Chapter VII

The Quarrel Between Mr. Adjective and Mr. Pronoun and Little Interjection
And when you come to an adjective-pronoun used with a noun," continued Serjeant
Parsing, " put a stroke on the line that divides Adjective's ground from Pronoun's. That
will be like a little man sitting astride on the wall, with one leg for Pronoun to pull and
one for Adjective. Of course if it is used instead of a noun, and not with one, then Mr.
Pronoun must have the stroke all to himself. Whichever Part-of-Speech gets the most
strokes gains the game.

- From Grammar-Land or, Grammar In Fun For

the Children of Schoolroom-shire by M.L. Nesbitt

Read the following story. Place a mark in the appropriate box for every noun, article, pronoun,
adjective, and interjection that you see. Put a mark on the line between pronouns and adjectives
for any adjective-pronouns used with a noun. (See example in red.) Tally the marks.

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“Alas! Alas! That naughty boy,” said Harry’s mother, as she waited for him to come back from
school. “He must have gone to play with the other boys at the big pond and he will certainly fall in,
for the boys are sure to try the ice, and it is too thin to bear them yet. Oh! My poor, dear boy! What
shall I do? If he falls into the black, cold water, he will certainly be drowned. My darling Harry!
Ah! Why does he not come home? If I had any one to send . . . . Why there he is, I declare, with his
hands full of oranges. Oh! The naughty boy! I will give him a great scolding. To give me a fright,
and keep me waiting while he was buying oranges! Harry, you are a naughty, careless, tiresome –
What! Kissing me, you little rogue, to stop my mouth. There! Do not pull down my hair, and never
give your poor mother such a fright again; and now come in and see the lovely Christmas box I have
for you.”

Nouns Articles Adjectives Pronouns Interjections

Total = ______ Total = ______ Total = ______ Total = ______ Total = ______

Worksheets for Grammar-Land or, Grammar In Fun For the Children of Schoolroom-shire by M.L. Nesbitt
Created by Jessica Cain © 2010. Offered free, for personal use only.