Grammar: Compound Sentences

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Compound Sentences
A compound sentence is a sentence that contains two complete ideas (called clauses) that are related. These two clauses are usually connected in a compound sentence by a conjunction. The coordinating conjunctions are "and", "but", "for", "or", "nor", "yet", or "so". Example: Batman is a hero. He is successful in catching the criminals in his city. Batman is a hero, and he is successful in catching the criminals in his city. OR Batman is a hero, for he is successful in catching the criminals in his city. Directions: In the following exercises, turn the sentence pairs into single compound sentences, each with a coordinating conjunction. You can rearrange or add words in the sentence to make it sound better, but only if it's necessary. 1. The black dog has won many prizes. He doesn't know many tricks. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 2. She saw a cat run in front of her. She fell down while roller-skating. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 3. There was a meteor shower. The crew did not know how to avoid the meteors. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 4. I wanted to buy a baby Chihuahua. I started to save my money. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 5. Gillian did not like to read. She was not very good at it. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 6. Pam liked Wayne. Leena also liked Wayne. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 7. The little boy did not like going to school. He went anyway. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 8. You can cry like a baby. You can clean your room like an adult. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
Grammar: Compound Sentences

Name ______________________________________________ Date _____________ 2004abcteach.com 9. She didn't want to play with Jill. She didn't want to play with Tim. ________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________ 10. Arleen could not play with that boy. Arleen could not play with that other boy. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 11. Let's go to the swimming pool. It's hot inside the house. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 12. I dont want to eat. I don't want to drink. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 13. I dont want to practice playing my violin. I dont want to disobey my mother. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 14. I want to own my own company. I want to pay all my workers a lot of money. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 15. I need to go to the store. I'm feeling too sick to drive. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 16. Rabbits make good pets. They dont make too much noise and they are clean. ________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 17. I want to go to the circus. I want to ride a pony. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 18. I didnt do my homework. My parents punished me. ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 19. I have never visited Asia. I have never visited Africa. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 20. You can make a big poster. You can make a little clay statue. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

Grammar: Compound Sentences

Name ______________________________________________ Date _____________ 2004abcteach.com Answers (may vary): 1. The black dog has won many prizes, but he doesnt know many tricks. 2. She saw a cat run in front of her, so she fell down while roller-skating. 3. There was a meteor shower in space, but the crew did not know how to avoid the meteors. 4. I wanted to buy a baby Chihuahua, so I started to save my money. 5. Gillian did not like to read, for she was not very good at it.

6. Pam liked Wayne, and Leena also liked Wayne. 7. The little boy did not like to go to school, yet he went anyway. 8. You could cry like a baby, or you can clean your room like an adult. 9. She didnt want to play with Jill, and she didnt want to play with Tim. 10. Arleens could not play with that boy, nor could she play with that other boy. 11. Lets go to the swimming pool, for its hot inside the house. 12. I dont want to eat, and I dont want to drink. 13. I dont want to practice playing the violin, yet I dont want to disobey my mother. 14. I want to own my own company, and I want to pay all my workers a lot of money. 15. I need to go to the store, but Im feeling too sick to drive. 16. Rabbits make good pets, for they dont make too much noise and they are clean. 17. I want to go to the circus, and I want to ride a pony. 18. I didnt do my homework, so my parents punished me. 19. I have never visited Asia, nor have I visited Africa. 20. You can make a big poster, or you can make a little clay statue

Grammar

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SENTENCES AND SENTENCE FRAGMENTS

A sentence expresses a complete thought or idea and contains a subject and a predicate (a verb). When a sentence is unfinished, either because it is missing a subject or verb, or because it lacks the information needed to express the thought, it is a sentence fragment. For each of the following, write S on the line if it is a complete sentence. Write F if it is a sentence fragment. 1. ___ Long, long ago, in a faraway land. 2. ___ There lived a princess named Gretchen. 3. ___ The most beautiful girl in the land. 4. ___ She was still very unhappy. 5. ___ Her 21st birthday was approaching. 6. ___ Her twin brother, Prince Reginald, would become king. 7. ___ She would have to marry King Jomen of Far Land. 8. ___ A very cruel and unkind man. 9. ___ She decided to run away and formed an excellent plan. 10. ___ The plan required the help of her friends, Grumpy and Happy. 11. ___ They were eager to help, as they did not like the idea of their friend being unhappy for the rest of her life. 12. ___ She disguised herself as a maid and left the palace. 13. ___ Unfortunately, her brother saw her and thought she was being kidnapped.

14. ___ Set out to rescue her. 15. ___ She ran until she reached Near Land. 16. ___ A happy and somewhat silly place full of very silly people. 17. ___ When Prince Reginald reached Near Land. 18. ___ She agreed to go home when he promised that when he became king, he would not make her marry anybody.
Grammar

Name __________________________________ Date __________________________ 2006abcteach.com Answers: Complete Sentences and Sentence Fragments 1. F 2. S 3. F 4. S 5. S 6. S 7. S 8. F 9. S 10. S 11. S 12. S 13. S 14. F 15. S 16. F 17. F 18. S

Grammar: Present Simple Tense

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Present Simple Tense

Write the correct form of the verb in each sentence. 1. John ______________ (play/plays) soccer. 2. They ______________ (dont/doesnt) study after school. 3. We _______________ (take/takes) the metro to the office every day. 4. What ___________ (do/does) you want to study? 5. On Tuesdays, I _________ (go/goes) to the mall. 6. Terry ___________ (play/plays) soccer; he _________________ (practice/practices) every day. 7. ____________ (Do/Does) Lucy ride her bike to school, or ___________ (do/does) she take the bus? 8. On Sunday, he ____________ (dont/doesnt) read the newspaper. 9. Where _____________ (do/does) they work? 10. How ____________ (do/does) you spell your name? Make questions with the word groups, using (do) or (does). 1. (Where/she/live) _________________________________________________________? 2. (When/you/play/soccer) ____________________________________________________? 3. (What/he/eat/for/lunch) ____________________________________________________? 4. (When/they/come/home/from/school)_________________________________________? 5. (she/want/to/work/in/the/office) _____________________________________________? 6. (your/mother/take/you/to/school)_____________________________________________? 7. (What/time/you/get/up)____________________________________________________? 8. (Where/your/father/work) __________________________________________________? 9. (Julia/live/in/Colorado) ____________________________________________________? 10. (How/Juan/and/David/go/to/school)___________________________________________?

Aesop. Fables. "The Fox and the Goat"

A Fox, having fallen into a well, could find no means of escape. A Goat, overcome with thirst, came to the well, and, seeing the Fox, inquired if the water was good. The Fox, concealing his sad plight under a merry guise, indulged in lavish praise of the water, saying it was beyond measure excellent, and encouraged him to descend. The Goat, mindful only of his thirst, thoughtlessly jumped down, when, just as he quenched his thirst, the Fox informed him of the difficulty they were both in, and suggested a scheme for their common escape. "If," said he, "you will place your fore-feet upon the wall, and bend your head, I will run up your back and escape, and will help you out." On the Goat readily assenting to this proposal, the Fox leaped upon his back, and steadying himself with the goat's horns reached in safety the mouth of the well, and immediately made off as fast as he could. The Goat upbraided him with the breach of his bargain, when he turned round and cried out: "You foolish fellow! If you had as many brains in your head as you have hairs in your beard, you would never have gone down before you had inspected the way up, nor have exposed yourself to dangers from which you had determined upon no means of escape." Look before you leap.

Define Each Word

plight guise indulge assent breach

Write the Correct Word from the Vocabulary

1. Despite his doctors advice, the ravenous gourmand ______________________ in large portions of richly decadent chocolate, butter-cream cake. 2. It took two weeks for the poorly-armed rebels to ____________________ the royal armys main fortifications and to capture the ousted king. 3. Mother Teresa was unusually sensitive to the ______________________ of the poor and the disenfranchised. 4. The arms dealer merely nodded in ___________________ when he agreed to the price for six million AK-47 assault rifles to be sold to the war lord. 5. Under the ____________________ of filial devotion, the unscrupulous daughter secured a large inheritance by flattering her ailing father constantly during the last year of his life.

Comprehension and Discussion: Answer Each Question in Complete Sentences

1. Why does the goat join the fox in the well?

2. How does the fox trick the goat into helping the fox out of the well? What should the goat have done instead?

H. G. Wells. The Invisible Man. From Chapter 1

The stranger came early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking from Bramblehurst railway station, and carrying a little black portmanteau in his thickly gloved hand. He was wrapped up from head to foot, and the brim of his soft felt hat hid every inch of his face but the shiny tip of his nose; the snow had piled itself against his shoulders and chest, and added a white crest to the burden he carried. He staggered into the "Coach and Horses" more dead than alive, and flung his portmanteau down. "A fire," he cried, "in the name of human charity! A room and a fire!" He stamped and shook the snow from off himself in the bar, and followed Mrs. Hall into her guest parlour to strike his bargain. And with that much introduction, that and a couple of sovereigns flung upon the table, he took up his quarters in the inn. Mrs. Hall lit the fire and left him there while she went to prepare him a meal with her own hands. A guest to stop at Iping in the wintertime was an unheard-of piece of luck, let alone a guest who was no "haggler," and she was resolved to show herself worthy of her good fortune. As soon as the bacon was well under way, and Millie, her lymphatic aid, had been brisked up a bit by a few deftly chosen expressions of contempt, she carried the cloth, plates, and glasses into the parlour and began to lay them with the utmost clat. Although the fire was burning up briskly, she was surprised to see that her visitor still wore his hat and coat, standing with his back to her and staring out of the window at the falling snow in the yard. His gloved hands were clasped behind him, and he seemed to be lost in thought. She noticed that the melting snow that still sprinkled his shoulders dripped upon her carpet. "Can I take your hat and coat, sir?" she said, "and give them a good dry in the kitchen?" "No," he said without turning.

Define Each Word

stagger fling haggle deft contempt

Write the Correct Word from the Vocabulary

1. The customer _____________________ incessantly with the salesman over the price of the used Volkswagen Beetle. 2. The _______________________ and disregard with which the arrogant patient addressed the nurses greatly irritated the hospital staff.

3. The old boxer, his face bloodied by a younger and stronger opponent, ______________________ to his corner after the eighth round. 4. During the interview, Richard _____________________ avoided answering questions about his dismissal from his previous job. 5. After he blocked a penalty kick in the last minute of the match, the ecstatic goal keeper picked up the ball and ___________________ into the stands.

Comprehension and Discussion: Answer Each Question in Complete Sentences

1. How does the narrator describe the physical appearance of the stranger? 2. Why is Mrs. Hall happy that the stranger appeared at her guest house? How does she try to make him feel welcome?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes, From "The Five Orange Pips
Sherlock Holmes closed his eyes and placed his elbows upon the arms of his chair, with his finger-tips together. The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it not only all the chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which would follow from it. As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. We have not yet grasped the results which the reason alone can attain to. Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their senses. To carry the art, however, to its highest pitch, it is necessary that the reasoner should be able to utilise all the facts which have come to his knowledge; and this in itself implies, as you will readily see, a possession of all knowledge, which, even in these days of free education and encyclopaedias, is a somewhat rare accomplishment. It is not so impossible, however, that a man should possess all knowledge which is likely to be useful to him in his work, and this I have endeavoured in my case to do. If I remember rightly, you on one occasion, in the early days of our friendship, defined my limits in a very precise fashion. Yes, I answered, laughing. It was a singular document. Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud-stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin-player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco. Those, I think, were the main points of my analysis. Holmes grinned at the last item. Well, he said, I say now, as I said then, that a man should keep his little brain-attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. ...

Define Each Word

deduce grasp baffle imply eccentric

Write the Correct Word from the Vocabulary

1. Students found it amusing that the mildly __________________________ professor lived in a small apartment with nine cats, each named Socrates. 2. After weeks of study, the biology student was finally able to _________________________ genetic theory. 3. Despite intense analysis and observation, the detective was not able to __________________________ the exact location of the alleged murder. 4. For over 350 years, the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem ______________________________ mathematicians. 5. What a speaker ________________________ with words, a listener infers with thought; more succinctly, a speaker _______________________, while a listener infers.

Comprehension and Discussion: Answer Each Question in Complete Sentences

1. According to Holmes, what would the ideal reasoner do when shown a single fact in all its bearings? 2. Where and how does Holmes access the knowledge that he needs to do his work? What resources do you think he would use today?

Adjective or adverb - Exercise 2

Explanation: Adjective or Adverb Fill in the words in brackets as adjective or adverb like in the example.

Example: Peter works ______ (slow). Answer: Peter works slowly.

1) The bus driver was

injured. (serious)

2) Kevin is

clever. (extreme)

3) This hamburger tastes

. (awful)

4) Be

with this glass of milk. It's hot. (careful)

5) Robin looks

. What's the matter with him? (sad)

6) Jack is

upset about losing his keys. (terrible)

7) This steak smells

. (good)

8) Our basketball team played

last Friday. (bad)

9) Don't speak so

. I can't understand you. (fast)

10) Maria

opened her present. (slow)

Form questions - Exercise 1

Explanation: Questions Ask for the underlined part. Write the complete English question into the gap. Example: The class plays football. _______________________ Answer: The class plays football. What does the class play?

1) John is writing a letter. ? 2) She walks home from school. ? 3) The children are sitting in the garden. ? 4) Peter runs with his dog on Sundays. ? 5) My rabbit has a cage in the garden. ? 6) They go to work by bus. ? 7) David likes cats because they are nice. ? 8) Jenny isn't sleeping late today. ? 9) We are going to the cinema. ?

10) I'm leaving now. ?

1) John is writing a letter. What is John writing? 2) She walks home from school. Who walks home from school? 3) The children are sitting in the garden. Where are the children sitting? 4) Peter runs with his dog on Sundays. When does Peter run with his dog? 5) My rabbit has a cage in the garden. What does your rabbit have in the garden? 6) They go to work by bus. How do they go to work? 7) David likes cats because they are nice. Why does David like cats? 8) Jenny isn't sleeping late today. Who isn't sleeping late today? 9) We are going to the cinema. Where are we going? 10) I'm leaving now. When are you leaving?