Chapter 7 Grammar Exercises

Name__Anita Warner________________________ Grammar

I. Parts of Speech 1. Underline (or bold) the adjectives in the sentence below. I rarely encounter extremely demanding people in very rural, isolated areas. 2. Underline (or bold) the nouns in the sentence below. Bobs main goals are to find some beauty, truth, and peace in his lifetime. 3. Underline (or bold) the adverbs in the sentence below. We seldom meet really friendly people very quickly in our travels. 4. Underline (or bold) the prepositions in the sentence below. In the morning, I like to walk down the road to the store on the corner of Stimson and State. II. Other Points of Grammar 5. Write a sentence in which the subject of the sentence s in the first person plural. We are going to the store. 6. Explain the difference between natural gender and grammatical gender. Into which category does English fall?Natural gender is based on sex (male or female), and grammatical gender is based on the type of noun. 7. I put the plates on the table. Is the previous sentence an active or passive sentence? 8. Make the italicized sentence in question #7 a passive sentence. The plates were put on the table by me. 9. I slept yesterday afternoon. can the previous sentence be made into a passive sentence? Explain. No, because the action has to be done by the subject. 10. A survey of the properties were completed yesterday. Is the verb in agreement with its subject in the previous sentence?no