fgg workbook units 1&2 cycle 4 - squarespace · pdf filefollowing sentence. 1. ... britain...

Fundamental Grammar

Workbook

Cycle Four

by Shannon Bucko

Table of Contents

Unit 1 4

Lesson 1 4

Lesson 2 4

Lesson 3 11

Lesson 4 12

Lesson 5 17

Lesson 6 20

Exercises for Capitalization Rules: 22

Unit II The Sentence 25

Lesson 7 25

Lesson 8 27

Lesson 9 30

Lesson 10 31

Lesson 11 33

Lessons 12 and 13: More Composition 35

Rules— End Marks, and Commas: 35

Unit 1

Lesson 1Parts of Speech

A. (Level 1 & Level 2) Practice:

1. What does “parts of speech” mean?

2. Name the eight parts of speech.

3. Recite any definitions you already know.

Lesson 2Nouns and Pronouns

A. (Level 1#1-4 / Level 2 #5-9) Identify and underline all the nouns in the

following sentence.

1. Queen Victoria reigned.

2. The empire stretched around the world.

3. Britain colonized much of the world.

4. The queen was powerful.

© Claritas Classical Academy 2015 Lesson 1-2

5. “The sun never sets on the British Empire.”

6. Countries from all across the globe would bring their inventions, machines, and goods to the fair.

7. They brought vases and hats from Russia, furniture from Austria, farming tools from the United States, rich clothing and embroidery from Prussia, cloth and weapons from France, and watches from Switzerland.

8. Australian convicts from the British colony of Australia sent bonnets made out of palm leaves and New Zealand sent carved wood.

9. Britain was sure it could improve every part of the world, if they could just get control of it.


B. (Level 1 & Level 2) From the above sentences, list the common and proper

nouns in the correct column.

Common Proper


C. Identify and underline all the nouns in the following passage from Abraham

Lincoln by d’Aulaire. (Level 1 just underline all the nouns; Level 2

identify the types of nouns, number, gender, and job.)

“Deep in the wilderness down in Kentucky there stood a cabin built of roughly hewn logs. It was a poor little cabin of only one room. The February wind tore at the clumsy door and made it rattle on its leather hinges. Just a glimmer of daylight sifted in through the oiled deer hide stretched across the single window frame. But the flames flickered gaily on the hearth. In this cabin lived a man named Thomas Lincoln with his wife and his little daughter, Sally. And here it was that his son, Abraham Lincoln, first saw the world on a Sunday morning.”

D. (Level 1 & Level 2) Label all the nouns in this section of the Nicene Creed

with an “N” over them in the sentence.

N N (Ex. Mary had a little lamb.)

“I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all

things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of

God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from

true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through Him all things

were made.”

E. (Level 1 #1-2 / Level 2 #3-8) Form the plural of the following nouns.

1. city, man, ship, child, wife

2. hero, roof, thief, army, house


3. lady, president, trout, moon, lamb

4. girl, woman, ox, lady, body

5. knight, country, person, family, penny

6. nation, neighbor, Australian, potato, fire

7. life, bay, history, foot, citizen, ash

8. brother-in-law, drive-in, discovery, salmon, deer

F. (Level 1 & Level 2) Identify the gender of each of the nouns below.

1. stag, rock, aunt, neighbor, chair, love

2. present, marble, lady, king, freedom, fire

3. daughter, hero, husband, teacher, rooster, feast


G. Determine the proper pronoun.

(Level 1) Replace the italicized noun with the appropriate pronoun.

1. Grant went down to the creek with Damian and Jonny. _________

2. Sam, Jacob, Jake, and I went to the store. __________

3. Grandpa expects Benj and Maggie for dinner._________

4. We are all going to class with Mrs. Valentine next period._________

(Level 2) Select the correct pronouns in the following sentences.

1. She knew it was (I, me).

2. Grandma expects you and (I, me) for dinner.

3. Stephen can run faster than (he, him).

4. When will you and (they, them) come again?

5. Have you seen Sadie and (she, her) together?

6. Not many could pitch as well as (he, him).

7. It was either (she, her) or her sister on the phone.

8. May Mimi and (I, me) leave now?

9. Madeline and (he, him) will go to the game.

10. Will you take a picture of Maddy and (I, me)?


H. (Level 1) Identify the number (s, p) and the person (1,2,3).

(Level 2) Identify the person (1st, 2nd, 3rd), number (singular, plural), gender

(masc., feminine, common, neuter), and case (nominative,objective,possessive)

of the pronouns in the following sentences.

1. She gives much thought to her prayers.

2. The boys sprinted across their street, over the hill, and into my yard.

3. He received a letter from his aunt.

4. You will meet us at our cabin.

5. The writers were Jane and she.

I. (Level 2) Identify all the pronouns in italics as interrogative (it), demonstrative

(d), indefinite (id), relative (re), or reflexive (r).

1. Several arrived late.

2. Whom do you love?

3. This is my favorite meal.

4. I have a friend whose grandfather drives a school bus.

5. Molly said she would do it herself.

6. Each said his prayers.

7. Which would you rather have?

8. These are my sister’s earrings.

9. Whose book is this?

10. Nobody knew what to do.

11. That is the kind of coffee I like.

12. Here is the suit which he bought for himself.


Lesson 3A. (Level 1 & Level 2) Review questions:

1. What is the definition of an adjective? From what Latin word is it derived?

2. What questions do adjectives answer?

3. What is a proper noun adjective? Give an example. What is a possessive proper noun adjective and give an example.

4. What is an intensifying adjective? Use one in a sentence.

B. (Level 1 & Level 2) Write a description of a common household object (chair,

desk, flower, pillow, toy) and then circle all the adjectives you used.


Lesson 4A. (Level 1) Identify the verbs and underline.

1. Abraham Lincoln lived in a log cabin.

2. Abe helped on the farm.

3. Abe’s father shot a buck in the woods.

4. His mother made a pair of breeches from the skin.

5. Abe learned to read and write.

B. (Level 1 & Level 2) Identify all the verbs and verb phrases in the sentences

below and identify the type (Intransitive, Vi; Transitive, Vt; Helping, Vh; or Linking,

Vl).

1. Abe Lincoln went to war as a captain.

2. The soldiers were angry.

3. Captain Abe struggled.

4. Abe borrowed a horse.

5. Miss Todd liked the tall Abe Lincoln.


6. At last she chose Abe, and they were married. (2 clauses with a verb and a verb phrase)

7. He was elegant and important.

8. She knew he would be president. (2 clauses with a verb and a verb phrase)

C. (Level 1: 1-4; Level 2: all) Identify the italicized verbs in the sentences below

as transitive or intransitive.

1. Judge Douglas traveled through Illinois.

2. Lincoln made speeches against his.

3. Old Abe’s fame spread all over the United States.

4. The people wanted him to run for president.

5. Late one evening Lincoln got the message that he had been elected president. (2 clauses with a verb and a verb phrase)

6. He thought a beard might make him look nicer. (3 verbs; one is a verb phrase)

7. With his wife and his boys, Abraham Lincoln traveled to the White House in Washington.

8. Sad and silent, Lincoln gazed through his spyglass at the Confederate flag that fluttered in the wind on the other side of the Potomac River in Virginia. (2 clause; 2 verbs)

9. The Union must be saved. (verb phrase)


10.With a heavy heart, Lincoln called soldiers from the Northern States and sent them to war against the Southerners to force them back into the Union. (2 verbs)

D. (Level 2) Identify the italicized verbs in the sentences below as active or passive.

1. “The Charge of the Light Brigade” was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

2. The British fought the Russians.

3. The bell is rung early in the morning.

4. Nicholas I, czar of Russia, was determined to capture the city of Istanbul for Russia.

5. At the Battle of Balaklava, British soldiers were sent to charge a much bigger Russian force and most of the soldiers were killed.

E. (Level 2) Identify the mood of the verbs in the following sentences.

1. Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who minister by night in the house of the Lord.

2. Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

3. Forgive us our trespasses.

4. Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.

5. Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

6. If only My servants would not harden their hearts.

7. If you find honey, eat just enough-too much of it, and you will vomit.

8. A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.


9. Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.

10. He might become a better writer, if he would make the effort.

11.Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.

12. If I were you, I would save that money.

F. (Level 2) List the other four principal parts of the following verbs.

Infinitive Present Past Pres. Participle Past Part.

to march

to lie

to rise

to swim

to break

G. (Level 1 & Level 2) Underline all the adverbs in the sentences below.

1. Trap shooters practice frequently.

2. Benj shoots there.

3. This ship will sail away today.

4. How are you?

5. Where is Burkina Faso?

6. That cat is rather fat.

7. She is extremely optimistic.


8. That dog is so well bred but too well fed.

9. I really wish she would not shed.

10. Robert spells badly.

11.Roberta spells worse.

12.Henry spells worst.

H. (Level 1 & Level 2) Review Questions

1. What is the definition of an adverb?

2. What questions do adverbs answer?

3. How are flexional adverbs formed?

4. From what two Latin words does adverb come?

5. What are the different degrees of adverbs?


fgg workbook units 1&2 cycle 4 - squarespace · pdf filefollowing sentence. 1. ... britain...

Documents