Daily Grammar 2nd Semester

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Daily Grammar 2nd Semester

• Keep going!

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Infinitive Phrases Jan. 12/13

• A verbal that begins with the word to and acts as
  a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.
• An infinitive phrase consists of an infinitive
  plus its complements and modifiers
• As Noun
• To be a recording star sounds exciting.
• Trina wants to be a recording star.
• As Adjective
• A desire to be famous is natural.
• As Adverb
• To be successful, Trina will need luck as well as
  talent.

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Infinitive Phrase Jan. 12/13

1. Bills goal is to become a psychiatrist someday.
2. Local patriots decided to throw the tea into the
   harbor.
3. The captain struggled to regain control of the
   foundering ship.
4. The political prisoner refused to denounce his
   principles.

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Infinitive Phrases Jan. 14/15

1. To get rich quickly is a dream for many people.
2. The first lucky adventurers hoped to stake their
   claims before word reached the outside world.
3. They had good reasons to worry about losing their
   opportunity.
4. Unfortunately, to come late to a gold rush
   guarantees disappointment.

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Infinitive Phrases Jan. 16

• Write a sentence using an infinitive phrase.
• To revive the victim speedily
• To arrange the flowers attractively
• To swim in the Olympics
• To earn money for college
• To recall the year of the blizzard

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Phrase Placement Jan. 19/20

• Misplaced phrase is a phrase that appears to
  modify a word other than the one the writer
  intended for it to modify.
• Hiking in the hot sun, we thought of shoveling
  snow with longing.
• A dangling phrase is a phrase that is intended to
  modify a word that does not appear in the
  sentence.
• Walking to town, the twisted signpost was
  confusing.

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Phrase Placement Jan. 19/20

1. The forest ranger spotted a distant bear using
   high-powered binoculars.
2. Mrs. Diaz left the house covered in fur.
3. The actor rehearsed his part in the theater with
   great emotion.
4. Tom swatted the mosquito muttering quietly.

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Phrase Placement Jan. 21/22

1. Opening the front door, snow was falling at a
   great rate.
2. The boy stopped at the stop sign on a bike.
3. To avoid hearing loss, the neighborhood should
   not hear your car radio.
4. All the players complained about the heat in the
   gym on Raisas team.

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Phrase Placement Jan. 23

• Rewrite the incorrect sentences.
• Ramon saw an airplane walking home.
• The cameraman filmed the lightning flashing in
  the sky.
• We heard the sound of thunder sitting on the
  porch.
• The red coat belongs to Leela in the front closet.

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Clauses Feb. 2/3

• A Clause is a group of words that contain both a
  subject and a verb.
• Independent Clause Expresses a complete thought
  and forms a sentence.
• The summer months bring their own sounds.
• Subordinate (Dependent) Clause contains a subject
  and verb but doesnt express a complete thought.
  Must be combined with an independent clause for a
  complete sentence.
• When the temperature rises
• When the temperature rises, insects get noisy.

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Independent or Subordinate clause? Feb 2/3

1. The fans felt that their teams victory was
   impressive.
2. Robin planted a wide variety of flowers in her
   garden.
3. Melanie, who is a very cheerful person, has many
   friends.
4. Pam arrived at the party early and stayed late,
   but Frank arrived late and left early.

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Clauses Feb. 4/5

• At the equator, there is not much change, but at
  the poles, the difference is remarkable.
• As you go further north, the number of daylight
  hours in June grows.
• Because Rina wanted to earn some extra money, she
  applied for a part-time job in a local hardware
  store.
• Rinas neighbor was the one who suggested
  applying at the store.

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Clauses Feb. 9/10

• Add an independent clause to each of the
  subordinate clauses to make a complete sentence.
• while the waves rose higher
• although he didnt say so
• because I have allergic reactions
• what they saw that night
• as if she knew all the answers

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Adjective Clauses Feb. 16/17

• ADJ clausesubordinate clause that modifies a
  noun or pronoun
• Answers the questions Which one?, What kind?, How
  much?, or How many?
• Introduced by relative pronouns who, whom, whose,
  that, and which.
• Vivian did her report on an animal that she
  admires.
• The library where she did her research is open on
  Sundays.

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Adjective Clauses Feb. 16/17

1. The horse and cow are probably the best-known
   members of the Ungulate order, which consists of
   more than 200 species of hoofed animals.
2. The kind of plain yogurt that is most nutritious
   contains live bacteria.
3. The light horse class includes those horses that
   are used for riding, driving, and racing.
4. Club members who came late paid a fine.

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Adjective Clauses Feb. 18/19

1. The Renaissance was a time when the arts
   flourished in Western Europe.
2. Alice Liddell was the little girl who inspired
   Alices Adventures in Wonderland.
3. The cardinal, which is the state bird of
   Kentucky, belongs to the finch family.
4. The TV special was a study of domestic cats,
   whose habits are clearly similar to those of
   lions in the wild.

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Adjective Clauses Feb. 20

1. There go the workers. The workers are
   resurfacing our street.
2. I found the page. The page was missing from my
   notebook.
3. My favorite piece of art has been damaged. It
   took me months to complete.
4. A Boston artist attracts many onlookers. He
   draws in chalk on pavements.

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Adverb Clauses Feb. 23/24

• ADV clauses are subordinate clauses that modify
  verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
• Tell where, why, how, when, or to what degree
  something was done.
• As she spoke, her classmates listened.
• She spoke more enthusiastically than she had ever
  spoken before.
• Subordinating conjunctions
• After as soon as if unless
• Although as though since until
• As because so when
• As if before than whenever
• As long as even though though wherever

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Adverb Clauses Feb. 23/24

1. Even though they are all quite similar, modern
   horse breeds are of two classes.
2. As you might expect, the draft horse class
   includes strong work animals.
3. Both cats looked as if they had something to
   hide.
4. Richie had no interest in music until the day he
   first saw a concert grand piano.

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Adverb Clauses Feb. 25/26

1. Since the family got a new car, she has asked to
   drive it to school.
2. As long as youre going to the store, please buy
   more chips.
3. We went through the mountains because we wanted
   to see the snow.
4. The temperature has dropped lower than the
   forecasters predicted.

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Adverb Clauses Feb. 28

1. The horse in the story lived in a small town.
   (Use where)
2. A young girl had talked her parents into buying
   the horse. (Use because).
3. One day the horse was horse-napped. (use while)
4. The girl was heartbroken. (Use until)
5. The thieves were caught. (Use even though).