Grammar Study Guide Spring 2024: Sentence Diagramming & Pronouns

Diagramming Sentences

• Practice diagramming compound and complex sentences; refer to DGPs and IXL (DD4) for exercises.

Types of Pronouns (Voyages Book Chapter 3)

• Possessive Pronouns: Refer to ownership; practice on IXL (GG4, 6th grade).
• Indefinite Pronouns: Pronouns that do not refer to a specific person or thing; see 3.10 on IXL.
• Relative Pronouns: Introduce dependent clauses; practice on IXL (GG8).
• Demonstrative Pronouns: Indicate specific items; study via IXL (3.8).
• Identifying Pronouns and Antecedents: Exercises available on IXL (FF1, 3.1 & 3.2).
• Using ‘I’ vs. ‘Me’: Understand proper usage in sentences; practice on IXL (GG2).

Types of Verbs (Voyages Book Chapter 4)

• Action Verbs: Show physical or mental action.
• Linking Verbs: Connect the subject to additional information; practice on IXL (4.4).
• Helping Verbs: Assist main verbs in a sentence; exercise via IXL (4.6).
• Simple Tenses: Past, present, future forms; practice on IXL (JJ2).
• Progressive Tenses: Ongoing actions in any tense; see IXL (JJ4).
• Perfect Tenses: Completed actions in any tense; practice with IXL (JJ5).
• Transitive vs. Intransitive Verbs: Determine if a verb requires a direct object; study via IXL (4.2).

Verbals (Voyages Book Chapter 5)

• Gerunds: Verbs acting as nouns; practice on IXL (5.3, 5.4, 5.5).
• Infinitives: The base form of a verb, often preceded by ‘to’; exercises in IXL (5.6-5.11).
• Participles: Verbs used as adjectives; review with IXL (KKG, 8th grade).

Adverbs (Voyages Book Chapter 6)

• Identifying Adverbs: Focus on recognizing adverbs without delving into types; practice with IXL (6.1).
• Comparative and Superlative Adverbs: Forms used in comparison; exercises in IXL (6.3, 6.4).
• Usage of ‘Farther’ vs. ‘Further’: Understand the distinctions; see 6.4.
• Correct forms of ‘Well’ vs. ‘Good’: Practice both correct uses as adverbs and adjectives (KK7, KK9).
• Common Confusions: Clarify the uses of ‘there,’ ‘their,’ and ‘they’re’.

Adverbial vs. Adjectival Phrases

• Study the differences between phrases modifying verbs vs. those modifying nouns; refer to IXL (6.5 & 8.5, 2.5 & 8.3).

Types of Sentences

• Familiarize with simple, compound, and complex sentences; review exercises on IXL (DD4) and Voyages Book (8.11).

Error Correction

• Apply skills by correcting errors in a paragraph; refer to page 194 of the Voyages Book for practice.

RACES Format

• Read a passage from "And Then There Were None" and respond using the RACES format structure: Restate, Answer, Cite evidence, Explain, and Summarize.