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English 12
Daily Grammar Practice

2. DGP #1- Monday, August 26, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
Typewriters, originally designed as writing machines for the blind became popular in the business world in the 1880’s, and created many new jobs for women.
Sentence of the Week: Monday- Label the Parts of Speech)
it is all dark and horrid to me for i can remember nothing

3. DGP #2- Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
Alaska, the largest state with the fewest people has one third of it’s land inside the Artic Circle.
Sentence of the Week: Identify the sentence parts including subject, predicate and phrases.
it is all dark and horrid to me for i can remember nothing

4. DGP #3- Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
Humorist, Mark Twain (1835,1910) wore white linen suits in summer and in winter, because they made him feel “clean in a dirty world.”
Sentence of the Week: Using brackets, seperate the clauses. Also, identify the sentence type and purpose.
it is all dark and horrid to me for i can remember nothing

5. DGP #4- Thursday, August 29, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
Harriet Tubman, the former slave who became famous for her courage as a conductor on the Underground Railroad once made the statement “On my Underground Railroad I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.”
Sentence of the Week: Add correct punctuation and capitalization.
it is all dark and horrid to me for i can remember nothing

6. DGP #5- Friday, August 30, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
According to a well publicized goverment report, more than half of Americas’ new jobs will be in the following industries, health services, business services, and retail trade.

7. DGP #6- Tuesday, September 03, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
Slow sustained streching helps lenghten tight cramped muscles increase flexibility and prevent muscle strains tiny tears in muscle fibers.
Sentence of the Week: Monday- Label the Parts of Speech)
His first act was to elevate his torch to a level with my face squint malignantly project under his lip and turn away.

8. DGP #7- Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
The largest gold nugget ever found weighed about 200 pounds was descovered in 1969 near Ballarat Australia, and was nicknamed Welcome Stranger.
Sentence of the Week: Tuesday- Identify sentence parts: subject, predicate, direct object, indirect object, phrases, etc.
his first act was to elevate his torch to a level with my face squint malignantly project under his lip and turn away.

9. DGP #8- Thursday, September 5, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
German leader Adolph Hitler born in Braunau, Australia in 1889 took his own life at 330 p m on May in Berlin Germany.
Sentence of the Week: Thursday- Identify clauses: sentence type and purpose, etc.
his first act was to elevate his torch to a level with my face squint malignantly project under his lip and turn away.

10. DGP #9- Friday, September 06, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
Pigs, I learned this when I visited my uncles farm can get sunburned just like humans; this explanes why pigs hang out in cool soft mud whenever possible.
Sentence of the Week: Friday-Add correct punctuation and capitalization.
his first act was to elevate his torch to a level with my face squint malignantly project under his lip and turn away.

11. DGP #10- Monday, September 09, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
Ms. Walker asked “Class how would you rank the following qualities: honesty kindness, love achievment, self esteem, loyalty and financial success”?`
Sentence of the Week: Monday- Identify the part of speech for each word in the sentence.
sit down and read the importance of being earnest a play by oscar wilde with jacob and me

12. DGP #11- Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
“When you set out to fail, writes John Holt in his book, ‘How Children Fail,’ one thing is certain—you can’t be dissappointed”.
Sentence of the Week: Tuesday- Identify sentence parts.
sit down and read the importance of being earnest a play by oscar wilde with jacob and me

13. DGP #12- Friday, September 13, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
Though banks may supply “virtual” money in the form of on-line cash the det my dear is all to real.
Sentence of the Week: Friday- Identify clauses and sentence type and purpose.
sit down and read the importance of being earnest a play by oscar wilde with jacob and me

14. DGP #13- Monday, September 16, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
In an essay entitled Why We Still Can’t Wait Coretta Scott King wrote ‘If the alternative to full employment is simply to wait; to tolerate in silence the shattered dreams of jobless youth and the broken hearts of laid off men then my choice is clear’.
Sentence of the Week: Monday- Identify parts of speech for each word in the sentence.
is this a dagger which I see before me

15. DGP #14- Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
George Bernard Shaw once said—If you cannot get rid of the family skeletons you may as well make them dance.
Sentence of the Week: Tuesday- Identify sentence parts—subject, predicate, direct indirect object and phrases.
is this a dagger which I see before me

16. DGP #15- Thursday, September 19, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
If ice did not float. (this is called a hypothetical question) Tons of it at both the north pole and the south pole would sink, covering the earth with water.
Sentence of the Week: Thursday-Identify clauses- Ind. And Dep. Also indentify sentence type and purpose.
is this a dagger which I see before me

17. DGP #16- Friday, September 20, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
The Houston rockets won back to back championships. In the nba (national Basketball Associasion) in 1994 and 1995.
Sentence of the Week: Friday- Add punctuation and capitalization.
is this a dagger which I see before me

18. DGP #17- Monday, September 23, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
In an article for the british magazine, The Idler Helen Wilkinson writes, “Many young people critisize their managers for their “make-work” rather than “real-work” mentality.”
Sentence of the Week: Monday- Parts of speech- .
each of the girls should obtain her own copy of lewis carrolls poem jabberwocky which will be read in class.

19. DGP #18- Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
“R U confused” is the acual name of a Booklet written by a senior English class at Fair haven Union high school in Fair haven, Vermont. Explaining the mysteries of the S.a.t. exam.
Sentence of the Week: Tuesday- I dentify sentence parts: simple and complete subject/predicate…phrases.
each of the girls should obtain her own copy of lewis carrolls poem jabberwocky which will be read in class.

20. DGP # 19- Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, our second and third Presidents both died on the fourth of July in On the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (isn’t that amazing?).
Sentence of the Week: Wednesday- Identify clauses: dependent, independent, sentence type, and purpose.
each of the girls should obtain her own copy of lewis carrolls poem jabberwocky which will be read in class.

21. DGP #20- Thursday, September 26, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
On his deathbed, the philosopher socrates said, “I am not an athenian [a resident of Athens Greece] nor a Greek but a Citizen of the World,” nevertheless he was executed for supposedly corrupting the minds of young Athenians.
Sentence of the Week: Thursday- Add correct punctuation and capitalization.
each of the girls should obtain her own copy of lewis carrolls poem jabberwocky which will be read in class

22. DGP #21- Friday, September 27, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
Many seniors have dicided not to go on the class trip to Arizona, nicknamed the Apache State for the number of native americans who live there, consequently these Classmates won’t see the painted dessert, the petrified forest of the grand canyon.

23. DGP #22- Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
In her mid-30’s, aunt Yolanda made a u-turn and, without the benefit of even on busyness course, went from full time Mother and President of the pta to ceo of her own small company, we’re very proud of her.
Sentence of the Week: Tuesday- Identify Parts of Speech.
That is a degree of placidity which I can neither comprehend nor respect

24. DGP #23- Thursday, October 3, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
Islam, a major world religion, is dominent in the middle east, it’s followers are called muslims, and it’s sacred book is the koran.
Sentence of the Week: Thursday- Identify Clauses, dep. And ind., sentence type and purpose.
that is a degree of placidity which I can neither comprehend nor respect

25. DGP #24- Friday, October 4, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
My Grandfather a world War II veteran heard president Truman anounce that the United States had dropped the first atomic bomb on hiroshima Japan, three days later, a second a-bomb was dropped on nagasaki.
Sentence of the Week: Friday- Correct capitalization and punctuation.
that is a degree of placidity which I can neither comprehend nor respect

26. DGP #25- Monday, October 7, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
According to Isaac Asimov “It took five mos. to get word back to Queen Isabella about the voyage of Columbus two wks. for Europe to hear about Lincoln’s assasonation and only one point three seconds to get word from Neil Armstrong that man can walk on the moon.”
Sentence of the Week: Monday- Label Parts of Speech.
Oh you will give me five minutes grace replied morcerf for I also expect a preserver

27. DGP# 26- Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
In the early nineteen hundreds, the average life expectancy for white females in the U.S. was fifty-one point eight years, in nineteen ninety-one, the ages was seventy-nine point six years.
Sentence of the Week: Tuesday- Sentence parts: subject, predicate, direct and indirect objects.
Oh you will give me five minutes grace replied morcerf for I also expect a preserver

28. DGP #27- Thursday, October 10, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
If your looking for all As in weight lifting, write for information on hand-strengthening exercises to Sports Health five hundred twenty-seven W. Windsor rd. Glendale Cal
Sentence of the Week: Thursday-Identify clauses, type and purpose.
Oh you will give me five minutes grace replied morcerf for I also expect a preserver

29. DGP #28- Friday, October 11, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
500,000 workers are employed by McDonald’s restaurants in the United States and Canada, more than 1 out of every eight Americans has worked in the chain restaurant at some point in life.
Sentence of the Week: Friday- Correct punctuation and capitalization.
Oh you will give me five minutes grace replied morcerf for I also expect a preserver

30. DGP #29- Monday, October 14, 2013
Correct the following sentence using proofreader’s marks.
Both my brother-in-laws use up tanksful of gas on their jobs, one works for the Int. Revenue Service and the other works at a local branch of the Fed. Housing Admin.
Sentence of the Week: Monday- Parts of speech.
who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbled along the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay.