Quiz for Lessons 151 - 155 - Parts of the Sentence - Adjectives

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Instructions: Find all the adjectives in these sentences, tell what they modify, and what they tell.

1. Grandpa's low growl was a quick warning to us.

2. The largest spaceship in the world stood ready for launch.

3. His lost vision was still not clear.

4. Many young people feel uneasy before a crowd.

5. Pink and blue flowers bloomed in the neighbor's garden.

6. Several gray clouds blocked the radiant sunlight.

7. There were no visible signs of activity at the old mill.

8. Five little speckled eggs were seen in the bird's nest.

9. Mother planted those yellow and white irises.

10. Soft, cool breezes blew off the beautiful silver lake.

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Answers:

1. Grandpa's low growl was a quick warning to us.

- Grandpa's (whose) and low (what kind) modify growl

- a (which) and quick (what kind) modify warning

2. The largest spaceship in the world stood ready for launch.

- The (which) and largest (what kind) modify spaceship

- the (which) modifies world

3. His lost vision was still not clear.

- His (whose) and lost (what kind) modify vision

- clear (what kind, predicate adj.) modifies vision

4. Many young people feel uneasy before a crowd.

- Many (how many) and young (what kind) modify people
- uneasy (what kind, predicate adj.) modifies people
- a (which) modifies crowd

5. Pink and blue flowers bloomed in the neighbor's garden.

- Pink (what kind) and blue (what kind) modify flowers

- the (which) and neighbor's (whose) modify garden

6. Several gray clouds blocked the radiant sunlight.

- Several (how many) and gray (what kind) modify clouds

- the (which) and radiant (what kind) modify sunlight

7. There were no visible signs of activity at the old mill.

- no (how many) and visible (what kind) modify signs

- the (which) and old (what kind) modify mill

8. Five little speckled eggs were seen in the bird's nest.

- Five (how many), little (what kind), and speckled (what kind) modify eggs

- the (which) and bird's (whose) modify nest

9. Mother planted those yellow and white irises.

- those (which), yellow (what kind), and white (what kind) modify irises

10. Soft, cool breezes blew off the beautiful silver lake.

- Soft (what kind) and cool (what kind) modify breezes

- the (which), beautiful (what kind), and silver (what kind) modify lake

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Lesson 154 - Parts of the Sentence - Adjectives

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Adjectives modify or affect the meaning of nouns and pronouns and tell us which, whose, what kind, and how many about the nouns or pronouns they modify. They come before the noun or pronoun they modify except for the predicate adjective which comes after a linking verb and modifies the subject.

 

Examples of adjectives:

The big brown bear grabbed the scared small man.

(The, big, and brown modify the subject bear and the, scared, and small modify the direct object man)

Examples of predicate adjectives:

The big bear is brown. The brown bear was big.

(brown and big come after the linking verbs is and was and modify the subject bear)

 

There are seven (7) words in the English language that are always adjectives. They are the articles a, an, and the and the possessives my, our, your, and their. (The possessives are from the possessive pronoun list but are always used with nouns as adjectives.) One should memorize them so they are immediately recognized as adjectives.

Adjectives that point out how many are indefinite pronouns like many, several, both, and numbers.

Instructions: Find the adjectives that tell how many in these sentences and tell what they modify.

1. Both companies need twenty-four workers by tomorrow.

2. Several citizens protested the many cars on the two lots.

3. Seventy-six trombones led the few drummers and some tubas.

4. Three people tried out for one part in the play.

5. Each train needed another car and more passengers.

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Answers:

1. Both companies need twenty-four workers by tomorrow.

- Both modifies companies 

- twenty-four modifies workers

2. Several citizens protested the many cars on the two lots.

- Several modifies citizens

- many modifies cars 

- two modifies lots

3. Seventy-six trombones led the few drummers and some tubas.

- Seventy-six modifies trombones

- few modifies drummers 

- some modifies tubas

4. Three people tried out for one part in the play.

- Three modifies people

- one modifies part

5. Each train needed another car and more passengers.

- Each modifies train

- another modifies car 

- more modifies passengers

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Lesson 32 - Parts of Speech - Adjectives

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Pronouns used as adjectives are called pronominal adjectives. Other pronouns can also be used as adjectives, but they are not always adjectives as the seven mentioned in Lesson 31. Demonstrative pronouns, this, that, these, those; interrogative pronouns, whose, which, what; and indefinite pronouns, another, any, both, each, either, many, neither, one, other, some; when used with a noun become adjectives. Cardinal and ordinal numbers can be adjectives.

     Examples:
     ten students (cardinal)
     the tenth student (ordinal)

Instructions: List the adjectives in these sentences.

1. Whose car is that red one in the driveway?

2. Those drapes go well with this brown carpet.

3. The two men were wondering what signal had brought many people to their rescue.

4. The third person entering the city park won another prize.

5. That tie is a good one for this suit.

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Answers:

1. Whose car is that red one in the driveway?

2. Those drapes go well with this brown carpet.

3. The two men were wondering what signal had brought many people to their rescue.

4. The third person entering the city park won another prize.

5. That tie is a good one for this suit.

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Quiz for Lessons 21-30 - Parts of Speech - Pronouns

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Instructions: Find each pronoun. Tell if it is personal, relative, demonstrative, indefinite, or interrogative. List the antecedent if there is one. For each personal pronoun tell if it is possessive, intensive, or reflexive.

1. He himself had helped my mother do something.

2. Which is the right room for this?

3. These are mine. Whose are these?

4. This is the book that I would recommend to you.

5. Everyone has talents. Some have many. No one has none.

6. He found himself lost in his dream.

7. I myself heard him blame himself in front of everybody.

8. Neither of them has anyone who will help us.

9. Who would have guessed that that was wrong?

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Answers:

1. He himself had helped my mother do something.
     He - personal pronoun
     himself - personal pronoun (intensive)
     my - personal pronoun (possessive)
     He is the antecedent for himself.
     (something is a noun)

2. Which is the right room for this?
     Which - interrogative pronoun
     this - demonstrative pronoun

3. These are mine. Whose are these?

     These - demonstrative pronoun
     mine - personal pronoun (possessive)
     Whose - interrogative pronoun
     these - demonstrative pronoun

4. This is the book that I would recommend to you.
     This - demonstrative pronoun
     that - relative pronoun
     I and you - personal pronouns

5. Everyone has talents. Some have many. No one has none.
     Everyone, Some, many, no one, none - indefinite pronouns

6. He found himself lost in his dream.
     He - personal pronoun
     himself - personal pronoun (reflexive)
     his - personal pronoun
     He is the antecedent for himself and his.

7. I myself heard him blame himself in front of everybody.
     I - personal pronoun
     myself - personal pronoun (intensive)
     him - personal pronoun
     himself - personal pronoun (reflexive)
     everybody - indefinite pronoun
     I is the antecedent for myself.
     Him is the antecedent for himself.

8. Neither of them has anyone who will help us.
     neither - indefinite pronoun
     them - personal pronoun
     anyone - indefinite pronoun
     who - relative pronoun
     us - personal pronoun

9. Who would have guessed that that was wrong?
     Who - interrogative pronoun
     that - relative pronoun
     that - demonstrative pronoun

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Lesson 30 - Parts of Speech - Pronouns

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This lesson is a review of the five kinds of pronouns.

Instructions: Find each pronoun and tell what kind it is. It is either personal, relative, demonstrative, indefinite, or interrogative.

1. From whom did you get that?

2. Neither of my brothers would read me the story.

3. You need someone who will be kind to others.

4. What does this have to do with me?

5. I liked the play that you hated.

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Answers:

1. From whom did you get that?
     whom - interrogative pronoun
     you - personal pronoun
     that - demonstrative pronoun

2. Neither of my brothers would read me the story.

     neither - indefinite pronoun
     my and me - personal pronouns

3. You need someone who will be kind to others.
     you - personal pronoun
     someone and others - indefinite pronouns
     who - relative pronoun

4. What does this have to do with me?
     what - interrogative pronoun
     this - demonstrative pronoun
     me - personal pronoun

5. I liked the play that you hated.
     I and you - personal pronouns
     that - relative pronoun

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Lesson 28 - Parts of Speech - Pronouns

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Indefinite pronouns are pronouns that do not point out specifically. They point out generally. They include such words as another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, many, neither, nobody, none, no one, one, other, others, some, somebody, and someone.

Instructions: Find the indefinite pronouns in the following sentences.

1. Everybody loves someone sometime.

2. Both of the students should hand in everything they have completed.

3. I didn't see anyone I knew.

4. If no one helps others, nothing gets done.

5. Somebody said that one should touch neither of them.

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Answers:

1. Everybody loves someone sometime.

2. Both of the students should hand in everything they have completed.

3. I didn't see anyone I knew.

4. If no one helps others, nothing gets done.

5. Somebody said that one should touch neither of them.

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Quiz for Lessons 406 - 410 - Mechanics - Punctuation - Apostrophes

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Instructions: Supply the apostrophes and/or "s" to make the possessives in the following sentences.

1. Could I buy fifty cents worth of candy for the kids?

2. Somebodys shoes have been left in the living room.

3. His shoes are here, but where are yours?

4. His aunts nephew will be on television with Chansons group.

5. The cows udder was cut from jumping the neighbors fence.

6. Bob and Rays store will be open on Christmas.

7. Everybody elses help will be appreciated by my mothers family.

8. Just two days work will finish this room.

9. Anns and Marys costumes were the prettiest of everyones.

10. The women and girls ages were revealed to everyone.

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1. Could I buy fifty cents' worth of candy for the kids?

2. Somebody's shoes have been left in the living room.

3. His shoes are here, but where are yours? (no apostrophe needed)

4. His aunt's nephew will be on television with Chanson's group.

5. The cow's udder was cut from jumping the neighbor's fence.

6. Bob and Ray's store will be open on Christmas.

7. Everybody else's help will be appreciated by my mother's family.

8. Just two days' work will finish this room.

9. Ann's and Mary's costumes were the prettiest of everyone's.

10. The women's and girls' ages were revealed to everyone. (could be girl's)

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Lesson 407 - Mechanics - Punctuation - Apostrophes

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If the indefinite pronoun is followed by "else", then that word takes the apostrophe. 

 

Example: 

Somebody else's lock is on my locker.

Instructions: Supply the apostrophes and "s" ('s) to make the possessives in the following sentences.

1. Someone else effort caused the needed result.

2. We should always be aware of somebody else pain.

3. Everyone else coat has been hung up.

4. Does anyone else need mean anything to you?

5. No one else houses were damaged by the storm.

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Answers:

1. Someone else's effort caused the needed result.

2. We should always be aware of somebody else's pain.

3. Everyone else's coat has been hung up.

4. Does anyone else's need mean anything to you?

5. No one else's houses were damaged by the storm.

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Lesson 406 - Mechanics - Punctuation - Apostrophes

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Indefinite pronouns show the possessive by adding 's. 

 

Example: 

one's idea

Indefinite pronouns are pronouns that do not point out specifically. They point out generally. They include such words as another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, many, neither, nobody, none, no one, one, other, others, some, somebody, and someone. (Lesson 28)

Instructions: Supply the apostrophes and "s" ('s) to make the possessives in the following sentences.

1. Anyone guess is as good as mine.

2. Someone stupidity is going to hurt everyone chances for success.

3. I think everybody views should be heard.

4. No one vote should be left out.

5. Is this anybody book?

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Answers:

1. Anyone's guess is as good as mine.

2. Someone's stupidity is going to hurt everyone's chances for success.

3. I think everybody's views should be heard.

4. No one's vote should be left out.

5. Is this anybody's book?

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