Super Grammar Fun

<<1. Titles in MLA<<

• Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “One Art” was published in her book Geography III.
    * Plays are published in italics.
    * Do not use commas if there is extra information.

<<2. Citations - Prose<<

• “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times” (Dickens 1).
    * In the parenthesis you put the authors last name and page number.

<<3. Citations - Poetry/Plays<<

• “What this… ominous bird of yore / Meant in croaking ‘Nevermore’” (Poe 3-4).
• “To be or not to be” (Shakespeare 3.1.13).

<<4. Latin Abbreviations<<

• I like fast food restaurants (e.g. (for example) McDonalds and Taco Bell).
• He brought food like tacos, burgers, etc. (and more)
• “Workers of the world unite!” (Marx et. al. (and others)).
• They are working for the NAACP (i.e. (that is) the largest African American organization).

<<5. Dialogue/Quotes<<

• He screamed, “You idiot!”
• “Where are you going?” she asked.
• “We want to eat pizza!” they demanded.

<<6. Dialogue/Quotes<<

• “You better get ready,” added Mr. H., “because the test is coming.”
• The politician noted that, “the world is now a better place.”

<<7. Common Nouns<<

• Holloway wanted the freedom to eat reasonably-priced nachos at Miller Park.
    * Italics: common nouns
    * Bold: proper nouns

<<8. Abstract Nouns<<

• Based on his intelligence, his caring nature, and his commitment to justice, he is the best leader to run our government.

<<9. Possessive Nouns<<

• We have a woman’s rugby team at Hamilton. The girl’s jerseys look pretty sharp, and the team’s logo is awesome.

<<10. Personal Pronouns<<

• I cannot believe you don’t like him.
    * I: 1st
    * you: 2nd
    * him: 3rd

<<11. Possessive Nouns<<

• “What’s yours is mine,” I say, knowing it’s actually his car.

<<12. Reflexive/Intensive Pronouns<<

• I cut myself.
    * I: subject, cut: verb, myself: object
    * Reflexive: verb reflects back to the subject.
• I cut her hair myself.
    * I: pronoun, cut: verb, hair: noun
    * Intensive: follows noun to intensify.

<<13. Relative Pronouns<<

• The man who is being arrested drove the car that was involved in the robbery, which made everyone late to work.

<<14. Relative Pronouns: Who(m)/Who(m)ever<<

• The boy who ate the mouse got sick.
• The job will go to whomever is most qualified.
• I do not know with whom I will go to prom.
• Whoever did that should be punished.

<<15. Other Pronouns<<

• Indefinite: something, anybody, somebody, anyone.
• Interrogative: who, what, when, where, why.
• Demonstrative: this, that, these, those.
• Reciprocal: each other, one another.

<<16. Descriptive Adjectives<<

• The room was so loud that I could not hear the quiet music.

<<17. Possessive Adjectives<<

• My homework was not turned in because our dog used it as his chew toy.

<<18. When Do You Use A or An?<<

• An honor
• An extraordinary
• A once
• An award
• A historic

<<19. What Are the Three Types of Verbs?<<

• Action: assigns an action to a subject; usually ends in -ing.
• Helping: pair with main verb to show time; “will run”
• Linking: subject = object.
    * = is to be; I am hungry. am = to be

<<20. Types of Verbs<<

• I like jumping.
    * Like = action. Jumping acts like a verb.
• I will jump out of the car.
    * Will = helping. Jump = action
• I jumped out of the car.
    * Jumped = action.
• I am dead.
    * Am = linking. I = dead.

<<21. Verbals<<

• Participials: verb form which acts like an adjective.
    * He had a bruised face.
• Gerund: word ending with -ing that functions as a noun, subject, object, or subject complement.
    * I hate running.
    * Hate = verb. Running = noun.
• Infinitives: phrase that pairs ‘to’ with a verb that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
    * I have a paper to write.

<<22. Direct Object<<

• A noun phrase referring to the recipient of the action of a transitive verb.
    * I baked my friend a cake on her birthday.

<<23. Indirect Object<<

• A noun phrase referring to someone/thing affected by a transitive verb but not the object of it.
    * I baked my friend a cake on her birthday.

<<24. Object of Preposition<<

• A noun, pronoun, or gerund that follows a preposition to create a prepositional phrase.
    * I baked my friend a cake on her birthday.

<<25. Prepositions<<

• Time: on, at
• Place: under, in
• Direction: toward, into
• Agent: by, with

<<26. Prepositional Phrases<<

• I left work early to go to the party.
• During the game, the players began to fight.

<<27. Interjections<<

• Wow, you really need to check your attitude Diane.

<<28. Subject/Predicate<<

• The ugly man ate really rotten cheese on Saturday.
    * Bold: simple subject
    * Underline: simple predicate

<<29. Independent Clause<<

• Subject + predicate + complete thought, basically a sentence.

<<30. Dependent Clause<<

• Subject + predicate.

<<31. Phrase<<

• Subject or predicate.

<<32. Clause/Phrase<<

• Even though I ate a lot, I was still hungry after dinner.
    * Underline: dependent clause.
    * Bold: independent clause.
    * Italics: phrase.

<<33. Dependent Clauses and Phrases<<

• Grabbing his umbrella, Mr. Holloway ran out of his house.
    * Bold: phrase.
    * Underline: dependent clause.
• As always, he drove to work at 6:00 a.m.

<<34. Coordinating Conjunctions<<

• FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
• Independent clause, FANBOY, independent clause.

<<35. Subordinating Conjunctions<<

• When he left work, he made sure to lock his door because there have been many burglaries this week.

<<36. Appositive Phrase<<

• You favorite teacher, Mr. Holloway, is looking to buy a bat, a sturdy object good for hitting things, in order to deal with his least favorite student, Jackson.

<<37. Essential Clause<<

• The man who sold me the jeep was a thief.
• I want to return the car to the store where I bought it.