Daily Grammar Practice (DGP) MYP Honors English 2B Sentence 4

Punctuation & Capitalization and Parts of Speech DGP - Tuesday Punctuation & Capitalization and Parts of Speech

Punctuation & Capitalization Correct Answer “Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird. capital “W” comma after “Well” capital “I” exclamation point after “knew” quotation marks around “Well…knew!” capital “L” for Laird period after “Laird”

Sentence “Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird. Word Bank: 2 nouns (n) 1 interjection (int) 3 pronouns (pro) (demonstrative, relative, personal) 3 verbs (lv or av/past) 2 articles (art) 2 adverbs (adv) 1 adjective (adj)

Compare Compare your answers to your neighbor’s answers to see if you identified the same pronouns. “I labeled ______, ______, and ______ as pronouns because _____________________________.”

Parts of Speech Correct Answer “Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird. thing; Laird = nouns (n) Well = interjection (int) this; that; I = pronouns (pro) is; knew; exclaimed = verbs (lv; av/past) the; the = articles (art) most; ever = adverbs (adv) extraordinary = adjective (adj)

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Sentence Parts and Phrases DGP - Wednesday Sentence Parts and Phrases

Sentence “Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird. Word Bank: 2 subjects (underline and label with S) 2 predicates (double-underline and label with P)

Compare Compare your answers to your neighbor’s answers to see if you identified the same subjects. “I labeled _____ and _____ as the subjects because ____________________________.”

Correct Answer “Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird. this; I = subjects (the “who” or “what” of the verb) is the most extraordinary thing; ever knew = predicates (what the subject is doing or being; the verb and its modifiers)

Reflection Please take a minute to write a reflection of what you learned today in the appropriate section of your DGP weekly worksheet.

Clauses and Sentence Types DGP - Thursday Clauses and Sentence Types

Sentence “Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird. Word Bank: 1 independent clause (put in brackets & label “IC”) 1 dependent clause (put in parentheses & label “DC”) sentence type (choose 1) simple, compound, complex, compound-complex sentence purpose (choose 1) interrogative, imperative, declarative, exclamatory

Compare Compare your answers to your neighbor’s answers to see if you identified the same dependent clause. “I labeled ________as the dependent clause because _____________________________.”

Correct Answer “Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird. this is the most extraordinary thing; I ever knew = independent clauses (contains a subject and a verb; can stand on its own) Sentence type = complex (two independent clauses) Sentence purpose = exclamatory (gives a command and ends in a period)

Reflection Please take a minute to write a reflection of what you learned today in the appropriate section of your DGP weekly worksheet.

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