Daily Grammar 2 nd Semester

1. Daily Grammar 2nd Semester Keep going!

2. Infinitive Phrases Jan. 12/13 • A verbal that begins with the word to and acts as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. • An infinitive phrase consists of an infinitive plus its complements and modifiers • As Noun: • To be a recording star sounds exciting. • Trina wants to be a recording star. • As Adjective: • A desire to be famous is natural. • As Adverb: • To be successful, Trina will need luck as well as talent.

3. Infinitive Phrase Jan. 12/13 • Bill’s goal is to become a psychiatrist someday. • Local patriots decided to throw the tea into the harbor. • The captain struggled to regain control of the foundering ship. • The political prisoner refused to denounce his principles.

4. Infinitive Phrases Jan. 14/15 • To get rich quickly is a dream for many people. • The first lucky adventurers hoped to stake their claims before word reached the outside world. • They had good reasons to worry about losing their opportunity. • Unfortunately, to come late to a gold rush guarantees disappointment.

5. Infinitive Phrases Jan. 16 Write a sentence using an infinitive phrase. • To revive the victim speedily • To arrange the flowers attractively • To swim in the Olympics • To earn money for college • To recall the year of the blizzard

6. Phrase Placement Jan. 19/20 • Misplaced phrase is a phrase that appears to modify a word other than the one the writer intended for it to modify. • Hiking in the hot sun, we thought of shoveling snow with longing. • A dangling phrase is a phrase that is intended to modify a word that does not appear in the sentence. • Walking to town, the twisted signpost was confusing.

7. Phrase Placement Jan. 19/20 • The forest ranger spotted a distant bear using high-powered binoculars. • Mrs. Diaz left the house covered in fur. • The actor rehearsed his part in the theater with great emotion. • Tom swatted the mosquito muttering quietly.

8. Phrase Placement Jan. 21/22 • Opening the front door, snow was falling at a great rate. • The boy stopped at the stop sign on a bike. • To avoid hearing loss, the neighborhood should not hear your car radio. • All the players complained about the heat in the gym on Raisa’s team.

9. Phrase Placement Jan. 23 • Rewrite the incorrect sentences. • Ramon saw an airplane walking home. • The cameraman filmed the lightning flashing in the sky. • We heard the sound of thunder sitting on the porch. • The red coat belongs to Leela in the front closet.

10. Clauses Feb. 2/3 • A Clause is a group of words that contain both a subject and a verb. • Independent Clause = Expresses a complete thought and forms a sentence. • The summer months bring their own sounds. • Subordinate (Dependent) Clause contains a subject and verb but doesn’t express a complete thought. Must be combined with an independent clause for a complete sentence. • When the temperature rises • When the temperature rises, insects get noisy.

11. Independent or Subordinate clause? Feb 2/3 • The fans felt that their team’s victory was impressive. • Robin planted a wide variety of flowers in her garden. • Melanie, who is a very cheerful person, has many friends. • Pam arrived at the party early and stayed late, but Frank arrived late and left early.

12. Clauses Feb. 4/5 • At the equator, there is not much change, but at the poles, the difference is remarkable. • As you go further north, the number of daylight hours in June grows. • Because Rina wanted to earn some extra money, she applied for a part-time job in a local hardware store. • Rina’s neighbor was the one who suggested applying at the store.

13. Clauses Feb. 9/10 • Add an independent clause to each of the subordinate clauses to make a complete sentence. • while the waves rose higher • although he didn’t say so • because I have allergic reactions • what they saw that night • as if she knew all the answers

14. Adjective Clauses Feb. 16/17 • ADJ clause—subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun • Answers the questions Which one?, What kind?, How much?, or How many? • Introduced by relative pronouns who, whom, whose, that, and which. • Vivian did her report on an animal that she admires. • The library where she did her research is open on Sundays.

15. Adjective Clauses Feb. 16/17 • The horse and cow are probably the best-known members of the Ungulate order, which consists of more than 200 species of hoofed animals. • The kind of plain yogurt that is most nutritious contains live bacteria. • The light horse class includes those horses that are used for riding, driving, and racing. • Club members who came late paid a fine.

16. Adjective Clauses Feb. 18/19 • The Renaissance was a time when the arts flourished in Western Europe. • Alice Liddell was the little girl who inspired Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. • The cardinal, which is the state bird of Kentucky, belongs to the finch family. • The TV special was a study of domestic cats, whose habits are clearly similar to those of lions in the wild.

17. Adjective Clauses Feb. 20 • There go the workers. The workers are resurfacing our street. • I found the page. The page was missing from my notebook. • My favorite piece of art has been damaged. It took me months to complete. • A Boston artist attracts many onlookers. He draws in chalk on pavements.

18. Adverb Clauses Feb. 23/24 • ADV clauses are subordinate clauses that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. • Tell where, why, how, when, or to what degree something was done. • As she spoke, her classmates listened. • She spoke more enthusiastically than she had ever spoken before. • Subordinating conjunctions • After as soon as if unless • Although as though since until • As because so when • As if before than whenever • As long as even though though wherever

19. Adverb Clauses Feb. 23/24 • Even though they are all quite similar, modern horse breeds are of two classes. • As you might expect, the draft horse class includes strong work animals. • Both cats looked as if they had something to hide. • Richie had no interest in music until the day he first saw a concert grand piano.

20. Adverb Clauses Feb. 25/26 • Since the family got a new car, she has asked to drive it to school. • As long as you’re going to the store, please buy more chips. • We went through the mountains because we wanted to see the snow. • The temperature has dropped lower than the forecasters predicted.

21. Adverb Clauses Feb. 28 • The horse in the story lived in a small town. (Use where) • A young girl had talked her parents into buying the horse. (Use because). • One day the horse was horse-napped. (use while) • The girl was heartbroken. (Use until) • The thieves were caught. (Use even though).