Richbaub's Introduction to Middle School Grammar Book 2

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Part 3: Write prepositional phrases that have adjectives describing the o.p.’s (objects of the preposition). 9. _______________________________ 10. _______________________________ 11. _______________________________ 12. _______________________________ BTW: There will be “Personal Pronoun Refresher Box” and a “Classic Linking Verb Refresher Box” on the test. Evaluation 6: Adjectives, Including Predicate Adjectives, + Pronoun Usage with Predicate Nominatives RICHBAUB’S INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAMMAR, BOOK 2 71
4.4 – Adverbs Adverbs are the evil cousins of adjectives, for although their purpose, like adjectives, is to describe, exactly how or what an adverb describes is not always clear to students. Once you get it, though, your knowledge of adverbs comes in handy when trying to write and speak well. For instance, deciding when to use “well” vs. when to use “good” has to do with knowing about adverbs. In addition, a popular technique you can use to improve your sentence variety is to begin sentences with adverbs once in a while. Later, when you become a more advanced writer, you will discover groups of words—phrases and clauses—that also function as adverbs, and certain punctuation and sentence variety concepts are connected to a knowledge of these things… A. Adverbs are the most difficult part of speech. Like adjectives, adverbs are descriptive words, but, unlike adjectives, adverbs do not describe nouns and pronouns. B. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, as well as other adverbs. C. Adjectives and adverbs at work: ADJECTIVES AT WORK ADVERBS AT WORK giant ocean incredibly famous blue fabric walk quickly famous actor very quietly 72 RICHBAUB’S INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAMMAR, BOOK 2
Page 2 and 3: Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 - PREPO
Page 4 and 5: 5.2 - Titles: Capitalizing, Italici
Page 6 and 7: Chapter 4 Description 101: Adjectiv
Page 8 and 9: The Locations of Adjectives A. Most
Page 10 and 11: Extra Practice with Adjectives Dire
Page 12 and 13: A Trick for Finding Predicate Adjec
Page 14 and 15: Extra Practice for Evaluation 5 Par
Page 16 and 17: 4.3 - Predicate Nominatives & Perso
Page 18 and 19: Part 2: In the following sentences,
Page 22 and 23: The Questions Adverbs Answer A. The
Page 24 and 25: Exercise 21 Part 1: Fill in the bla
Page 26 and 27: Getting into “The Routine” A. S
Page 28 and 29: Exercise 22 Use “The Routine”:
Page 30 and 31: 7. Everyone on the dock had been in
Page 32 and 33: Exercise 23 Part 1: Surround prepos
Page 34 and 35: 11. Tom had slept soundly in the ch

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