LESSON 10: REVIEW & QUIZ

Here is a review of what you’ve learned so

far. Lessons 1-4

• Subjects tell us whom or what a sentence is about. Subjects are nouns or

pronouns.
• Verbs tell us what the subject is or does.
• Verb phrases are made of one main verb and one or more helping verbs.
• Imperative sentences give commands, and their subject is always (you).
• Noun and pronoun job: subject

Lessons 5-7

• Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns.

• Adjective questions: Which one? What kind? How many? Whose?
• Adverbs are words that describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
• Adverb questions: How? When? Where? Why? To what extent?

Lessons 8 & 9

• Phrases are groups of words that act together as single parts of speech.
• Prepositions are always in prepositional phrases.
• Prepositional phrase = preposition + (adjective) + noun/pronoun
• Prepositional phrases act as single parts of speech (adjective or adverb).
• Noun and pronoun job: object of the preposition (the noun or pronoun that comes
at the end of a prepositional phrase)

The Parts of Speech

1. Nouns name people, places, things, or ideas.

2. Pronouns take the place of nouns.
3. Verbs tell us what the subject is or does.
4. Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns.
5. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
6. Prepositions show the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word or
element in the rest of the sentence. They are ALWAYS in prepositional phrases.
7. Conjunctions
8. Interjections

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Lesson

You need to learn one more thing about prepositions.

Do you remember that prepositions are always in prepositional phrases? Good!

A. The boy walked around the house.

Sometimes you will find words from the preposition list being used alone.

B. The boy walked around.

When these words are not in prepositional phrases, they are not acting as prepositions.
When this happens, they are acting as adverbs.

In sentence A, around is a preposition. We know this because it is in a prepositional

phrase. House is the object of the preposition.

In sentence B, around is an adverb. We know this because it’s not in a prepositional

phrase. It is an adverb answering the question Where?

Prepositions vs. Adverbs

Prepositions (Prepositional Phrase) Adverbs

Put the chair inside the house. Put the chair inside.

Put the laundry down the chute. Put the laundry down.

Look around the house. Look around.

Drive the car up the ramp. Drive the car up.

Throw it out the window. Throw it out.

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Lesson 11 Sentence Diagramming Exercises

1. Mark excitedly waved at the girl in the bookstore.

Key

Mark excitedly waved at the

girl in the bookstore.

Mark

waved

excitedly

at the girl

at

girl

the

in the bookstore

in

bookstore

the

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2. The beautiful blue fountain glowed in the white moonlight.

Key

The beautiful blue fountain

glowed in the white moonlight.

subject (noun)

verb

The, beautiful, blue

in the white moonlight

in

moonlight

the, white

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3. May I run to the store?

Key

sentence - question

sentence- statement

subject (pronoun)

verb phrase

helping verb

main verb

prepositional phrase (adverb) (modifying

may run, answers Where?)

preposition

object of the preposition (noun)

adjective modifying store

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4. The little puppy pranced around the yard.

Key

The little puppy pranced around the yard.

puppy

pranced

The, little

around the yard

around

yard

the

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5. Gerry might have walked inside.

Key

Gerry might have walked inside.

Gerry

might have walked

might, have

walked

inside

Extra Practice

Directions: Diagram the following sentences on a separate sheet of paper.

1. The cute gray kitten meowed at me.

2. Katya walked to the park with her dog.

3. After dinner, we walked around the block.

4. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

5. The doctor very skillfully operated on the sick patient.

Get ready. It’s time for a quiz!

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