Ms. Lombardo Language Arts 7

Name ________________________ Hour ___________ Grammar Unit 1-3 Review

PART ONE DIRECTIONS: 1. 2. 3. 4.

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6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

Write P above each preposition Place ( ) around each prepositional phrase Write OP above each object of a preposition Underline the simple subject once. If the sentence has an understood you, write (You) on the line before the sentence. Underline the simple predicate (verb) twice. Write L above each linking verb Write AUX above each auxiliary verb Write A above each action verb Write DO above each direct object *reminder: DO follows an action verb* Write IO above each indirect object *reminder: Subject + Action Verb + IO + DO* Write PN above each predicate nominative *reminder: PN follows a linking verb* Write PA above each predicate adjective *reminder: PA follows a linking verb* Write ART above each article Write ADJ above each adjective Write ADV above each adverb Write PRO above each pronoun Write C above each conjunction Write I above each interjection Write on the line after each sentence DEC for declarative, INT for interrogative, EXC for exclamatory, or IMP for imperative.

SENTENCES:

1. ______________Roger Williams was a minister in Boston with the Puritans in 1631. 2. ______________Wow, that shark is devouring the raw meat! 3. ______________The Iditarod covers over 1,000 miles of Alaskan wilderness. 4. ______________Movable type was a Chinese invention. 5. ______________In ancient times, farmers traded others their crops in exchange for different foods or useful things. 6. ______________The Puritans had come to America so they could worship freely. 7. ______________Craftspeople first produced bronze in Sumeria. 8. ______________The neighbor might have offered the farmer some plums and peaches from her garden.

9. ______________The inventor was Bi Sheng. 10. ______________This type of printing wasn’t practical in China at the time. 11. ______________Listen to me. ______________ 12. ______________After a few months, Williams purchased land from Native Americans. 13. ______________These craftspeople melted copper in a type of furnace. 14. ______________China probably gave the world its first monetary system. 15. ______________Movable type was more useful in Europe. 16. ______________These fish are dangerous to humans? 17. ______________On this site, he founded a settlement. 18. ______________The settlement grew into the colony of Rhode Island.

19. ______________This combination produced a stronger metal. 20. ______________Imagine being eaten by a shark. ____________ 21. ______________Money provided people a convenient method of exchange. 22. ______________Before the development of movable type, most European books were handmade copies of manuscripts. 23. ______________Handwritten books are unique works of art! 24. ______________May I borrow that book about whale sharks? 25. ______________Now, many people give cashiers a plastic card as a form of payment. 26. ______________The Roman alphabet is a set of 26 characters? 27. ______________Our current alphabet has 26 letters. 28. ______________The model for Gutenberg’s printing press was a press for grapes or cheese.

29. ______________No, whale sharks eat only very small fish and plankton. 30. ______________Sharks

are amazing animals!

PART TWO DIRECTIONS: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Underline the simple subject once. Underline the simple predicate (verb) twice. Place parentheses ( ) around the appositive. Place a box around the noun it identifies.

31. The Industrial Revolution, a vast change in working methods, began in England in the 1750s. 32. Your friend Bill is in trouble. 33. Before 1750 most people lived in rural areas where they farmed or participated in domestic industry, work done in the home. 34. The popular US president John Kennedy was known for his eloquent and inspirational speeches. 35. Clothing and other goods were either made at home or made by craftspeople, trained workers who crafted each item by hand. 36. The Industrial Revolution began in towns where textiles, woven cloths, were produced. 37. My cousin Harvey is an animal lover. 38. English colonies in America began producing large quantities of cotton, a cheap and useful alternative to wool. 39. Inventors created complex machines, the spinning jenny and others, which enabled spinners to make thread faster. 40. The attendant Ella will escort you to your seat.

PART THREE DIRECTIONS: 1. Underline the simple subject once. 2. Underline the simple predicate (verb) twice. 3. Place parentheses ( ) around the participle or participial phrase. *reminder: participles and participial phrases are words that look like verbs but act as adjectives* 4. Place a box around the noun it modifies.

41. Armed with a deadly weapon, the scorpionfish swims calmly through tropical waters. 42. Even a very hungry predator will avoid a fish covered with venomous spines. 43. Fearing the effects of the poison, divers stay well away from this colorful fish. 44. The fish displaying colorful, feathery fins with stripes is a turkeyfish. 45. Children visiting aquariums often watch this beautiful fish for many minutes. 46. Resembling a rock, the stonefish attracts no attention. 47. Even experienced divers may mistake a stonefish for a rock. 48. Needle-sharp spines hidden beneath the stonefish’s skin deliver a painful, dangerous sting. 49. The injected venom quickly circulates through the body. 50. A sting victim taken quickly to a hospital has a good chance of survival. PART FOUR DIRECTIONS: 1. Underline the simple subject once. 2. Underline the simple predicate (verb) twice. 3. Place parentheses ( ) around the gerund or gerund phrase. *reminder: gerunds and gerund phrases end in –ing and act as a noun* 4. On the line, write the type of noun the gerund is S for subject DO for direct object PN for predicate nominative OP for object of preposition

51. ___________ Swimming near coral reefs will acquaint you with many colorful fish. 52. ___________ The long blue teeth of the harlequin tusk fish are ideal for crushing the hard shells of clams. 53. ___________ Living among an anemone’s poisonous tentacles might seem impossible.

54. ___________ The striped clownfish (Nemo!) can do this because it is not harmed by the stinging of the anemone. 55. ___________ The beaklike mouth of the parrotfish is grinding coral into sand. 56. ___________ This fine sand seems perfect for building sandcastles. 57. ___________ They do not appreciate my singing. 58. ___________ Francisco gives swimming all of his energy and time. 59. ___________ A fun time for Rachel is reading. PART FOUR DIRECTIONS: 1. Underline the simple subject once. 2. Underline the simple predicate (verb) twice. 3. Place parentheses ( ) around the infinitive or infinitive phrase. *reminder: infinitives are to + verb and can act as adjectives, adverbs, or nouns*

60. Scientists use the term exoskeleton to talk about a crab’s shell. 61. Most crabs molt, or shed their rigid shells, in order to grow larger. 62. Just after molting, without a hard shell to protect them, crabs are very vulnerable. 63. The hermit crab finds an abandoned spiral shell to make its home. 64. When a hermit crab grows too large for its hell, it searches for another shell to occupy. 65. If a crab loses a leg, it is able to regenerate, or grow another. 66. Eyes perched high on stalks allow a ghost crab to watch for prey while the rest of its body is buried in the sand. 67. The pea crab is tiny enough to live inside the shell of a live oyster. 68. On the other hand, you might need a twelve-foot-long ruler to measure an adult giant spi8der crab. 69. Because the giant spider crab normally lives at depths of around 1,200 feet, divers are rarely able to observe this amazing creature. 70. You might be surprised to find that some “crabs” are not crabs at all.