2.  It is frustrating to be unable to thank the person who gave this anonymous donation to our library fund.  What do you think the meaning of anonymous is?  Locate the Prepositional Phrase.

3.  The anthology of science – fiction stories include some by Ray Bradbury, Julian May, and Ursula Le Guin.  What is the meaning of Anthology?

4.  The fire chief conjectured that oily rags may have been the cause of the fire.  Locate the infinitive…  Locate the Prepositional Phrase.

5.  People enjoy Alice’s company because of her sunny disposition.  What is the meaning of Disposition? Why do you think so?

6.  This year’s report on available housing encompassed the results of seventy-five surveys.  What is the meaning of encompassed? Why do you think so?

7.  Extricating our bags from the bus’s crowded storage area was much simpler than we though it would be.  What is the meaning of Extricating? Why do you think so?  Why did we put an ‘s after Bus???

8.  If the singular noun (bus) ends in an “s” we can do any of the following:  Bus’s OR  Bus’

9.  My father’s generation lived though the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War.  What is the meaning of Generation? Why do you think so?

10.  The Grimm brothers vividly described the wolfs’ guile toward Little Red Riding Hood.  Locate the mistake made in this sentence…why is it an error?  What is the meaning of Guile? Why do you think so?  Locate the Prepositional Phrase.

11.  Wolf is a singular noun that does not end in an “S”, so we put – wolf’s  In other words… if the noun is singular, then we put ( ‘s)

12.  The lawyer made us understand why it is imperative that we find the missing papers before tomorrow.  What is the meaning of imperative? Why do you think so?  What is an imperative sentence?????

13.  Declarative - A declarative sentence makes a statement. A declarative sentence ends with a period. Example: The house will be built on a hill.  Interrogative - An interrogative sentence asks a question. An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark. Example: How did you find the card?  Exclamatory - An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling. An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark. Example: The monster is attacking!  Imperative - An imperative sentence gives a command. Example: Cheryl, try the other door.

14.  Sally’s love of animals was instilled during the summer vacations spent at her uncles’ farm as a child.  What kind of sentence is this?  What is the meaning of instilled? Why do you think so?

15.  The teenagers modified their language when they tutored young children after school.  What is the meaning of modifed? Why do you think so?  Locate the prepositional phrase…

16.  Both chicken pox and the flu were prevalent in the Edison Middle School last winter.  What is the meaning of Prevalent? Why do you think so?

17.  The events on the night of the robbery, recurred to Hank several times in the following weeks.  What is wrong with this sentence?  What is the meaning of recur? Why do you think so?

18.  If and only if the sentence begins with two Prepositional Phrases, do we put a comma after it.  EX: On the morning of October 31 st, the kids got ready for the party.

19.  The crowd burst into a spontaneous chant of “Go!Go!Go!” as the first two runners neared the finish line.  What is the meaning of spontaneous? Why do you think so?