DAILY GRAMMAR PRACTICE

(DGP)

MYP Honors English 2B

Sentence 4

DGP - TUESDAY

Punctuation & Capitalization

andParts of Speech

PUNCTUATION & CAPITALIZATIONCORRECT ANSWER

“Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird.

capital “W” comma after “Well” capital “I” exclamation point after “knew” quotation marks around “Well…knew!” capital “L” for Laird period after “Laird”

SENTENCE“Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird.

Word Bank: 2 nouns (n) 1 interjection (int) 3 pronouns (pro) (demonstrative, relative, personal) 3 verbs (lv or av/past) 2 articles (art) 2 adverbs (adv) 1 adjective (adj)

COMPARE Compare your answers to your neighbor’s answers to see if you identified the same pronouns.

“I labeled ______, ______, and ______ as pronouns because _____________________________.”

PARTS OF SPEECHCORRECT ANSWER“Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird.

thing; Laird = nouns (n)Well = interjection (int)this; that; I = pronouns (pro) is; knew; exclaimed = verbs (lv; av/past)the; the = articles (art)most; ever = adverbs (adv)extraordinary = adjective (adj)

REFLECTION

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DGP - WEDNESDAY

Sentence Partsand Phrases

SENTENCE “Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird.

Word Bank: • 2 subjects (underline and label with S)• 2 predicates (double-underline and

label with P)

COMPARE Compare your answers to your neighbor’s answers to see if you identified the same subjects.

“I labeled _____ and _____ as the subjects because ____________________________.”

CORRECT ANSWER“Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird.

this; I = subjects (the “who” or “what” of the verb)

is the most extraordinary thing; ever knew = predicates (what the subject is doing or being; the verb and its modifiers)

REFLECTION

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DGP - THURSDAY

Clauses and Sentence Types

SENTENCE“Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird.

Word Bank: • 1 independent clause (put in brackets & label “IC”)• 1 dependent clause (put in parentheses & label “DC”)• sentence type (choose 1)

• simple, compound, complex, compound-complex• sentence purpose (choose 1)

• interrogative, imperative, declarative, exclamatory

COMPARE Compare your answers to your neighbor’s answers to see if you identified the same dependent clause.

“I labeled ________as the dependent clause because _____________________________.”

CORRECT ANSWER “Well, this is the most extraordinary thing that I ever knew!” exclaimed the Laird.

this is the most extraordinary thing; I ever knew = independent clauses (contains a subject and a verb; can stand on its own)

Sentence type = complex (two independent clauses)

Sentence purpose = exclamatory (gives a command and ends in a period)

REFLECTION

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DGP – FRIDAY

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