1. -Ing quiz 1.Golfing is Frank’s hobby. a. noun b. verb c. adjective d. adverb

2. -Ing quiz 2. She was golfing when the bolt of lightning struck her. a. noun b. verb c. adjective d. adverb

3. -Ing quiz 3. They exchanged golfing tips a. noun b. verb c. adjective d. adverb

4. -Ing quiz a.My friends complained about my golfing. b.My friends complained about me golfing. 4. Which one is about how poorly I golf?

5. There, their, they’re, there are

6. 5. There twenty trumpets in that band! 6. Ralph put they’re galoshes over their shoes. 7. There going to be in so much trouble!

7. “Their” is a possessive pronoun! “There” is pronoun for “that place”. It is also an adverb. “They’re” is a contraction of “they are” There’re is a non standard pronunciation of “there are”

8. Cite, Site, Sight

9. 8. It’s important to site the book correctly. 9. The archaeologist loved to work on cite. 10.When I got glasses, my sight improved.

10. Who’s and whose

11. 11. Who’s frog is this? 12. Who’s responsible for putting this frog in my desk?

12. Lord of the Flies Rough Draft will be due Nov 24 We will have a grammar quiz on Nov 26

14. A lot and “alot”

15. A bunch of grapes A herd of elephants A group of British school boys A lot of homework – We have “already” and “although” and “also” but we don’t have “agroup” or “aherd”

16. It’s and its

21. All right and “alright”

24. Affect and effect

25. Affect: 99% of the time you will use this as a verb! Effect: 99% of the time you will use this as a noun!

26. The effect of the island on Ralph was very different than its effect on Jack. Jack’s personality was affected by the opportunity to hunt.

27. Every day and everyday Yikes!!!! Almost always you mean “every day” (2 words) when you write “everyday”!

28. “Every day” refers to something that happens each 24-hour period. He got up every day at 6AM.

29. “Everyday” refers to something that is ordinary and IS AN ADJECTIVE!!!!!!! Instead of the china he put out the everyday dishes.

30. NO!!!!!!!!!! Would of Could of Should of Would have Could have Should have

31. Sentence Structure We need to get to clauses and phrases We must pass through the land of subjects and predicates on the way there.

32. Subject What the sentence is about…. The main “noun” part of the sentence…

33. Predicate The action part of the sentence. What the “subject” does or experiences. The “verb” part of the sentence. Without both parts- subject and predicate- you do not have a complete sentence. You may have an utterance, but not a complete sentence.

34. The Subject and Predicate song!!!

35. POSTER All posters have subject/predicate – I. Define and write two examples and underline simple subject and simple predicate. Include complete subject/ complete predicate – II. Include examples of : Simple compound subject Complete compound subject Simple compound predicate Complete compound predicate

36. 1s are doing Linking Verbs 2s are doing Direct and Indirect Objects 3s are doing Intransitive and Transitive verbs