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DGP
Instructions: During each five-day week, you’ll have daily grammar practice. We work on only one sentence per week. The sentences are of varying degrees of difficulty.
On each Monday, you’ll identify parts of speech including noun (type), pronoun (type, case, person), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, article, preposition, conjunction (type), interjection, infinitive, gerund, participle.
On each Tuesday, you’ll identify sentence parts including simple and complete subject, simple and complete predicate (transitive or intransitive verb), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), object of preposition, noun of direct address, infinitive phrase, object of infinitive, participial phrase, object of participle, gerund phrase, object of gerund.
On each Wednesday, you’ll identify clauses (independent, adverb dependent, adjective dependent, noun dependent), sentence type (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex), and purpose (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative).
On each Thursday, you’ll add capitalization and punctuation including end punctuation, commas, semicolons, apostrophes, underlining, and quotation marks.
On each Friday, you’ll diagram the sentence of the week.
Daily Grammar Practice Marking Guide
Instructions: Use these abbreviations to mark sentences Monday-Thursday.
Monday Abbreviations:
n: common noun
N: proper noun
pos n: possessive noun
pro: personal pronoun
1: first person
2: second person
3: third person
nom: nominative case
obj: objective case
pos: possessive case
ref pro: reflexive pronoun
rp: relative pronoun
ind pro: indefinite pronoun
int pro: interrogative pronoun
dem pro: demonstrative pronoun
adj: adjective
Adj: proper adjective
art: article
av: action verb
lv: linking verb
hv: helping verb
pres: present tense
past: past tense
f: future tense
per: perfect tense
prog: progressive tense
adv: adverb
prep: preposition
cc: coordinating conjunction
sc: subordinating conjunction
cor conj: correlative conjunction
nci: noun clause identifier
conj adv: conjunctive adverb
inf: infinitive
ger: gerund
part: participle
Tuesday Abbreviations:
S: simple subject
__: complete subject
vt: transitive verb
vi: intransitive verb
: complete predicate
do: direct object
io: indirect object
pn: predicate nominative
pa: predicate adjective
op: object of preposition
( ): phrase
adj prep ph: adjective prepositional phrase
adv prep ph: adverb prepositional phrase
obj per: object of gerund
ger ph: gerund phrase
part ph: participle phrase
obj part: object of participle
inf ph: infinitive phrase
obj inf: object of infinitive
app: appositive
app ph: appositive phrase
nda: noun of direct address
Wednesday Abbreviations:
[ ]: clause
ind cl: independent clause
adv dep cl: adverb dependent clause
adj dep cl: adjective dependent clause
n dep cl: noun dependent clause
ss: simple sentence
cd: compound sentence
cx: complex sentence
cd-cx: compound-complex sentence
dec: declarative
imp: imperative
exc: exclamatory
int: interrogative
Thursday Proofreading Marks:
Write in each symbol as I go over it in class.
capitalize:
insert apostrophe:
insert quotation marks:
insert semicolon:
insert hyphen:
insert comma:
insert end punctuation:
italicize:
Monday Lessons
Parts of Speech
Instructions: Use these notes to help you mark sentences on Monday.
NOUN
· person, place, thing, idea
· common (n): names a general, begins with lower case letter (city)
· proper (N): names a specific noun; begins with a capital letter (Chicago)
· possessive (pos n, pos N): shows ownership (girl’s, Roger’s)
PRONOUN (pro)
· takes the place of a noun
o personal (1st person: pronouns having to do with the writer/speaker; 2nd person: pronouns having to do with you; 3rd person: pronouns having to do with everyone else)
§ singular nominative (nom): I, you, he, she, it
§ plural nominative (nom): we, you, they
§ singular objective (obj): me, you, him, her it
§ plural objective (obj): us, you, them
§ singular possessive (pos): my, your, his, her, its, mine, yours
§ plural possessive (pos): our, your, their, ours, yours, theirs
o reflexive (ref): reflects back to self
§ myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
§ not words: hisself, ourself; theirselves
o relative (rp): starts adjective dependent clauses
§ that, which, who, whom, whose
o interrogative (int): asks a question
§ which, whose, what, whom, who
o demonstrative (dem): demonstrates which one
§ this, that, these, those
o indefinite (ind): doesn’t refer to a person or thing
§ each, either, neither, few, some, all, most, several, many, none, one, someone, no one, everyone, anyone, somebody, nobody, everybody, anybody, more, much, another, both, any, other, etc.
ADJECTIVE (adj)
· modifies nouns (I have a green pen.) and pronouns (They are happy.)
· tells which one, how many, what kind
· articles (art): a, an, the
· proper adjective (Adj): proper noun used as an adjective (American flag)
ADVERB (adv)
· modifies adjectives (really cute), verbs (extremely fast), and other adverbs (very easily)
· tells how, when, where, to what extent
· Not and never are always adverbs.
PREPOSITIONS (prep)
· shows relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence
· across, after, against, around, at, before, below, between, by, during, except, for, from, in, of, off, on, over, since, through, to, under, until, with, according to, because of, instead of, etc.
· We went to school. We went up the stairs.
CONJUNCTION
· joins words, phrases, and clauses
o coordinating (cc)
§ for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (Mnemonic: FANBOYS)
o subordinating (sc)
§ starts adv. dependent clauses (and therefore must be followed by subject and verb)
§ after, since, before, while, because, although, so that, if, when, whenever, as, even though, until, unless, as if, etc.
o correlative (cor conj)
§ not only … but also, neither … nor, either … or, both … and
o noun clause identifier (nci)
§ starts noun dependent clauses
§ may or may not function as part of the noun dependent clause
§ that, who, whether, why, what, how, when, where, whom, whoever, etc.
o conjunctive adverb (con adv)
§ adverb that helps connect two clauses
§ must be used with a semicolon (It’s cold; however, it’s not snowing.)
§ however, then, therefore, also, furthermore, nevertheless, thus, etc.
INTERJECTION (int)
· expresses emotion but has no real connection with the rest of the sentence
· set apart from sentence by a comma or exclamation point
· No, I’m not finished with my homework. Wow! What a great new car.
VERB
· show action or helps to make a statement
o action (av)
§ shows action
§ She wrote a note.
o linking (lv)
§ links two words together
§ can be linking: is, am, are, was, were, been, being, appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, sound, stay, taste, etc.
§ English is fun.
§ The flower smells (lv) pretty. The dog smells (ac) the flower.
o helping verb (hv)
§ helps an action verb or linking verb
§ If a verb phrase has four verbs, the first three are helping. If it has three verbs, the first two are helping. And so on.
§ can be helping: is, be, am, are, was, were, been, being, will, would, can, could, shall, should, may, might, must, have, has, had, do, does, did
§ We have been taking notes all day. (Taking is action.)
§ She will be cold without a jacket. (Be is linking.)
· tenses
o present (pres): happening now (jump, talk, eat)
o past (past): happened previously (jumped, talked, ate, fell)
o future (f): will happen in the future (will jump, shall talk)
o present perfect (pres per): have or has + past participle (have jumped, has talked)
o past perfect (past per): had + past participle (had jumped, had talked)
o future perfect (f per): will have or shall have + past participle (will have jumped, shall have talked)
o present progressive (pre prog): is, are, or am + present participle (am jumping, is jumping, are jumping)
o past progressive (past prog): was or were + present participle (was jumping, were jumping)
o future progressive (f prog): will be or shall be + present participle (will be jumping, shall be jumping)
o present perfect progressive (pres per prog): have or has + been + present participle (have been jumping, has been jumping)
o past perfect progressive (past per prog): had + been + present participle (had been jumping)
o future perfect progressive (f per prog): will have or shall have + been + present participle (will have been jumping, shall have been jumping)
VERBAL
· word formed from a verb but acting as a noun, adjective, or adverb
o gerund (ger)
§ verb acting like a noun
§ ends in –ing
§ Reading is fun. (subject) I enjoy writing. (direct object) Use pens for writing. (object of preposition)
o participle (part)
§ verb acting like an adjective
§ ends in –ing or –ed (or other past tense ending in the case of irregular verbs)
§ I have running shoes. Frightened, I ran down the street. It’s an unspoken rule.
o infinitive (inf)
§ to + verb
§ can act like a noun (I like to eat), adjective (It’s the best place to eat), or adverb (I need a pen to write a letter)
Tuesday Lessons
Sentence Parts and Phrases
Instructions: Use these notes to help you mark sentences on Tuesday.
SIMPLE SUBJECT (S)
· the who or what of the verb
· example: The dog with spots likes to bark loudly.
· must be noun, pronoun, gerund, or infinitive
· is never in a prepositional phrase
· There and here are never the subject of a sentence
· The subject can be the understood you. (Bring me the remote, please. (You bring it.)
COMPLETE SUBJECT
· simple subject + its modifiers
· example: The dog with spots likes to bark loudly.
· Dependent clauses modifying the subject are part of the complete subject of the independent clause. (The dog that has spots likes to bark.)
SIMPLE PREDICATE/VERB
· transitive verb (vt): takes a direct object (We love English.)
· intransitive verb (vi): does not take a direct object (Please sit down.)
· All linking verbs are intransitive. All passive voice verbs are transitive.
COMPLETE PREDICATE/VERB
· verb + its modifiers
· The dog with spots likes to bark loudly.
· Dependent clauses modifying the verb are part of the complete predicate of the independent clause. (The dog likes to bark loudly when I’m asleep.)
COMPLEMENT
· completes the meaning of the subject and verb
o direct object (do)
· is a noun or pronoun and never in a prepositional phrase
· follows an action verb
· To find it say, “subject + verb what? or subject + verb whom?” (I like English. Say, “I like what?” English (direct object)
o indirect object (io)
· is a noun or pronoun and is never in a prepositional phrase
· comes before a direct object and after the verb
· to find it, say “subject + verb + direct object + to or for whom or what?” (He gave me the paper. Say, “He gave paper to whom? me (indirect object)
o predicate nominative (pn)
· is a noun or pronoun
· follows linking verb and renames subject
· To find it, say “subject + linking verb + what or who?” (He is a nice guy. Say, “He is what? guy (predicate nominative)
o predicate adjective
· is an adjective
· follows liking verb and describes subject
· To find it, say “subject + linking verb + what?” (He is nice. Say, “He is what? nice (predicate adjective)
APPOSITIVE (app)
· noun or pronoun that follows and renames another noun or pronoun
· My son Beck loves trains.
APPOSITIVE PHRASE (app ph)
· noun or pronoun (along with modifiers) that follows and renames another noun or pronoun
· Ansley, my daughter, loves to dance.
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE (prep ph)
· group of words beginning with preposition and ending with noun or pronoun
· can act as adjective (I want a room with a view.) or adverb (His house is on the lake.)
OBJECT OR PREPOSITION (op)
· follows preposition and tells what or whom
· The key is under the rug. “Under what? rug (object or preposition)
· If there is no object, it’s not a preposition. (Please stand up. Up is an adverb.)
NOUN OF DIRECT ADDRESS (nda)
· person being spoken to in a sentence
· Mom, I’m hungry. Go clean your room, Rebekah.
INFINITIVE PHRASE (inf ph)
· infinitive + its modifiers and objects
· He likes to eat pepperoni pizza.
OBJECT OF INFINITIVE (obj inf)
· follows infinitive and tells what
· I want to eat pizza. “to eat what?” pizza (object of infinitive)
GERUND PHRASE (ger ph)
· gerund + its modifiers and objects
· Writing long essays can be fun.
OBJECT OF GERUND (obj ger)
· follows gerund and tells what
· I like eating pizza. “eating what?” pizza (object of gerund)
PARTICIPLE PHRASE
· participle + its modifiers and objects
· Running down the hall, he bumped into the principal.
OBJECT OF PARTICIPLE (obj part)
· follows participle and tells what
· Riding his bike, he struggled up the hill. “riding what?” bike (object of participle)
Wednesday Lesson
Clauses and Sentence Type
Instructions: Use these notes to help you mark sentences on Wednesday depending on the period.
CLAUSES
· Each clause must have a subject and verb.
· types
o independent (ind cl): also called main clause
§ Every sentence must have at least one independent clause.
§ The independent clause can usually stand alone.
§ An independent clause does not start with a relative pronoun, subordinating conjunction, or noun clause identifier.
o dependent (dep cl): also called a subordinate clause
§ The dependent clause can never stand alone.
§ A dependent clause starts with a relative pronoun, a subordinating conjunction, or a noun clause identifier.
· adverb (adv dep cl)
o usually starts with a subordinating conjunction
o acts like an adverb
o We will eat when the bell rings. (modifies eat)
o We will eat is independent.
o adjective (adj dep cl)
o usually starts with a relative pronoun
o acts like and adjective
o She likes the guy who sits beside her. (modifies guy)
o She likes the guy is independent.
· noun (n dep cl)
o usually starts with a noun clause identifier
o acts like a noun
o I hope that you like the examples. (acts as direct object)
o I hope is independent.
SENTENCE TYPES
· simple sentence (ss): one independent clause
· compound sentence (cs): two or more independent clauses
· complex sentence (cx): one independent clause + one or more dependent clauses
· compound-complex sentence (cd-cx): two or more independent clauses + two or more dependent clauses
SENTENCE PURPOSE
· A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends with a period. (dec)
· An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark. (int)
· An imperative sentence gives a command and ends with a period. (imp)
· An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feelings and ends with an exclamation point. (exc)
· A declarative, interrogative, or imperative sentence can be exclamatory if it expresses strong feelings and ends with an exclamation point.
Thursday Lesson
Punctuation and Capitalization
Instructions: Use these notes to help you mark sentences on Thursday.
CAPITALIZATION
· Capitalize proper nouns:
o days of the week, months, holidays, historical events, etc.
o names of people, companies, organizations, etc.
o names of states, countries, cities, islands, bodies of water, mountains, streets, parks, stores, etc.
o nationalities, races, religions
o brand names of products
o titles of books, magazines, stories, poems, songs, etc.
· Always capitalize the word I.
· Capitalize the first word of each sentence.
SEMICOLON
· joins two clauses without a coordinating conjunction
o He likes apples; she likes oranges.
o He goes to Harvard; however, she goes to Yale.
· can be used in a series with commas for clarity
o We went to London, England; Paris, France; Madrid, Spain; and Rome, Italy.
o can be used in a compound-complex sentence that already contains other commas
o If you understand this rule, you can use it; and you’ll seem very smart.
APOSTROPHE
· Use apostrophes to make words possessive and to make contractions
· Don’t use apostrophes to make words plural.
· Possessive pronouns don’t use apostrophes. (hers, its, ours, yours, etc)
· Be sure to have a real word before your apostrophe: children’s toys, not childrens’ toys.
· If the word is plural and ends in s, add an apostrophe only: dogs’ owners.
· Treat singular nouns ending in s just like any other singular noun: boss’s, Brutus’s.
UNDERLINING/ITALICIZING
· Underlining and italicizing are the same thing.
· Underline or italicize titles of long things: newspapers, magazines, CDs, movies, novels, plays, musical compositions, etc.
· Underline or italicize names of ships, planes, trains, and artwork.
· Underline or italicize foreign expressions.
HYPHEN
· used to make two words into one (blue-green)
· created by hitting the hyphen key once (no spaces before or after hyphen)
QUOTATION MARKS
· Quote titles of short things: short stories, poems, songs, articles, episodes of TV shows, etc.
· Quote dialogue and words copied from sources.
· Commas and periods that follow quoted words always go inside quotation marks. (I said, “Go home.”)
· Colons and semicolons that follow quoted words always go outside closing quotation marks. (We’re “friends”; we don’t date.)
· Use apostrophes to enclose quotes within quotes. (He said, “Joe encouraged me to ‘go along with’ the joke.”)
· Used quotation marks in all other situations. (He’s a real “team player.”)
COMMAS
NOTE: The rule numbers are for reference purposes only.
adverb dependent clause,[1] independent clause (If it rains, we’ll go inside.)
independent clause (no comma) adverb dependent clause (We’ll go inside if it rains.)
independent clause, cc[2] independent clause (Joe likes pizza, but Fred likes tacos.)
subject verb (no comma) cc verb (Joe likes pizza but does not like vegetables.)
independent clause; independent clause (Joe likes pizza; Fred likes tacos. NOTE: Don’t use a comma to join independent clauses.)
introductory participial phrase, (Running down the hall, he tripped and fell.)
introductory prepositional phrase, (After English class, we go to lunch.)
, nonessential appositive, (We read The Great Gatsby, a novel, in class. NOTE: We read the novel The Great Gatsby in class. essential)
, nonessential adjective clause,[3] (Jane, who drives a car, is nice. NOTE: All students who skip school should be suspended. essential)
items, in, series (Please buy apples, oranges, and bananas. I like the warm, fuzzy blanket.)
, noun of direct address, (Tom, would you please hand me the phone? Would you please hand me the phone, Tom? Would you please, Tom, hand me the phone?)
day of the week, month date, year, (The baby is expected in Sunday, January 27, 2010, in Illinois.)
city, state, (We moved to Barrington, Illinois, in 1993.)
introductory word, (Well, I hope these rules come in handy.)
, interrupter, (These rules, I think, will help you if you use them.)
Sample of a Week’s Work
Sentence of the Week: many of our students like cafeteria food
Monday: Identify parts of speech including noun (type), pronoun (type, case, person), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, article, preposition, conjunction (type), interjection, infinitive, gerund, participle.
ind pro prep pos pro n av/pres adj n
many of our students like cafeteria food
Tuesday: Identify sentence parts including simple and complete subject, simple and complete predicate (transitive or intransitive verb), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), object of preposition, noun of direct address, infinitive phrase, object of infinitive, participial phrase, object of participle, gerund phrase, object of gerund.
S op vt do
many (of our students) like cafeteria food
adj prep ph
Wednesday: Identify clauses (independent, adverb dependent, adjective dependent, noun dependent), sentence type (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex), and purpose (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative).
ind cl
[many of our students like cafeteria food]
ss/dec
Thursday: Add capitalization and punctuation including end punctuation, commas, semicolons, apostrophes, underlining, and quotation marks.
Many of our students like cafeteria food.
[1] adverb dependent clause: subordinating conjunction + subject + verb. Common Subordinating Conjunctions: because, after, until, as, though, so that, since, whenever, before, if, even, unless, while, as if, when, although, even though
[2] coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS): for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. Not then, however, therefore.
[3] adjective dependent clause: relative pronoun + subject + verb. Relative Pronouns: that, which, who, whom, whose