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TOPIC: Third SIX WEEKS' REVIEW GUIDE for GRAMMAR
Questions / Answers:1. What is a verb? / 1. A verb is an action or state of being word.
2. What is an action verb? / 2. An action verb shows physical or mental action.
3. What is a linking verb? / 3. A linking verb is a state of being.
4. What does a linking verb link together? / 4. It links the subject to a word in the predicate
that renames or describes it.
5. Use the purple chart on page 47 to write the / 5a. to appear 5g. to remain
12 other states of being verbs. / 5b. to be 5h. to seem
5c. to become 5i. to smell
5d. to feel 5j. to sound
5e. to grow 5k. to stay
5f. to look 5l. to taste
6. What are the forms of "to be"? Use the chart on / 6. am, is, are, be, being, been, was, were
page 46.
Identify the following verbs as ACTION or LINKING.
7. She felt the soft fur of the cat. / 7. action
8. She felt tired today. / 8. linking (she was tired)
9. She tasted the ice cream. / 9. action
10. It tasted wonderful. / 10. linking (it was wonderful)
11. You look sick. / 11. linking (you are sick)
12. Let's look for the doctor. / 12. action
13. What does a helping verb do? / 13. It helps the main verb by identifying the
tense or condition.
14. What does a verb phrase contain? / 14. It contains helping verb(s) and a main verb (s).
HELPING VERBS:
15. What are the forms of "do"? / 15. do, does, did
16. What are the forms of "have"? / 16. have, has, had
17. What are the forms of "be"? / 17. am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
18. What are the 3 "M" helping verbs? / 18. may, might, must
19. What are the 3 rhyming helping verbs? / 19. should, would, could
20. What are the last 3 helping verbs? / 20.shall, will, can
21. What is a transitive verb? / 21. It has a direct object that receives the verb
action. (She threw the ball).
22. What is an intransitive verb? / 22. It does not have a direct object.
23. What parts of speech does an adverb modify? / 23. Adverbs can describe verbs, adverbs, or
adjectives.
24. What parts of speech does an adjective modify? / 24. An adjective describes only a noun or pronoun.
25. List the 5 questions an adverb can answer. / 25a. How?
25b. When?
25c. Where?
25d. To what extent?
25e. How much?
27. Where may adverbs appear within a sentence? / 27. It may appear anywhere.
28. When an adverb modifies a verb phrase, where / 28. middle of verb phrase
will the adverb often appear within the sentence?
29. When an adverb introduces a question, where will / 29. beginning of sentence
the adverb appear within the sentence? / (When will she go? Where will she go? )
30. What is a preposition? / 30. It is a word that expresses a relationship
between words in a sentence.
31. What do you think are the 10 most common preps? / 31a. at 31f. from
31b. by 31g. in
31c. down 31h. into
31d. during 31i. to
31e. for 31j. with
32. With what does a prepositional phrase begin? / 32. It always begins with a preposition.
33. With what does a prepositional phrase end? / 33. It always must end with an object.
34. Certain words can be a preposition or an adverb! / 34. A preposition will always have an object!
How can you tell when the word is a preposition? / Look down vs Look down the hall
Go in vs Go in the class
35. What is a conjunction? / 35. A conjunction connects/ hooks up words and
phrases, and clauses.
36. What are the 7 conjunctions? (FANBOYS) / 36. for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so