DAILY LANGUAGE SKILLBUILDERS

Interjections An interjection is a word or short phrase used to express sudden feeling like anger, fear, surprise, joy, or disappointment. Interjections, such as the following, have no grammatical relation to any other word in a sentence. Gee Wow No Whew Never Yes Strong interjections are followed by exclamation points. Mild interjections are followed by commas. The examples below are from The Crucible. “Oh, my God! God help me! Betty. Child. Dear child.” “Aye, sir. I pray for her.”

COPY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES COPY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. PROOFREAD THE SENTENCES AND WRITE THEM CORRECTLY. 1. Alas Salem is about to have a call from the devil. 2. Well do you believe those women really were witches? 3. Why I’m sure my name is blameless, sir. 4. Oh, bosh Mr. Proctor, we were dancin’ in the woods and my uncle leaped in upon us and frightened her. 5. No no Betty never flew into the air, Goody Putnam! 6. Enough I’ll have no more of this, Abigail! 7. What Tituba, have you sold yourself to the devil? 8. Fie Rebecca and Mrs. Putnam, cease this angry talk immediately. 9. Ah Elizabeth, trust me, trust me. 10. Impossible Sarah Good is not an evil woman.

COPY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES COPY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. PROOFREAD THE SENTENCES AND WRITE THEM CORRECTLY. 1. “Hey Carlos, James said, whats the assignment for english class tomorrow.” 2. Carlos replyed, we’re supposed to read an iroquois myth write a poem and a spelling test. 3. ”Song of the Sky Loom“ is an apparantly simple yet but truely complex poem that espresses peoples longin to be as pure as the natural whirled. 4. If we can have really understood in what cents our mother is the earth and our father is the sky, than we would be respectfuller of nature. 5. many native american cultures has there own versions of Coyote Storys. 6. Coyote and the buffalo is a story that is funny entertaining and it is scary.

COMPLETE SENTENCES A complete sentence has two basic parts: a subject and a predicate. The complete subject includes all the words that identify the person, place, thing, or idea the sentence is about. The complete predicate includes all the words that tell or ask something about the subject. Each complete subject contains a simple subject that names exactly whom or what the sentence is about. The complete predicate contains a simple predicate (the verb) that tells what the subject does or is. The verb may be one word or several words, but it does not contain modifiers. In the example below, the complete subject is separated from the complete predicate by a vertical line. The simple subject and the verb are in bold type. Kate Chopin’s brilliant story | demands from the reader great sensitivity toward the status of women one hundred years ago.

COPY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES COPY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. Exercise: Analyzing Complete Sentences In the sentences below, place a vertical line between the complete subject and the complete predicate. Then underline the simple subject and the simple predicate (verb) and label each with s or p. 1. The main character in “The Story of an Hour” is Mrs. Mallard. 2. Young Mrs. Mallard with her ill heart receives the news of her husband’s death. 3. Delivering the bad news, her sister Josephine tells her in broken sentences about the railroad disaster. 4. Mrs. Mallard’s stifled life changes within the matter of an hour. 5. Sitting in her room with tears in her eyes, she begins to recognize this thing coming to her. 6. The vacant stare fades with her growing awareness of her freedom. 7. All sorts of wonderful days stretch out radiantly before her. 8. The joy flooding her heart makes her breathless. 9. Like a goddess she descends the stairs. 10. Brently Mallard, carrying his traveling bag and umbrella, comes through the front door.

COPY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES COPY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. Exercise: Analyzing Complete Sentences In the sentences below, place a vertical line between the complete subject and the complete predicate. Then underline the simple subject and the simple predicate (verb) and label each with s or p. 6. The vacant stare fades with her growing awareness of her freedom. 7. All sorts of wonderful days stretch out radiantly before her. 8. The joy flooding her heart makes her breathless. 9. Like a goddess she descends the stairs. 10. Brently Mallard, carrying his traveling bag and umbrella, comes through the front door.