Study Guide for DGP Test #3

Study Guide for DGP Test #3

to be taken on Friday, October 11, 2013

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#1 I here wolfs voices are the goblins at mischief in the woulds

#2 only in june they had been guest in the fare house of elrond and though autum was

now crawling towards winter that pleasant time seemed years ago

1.  Sentence ______is compound/complex. The subordinating conjunction is ______, and the dependent/subordinate clause is______

2.  Sentence ______is composed of two sentences. The first of the two sentences is ______(purpose of sentence) and the second sentence is ______(purpose of sentence). Sentence purposes are exlamatory – shows excitement; declarative – relays information; interrogative – poses a questions; imperative – gives a command or directive.

3.  The purpose of sentence #2 is ______.

4.  List all the nouns in both sentences:

______

______

______

______

______

______

5.  ______is a singular pronoun used in sentence #1; ______is a plural pronoun used in sentence #2.

6.  Homophones/homonyms are words that sound exactly alike but are spelled differently. Write the versions of homophones from each sentence:

Sentence #1: ______and ______

Sentence #1: ______and ______

Sentence #2: ______and ______

7.  List all the adjectives in both sentences in the order in which they occur:

______

______

______

8.  Record all the prepositional phrases from both sentences:

______

______

______

9.  A verb phrases is two or more verbs working together to form a predicate. What are the verb phrases found in these sentences? ______and ______

10.  What is the direct object in sentence #1? ______Is the verb “hear” transitive or intransitive? ______(Hint: a transitive verb has a direct object, but an intransitive verb does not have a direct object.)

11.  List all the verbs in the sentences: ______

______

______

______

12.  When a prepositional phrase describes a noun, it is called an adjective prepositional phrase. If a prepositional phrase describes a verb or another adjective, it is called an adverb prepositional phrase. Go back to Question #8 above. Label each prepositional phrase “adj” if it’s an adjective phrase and “adv” if it’s an adverb phrase.

13.  Why must “Elrond” and “June” be capitalized? ______

14.  In one class this week, one student pointed out that there is an example of personification in one of the sentences. What is that example?______

15.  Why is “towards winter” NOT a subordinate clause? After all, “toward” is on the list of subordinating conjunctions. Explain: ______

16.  List each simple subject from all the sentences: a. ______

b. ______c. ______

d. ______