Grammar Essentials, FINAL LESSON

There are two ways to complete your final lesson.  The most efficient way is to go to http://www.alexandriatutorials.com/Grammarfinal.htm and copy and paste the assignment into an e-mail.  Then, complete the assignment and e-mail it (using polycarp65@verizon.net) to your tutor.  The second method is to complete the assignment on a separate piece of paper (make sure you use the numbers of the questions on this page to number your answers) and mail it to your tutor at 248 Benton St., Leavenworth, WA 98826.  Your final assignment is due on August 10, 2005. 

Using your Harvey’s Book, answer the following questions.

1.  Define the word grammar.

2. What are the three major facets of grammar we studied this summer?  (Hint: we spent one week on the first facet and two weeks on each of the others.)

3.  What is a principal proposition or clause?  Write an example.

4.  What does it mean that a verb is in the imperative mood? 

5.  Write three sentences, and label each word according to what kind of Part of Speech it is (noun, verb, preposition, adjective, etc.).  Then, add the appropriate punctuation to each sentence.  The first sentence should contain a simile.  The second should be an interrogative.  The third should be complex. 

6.  For the following sentences perform the following tasks.  Do them successfully and you join the ranks of the Grammarians of Power. 

a.  Label each sentence as either declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative.

b. Label each sentence as either simple, compound, or complex.

c.  If you see a subordinate proposition or clause in any of these sentences underline it and label it.

d. Over each word, tell what kind of word it is (noun, verb, conjunction, adverb, adjective, preposition, interjection or pronoun).

e. Choose three of the verbs.  For each verb you have chosen, define the voice, mood, tense, number and person.

It was almost quite dark in the there and Lucy kept her arms stretched out in front of her so as not to bump her face into the back of the wardrobe.

She took a step further in—then two or three steps—always expecting to feel wordwork against the tips of her fingers. 

“This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!” thought Lucy, going still further in and pushing the soft folds of the coats aside to make room for her.