Writer's Choice. Grammar Practice Workbook Grade 9 - Teacher's Annotated Edition

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Grammar and Composition
Grammar Practice
Workbook
Teacher’s Annotated Edition
Grade 9
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Contents
Unit 10 Parts of Speech
10.1 Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
10.2 Pronouns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
10.3 Action Verbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
10.3 Linking Verbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
10.4 Adjectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
10.5 Adverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10.6 Prepositions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10.7 Conjunctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Unit 11 Parts of the Sentence
11.3 Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
11.5 Indirect Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
11.5 Object Complements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
11.5 Subject Complements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Unit 12 Phrases
12.1 Prepositional Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
12.2 Appositives and Appositive Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
12.3 Participles and Participial Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
12.3 Gerunds and Gerund Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
12.3 Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Unit 13 Clauses and Sentence Structure
13.3 Simple and Compound Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
13.5 Adjective Clauses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
13.6 Adverb Clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
13.7 Noun Clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
13.8 Four Kinds of Sentences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
13.9 Sentence Fragments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
13.10 Run-on Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unit 15 Verb Tenses and Voice
15.2 Regular and Irregular Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
15.4 Perfect Tenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
15.7 Voice ofVerbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Unit 16 Subject-Verb Agreement
16.2 Agreement with Linking Verbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
16.4–5 Agreement with Special and Compound Subjects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Unit 17 Using Pronouns Correctly
17.1 Case of Personal Pronouns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
17.2 Pronouns with and as Appositives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
17.3 Pronouns After Thanand As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
17.5 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
17.6 Clear Pronoun Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Unit 18 Using Modifiers Correctly
18.2 Irregular Comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
18.4 Incomplete Comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
18.7 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Unit 20 Capitalization
20.1 Capitalization of Sentences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
20.2–3 Capitalization of Proper Nouns and Adjectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Unit 21 Punctuation,Abbreviations, and Numbers
21.1–3 End Punctuation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
21.4 The Colon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
21.5 The Semicolon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
21.6 Commas and Compound Sentences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
21.6 Commas and Coordinate Adjectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
21.6 Commas with Parenthetical Expressions and Conjunctive Adverbs. . . . . . 45
21.6 Commas with Direct Address and Tag Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
21.6 Misuse of Commas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
21.7–8 The Dash and Parentheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
21.9 Quotation Marks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
21.10 Italics (Underlining) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
21.11 The Apostrophe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
21.12–13 The Hyphen and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Grammar Practice
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10.1 Nouns
Key Information
Nouns name people, places, things, or ideas. Proper nouns name particular people, places,
things, or ideas. Proper nouns are always
grandfather peacock
capitalized.
kitchen vegetarianism
William Loman Islam
Concretenouns identify objects that are tangible
Zaire Machu Picchu
or can be identified through the senses.
Collective nouns name groups. The singular
hoof yawn
form is sometimes considered singular and
fog melodies
sometimes considered plural.
Abstract nouns name ideas, qualities, or
committee choir
characteristics.
(a) pride (of lions)
fear spirit
love kindness
(cid:2) A. Categorizing Nouns
Place each of the nouns listed below in the appropriate column.Many nouns may be listed in
more than one column.
crew democracy orchestra
theory clan aroma
Leontyne Price Pythagoras Caracas
hesitation elation Buddhism
Concrete Abstract Proper Collective
__c_r_e_w_____________ __t_h_e_o_ry____________ __L_e_o_n_t_yn_e_ _P_ri_c_e______ __c_r_e_w_____________
__L_e_o_n_t_yn_e_ _P_ri_c_e_____ __h_e_s_it_a_t_io_n_________ __P_y_t_h_a_g_o_ra_s_________ __c_l_a_n_____________
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op abstract (A),proper (P),or collective (CL).
C
C,CL A C
1. The audienceshowed its approvalwith a standing ovation.
C,P C C,P
2. Meccais a holy cityfor all Muslims.
A C,CL
3. The idealsof the teamwere very high.
C C C,P A
4. The urban designsof architectI.M.Peihave won him international acclaim.
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10.2 Pronouns
Key Information
Pronouns can take the place of nouns, groups Relative pronouns introduce subordinate
of words acting as nouns, or other pronouns. clauses.
Interrogative pronouns are used to form Rene, who is from Paris, drives a Porsche.
questions.
The house thatwe spoke about has
Who is the best athlete on the team? been sold.
Whatever do you mean? Give the trophy to whomever you choose.
(cid:2) A. Identifying Pronouns
Underline all interrogative and relative pronouns in the following sentences.Write whether
each is interrogative (I)or relative (R).
I R
1. Whowas the woman thatI saw you with at the movies?
R
2. The singer for whomthe rock opera was written married the director.
R
3. You should do whateveryou think is best.
I R
4. Whatis the name of the song thathe wrote?
(cid:2) B. Using Relative Pronouns
Combine the following sentences,changing one sentence of each pair to a subordinate clause.
Introduce each subordinate clause with a relative pronoun.
Example: Some people are glad when winter is over. They do not like cold weather.
People who do not like cold weather are glad when winter is over.
1. Mary McLeod Bethune is a famous black educator.She lived from 1875 to 1955.
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4. Bethune was an observer for the State Department at the UN Conference in 1945.
Bethune had spent many years in public service.
_B_e_th_u_n_e_,_w_h_o_ _h_a_d_ _sp_e_n_t_ ._._._s_e_r_v_ic_e_,_w_a_s_ a_n_ _o_b_s_e_rv_e_r_._._..____________________________________
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10.3 Action Verbs
Key Information
Action verbsdescribe physical or mental action. Intransitive verbs are also action verbs, but
they are not followed by words that answer
jog think
what? or whom?
smile worry
point Condors live in the Andes. [The intransitive
verb live is followed by the words in the
Transitive verbs are action verbs followed by
Andes, which tell where, not what or
words that answer what? or whom?
whom.]
Jack madehis own wedding cake. [The
words wedding cakefollow the transitive
verb madeand answer the question
made what?]
(cid:2) A. Identifying Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
The following excerpt is from The Waves,a novel by British writer Virginia Woolf.Write
whether each of the boldface action verbs in the excerpt is transitive (T)or intransitive (I).If
the verb is transitive,underline the word or words following it that answer the question what?
or whom?
Literature Model
I
T he light struckupon the trees in the garden,making one leaftransparent and then another.One
I T
bird chirpedhigh up;there was a pause;another chirped lower down.The sun sharpenedthe
I T
wallsofthe house,and restedlike the tip ofa fan upon a white blind and madea blue fingerprintof
I
shadow under the leafby the bedroom window.The blind stirredslightly,but all within was dim
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pyri or intransitive (I). Sentences will vary.
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1. ______________________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________________________
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10.3 Linking Verbs
Key Information
Linking verbsconnect the subject of a sentence Oro is the Spanish word for gold.
with words or groups of words that identify or
Below are some other common linking verbs.
describe it.
seem remain feel
All forms of the verb be can function as linking
appear smell look
verbs.
become taste sound
Tomorrow will be bright and sunny.
(cid:2) A. Identifying Linking Verbs
Underline all linking verbs in the sentences below.
1. She said that she feelsconfident about the success of the plan.
2. Thai food often tastesexotic to those who have never tried it.
3. That isthe year Maria wasborn.
4. Herbs grow well if the soil issandy and the drainage isadequate.
5. The President lookedtired and frustrated.
6. The world’s tallest trees areCalifornia redwoods.
7. All the actors wereproud of their performances.
8. The food smelleddelicious from two blocks away.
9. I amtired because I did not sleep well last night.
10. A stubborn person,he remainscertain that he isright.
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10.4 Adjectives
Key Information
Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns. sharp, sharper, sharpest
eerie room psychic, more psychic, most psychic
some people The adjectives a, and, and the are called articles.
latest fad Proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns
and are always capitalized.
Many adjective have comparative and superla-
tive forms. Italian opera Buddhist thought
hot, hotter, hottest Dutch tulips
(cid:2) A. Identifying Adjectives
Underline all of the adjectives,except articles,in the following passage.
Along the foot of a tiltedredrock a porcupine came....It broke open a tinyshelter of
sticks and some meagerround-earedcreature,all eyes and bonylimbs,fled across the stones.
The porcupine,ignoring it,was about to devour the beetles...when suddenly it paused,raised
itshead and listened.As it remained motionlessa brown,mongoose-likecreature broke
quickly through the bushes and disappeared down itshole.From farther away came the sound
of scoldingbirds.
Shardik,Richard Adams
(cid:2) B. Forming Adjectives
c. Write an adjective form of each of the words listed below.Use a dictionary only if you have to.
n
nies, I elegance __e_l_e_g_a_n_t_______________________ furor __f_u_r_io_u_s_______________________
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mp deceive __d_e_c_e_p_t_iv_e_,_d_ec_e_i_vi_n_g_______________ fog __f_o_g_g_y__________________________
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