• absolute

• appositive

Multiple Choice

Using your knowledge from MUG 8, which version of the word is spelled correctly?

• Haloween

• Hallowen

• Holloween

• Halloween

Multiple Choice

Making sure that all of your verbs that you use in a list are in the same tense is called...

• pathway construction

• parallel construction

• conjegating

• verb matching