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Grammar Enrichment
Grade 6
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
ISBN 0-07-823331-3
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Unit 9 Nouns
9.1 Common and Proper Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9.2 Singular and Plural Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9.3 Possessive Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Unit 10 Verbs
10.1 Action Verbs and Direct Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
10.2 Indirect Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
10.3 Linking Verbs and Predicate Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10.4 Present, Past, and Future Tenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
10.5 Main Verbs and Helping Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
10.6 Present and Past Progressive Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
10.7 Perfect Tenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
10.89 Irregular Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Unit 11 Pronouns
11.12 Using Pronouns Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
11.3 Pronouns and Antecedents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11.4 Possessive Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
11.5 Indefinite Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Unit 12 Adjectives
12.1 Adjectives and Proper Adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
12.2 Articles and Demonstratives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
12.3 Adjectives That Compare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
12.4 Special Adjectives That Compare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unit 13 Adverbs
13.12 Adverbs Modifying Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
13.3 Adverbs That Compare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
13.4 Telling Adjectives and Adverbs Apart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
13.5 Avoiding Double Negatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Unit 18 Capitalization
18.1 Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations, and Salutations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
18.2 Capitalizing Names and Titles of People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
18.3 Capitalizing Names of Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
18.4 Capitalizing Other Proper Nouns and Adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Unit 19 Punctuation
19.1 Using the Period and Other End Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
19.2 Using Commas I-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
19.2 Using Commas I-B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
19.3 Using Commas Il-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
19.3 Using Commas Il-B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
19.4 Using Commas Ill-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
19.4 Using Commas Ill-B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
19.5 Using Semicolons and Colons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
19.6 Using Quotation Marks and Italics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
19.7 Using Apostrophes and Hyphens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
19.8 Using Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
19.9 Writing Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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Grammar Enrichment
Name ...................................................................................... Class .................................................. Date ................................
4. Hawaii__________________________________________________________________
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5. buy pickles ______________________________________________________________
B. Writing Questions
Rewrite each statement below as a question. Underline each subject.
1. Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. _____________________________________________
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2. Nobel regretted the use of dynamite in warfare and established the Nobel Prize.
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C. Changing Order
Rewrite each sentence, changing the order of the subject and predicate. Underline each
subject.
1. Through the door ran Spot, our dog.__________________________________________
2. A painting hung on the far wall. _____________________________________________
3. Over the horizon rolled dark clouds. __________________________________________
4. A girl emerged from the mists._______________________________________________
3. city ____________________________________________________________________
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4. fox_____________________________________________________________________
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5. loaf ____________________________________________________________________
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3. create __________________________________________________________________
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4. lead ____________________________________________________________________
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5. like ____________________________________________________________________
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4. feel ____________________________________________________________________
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5. are _____________________________________________________________________
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3. trades __________________________________________________________________
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4. raced ___________________________________________________________________
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B. Using Pronouns
Write each sentence using subject or object pronouns in place of the underlined words.
1. The dog hid his bone in the backyard.
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2. Bees swarmed around the pretty flowers.
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3. The telephone rang, but Felicity didnt answer the phone.
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4. The astronomer looked through her telescope.
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5. David asked Jordan and Jasper to join the band.
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6. The beautiful butterfly emerged from the cocoon.
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7. It was Barbara who answered the call from Paul.
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8. Mr. Dixon showed Antonio and Anita their new homeroom.
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___________ library has a copy of __________ notebook. Study the sketches for
__________ content and style.
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3. Alaskan _________________________________________________________________
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4. sunny, Mexican ___________________________________________________________
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5. red, orange, purple ________________________________________________________
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4. excited__________________________________________________________________
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5. thoughtful_______________________________________________________________
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B. Using Adverbs
Write a sentence using each adverb or pair of adverbs below. Underline each adverb
once and the word it modifies twice.
1. swiftly __________________________________________________________________
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2. carelessly ________________________________________________________________
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3. almost, totally ____________________________________________________________
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4. unusually _______________________________________________________________
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5. just, too_________________________________________________________________
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3. through the window _______________________________________________________
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4. below the stairs ___________________________________________________________
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5. of the guests, in his house __________________________________________________
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6. inside the castle __________________________________________________________
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3. sing ____________________________________________________________________
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4. play ____________________________________________________________________
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5. cook ___________________________________________________________________
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3. _______________________________________________________________________
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4. _______________________________________________________________________
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B. Using Hyphens
Rewrite the following sentences, adding hyphens where needed. Use a dictionary
if necessary.
1. This store has twenty two different kinds of model trains. _________________________
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2. There was a mix up about the elementary schools science fair. _____________________
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3. One train looks like the one my great grandfather drove. __________________________
B. Using Abbreviations
Rewrite each sentence, using the appropriate abbreviations.
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1. The companys address is Iris Sanchez Flowers, Incorporated, 2633 Pine Tree
Court, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.
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2. Date your exam as follows: September 23, 2001.
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3. When I grow up, I want to work for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
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4. On your chart, write 11:30 in the morning and 11:30 in the evening.
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5. Mister Petrov is opening stores with Doctor Ronald Coleman Junior.
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