Spring Break Grammar Packet (Continued)

I was very happy to receive phone calls and e-mails from you. I am also very happy that the videos made the process easier. Right now I am going to go over some of the answers with you, just so that you can make certain you are on the right track. Please spread the word for those who have not checked into my blog :) I will post more answers tonight and for days to come.



Simple Sentences and Word Order

Directions: Write complete or incomplete after each group of words to indicate whether the words express a complete thought.

1.  Have you seen the Meteor Crater in Arizona? ____Complete____
2.  About 4,150 feet across and about 570 feet deep. ___Incomplete___
3. A meteroite crashed there 50,000 years ago. ___Complete___


Directions: Rewrite the sentence fragments you identified above. Be sure to express a complete thought and is punctuated correctly.

*N/A-- I want to see what you are capable of and will assess your answers when you come back.


Directions: Write natural or inverted to indicate the word order in each sentence.

12. Highheels were first worn by men in the 1500s. ____Natural____
13. Do you know how heels were first used? ____Inverted____
14. They helped keep riders' feet in their stirrups.____Natural____



Types of Sentences

Directions: Put the correct punctuation mark at the end of the sentence. Then, write declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory on the line.

1. Look carefully at the photograph_._            ____Imperative____
2. How did the photographer manage to capture such an unusual shot _?_      ____Interrogative___


Directions: Rewrite each sentence as the kind of sentence indentified in parentheses.

*You can use this as an example for the first one.
1. A llama is not a wild animal. (interrogative) __Is a llama a wild animal?__