Grammar and Composition Grammar Practice Workbook Teacher’s Annotated Edition Grade 6 Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to reproduce material contained herein on the condition that such material be reproduced only for classroom use; and be provided to students, teachers, and families without charge; and be used solely in conjunction with Writer’s Choice. Any other reproduction, for use or sale, is prohibited without written permission of the publisher.
Printed in the United States of America. Send all inquiries to: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 8787 Orion Place Columbus, Ohio 43240 ISBN 0-07-823359-3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 024 04 03 02 01 00 ii Contents Unit 8 Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences 8.1–2 Sentences and Sentence Fragments.3 Subjects and Predicates .5 Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates .6 Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences.1 Common and Proper Nouns .2 Singular and Plural Nouns .1 Action Verbs and Direct Objects.4 Present, Past, and Future Tenses .5 Main Verbs and Helping Verbs .6 Present and Past Progressive Forms .1–2 Using Pronouns Correctly.3 Pronouns and Antecedents .1 Adjectives and Proper Adjectives .2 Articles and Demonstratives .3 Adjectives That Compare .1 Adverbs Modifying Verbs .2 Adverbs Modifying Adjectives and Adverbs .3 Adverbs That Compare .4 Telling Adjectives and Adverbs Apart .5 Avoiding Double Negatives. 27 iii Contents Unit 14 Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections 14.1–2 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases .3 Pronouns After Prepositions.4 Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives and Adverbs .5 Telling Prepositions and Adverbs Apart .6–7 Conjunctions and Interjections. 32 Unit 15 Subject-Verb Agreement 15.1 Making Subjects and Verbs Agree .2 Problems with Locating the Subject .3 Agreement with Compound Subjects.
35 Unit 16 Glossary of Special Usage Problems 16.1–2 Using Troublesome Words .1 Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations, and Salutations .2 Capitalizing Names and Titles of People .3 Capitalizing Names of Places .4 Capitalizing Other Proper Nouns and Adjectives .1 Using the Period and Other End Marks .3 Using Commas lI-A .3 Using Commas Il-B.4 Using Commas Ill-A .4 Using Commas Ill-B .5 Using Semicolons and Colons .6 Using Quotation Marks and Italics.7 Using Apostrophes and Hyphens. 52 iv Grammar Practice Name .1–2 Sentences and Sentence Fragments Key Information A sentence expresses a complete thought. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark. A declarative sentence tells or states something.
It ends with a period. An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. An exclamatory sentence expresses a strong feeling.
It ends with an exclamation point. An imperative sentence commands someone to do something. It ends with a period. A sentence must have both a subject and a predicate in order to express a complete thought.
The subject names whom or what the sentence is about. The predicate tells what the subject does or what it is like. Seuss (subject) wrote children’s books. (predicate) A group of words that lacks either a subject, a predicate, or both is called a sentence fragment.
Avoid sentence fragments when you write. Punctuating Sentences Correctly Rewrite each sentence, adding capital letters and end punctuation where needed. Then indicate whether the sentence is declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative. do you know how to blow bubbles? ___________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ imperative 2.
tell me about your biggest bubble. my cousin once blew a bubble as big as a cabbage________________________________ Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. what a great bubble that was! ________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ■ B. Forming Complete Sentences Correct these sentence fragments by adding words to make complete sentences.
Remember to start each sentence with a capital letter and end it with the proper punctuation. Sentences will vary. two small dogs ______________________________________________________ 2. gave me a present ____________________________________________________ 3.
I sometimes ________________________________________________________ Writer’s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook, Grade 6, Unit 8 1 Grammar Practice Name .3 Subjects and Predicates Key Information The complete subject of a sentence includes all the words in the subject. The whole class visited the museum. The complete predicate of a sentence includes all the words in the predicate. The whole class visited the museum.
The simple subject is the main word or group of words in the complete subject. The whole class visited the museum. The simple predicate is the main word or group of words in the complete predicate. The whole class visited the museum.
Identifying Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates Underline each complete subject once, and underline each complete predicate twice. My cousin visited South America last year. She took a boat ride up the Amazon River. The Amazon is the largest river in the world.
The river flows just south of the Equator. The weather was hot and humid. It rained almost every day. Over fifteen hundred species of fish live in the Amazon.
Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. The jungle grows right up to the water’s edge. She saw many exotic birds. Her favorite was the toucan.
Identifying Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates Underline each simple subject once and each simple predicate twice. Her younger brother took lots of photos. His favorite photograph shows a giant butterfly. He always kept his camera with him.
Several people asked him about his camera. Once, the boat stopped at a small fishing village. He got some good pictures of people at work. 2 Writer’s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook, Grade 6, Unit 8 Grammar Practice Name .4 Finding Subjects Key Information Understanding word order can help you identify the parts of a sentence.
Most statements begin with the subject. Jim Henson created the Muppet puppets. Questions can begin with part or all of the predicate, followed by the subject and the rest of the predicate. Did Jim Henson create the Muppet puppets? You can find the subject of a question by rearranging the sentence into a statement.
Jim Henson did create the Muppet puppets. Statements sometimes present the predicate before the subject. Out of nowhere came the answer. Imperative sentences (requests or commands) usually have an unstated subject.
The word you is understood to be the subject. Rewriting Questions as Statements Rewrite each question as a statement. Underline each simple subject. Did Robin Hood really take from the rich and give to the poor? ____________________ Robin Hood really did take from the rich and give to the poor.
Was Sherwood Forest a safe place to hide?______________________________________ Sherwood Forest was a safe place to hide. _______________________________________________________________________ Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Were the soldiers able to capture him?_________________________________________ The soldiers were able to capture him. Did Robin escape? ________________________________________________________ Robin did escape.
Finding Subjects Underline each subject. Write (You) before the sentence with an understood subject. Tell me another story. On the log stood Little John.
Both men fell into the river. Out of the forest galloped the sheriff. Was Robin Hood a good leader? Writer’s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook, Grade 6, Unit 8 3 Grammar Practice Name .5 Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates Key Information A compound subject has two or more subjects that have the same predicate. The subjects are joined by the words and or or.
Julia and Ramon worked in the bakery. A compound predicate has two or more verbs with the same subject. The verbs are joined by the words and, or, or but. Juan worked in the store and delivered newspapers.
Some sentences have both a compound subject and a compound predicate. Julia and Ramon worked in the bakery but found time for piano lessons. Identifying Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates Underline the subjects and predicates within each compound subject and compound predicate. Some sentences contain both a compound subject and a compound predicate.
Robin Hood and Little John ran from the soldiers. Robin started a fire and told this story. Robin, John, and Friar Tuck became the best of friends. The sheriff called him an outlaw and ordered his arrest.
In the end, King Richard pardoned Robin, gave him back his land, and made him a knight. Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Robin Hood and Little John robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. Were the prince and the sheriff greedy? 8.
Sherwood Forest gave them shelter and provided food. Using Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates Imagine that you and your friends were part of Robin’s Merry Men. Write five sentences about the things you would do on a typical day. Use a compound subject, a compound predicate, or both in each of your sentences.
Sentences will vary. 4 Writer’s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook, Grade 6, Unit 8 Grammar Practice Name .6 Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Key Information A compound sentence contains two or more simple sentences. Each simple sentence in a compound sentence is called a main clause. A clause contains a subject and a predicate.
Karen hurried, but Emil walked slowly. (two main clauses joined by a conjunction) A complex sentence has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses—clauses that cannot stand alone. Karen hurried because she was late. (main clause and subordinate clause introduced by subordinating conjunction because.) A run-on sentence is two or more sentences incorrectly written as one.
To correct a run-on, write it as two sentences, or join the clauses with a comma and a conjunction. Identifying Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Write whether each sentence is simple, compound, or complex. George and James stayed at a ranch last summer. George liked getting up early, but James slept late.
George had finished his chores before he ate breakfast. They slept in the bunkhouse, which was near the kitchen. James rode horses after breakfast; George helped the rancher. George brushed the horses each morning and night.
Correcting Run-on Sentences Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Correct the following run-on sentences. Answers will vary. Maria looked around Laurie ran.
The school closed for the summer we were happy. The bus turned left the car went straight. The movie ended we went home._____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Writer’s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook, Grade 6, Unit 8 5 Grammar Practice Name .1 Common and Proper Nouns Key Information A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. Persons Places Things Ideas artist desert fire loyalty singer country leaf happiness A common noun is a general name for any person, place, thing, or idea.
A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns can consist of more than one word. You should capitalize the first word and all other important words in a proper noun. Common Nouns Proper Nouns poet William Blake country Thailand play Romeo and Juliet ■ A.
Identifying Nouns Underline each noun in the sentences that follow. There are one or more nouns in each sentence. Amanda and her cousin collect stamps. Her cousin has stamps from almost every country in the world.
Amanda has an entire book filled with stamps from America. Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Pen pals send her stamps from their countries. Her favorite stamp is from Zimbabwe.
Identifying Common and Proper Nouns Write whether each of the following words is a common or proper noun. Correct the capitalization if necessary. zoo ________________ proper; Moscow 2. river ________________ proper; Julio 4.
julio ________________ proper; Lake Michigan 5. lake michigan ________________ common 6. spaniel ________________ 6 Writer’s Choice: Grammar Practice Workbook, Grade 6, Unit 9 Grammar Practice Name .2 Singular and Plural Nouns Key Information A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea. A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
A collective noun names a group of people or things. A collective noun is singular when the group acts as a unit. It is plural when each member of the group acts separately. The class goes to the museum.
[singular] The class exchange presents with one another. Forming Plural Nouns Change each noun in italics to its plural form. I wrapped the glass before I opened the box. The elf ran after the wolf.
The chief wanted the knife. The army fought over who would get the turkey.
