Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Review of Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns

... Lesson 10 Review of Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns REVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS 61To learn what part of speech a word is, ask yourself: How is the word used in its sen-tence? For example, ... alone.continued REVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS 6512Though tales of fantasy, the Lord of the Rings books do echo truthsabout the real world we live in. 13They will bring you hours of great read-ing.EXERCISE ... change form depending on how they are used—as sin-gular, plural, or possessive nouns. On the next page is a summary of the rules for formingplurals of nouns.must have lost62 PARTS OF SPEECHREVIEW...

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... explored the parts of speech, thebuilding blocks of sentences. This part directs attention to the structure and quality of sen-tences. It asks you to judge between good and bad examples and encourages ... tobecause of in spite of towardbefore instead of underbehind into untilbelow like upbeside of uponbetween off withbeyond on withinbut (meaning “except”) withoutEXERCISE 1.Each of the following ... he began the chest of drawers.3. We visited the Grand Canyon and then we headed toward the Petrified Forest.4. Bob’s uncle appeared on Jeopardy, and he was the champion for three days.5. In...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Adverbs

... other part of speech, look at the way the word is used in its sentence.runsV.adverbclockN.adjective88 PARTS OF SPEECHLesson 13 Review of Adjectives and Adverbs REVIEW OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS ... horseback and two trackers onfoot. Across the saddle, a long metal object gleams in the sun. It is a rifle. For the full story of Kino, Juana, and Coyotito, read The Pearl, a fasci-nating short ... gentlytoward his chin. Curious, Gulliver bent his eyes downward and saw that itwas a six-inch human, armed with bow and arrow, and followed by aboutforty similar creatures. So loud did Gulliver roar in...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Basic Paragraph Composition

... sport he has excelled as national and world cham-pion, as Olympian, and as record-tying five-time winner of the Tour deFrance. He is surely one of the all-time great cyclists.His path, however, ... intention of giving it back, and I really do not expectthem to. The same is true of pencils. How often has a teacher asked, “Willyou lend so -and- so a pencil?” and how rarely has the thing been ... kill thousands of people (43,000 in 2002) a year on our roads and highways.Now you should try writing your own paragraph with reasons. Choose one of the fol-lowing topic sentences and develop...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Compound Verbs

... personal pronouns troublesome?Answer:Most of these pronouns change in form, depending on the way they areused in a sentence. On the other hand, the nouns that these pronouns stand for do not ... the subject and the verb of each sentence in the passageyou have just read. Caution: Some of the subjects are compound, and some of the verbsare compound. The subject and the verb of the first ... fault is _______________. Pronouns in Combinations Pronouns and nouns may be combined to form compound subjects, compound indirectobjects, and compound direct objects.Corey and I attended. (COMPOUND...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Nouns

... indicated.Samples:the plural of windowthe singular of kittens1. the singular of chairs2. the plural of passenger3. the singular of gloves4. the plural of bandage5. the plural of treekittenwindowsNOUNS ... 5CompoundSubjects38 PARTS OF SPEECHA compound subject consists of two or more subjects of thesame verb connected by and or or.1. Erin and Sean our group.compound subject verbErin is a subject of the verb ... words. For exam-ple, we can say the children’s money (two words) instead of the money belonging to thechildren (five words).Question:Why does the apostrophe come before the s in examples 1 and...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Prepositions

... PARTS OF SPEECHLesson 17 Review of Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections REVIEW OF PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, AND INTERJECTIONS 111Recall that prepositions relate nouns or pronouns ... tobecause of in spite of towardbefore instead of underbehind into untilbelow like upbeside of uponbetween off withbeyond on withinbut (meaning “except”) withoutEXERCISE 1.Each of the following ... connects the and .1. We were warm and comfortable.The conjunction connects the and .2. The meal was delicious but cheap.The conjunction connects the and .3. Jim called at noon and in the...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization

... Senate,Department of the InteriorTitles of persons showing office, rank, professionPresident Roosevelt, General Marshall, Dr. Reed, Professor HutchinsonNames of planets, satellites, stars, and constellationsJupiter, ... the republican candidate 7. lord of the rings: return of the king3. english and history 8. grandma and aunt louise4. the planet saturn 9. in the southwest near phoenix5. fourth of july holiday ... house for three months now.6. The cast and crew are plan_____ng a post-performance party.7. Martina was a good piano player, but Patrice excel_____d on the violin.8. The next meet_____g of the...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Nouns

... adjectives (Lessons 11 and 13) and adverbs(Lessons 12 and 13)—how they function, how they differ, and how some adverbs areformed from adjectives. In this lesson, we touch on a couple of usage concerns.Adjectives ... footPossessives of NounsThe formation of possessive nouns was explained in Lesson 4 (pages 34–37) in PartOne. It may be a good idea to turn back to that lesson and review how to form singular and plural ... counter and then forgot it.15. An Abyssinian cat and a Himalayan cat (are, is) pictured on a single United Statesstamp.188 COMMON USAGE ERRORSNouns and verbs carry the essential thought of a...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Pronouns

... Personal Pronouns Subjects and ObjectsA handful of pronouns cause more trouble than all the rest put together. These per-sonal pronouns, as you may recall from Part One, Lesson 9, have different forms ... him her us themNotice that these pronouns are paired. Your choice in a sentence would be between I and me, for example. I is the form used for the subject and me for the object.I watched the Bears ... is planning a picnic for Danny and (I, me).14. At the end of the school year, Sasha, Annie, and (he, him) were commended for aca-demic achievement.15. (Us, We) members of the National Honor...

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