Grammar Practice

A) Study all roots and meanings, especially the newer ones.

B) Name the part of speech for each word.  Treat verbals (infinitives, participles, and gerunds) as the part of speech which they are performing.

                                  N.      V.         N.     ADJ.     N.
Here is an example: (1) God promises to bless the faithful.    ("To bless" is an infinitive direct object, therefore it is a noun.  "Faithful" is the object of "to bless", therefore it is a noun also.)

2) Lo, His presence continually surrounds us, although we do not see Him with our physical eyes.

3) To deceive another person is never right.

4) The priest and the Levite ignored the injured man; however, the Samaritan showed a neighborly attitude to

him.

5) The children's efforts to surprise their parents were well rewarded.

C) Review the information all about prepositions again on pages 17-18 in your text.  Then, review conjunctive adverbs on page 38. In the sentences below, label each underlined word as an adverb (adv.) or a preposition (prep.).

1) The cool spring water flowed over my feet and on down the valley.

2) Anita stepped outside and motioned for me to come up the steps.

3) Conrad wanted to go along, but he had to stay behind for this time.

4) After Charles climbed down from the tractor, we walked along the field lane looking for walnuts.

5) A large buck that had been hiding behind a stone wall jumped up and dashed away.


D) In the following sentences, underline each prepositional phrase and label whether it is an adjective (ADJ.), adverb (ADV.) or a noun (N.)

1) "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God."

2) "And be not conformed  to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind."

3) "Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief."

4) Vultures are birds of prey with slightly hooked bills.

5) Their heads are not feathered like those of other birds.

E) Diagram the following sentence.  It has several prepositional phrases, one of which has compound objects.  You may want to look back in your class notes to review the prepositional phrase diagramming structure.

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