View lesson on Daily Grammar   An appositive is a word or group of words that identifies or renames the noun or pronoun that it follows. It is set off by commas unless closely tied to the word that it identifies or renames. ("Closely tied" means that it is needed to identify the word.)    Appositives should not be confused with predicate nominatives. A verb will separate the subject from the predicate nominative. An appositive can follow any noun or pronoun including the subject, direct object, or predicate nominative.   Examples:  My son Carl is a medical technician ..read more

View lesson on Daily Grammar A simple sentence is a group of words expressing a complete thought, and it must have a subject and a verb (predicate - some grammar books use the word predicate, but I will use verb).  A verb shows action or state of being.  The subject tells who or what about the verb.  When finding the subject and the verb in a sentence, always find the verb first and then say who or what followed by the verb.      Example:      The bell rang.      Find the verb - rang      Who or w ..read more

View lesson on Daily Grammar A simple sentence is a group of words expressing a complete thought, and it must have a subject and a verb (predicate - some grammar books use the word predicate, but I will use verb).  A verb shows action or state of being.  The subject tells who or what about the verb.  When finding the subject and the verb in a sentence, always find the verb first and then say who or what followed by the verb.      Example:      The bell rang.      Find the verb - rang      Who or wh ..read more

View lesson on Daily Grammar A simple sentence is a group of words expressing a complete thought, and it must have a subject and a verb (predicate - some grammar books use the word predicate, but I will use verb).  A verb shows action or state of being.  The subject tells who or what about the verb.  When finding the subject and the verb in a sentence, always find the verb first and then say who or what followed by the verb.      Example:      The bell rang.      Find the verb - rang      Who or wh ..read more

View lesson on Daily Grammar A conjunction is a word that joins other words, phrases (groups of words), or clauses (groups of words with a subject and verb).     Co-ordinate conjunctions join words, phrases, or clauses of equal rank. They are the following: and, but, or, nor, for, and yet. (For and yet can only join clauses.) Instructions: Find the co-ordinate conjunctions which are joining clauses in these sentences. 1. I do not like the idea, yet I will help. 2. The trip was a delight for us, for we had a great time. 3. The mail has not arrived, nor will it come today. 4. I w ..read more

View lesson on Daily Grammar Instructions: Remembering what was taught in Lesson 71, combine the two sentences into one sentence using a prepositional phrase.         Example:       The ice melted. The ice was in the glass.       Answer: The ice in the glass melted. 1. My dog is named Badger. He is in the garden area. 2. The sunset was beautiful. The sunset was in the west. 3. The grass is dead. The grass is near the road. 4. That girl is my best friend. She lives across the street. 5. I talked to that man. H ..read more

View lesson on Daily Grammar A preposition is a word that begins a prepositional phrase and shows the relationship between its object and another word in the sentence. A preposition must always have an object. A prepositional phrase starts with a preposition, ends with an object, and may have modifiers between the proposition and object of the preposition. Here is a list of common words that can be used as prepositions: about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, besides, between, beyond, but (when it means except), by, concerning ..read more

View lesson on Daily Grammar Instructions: Choose the correct form for each of these sentences. Remember that adjectives modify nouns and pronouns while adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. 1. Mr. Peterson always speaks (good, well). 2. That coach (sure, surely) gets results. 3. Those knives are (awful, very) sharp. 4. The bacon tasted (good, well). 5. The new teacher (sure, really) is smart. 6. Your assignment was done (bad, badly). 7. I am (real, really) sorry to hear that. --For answers scroll down. Answers: 1. well 2. surely 3. very 4. good 5. reall ..read more

View lesson on Daily Grammar Adverbs that tell us how, when, and where can shift position in the sentence.      Example:       I am often out of town.       Often I am out of town.       I am out of town often. Instructions: List the adverbs in these sentences. 1. Jeff does his work wisely. 2. Seldom do we see everyone at the same time. 3. Ann often visits from Canada. 4. Now let's check this again. 5. I see what you mean now. --For answers scroll down. Answers: 1. Jeff does his ..read more

View lesson on Daily Grammar A verbal is a verb form used as some other part of speech. There are three kinds of verbals: gerunds, participles, and infinitives. A gerund always ends in ing and is used as a noun.    Example:  Eating is fun. A participle is used as an adjective and ends various ways. A present participle always ends with ing as does the gerund, but remember that it is an adjective. A past participle ends with ed, n, or irregularly.     Examples:  played, broken, brought, sung, seeing, having seen, being seen, seen, having been seen An infinitiv ..read more