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Directions: Underline all of the pronouns in each of the following sentences. Then, label any demonstrative pronouns

(“D”) and indefinite pronouns (“I”).

1. We talked all night about movies and music.

2. Has anyone read Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird?

3. Walking along the beach, they saw three starfish washed up on the shore.

4. If he eats spicy food before going to sleep, he will have nightmares.

5. If you don’t stop doing that, you will hurt yourself.

6. I like my salad with its dressing on the side.

7. Someone’s car has a hole in its radiator; it is leaking fluid everywhere.

8. Many of the football players wanted their coach to go for a first down.

Grammar Activity #6: “Parts of Speech: Verbs”

You may need to review grammar activity #2 to complete the following statement (but we’re hoping you’ll be able to

remember it on your own):

A verb is a word that describes an _____________ (doing something) or a state (__________ something).

We will be spending a lot of time with verbs in the next unit, so this will be a quick review. It is important, however, that

you are easily able to recognize them; they’re in every sentence!

Action Verbs: For a sentence to be a sentence, people, places, things, or ideas (in other words, nouns) must act in some

way. What the nouns do can be physical or mental, but when an action takes place—like when someone is eating or

thinking or wondering—the verb is called an action verb.

Linking Verbs: Sometimes a verb doesn’t express an action, like in this sentence: Linda is intelligent. The verb “is” links

the two parts of the sentence together, but Linda isn’t doing anything. She’s not performing an activity. Instead, she’s

being something (intelligent). When a verb expresses being, it’s called a linking verb. Linking verbs are like an equals

Helping Verbs: Some verbs don’t show action or being. Instead, they help other verbs shift into certain tenses (like

present tense, future tense . . . don’t worry we’re not going to talk about that today). Verbs that help other verbs are

called helping verbs (I had helped Sara with her homework; Daniel will like the cookies).

Directions: Read each of the following sentences and underline the verbs. Don’t forget to underline linking and helping

verbs; they count too!

1. Kara and Tara’s friendship has lasted through thick and thin. (2)

2. Until Kara met Tara, she had no genuine best friend. (2)

3. Kara thought she knew what made a friendship, but she was wrong. (4)

4. One of her friends from middle school, Jessica, cheered her up when she failed a quiz and consoled her when her

pet rat died, but it was not the same. (5)

5. In October Kara and Tara will have been friends for two years. (3)

6. Their friendship is still going strong. (2)

7. If you know Kara and Tara, you know how great their friendship is. (3)

8. Now they use the word “friend” more selectively. (1)

9. If you have just a few great friends in life, you should consider yourself lucky. (3)

10. Have you had a great friend? (2)

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