Let us not waste our time in idle discourse!

Hello AEG students. Here are the two days/times when I was able to book rooms for us to have extra help sessions:

WEDNESDAY 4/25 Bunce Hall 3rd Floor Room 332 // 10:50-12:15

THURSDAY 4/26 Library 2nd Floor Room 229 // 12:05-1:30

I apologize if any of you cannot make either of the above sessions. Please contact me via email with what you need help with so that I can accommodate you that way though I won’t be able to in person. PLEASE come to these review sessions with a topic that you think you need the most help with. It would help to review the Final Review first so that you can get an idea how much time you must spend studying punctuation, usage, diagraming, sentence writing, etc.

I. Using the sentence patterns listed below, identify the pattern number of each sentence. Then diagram each sentence.

1. s - be – adv                   6. s – itv

2. s – be – pa                   7. s – tv – do

3. s – be – pn                   8. s – tv – io – do

4. s – lv – pa                   9. s – tv – do – adj

5. s – lv – pn                   10. s – tv – do – n

1. ___ The glass is on the edge of the kitchen table.

2. ___ My tax papers from this year are in order now.

3. ___ We named Gina as the rising star of the drama department.

4. ___ Tina, my tenant, mailed me her security deposit and first month’s rent.

II. Circle the correct choice in each sentence below.

5. (Whoever, Whomever) closes the door must be quiet.

6. Many of the (teachers, teacher’s) in the union protested the pay cuts.

7. There (is, are) four books on the table.

8. Lena wants to do (good, well) at the race.

9. A number of birds (has, have) appeared in the yard.

10. No one in the class (has, have) completed the project.

11. Aang is (more fast, faster) than the Firelord Ozai.

12. I sent a card to your parents from you and (myself, I, me).

13. Either the employees or their boss (is, are) at fault.

14. You should be grateful for (whoever, whomever) cooked you this dinner.

III. Using the sentence below as a foundation, write sentences of your own as directed.

The waitress poured the coffee.

15. sentence in passive voice

16. compound sentence containing a coordinating conjunction (underline the coordinating conjunction)

17. compound sentence containing a conjunctive adverb (underline the conjunctive adverb)

18. complex sentence containing an adverb clause (underline the adverb clause)

19. complex sentence containing a relative clause (underline the relative clause)

20. complex sentence containing a noun clause (underline the relative clause)

21. sentence beginning with a participial phrase (underline the participial phrase)

22. sentence using the infinitive to pour as an adverb

23. sentence using the infinitive to pour as a noun

24. sentence using the infinitive to pour as an adjective

25. sentence using pouring as a gerund

26. sentence using pouring as a progressive verb

27. sentence containing an appositive (underline the appositive)

28. sentence containing a linking verb (underline the linking verb)

 29. sentence beginning with a prepositional phrase (underline the prepositional phrase)

30. sentence that correctly uses a colon

31. compound-complex sentence

IV. Make corrections or rewrite the following sentences so that all errors are corrected.

32. Tearing her dress, the lace on the girls tutu had caught on a rusted hook.

33. Everyone on the varsity team wanted their jacket to be personalized, which delayed the orders arrival.

34. The health class only had one paper assigned on their syllabus.

35. Daniel walked quicker than before, then he started to run.

36. Mom’s sure happy, that I’ll be home for the holidays’.

37. After reading the journal article, the facts became clear. Whereas I had known very little before reading it.

V. Add punctuation and capitalization to the following sentences as necessary.

38. One of Vladimir Nabokovs novels Lolita became a movie however I have never seen it.

39. The director of the Broadway musical said You must appear more angry in that scene although I dont want you to fake it.

40. After a long hard night of typing I finished writing my novel on January 1 2011 but given the realities of publishing it may take at least two years before I find a publisher.

41. The grammar class focused on the three kinds of verbals the infinitive the gerund and the participle.

42. The clerk who asked for our names was polite but pushy she insisted on showing us several childrens toys from England Germany and China.

VI. Identify the sentences below as either active (A) or passive (P). If the sentence is in active voice, rewrite it in passive; if the sentence is in passive voice, rewrite it in active.

43. ___ The computer made several beeping noises before it exploded.

44. ___  The Nintendo was confiscated after the child’s parents discovered he received an F in biology.

45. ___  My brother’s cell phone was stolen by a bully at his school.

VII. Punctuate and diagram the following sentences on notebook paper.

46. Looking into the window Amy saw a lamp that she liked.

47. The boxes that we packed were entirely too heavy, yet we carried them to the truck.

48. The teacher wanted to announce the names of the students who had passed the exam.

49. Studying for the test was tiresome but worthwhile.

50. Whoever graduates without debt is lucky for scholarships are difficult to find.

51. The janitor wondered if he should wake up the sleeping man.

52. To make money for her vacation this summer the neighbors daughter Betty ought to become a nanny.

53. At the meeting we talked to everyone whom we knew then we left riding together on public transit.

54. Some drivers have found ways to avoid that busy intersection.

55. There are the books I need you to shelve in the poetry section.

Complete information for the Extra Help sessions on verbals can be found below:

Wed. 4/4 10:50-12:05 Bunce English Dept. Seminar Room 339 (3rd floor)

Thu. 4/5 12:15-1:20 Library Room 229 (2nd floor)

*I have moved the first session from next week to this week so that it will be before your exam.* *Please be sure that you are also studying on your own, seeking out help from Savitz Hall, forming study groups, and generally spending at least the required 3 hours/week reviewing the grammar material.*

Hello AEG,

The grammar tutoring for clauses WILL MOST LIKELY BE IN THE SEMINAR ROOM ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE BUNCE BUILDING. This will take place from 10:50-12:05 tomorrow, 4/2/2012. If we cannot use that room, we will still meet there. I foresee us being able to use it.

Thanks for your patience.

-prsw

EDIT: The practice WILL be held in room 332 in the Bunce building. See you there.

American English Grammar  REVIEW FOR EXAM #3 Spring 2012

I. Punctuate each sentence, if necessary, and then diagram it on notebook paper.

1. A group of students wanted to review their notes although the test had already started.
2. If the dog tied to the tree is still there I will give him a treat and he will probably wag his tail.
3. The teacher selected Kat who was sitting next to me as the class secretary.
4. To draft this article you will are going to interview seniors with learning disabilities.
5. On the table or behind the desk are two places where the dog often hides his toys.

II.  Diagram each sentence on notebook paper.

1. There are many reasons to begin exercising on a daily basis.
2. The crowd dispersed after learning that the court case had ended earlier.
3. Whomever you choose for your team must be able to throw a baseball.
4. Someone in the room asked when the show was going to begin.
5. That customer had no reason to be angry with you.

III. Circle the correct choice in each sentence below. 

1.  The person (who, whom) the manager hired is always late.
2. (Whoever, Whomever) he asks to the prom will be ecstatic.
3. There (is, are) only two reasons for me to say yes.
4. Sherry and (me, I, myself) found a stray kitten.
5. Frequently, the number of people who win the lottery (is, are) three per drawing.
6. My twin sister and best friend (win, wins) homecoming queen every year.
7. Either the jacket or the pants (has, have) to be gray.
8. Each of the girls wrote down (her, their) answers.
9. The accountant felt (bad, badly) about his mistake on the tax form.

IV. Mark each sentence below as active or passive voice. If the sentence is passive, rewrite it in active voice.

1. ___  The keynote speaker’s event tonight should be required for all attendees.
2. ___ A pencil was passed to the student by a friendly classmate.
3. ___ The radio DJ is interviewing a prospective intern.

V. Write sentences of your own as directed below.  

1. Write a sentence using trying as a progressive verb.
2. Write a sentence using trying as a gerund.
3.  Write a sentence using trying as a participle.
4. Write a sentence using to draw as a noun.
5. Write a sentence using to draw as an adverb.
6. Write a sentence using to draw as an adjective.

Below is a funny chat about WHO v. WHOM from the Office. This very brief article on the conversation analyzes who is right and who is wrong in the conversation. Do you know WITHOUT the article? Either way, it’s worth a glance from any curious grammar student/lover of the Office.

Ryan: You know what I really want? What I really want is for you to know (the computer system) so you can communicate it to your people here, to your clients, to whomever …

Michael: (Snort) OK.

Ryan: What?

Michael: It’s whoever not whomever.

Ryan: It’s whomever.

Michael: No. Whomever is actually never right.

Jim: Well, sometimes it’s right.

Creed: Michael is right. It’s a made-up word used to trick students.

Andy: No. Actually, whomever is the formal version of the word.

Oscar: Obviously, it’s a real word, but I don’t know when to use it correctly.

Michael (to camera): Not a native speaker.

Kevin: I know what’s right. But I’m not going say, because you’re all jerks who didn’t come to see my band last night.

Ryan: Do you really know which one is correct?

Kevin: I don’t know.

Pam: It’s whom when it’s the object of a sentence and who when it’s the subject.

Phyllis: That sounds right.

Michael: Sounds right, but is it right?

Stanley: How did Ryan use it, as an object or a subject?

Ryan: As an object.

Kelly: Ryan used me as an object.

Stanley: Is he right about that … ?

Toby: It was: Ryan wanted Michael, as the subject, to explain the computer system, the object, to whomever, meaning us, the indirect object, which is the correct usage of the word.

PRACTICE FOR EXAM #2 Cumulative, though focused on CHAPTERS 4-7 in your book

I. Write the pattern number of the following sentences and then diagram each.

1. ___ An apple or an orange is a good breakfast.

2. ____When does your brother leave for his vacation in Rome?

3. ____ Imagine a sunrise on a beach with waves and white sand

4. ____ Kacie, my niece, bosses around the other children at her daycare.

II. Punctuate the following sentences properly. Then diagram each on notebook paper:

5. Unless we can pay off our loans we will be in debt for a long time.

6. Whoever is responsible for the good deed must step forward.

7. The tour continued even though the lead singer had broken his arm.

8. The owners left for vacation happily yet Spot their dog stared sadly at the front door.

9. Spot who was usually a good dog destroyed the house that day while the cat watched.

10. The garbage collectors staged a strike thus my trash sat at the curb for an entire week.

11. Once you are settled into your house you should buy a dog or a cat.

12. If you still consider him a friend you must not have heard what he said.

13. Sam called Mary whom he would later ask to the prom the most intelligent girl he knew.

14. The vitamins he takes are wherever he left them yesterday.

III. Correct ALL errors in the sentences below:

15. The main character, Huck Finn, sure is a riot.

16. His boat is more fast than the pirates’ boat, though the pirates have a more unique masthead.

17. Of the two pies I’ve baked this fall, the strawberry-rhubarb is the best.

18. Though he was just sick on Tuesday the day I first called, today he is feeling good.

19. She was dead serious on the phone last night.

IV. Write sentences as directed below, and build off of the italicized clauses below:

The phone rang. She answered it.

20. A compound sentence containing a coordinating conjunction. UNDERLINE the coordinating conjunction.

21. A compound sentence containing a conjunctive adverb. UNDERLINE the conjunctive adverb.

22. A complex sentence that contains an adverb clause. UNDERLINE the adverb clause.

23. A compound-complex sentence. IDENTIFY each clause as INDEPENDENT OR DEPENDENT.

24. A complex sentence containing a relative clause. UNDERLINE the relative clause.

REVIEW Spring 2012

For each sentence, indicate the number of the sentence pattern and diagram the sentence. Note that your test will be similar to this review in content, though slightly longer.

s – be – adv                        6.  s - itv

s – be – pa                        7.  s – tv - do

s – be – pn                        8.  s – tv – io - do

s – lv – pa                        9.  s – tv – do – oc(adj)

s – lv – pn                        10.s – tv – do – oc(n)

1. Everyone in Texas has loved country music forever.
2. Music is essential to everyone’s life. 
3. In general, defeat is for the birds.
4. I see music as a significant human pastime.
5. From inside of the house, summer rain sounds beautiful. 
6. I will award the student a golden star for good behavior. 
7. The man in disguise as Santa was my father. 
8. Sheldon did become a physics professor. 
9. Kathy wrote me an eloquent letter last February.
10. She made the text very grammatically correct. 
11. After the show, he was playing the radio in the car loudly. 

II. Write sentences as directed below. 

12. Write a sentence using work as a noun.

13. Write a sentence using a form of work as a verb.

14. Write a sentence using a form of work as an adjective.

15. Write a sentence using by the window as an adjective.

16. Write a sentence using by the window as an adverb.

17. Write a sentence with purple as its subjective complement.

18. Write a sentence using smell (or a form of smell) as a linking verb.

19. Write a sentence using smell (or a form of smell) as a transitive verb.

III. Identify the parts of speech in the following sentences:

20. Political pundits are measuring the tone of the speech the President gave.

21. The President spoke for an hour, and his speech ended to applause.