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The Ideal KISS Grammar SequenceThe Ideal KISS Grammar Sequence

Book 4Book 4

Supplemental ExercisesSupplemental Exercises

© Dr. Ed VavraRevised June, 2015

KISS Instructional Materials are available for free at KISSGrammar.org.

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Unit 1 – Review.................................................................................................3Ex. 22 - Palimpsest Patterns from My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales............................3

Unit 3 - Adverbial Clauses...............................................................................4Ex. 1 - Based on “The Happy Rattle” from FRIENDLY FAIRIES (#2)........................4

Ex. 2 - Based on “Sally Migrundy” [#1]........................................................................5

Ex. 3 - Based on “Sally Migrundy” (#3)........................................................................6

Ex. 4 - Based on “Sally Migrundy” [#4]........................................................................7

Ex. 5 - Adverbial Clauses from the Writing of Fourth Graders (# 3)...........................8

Unit 4 - Adjectival Clauses..............................................................................9Ex. 1 –.........................................................................................................................9

Ex. 2 –.........................................................................................................................9

Ex. 3 –.........................................................................................................................9

Ex. 4 –.........................................................................................................................9

Ex. 5 –.........................................................................................................................9

Ex. 6 - Rewriting Adjectival Clauses as Main Clauses and Main as Adjectival........10

Unit 5 - Mixed Clauses...................................................................................11Unit 10 - Introduction to Embedded Clauses..............................................12

Ex. 1 –.......................................................................................................................12

Ex. 2 –.......................................................................................................................12

Ex. 3 - Based on “The Happy Rattle” from FRIENDLY FAIRIES..............................13

Ex. 4 - An Exercise in Punctuation from “Prince Chéri”...........................................14

Unit 14 - Passages for Analysis.....................................................................15Ex. 1 – Verbals, Based on “Sally Migrundy”..............................................................15

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Unit 1 – ReviewUnit 1 – Review

Ex. 22 - Palimpsest Patternsfrom My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales

by Edric Vredenburg; Illustrated by Jennie Harbour

Directions:1. Put parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline subjects once, finite verbs twice, and label complements (“PN,” “PA,” “IO,” or

“DO”).3. Put a vertical line after every main clause.

1. Then there came a wind.

2. The sun appeared a marvelous sight to her.

3. The wife of a rich man fell sick.

4. I shall die a brave man.

5. Many years ago there lived a dear little girl.

6. So the Wolf lifted the latch, and the door flew open.

7. She began to feel very ill.

8. He lay thinking in his bed one night.

9. They got very hungry.

10. All the little birds under heaven came chirping and fluttering in.

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Unit 3 - Adverbial ClausesUnit 3 - Adverbial Clauses

Ex. 1 - Based on “The Happy Rattle”from FRIENDLY FAIRIES (#2)

Written & Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle1919

Directions:1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once, and label complements (“PA,” “PN,”

“IO,” or “DO”). 3. Place brackets [ ] around each adverbial clause and draw an arrow from the

opening bracket to the word that the clause modifies. 4. Place a vertical line after each main clause. 5. Label each interjection (“Inj”), each noun used as an adverb (“NuA”), and each

example of direct address (“DirA”).

1. Grumpy Grundy, the Owl, was a very cross old creature, and if everything did

not go to suit her all the time, she hooted and howled.

2. In fact she had cried so much she had made large red rings around her eyes.

3. When Tilly and Timothy Toad and Eddie Elf and Gerty Gartersnake and Wallie

Woodpecker and Billie Bumblebee and Winnie Woodchuck arrived at

Grumpy Grundy’s place they heard merry laughter and whenever the

laughter ceased, they heard the buzz and rattle and hum of Willie

Woodchuck’s rattle.

4. And there was Willie Woodchuck with the beautiful yellow and red and blue

and black and white rattle, and when he rattled it Grumpy Grundy rolled on

the floor and laughed until the tears ran from her eyes.

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Ex. 2 - Based on “Sally Migrundy” [#1]From FRIENDLY FAIRIES

Written & Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle1919

Directions: 1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once, and label complements. 3. Label verbals “V” plus their function: “PA,” “PN,” “DO,” “Adj.” or “Adv.”4. Place brackets [ ] around each subordinate clause. Above the opening bracket, label the

function of noun clauses. From clauses that function as adjectives or adverbs, draw an arrow from the opening bracket to the word that the clause modifies.

5. Place a vertical line after each main clause. 6. Label each interjection (“Inj”), each noun used as an adverb (“NuA”), and each example of

direct address (“DirA”).

1. She had lived there when the largest trees in the forest were tiny little

sprouts.

2. And Sally Migrundy’s note floated along in the bottle until a little boy and

a little girl saw it and picked it up.

3. And when they read Sally Migrundy’s happy-hearted note, they started

following up the stream until after a long, long time they came to the

tiny little cottage.

4. We found a note in a bottle and traveled up the stream until we came to

your little cottage.

5. But won’t your mamas and daddies be worried because you have been

away from home so long?

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Ex. 3 - Based on “Sally Migrundy” (#3)From FRIENDLY FAIRIES

Written & Illustrated by Johnny GruelleDirections: 1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once, and label complements. 3. Label verbals “V” plus their function: “PA,” “PN,” “DO,” “Adj.” or “Adv.”4. Place brackets [ ] around each subordinate clause. Above the opening bracket, label the

function of noun clauses. From clauses that function as adjectives or adverbs, draw an arrow from the opening bracket to the word that the clause modifies.

5. Place a vertical line after each main clause. 6. Label each interjection (“Inj”), each noun used as an adverb (“NuA”), and each example of

direct address (“DirA”).

1. More and more children came until Sally Migrundy’s house was very,

very large inside, but still the same tiny little cottage on the outside.

2. You may be sure it was a very happy place to live and the children made

Sally Migrundy very happy.

3. But when once you crawl through the tiny door, you look upon rows and

rows of little rooms.

4. And, while Sally Migrundy remains a tiny little lady only two feet high,

she has as much happiness inside as if she were as large as a great big

mountain.

5. He started down the stream and walked and walked and walked until the

stream took him down through the whispering forest clear down to the

sea.

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Ex. 4 - Based on “Sally Migrundy” [#4]From FRIENDLY FAIRIES

Written & Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle, 1919

Directions: 1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once, and label complements. 3. Label verbals “V” plus their function: “PA,” “PN,” “DO,” “Adj.” or “Adv.”4. Place brackets [ ] around each subordinate clause. Above the opening bracket, label the

function of noun clauses. From clauses that function as adjectives or adverbs, draw an arrow from the opening bracket to the word that the clause modifies.

5. Place a vertical line after each main clause. 6. Label each interjection (“Inj”), each noun used as an adverb (“NuA”), and each example of

direct address (“DirA”).

1. Every year the man takes his wife, and together they walk down the

tinkling stream until they come to the exact center of the great

whispering forest.

2. And it was so beautiful I stopped and watched and listened.

3. It seemed as if hundreds of children were playing around me.

4. And when I returned I again stopped at the same place and sat and

listened to the singing of the waters and the birds.

5. I saw the wild creatures come down into the clearing and act as if they

were being fed.

6. And a most delightful feeling of contentment and happiness came over me

as if I sat within the borders of Fairyland!

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Ex. 5 - Adverbial Clauses from the Writing of Fourth Graders (# 3)

Part One: Directions:1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once, and label complements (“PA,” “PN,” “IO,” or

“DO”). 3. Write “V” over every verbal, draw an arrow from it to the word that the verbal modifies, and

label the complements of verbals as you would the complements of a finite verb.4. Put brackets [ ] around every subordinate clause and label its function.5. Place a vertical line after each main clause.6. Label each interjection (“Inj”), each noun used as an adverb (“NuA”), and each example of

direct address (“DirA”).

1. I am very glad and proud I tried something new.

2. It seemed as if I was going faster than a rocket.

3. “Splash” I heard all around me as people jumped into the pool.

4. That was the worst slice of pizza I ever had.

5. My favorite letter to use was the “H” because I would turn it on its side

like an “I” and Lucky could crawl through either side.

Part Two: Write a sentence that includes a subordinate clause used as an

adverb.

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Unit 4 - Adjectival ClausesUnit 4 - Adjectival Clauses

Ex. 1 –

Ex. 2 –

Ex. 3 –

Ex. 4 –

Ex. 5 –

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Ex. 6 - Rewriting Adjectival Clauses as Main Clauses and Main as Adjectival

From My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales by Edric Vredenburg; Illustrated by Jennie Harbour

A. Rewriting Adjectival Clauses as Main Clauses

Directions: Rewrite each sentence by changing an adjectival subordinate clause into a main clause. (You can do this by creating two main clauses or by creating compound finite verbs in one main clause.)

1. The goose girl talks with the head of a horse that hangs upon the wall.

2. This new wife had two daughters of her own, that she brought home with

her.

3. She let down her waving locks of hair, which were all of pure gold.

4. It is a charm that may be of use to you on the road.

5. I have a lad who takes care of my geese.

B. Rewriting Main Clauses as Adjectival

Directions: Rewrite each sentence by changing a main clause into an adjectival subordinate clause.

1. Avenant noticed a raven. The raven was pursued by an eagle.

2. Avenant found an owl. The owl was caught in a snare.

3. The Princess was seated upon her throne. She looked lovely.

4. Avenant thanked the golden carp a thousand times. He went at once to the

Palace.

5. And Avenant took Cabriole with him. He set out for Galifron’s country.

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Unit 5 - Mixed ClausesUnit 5 - Mixed Clauses

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Unit 10 - Introduction to Embedded ClausesUnit 10 - Introduction to Embedded Clauses

Ex. 1 –

Ex. 2 –

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Embedded Subordinate ClausesEx. 3 - Based on “The Happy Rattle”

from FRIENDLY FAIRIES Written & Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle

1919

Note: In this exercise, “so” and “for” function as subordinating conjunctions.Directions:1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once, and label complements (“PA,” “PN,” “IO,” or

“DO”). 3. Place brackets [ ] around each subordinate clause and draw an arrow from the opening bracket

to the word that the clause modifies. 4. Place a vertical line after each main clause.5. Label each interjection (“Inj”), each noun used as an adverb (“NuA”), and each example of

direct address (“DirA”).

1. They had not hopped far before they met Eddie Elf, who was singing happily

to himself as he walked along.

2. They had not gone far until they met Wallie Woodpecker, who also was

singing happily.

3. “Then I will go back with you!” said Billie Bumblebee, so away they all

went until they came to Willie Woodchuck’s home.

4. And after that no one could say that Willie Woodchuck had nothing else to

do, for he spent his time making beautiful “happy rattles” which he gave

away to all the creatures, and everyone laughed and made merry

whenever they heard the beautiful yellow and red and blue and black and

white rattles which rattled so beautifully and drove away the grumpies.

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Ex. 4 - An Exercise in Punctuation from “Prince Chéri”

in My Book of Favorite Fairy Talesby Edric Vredenburg; Illustrated by Jennie Harbour

Directions: The punctuation and capitalization in the following text was lost. Please fix it (right on this page).

one day while prince chéri was out hunting a little rabbit that his dogs

were about to kill threw itself into his arms the king caressed the little

creature and said

as you have put yourself under my protection nobody shall harm you

and he carried the rabbit to his palace and ordered a pretty little hutch to be

made for it

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Unit 14 - Passages for AnalysisUnit 14 - Passages for Analysis

Ex. 1 – Verbals, Based on “Sally Migrundy”From FRIENDLY FAIRIES

Written & Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle1919

Directions:1. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.2. Underline verbs twice, their subjects once, and label complements (“PA,” “PN,”

“IO,” or “DO”). 3. Place brackets [ ] around each subordinate clause. Above the opening bracket,

label their function.4. Place a vertical line after each main clause.5. Label verbals “V” and their function.6. Label each interjection (“Inj”), each noun used as an adverb (“NuA”), and each

example of direct address (“DirA”).

The little bottle floated along, tumbling over the tiny falls and tinkling

ripples and bobbing up and down in the deep, blue, quiet, places until finally

it floated to Sally Migrundy’s and came to rest in the mass of pretty flowers

where Sally Migrundy came each morning to dip her tiny bucket of water.

And so Sally Migrundy found the tiny bottle and took it into her tiny

house to read the tiny note she saw inside.