Grammar - 3

Although acceptable in some languages and compulsory in others (e.g., Bulgarian or French), comma splices are usually considered style errors in English.

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/commasplice.htm - Comma Splice - Chomp Chomp

http://study.com/academy/lesson/comma-splices-examples-corrections-quiz.html - Comma Splice video & quiz

Mechanics

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=kderittepun - Punctuation Game - 15 Questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc&list=PLDrIB_uGCg1baGg0Gt7S1mKMk61_ltml4 - Sentence Components

Grammar Usage & Mechanics

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/gp/mslessons/grade6/index.shtml?122=1&123=3&124=2&125=4&EXERCISE=1&BOOK=001&TITLE= - Grammar Usage & Mechanics

Sentence Structure

http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/staff/boldtkatherine/readingfun3-6/readingfun_sentences2.htm - Sentences Types - Review

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/g6_trail/index.html - Sentence Park - Gr. 6

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz125805e69020.html - Sentence Structure

Challenge

http://harcourtschool.com/activity/planting_sentences/index.html - Planting Sentences

http://www.quia.com/pop/35934.html - Sentence Types

Compound-Complex Sentences

To understand a compound complex sentence, let's review compound sentences and complex sentences.

A compound sentence is made of two simple sentences joined by a conjunction (FANBOY).

A complex sentence is made of a simple sentence and a dependent, or subordinate, clause (has a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought. (AAAWWUBBIS)

So, a compound complex sentence is made up of more than one sentence joined by a conjunction, and at least one of those sentences is complex. In other words, it is a compound sentence with a dependent, or subordinate clause.

Examples of Compound Complex Sentences:

In these examples, the dependent, or subordinate, clause is underlined.

1. When I grow up, I want to be a ballerina, and my mom is proud of me.

2. I will get to watch television, but first, I have to clean up the dishes after we finish eating.

3. We won the game, but my uniform was muddy because it rained the entire time.

4. After our trip to the beach, school started back, and I was excited to see my friends.

http://www.softschools.com/examples/grammar/compound_complex_sentences_examples/441/ - Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex Sentences - Definition, Examples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp2YRRotE1o&disable_polymer=true - Compound Sentences

http://www.quia.com/rr/126726.html - Quia - Compound/Complex Sentences

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/syntax-sentences-and-clauses/types-of-sentences/e/complex-and-compound-complex-sentences - Compound Complex Sentences

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-7/is-the-sentence-simple-compound-complex-or-compound-complex - Compound Complex Sentences

https://www.quia.com/quiz/2922118.html - Compound-Complex Sentences

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sentence_horseshoes/index.html - Sentence Horseshoes - Gr. 6 - Compound, Complex, Comma Splice

https://jeopardylabs.com/play/simple-compound-complex-sentences - Jeopardy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc&list=PLDrIB_uGCg1baGg0Gt7S1mKMk61_ltml4 - Parts of Sentences

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/spotlight_clauses/index.html - Spotlight on Clauses

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sentence_band/index.html - Sentence Bandstand - Sentences & Clauses

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/g6_sealion/ - Sentence Seal Pool

Subjects/ Predicates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdUXxdmhIsw - Subjects/Predicates - School House Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbhLKwZz5Ls#t=110.109023 - Subject Predicate Songs

http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/55.asp - Subject/Predicate - Defined

http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/subject--predicate-practice.html - Subject Predicate Practice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbhLKwZz5Ls - Subject/Predicate Song & Examples - Melissa

http://www.cccs.k12.in.us/userfiles/10/Subject%20and%20Predicate.swf - Fling The Teacher - Subject Predicate

http://www.quia.com/rr/36765.html - QUIA - Subject Predicate

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/subject_speedway/index.html - Subject Speedway

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/predicate_coaster2/index.html - Predicate Whirlwind

http://www.quia.com/jg/333549.html - Subject Predicate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98OcAe5O0Ws - Types of Sentences - Schmoop

Appositives

http://www.quia.com/cb/8095.html - Appositive Game - QUIA - Jeopardy

http://www.quia.com/pop/8755.html - Appositive Practice

http://www.quia.com/rr/437427.html - Appositive Phrases - Rags to Riches Game

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/language_appositives_infinitives_language_arts_eighth_8th_grade.htm - Internet4Classrooms - Appositive Sites

Plurals, Plural Possessives

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/possessive_nouns/quiz327.html - Plural Possessive Game

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/singular-plural-possessive-game/ - Plural Possessive Games

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/exploring_possessives/index.html - Plural Possessive Game - Cave

https://www.quia.com/rr/377189.html - Plural Possessive QUIA

Independent/Dependent Clauses

http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/56.asp - Independent/Dependent Clauses - Defined

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNT1D0JoFk8 - Independent/Dependent Clauses - Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTZifhX5AQs - IC/DC - Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80c5mT7rpuA - Independent & Dependent Clauses with Richard Jackson

http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/56.asp - IC/DC - Online Quiz

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/indep_clause_quiz.htm - IC/DC - Online Quiz

http://www.quia.com/cb/117062.html - IC/DC QUIA Quiz

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/identifying_subordinate_dependent_clauses/quiz3637.html - IC/DC Quiz

http://reviewgamezone.com/game.php?id=4267 - IC/DC Game

https://www.quia.com/rr/744958.html - Independent and Dependent Clauses

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-6/identify-dependent-and-independent-clauses - Dependent & Independent Clauses

Verbs - Action & Linking & Helping

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/linkingverb.pdf - Linking Verb List

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O7NYd3G0s8 - Linking Verb Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dPbciiZSbo - Linking Verbs

https://www.neenah.k12.wi.us/cms_files/resources/Helping%20Verbs%20List.pdf - Helping Verb List

http://www.quia.com/quiz/653873.html?AP_rand=1486989817 - QUIA Quiz - Action, Linking

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/present%20tenses/action%20verbs%20catching2.html - Verb - Drag & Drop into Box

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/linking_verbs/quiz522.html - Quiz

http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/verb/balloon_game/ - Balloon Verb Game

http://myclass.theinspiredinstructor.com/english/space/space_paORpn.htm - Linking Verb Game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1IJWvHZcOU - Linking Verb Song by Melissa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dPbciiZSbo&disable_polymer=true - Linking Verbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsAWWIIzKDY - Linking Verbs - Boys in Car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVLql3nVt5M - Helping Verbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG927vzepAM - Action, Helping Verbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdrV4wrkV7I - Linking, Helping, Action Verbs - Tutorial

Predicate Nominatives

predicate nominative - a noun or pronoun which follows the verb and describes or renames the subject. It is another way of naming the subject. It follows a linking verb.

In the following examples, the predicate nominative is bold and the subject is underlined.

At the end of the tournament, Tiger Woods was the leader.

The subject and the predicate nominative are essentially the same thing.

For many of us on the team, the fans were an embarrassment.

EMBARRASSMENT restates the subject FANS.

When the plot is discovered, Andrea will be a suspect.

Look for the subject, decide whether the verb indicates a state of being and find out what “state” the subject is in.

Before the announcement, they were the favorites to win the contest.

Once you identify the verb, ask whether the verb was done to someone or something. For example: Did THEY do something? No, they just were. What they WERE is FAVORITES, making FAVORITES the predicate nominative.

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=direct-object-indirect-predicate-nominatives-adjectives - Predicate Nominatives

https://www.quia.com/rr/805155.html - Predicate Nominative - Rags to Riches

What is the difference between a predicate nominative and a predicate adjective?
Adjective complements are also called predicate adjectives; noun complements are also called predicate nouns or predicate nominatives. See predicates, above. An object complement follows and modifies or refers to a direct object. It can be a noun or adjective or any word acting as a noun or adjective.

https://quizlet.com/99206403/dsms-predicate-nominatives-and-predicate-adjectives-quiz-flash-cards/ - Predicate Nominatives, Predicate Adjectives

https://www.quia.com/rr/805155.html - Predicate Nominatives & Predicate Adjectives Quiz

Transitive & Intransitive Verbs

What Are Transitive Verbs? (with Examples)

A transitive verb is a verb that can take a direct object. In other words, it is done to someone or something. Most verbs are transitive.

A transitive verb contrasts with an intransitive verb. An intransitive verb cannot have a direct object.

Here is an example of a transitive verb:

He read a book.

Read (from to read) is a transitive verb. In this example, the direct object is a book. To read is transitive because you can read something. You can read a poem, a story, a face, a horoscope, etc.)

Here is an example of an intransitive verb:

He snores.

(Snores (from to snore) is an intransitive verb. It has no direct object. You cannot snore something.)

A verb can be classified as transitive or intransitive according to whether it takes or doesn't take an object:

If a verb takes objects, then it is a transitive verb.
Example:
They played soccer. → (The verb play takes ONE object 'soccer')
They sent him a postcard. → (The verb send takes TWO objects 'him' and 'a postcard')

If a verb doesn't take an object, then it is an intransitive verb.
Example:
She lies. → (The verb 'lie' doesn't take any object)
The building collapsed. → (The verb 'collapse' doesn't take any object)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mTL4h3eI7Q - Transitive & Intransitve Verb Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1FL05uW4Fg - Transitive & Intransitive Verbs - Mr. JB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDgQxFKLhHs - Transitive Verbs - Sponge Bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM4uLNbySqM#t=10.353043 - Transitive & Intransitive Verbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rByIL9CBnHc - Transitive/Intransitive Verbs - Powtoon

https://www.quia.com/quiz/653869.html - Transitive/Intransitive Quia Quiz

https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/quiz/jeux-quiz-verbes-verbs-eng.php - Quiz

http://www.quia.com/quiz/653869.html - Transitive & Intransitive Verbs QUIA

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/verbs/quiz231.html - Transitive & Intransitive Verbs - Soft Schools

http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/hyper/index-eng.html?lang=eng&page=trnsintr.html - Transitive & Intransitive Information

Examples of Transitive Verbs

Here are some more examples of transitive verbs. Remember, to prove they are transitive, find the verb (shaded) and then ask "what?" or "whom?" to find the direct object (in bold).

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. (Leo Buscaglia, 1925-1998)

Transitive verbs are very common. They even appear inside the direct objects of other transitive verbs. Look at these examples:

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. (Jeff Valdez)

You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

Examples of Verbs Which Are Transitive and Intransitive

Some verbs can be transitive and intransitive. For example:

Mark walks his dog for miles

(To walk is transitive.)

Direct Objects & Indirect Objects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-8hwsOgp7Y - Direct Object/Indirect Object Youtube Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPosseKSKk8#t=371.778023 - Direct & Indirect Objects

http://www.sinclair.edu/centers/tlc/pub/handouts_worksheets/grammar_punctuation_writing/object_direct.pdf - The Direct Object - Definition & Examples

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/directobject.pdf - The Direct Object - Definition & Examples

http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/direct_object.htm - Direct Object - Definition & Examples - Grammar Monster

https://www.quia.com/quiz/424608.html - Direct Object & Indirect Object - QUIA

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/direct_objects/quiz546.html - Direct Object Quiz

http://www.quia.com/quiz/424608.html - ID Direct & Indirect Objects

http://flang1.kendall.mdc.edu/3/341/Activity3/L341act3.htm - ID the Direct Objects

http://www.stanhopeschools.org/cms/lib03/nj01001951/centricity/domain/79/complements.pdf - DO, IO, SC

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/indirect_objects/quiz548.html - Indirect Object Quiz

http://www.quia.com/quiz/639643.html - Direct & Indirect Object Quiz

http://www.grammaruntied.com/nouns/nounquiz1/Iquizn.html - Interactive Noun Quiz

Direct object

A direct object answers the question "what?" or "whom?"

Examples:

David repaired his car → his car is the direct object of the verb repaired. ( What did David repair?)

He invited Mary to the party → Mary is the direct object of the verb invited. (Whom did he invite?)

Indirect Object

An indirect object answers the question "to whom?", "for whom?", "for what?"...

An indirect object is the recipient of the direct object, or an otherwise affected participant in the event. There must be a direct object for an indirect object to be placed in a sentence. In other words an indirect object cannot exist without a direct object.

Examples:

They sent him a postcard - him is the indirect object of the verb sent. (To whom did they send a postcard?)

He bought his son a bike - his son is the indirect object of the verb bought. (For whom did he buy a bike?)

Finding the Direct Object

Remember, to find a direct object of a transitive verb, first find the verb and then ask "what?" (or "whom?").
(Note: If this question seems nonsensical, then you're probably dealing with an intransitive verb.)

In each example below, the transitive verb is shaded and direct object is in bold.

Lee loves pies.

pies. To love is a transitive verb. It has a direct object.)

Lee eats cakes.

(Q: Eats what? A: cakes)
(The direct object is cakes. To eat is a transitive verb. It has a direct object.)

Direct objects aren't usually single words. They are usually noun phrases. For example:

Lee loves mince pies.
Lee eats dozens of cakes.
Mary saw the eagle two days after it escaped.
As the clock struck midnight, all the toys opened their eyes.

midnight is not tangible, but it is a perfectly good direct object for the verb to strike.)

Compare the examples above to this intransitive verb:

They arrived after the party.

something. Arrive is an intransitive verb. It can't take a direct object.)

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Verb Tenses - Past, Present, Future

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/verb-tenses-interactive-grammar-game-for-esl-jeopardy-quiz-game/ - Verb Tenses

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/tenses.html - Verb Tenses - Turtle Diary

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en32tens-game-logging-tenses - Logging Game

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=msmith5verbtense - Quiz Time!!

http://www.englishmedialab.com/GrammarGames/walk%20plank/present%20vs%20past%20tenses/present%20vs.%20past%20tenses.html- Walk the Plank

https://www.quia.com/ba/343278.html - Verb Tenses Battleship

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Grammar - 3

What Are Transitive Verbs? (with Examples)

Examples of Transitive Verbs

Examples of Verbs Which Are Transitive and Intransitive

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Finding the Direct Object

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