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

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

3. 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”

4. 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)

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

6. 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)

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

8. Sentence Parts and Phrases
DGP - Wednesday
Sentence Parts
and Phrases

9. 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)

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

11. 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)

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

13. Clauses and Sentence Types
DGP - Thursday
Clauses and
Sentence Types

14. 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

15. 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 _____________________________.”

16. 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)

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

18. DGP – Friday
Weekly Quiz!