Me, Myself and Aye name: favorite TV show:
I. Parts of speech. (20 %)
But three hours later, returning home late on Christmas night after a twelve-hour vigil at the Dunkin’ Donuts in Norwalk, Connecticut, he faced the problems of opening the gifts his family had sent him: two boxes from St. Jude, a padded mailer from Denise, and a box from Gary. He decided that he would open the boxes in bed and that the way he would get them up to his bedroom would be to kick them up the stairs.
Quoting individual words directly from the passage above, identify:
a proper noun:
an object pronoun:
an abstract noun:
a conjunction:
an adjective:
in the first sentence, is “Denise” used as a subject or an object?
Also, circle four active/conjugated verbs draw an arrow from the verbs to their subjects.
II. Punctuation. Correct the following sentences, removing mistaken punctuation and adding punctuation where it is needed. Add only commas and semi-colons (or periods, if you must). (20 %)
1. Rain has been falling for three days in a row and the rivers have begun to rise.
2. Freshmen usually leave their rooms looking awful sophomores are much tidier.
3. This has been a long year for the young boys of Rathbun however those who remain in the dorm are some of the finest lads in the school.
4. Zach carried too much speed into the turn and flew off his bicycle into the trees.
5. Exam week is long and stressful on the other hand we have more free time than we do during typical weeks.
6. After he completed his English homework Grayson quickly went to Ben’s room to help him with his precalculus.
7. Mr. Low prefers to give traditional exams Mr. Barton prefers to assign long research papers.
8. Abi played saxophone all morning and wrote epic poetry all evening.
9. Some sentences don’t require commas or semi-colons.
10. Mr. Peck carefully surveyed his audience in the Hagerman Auditorium then he delivered an inspirational speech on the importance of humility.
III. General Grammar. Correct any errors in the following sentences. The sentences may be correct. Sentences may contain several errors. Aside from apostrophes, no punctuation is needed in these sentences (60 %).
1. After the lacrosse game, Alex laid down on his couch for a nap.
2. Mr. Fords’ truck is much smaller than the Peck’s truck.
3. Who did Eliza invite to the spring formal?
4. Everybody but she learned something interesting at the Museum of Science.
5. I feel real bad about what I said to Ben yesterday.
6. Neither of these pencils have erasers on them.
7. Neither the poet nor the reception that followed were very interesting.
8. No one plays the piano better than her.
9. If the cross country course remains the same, the winner will definitely be her.
10. Nate and myself have done a full days work.
11. Each of the students did their homework.
12. He doesn’t know who will win.
13. The women who I worked with were all older than me.
14. I have a surprise for you and she.
15. Who have you told?
16. None of the girl scouts was pleased by their cookie sales.
17. Me and Conklin are going to the Dave Mathews show at Great Woods.
18. Neither of them have confidence in themselves.
19. Chris will have to ride with Mr. Lockwood or me.
20. After assembly, please sign in with Mrs. Weymouth or myself.