Daily Grammar Practice (DGP) MYP Honors English 2B Sentence 5

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

Punctuation & Capitalization Correct Answer Could I enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground? capital “C” capital “I” question mark after “ground”

Sentence Could I enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground? Word Bank: 4 nouns (n) 2 verbs (hv or lv or av/past or av/pres) 4 pronouns (pro) 2 articles (art) 4 prepositions (prep) 1 adjective (adj) 1 adverb (adv) 2 participles (part) 1 coordinating conjunction (cc)

Parts of Speech Correct Answer Could I enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground? festival; weight; neck; ground = nouns (n) could; enter = verbs (hv; av/past) I; my; me; this = pronouns (pro) a; the = articles (art) into; with; round; to = prepositions (prep) deadly = adjective yet = adverb (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; 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 = independent clause (contains a subject and a verb; can stand on its own) that I ever knew = dependent clause (cannot 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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