Get a Grip Lesson 2

GRAMMAR EXERCISE
PART I - Identify each sentence below as to its type: declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory. (The sentences are lacking end punctuation so there are no clues as to what sentence type except the words.)

1. If the weather is nice, we will go for a picnic 
Declarative


2. Take the car to the mechanic

Declarative


3. Jane wrote an essay on traveling in Asia

Declarative

4. Where are you going for your vacation

Interrogative

5. Did you buy cat food last night

Interrogative

6. Please, make dinner before I come home

Imperative

7. The mailman delivered several bills today

Declarative


8. Help get this tiger off me
Exclamatory


9. Nathan writes stories about children in different countries

Declarative


10. The tree at the end of the driveway needs trimming

Declarative


PART II - Identify each sentence below as to its structure: simple, compound, complex, or compound/complex.

1. The roast was cooked to perfection, but the potatoes were still raw.

Compound sentence

2. I wrote a lengthy story about a gnome from another planet.

Simple

3. If the bread doesn't rise, you need to place it near a warm oven.

complex sentence

4. The old man in the yellow jacket on the bench under the tree is reading a book.

Simple sentence

5. The flowers and vegetables in the garden need to be watered and fed.

Simple sentence

6. Sally's little girl got a kitten for her birthday, and her little boy received a puppy.

Compound sentence

7. Although I have a headache, I baked a cake for the party, and Herbert decorated the house.

Compound/Complex sentence

8. I bought some potato salad for the picnic because I didn't have time to make any.

Compound sentence

9. When the old man fell down the hill, he broke his hip.

Compound sentence

10. I should work out more, but it's difficult to get up in the morning when I go to bed so late.

Compound sentence

PART III - For each of the sentences below, identify the subject, the verb or verb phrase, and the complement (direct object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective) if there is one.

1.Niagra Falls(subject) 
is (verb)
beautiful  (predicate adj.)
in the fall.

2. Jake (subject)
raked (verb)
the
leaves (direct object)
in the back yard last night.

3. The
basket of clothes(subject)
on the
drier (direct object)
needs to be folded(verb).

4. The
flowers(subject)
and the
dandelions(subject) decorate (verb)
my (subject)
front lawn. (predicate adj.)

5. The building(subject)
on the left
was used (verb)
for
major summer festivals. (predicate  nominative)

WRITING ASSIGNMENT
Write a paragraph describing a person. It can be someone you know or a picture of a person. In this paragraph, use each of the four types of sentences at least once AND each of the four sentence structures at least once.


Ann is beautiful.  She has the greenest eyes, and her lips have natural outline like that of Philippine women.  Her hair is coal black, and shortened.  Facial features, though smooth in appearance actually has small imperfections; she applies her make-up perfectly.  When Ann was younger her parents made sure she developed a sound cultural background, which has done a lot to make her what she is today.  Is she artistic?  She was told, “Take the world on.”  “Wow!” she has done exactly that with her fantastic oil paintings.  I am proud to have met Ann; we are good friends.
(Note:  Ann is not a real person.)


This was for my benefit.
Ann is beautiful. (simple sentence)
She has the greenest eyes, and her lips have natural outline like that of Philippine women. (compound sentence)
Her hair is coal black, and shortened. (complex sentence)
Facial features, though smooth in appearance actually has small imperfections; she applies her make-up perfectly. (Compound/complex sentence)
When Ann was younger her parents made sure she developed a sound cultural background, which has done a lot to make her what she is today. (declarative sentence)
Is she artistic? (Interrogative sentence)
She was told, “Take the world on.” (imperative sentence)
“Wow!” she has done exactly that with her fantastic oil paintings. (exclamatory sentence)