1. Monday’s DGP II. Directions: Label each word in the sentence with the correct part of speech. Correct the capitalization and punctuation errors. when ansleys brother beck was little his favorite movie was the jungle book when ansleys brother beck was little his favorite movie was the jungle book I. Directions: Underline the subject and circle the verb for each clause in each sentence. 1. Douglas discovered which city has the most people by consulting an almanac. 2. The quickest way to find a topic in a book is by looking it up in the index. 3. Robert enjoys browsing the fiction section at the library. 4. The key to catching his attention is an unusual title. 5. His ears echo the thousand warnings of his mother: “Don’t cross the street.” III. Complete the blanks to define a dependent clause. What is a dependent clause? Must have a ______________ and a ______________ It ______________ stand alone. Must begin with a ________________ pronoun or _____________________conjunction. IV. Use the words in the bank to fill in the blank. An ___________ is a verb form that can be used as a ______________, ________________ or an _____________. Most infinitives start with the word _______ and followed by a present tense verb, but not a noun or pronoun. adverbtoAdjectiv e nouninfinitive

2. Tuesday’s DGP II. Label the words in the sentence to the term that applies below to the parts of sentence. when ansleys brother beck was little his favorite movie was the jungle book Complete Subject Complete Predicate Simple Subject (ss) Simple Predicate (vt/vi) Predicate Nominative (p.n.) Simple Subject (ss) Simple Predicate (vt/vi) Appositive (app) Predicate Adjective (p.a.) I. Directions: What are the infinitives here? Underline the infinitive and phrase. Place parentheses around the (prepositional phrases). 1. After school, June and I like to walk home together. 2. Usually, we go to my house or her house to listen to music. 3. Sometimes I get up to dance to the music, but June never does. 4. I don’t like to sit still when a good song is playing. 5. June finally told me that she had never learned how to dance. III) Fill in the blanks with the following terms. What is a relative pronoun? Starts a _________________________ clause. There are 5 of them ______________, ______________, ______________, _______________, ______________. What is a subordinating conjunction? Starts a dependent _______________. IV. Which word BEST describes the tone of the passage below? After my mother’s words sank in, I realized that this wasn’t just a bad dream. It was a frightening nightmare! Carrying someone’s golf bag around a golf course was not a vacation. My back and feet ached just thinking about caddying. Sleeping, skateboarding, swimming, and hanging out with friends were what I had in mind! A.tranquil C. jovial B.agitated D. morose Clausewhodependentthatwhichwhosewhom

3. Wednesday’s DGP II. Circle the sentence purpose & type. Underline the independent clauses in the sentence, and bracket the [dependent clause(s)]. when ansleys brother beck was little his favorite movie was the jungle book Declarative Imperative Interrogative Exclamatory Simple Compound Complex Compound-Complex I. Circle the correct word that will correctly complete the following analogy. (Hint: Pay attention to the relationship of the first two terms to decide what word best fits the 3 rd term.) teeth: mouth :: room : ____________________ Roommate Floor House Kitchen III. Directions: Next to each letter, write as many subordinating conjunction that begin with the letters in the following acronym. Some letters may have more than 1 sub. conj. A __________________________________________ __________________________________________ W__________________________________________ H __________________________________________ I __________________________________________ T __________________________________________ E __________________________________________ B __________________________________________ U __________________________________________ S __________________________________________ IV. Which word or phrase below is classified as transition word to show contrast? A.for instance B.meanwhile C.alternately D.consequently

4. Thursday’s DGP II. Directions: Without changing the meaning, modify the sentence so that it can become a compound sentence. when ansleys brother beck was little his favorite movie was the jungle book I. Fill in the blanks by using the words in the boxes. A gerund is a verb form in a sentence that has the part of speech : ___________. It can be the __________________, the __________________________, the ___________________, or an __________________. III. Directions: Write the infinitive phrase on the line. If there is none, write “none” Taking care of your bicycle is one way to make it last._________ I learned to place a small drop of oil on each link._________ Shannon went to the beach with her friends. _________ Next, we got out wrenches and went to the broken sink. _________ We used machine oil to change the chain._________ IV. Which word or phrase below is classified as transition word of conclusion or as a summarizer? A.for instance B.meanwhile C.alternately D.consequently Predicate nominative Object of preposition Direct object Subjectnounverb

5. Friday’s DGP III. Underline the gerunds in each of the sentences. 1. Douglas discovered which city has the most people by consulting an almanac. 2. The quickest way to find a topic in a book is by looking it up in the index. 3. Robert enjoys browsing the fiction section at the library. 4. The key to catching his attention is an unusual title. 5. His ears echo the thousand warnings of his mother: “Don’t cross the street.” IV. Each sentence has a gerund. Identify whether the underlined gerund is the subject, direct object, predicate nominative, or object of preposition. a. Skiing down that slope was fun. ___________ b. Give sailing a try. ___________ c. Dad’s favorite pastime is fishing for trout and bass. ___________ d. We enjoyed hiking in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. ___________ e. Please sweep the front sidewalk after mowing. ___________ ( ) subjectverb poss pron adj predicate nominative subjectverb poss noun predicate adjective appositive subordinating conjunction