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Grammar - 3

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Grammar

Grammar - 2

 

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-6th-langbuilders.htm - 6th Grade Grammar Help

 

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-6 - Grammar Help - Grade 6

 

http://www.mcwdn.org/sentence/sentence.html - Grammar Quizzes - Parts of Sentences

 

 

Grammar Games 

 

https://sites.google.com/a/mpcsd.org/mrs-murphy-s-class-website/grammar-games-for-kids - Grammar Games for Kids

 

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/language-arts.html - Educational LA Games

 

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/parts-of-speech.html - Parts of Speech Games

 

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/partsofspeech_tutorial_final.swf - Parts of Speech Play

 

 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/verbs.htm - Verbs in Space

 

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/nouns.htm - Noun Explorer

 

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/adjectives.htm - Adjective Adventure

 

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/punctuation.htm - Comma Chameleon

 

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/capitalization.htm - Magic Capitals

 

http://www.sentenceplay.co.uk/SentenceDoctor.html - Sentence Doctor

 

 

Comma Splice

 

A comma splice is the use of a comma to join two independent clauses.

 

Example: It is nearly half past five, we cannot reach town before dark.

 

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.

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

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.

1When 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.
  • (Q: Loathe what? A: people who keep dogs)
    (Q: Got what? A: the guts to bite people)

  • I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.
  • (Q: Keep what? A: dogs)
    (Q: To bite what? A: people)

  • You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. (Jeff Valdez)
  • (Q: Can't get what? A: eight cats to pull a sled through snow)

  • You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.
  • (Q: To pull what? A: a sled)

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.
  • (Q: Loves what? A: pies)
    (The direct object is

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.
  • (Q: Struck what? A: midnight)
    (Note: A direct object does not have to be something tangible. If it answers the question "what?" or "whom?" in relation to a verb, then it's a direct object. The word

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.
  • (Q: Arrived what? That doesn't make sense. You can't arrive

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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