English Grammar 101
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Foreword: To the Student and Parent/Teacher
Introduction: To Those Grammarians Among Us
Instructions: How to Complete the Lessons
Module 1: Word and Phrase Patterns
Lesson 1-1: Verb Identification
Lesson 1-2: Verb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-3: Verb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-4: Verb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-5: Verb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-6: Action versus State-of-being Verbs
Lesson 1-7: Verb Identification
Lesson 1-8: Verb Phrase Identification
Lesson 1-9: Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-10: Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-11: Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-12: Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-13: Verb and Verb Phrase Identification
Lesson 1-14: Verb and Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-15: Noun Identification
Lesson 1-16: Pronoun Identification
Lesson 1-17: Subject Identification
Lesson 1-18: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-19: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-20: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-21: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-22: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-23: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-24: Compound Verbs
Lesson 1-25: Compound Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 1-26: Compound Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 1-27: Compound Subjects
Lesson 1-28: Compound Subjects (Continued)
Lesson 1-29: Adjective Identification
Lesson 1-30: Adjective Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-31: Adjective Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-32: Adjective Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-33: Comparing With Adjectives
Lesson 1-34: Comparing With Adjectives (Continued)
Lesson 1-35: Adverb Identification
Lesson 1-36: Adverb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-37: Adverb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-38: Adverb Identification (Continued)
Quiz 1-39: Cumulative Review
Lesson 1-40: Prepositional Phrase Identification
Lesson 1-41: Prepositional Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-42: Prepositional Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-43: Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives
Lesson 1-44: Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives (Continued)
Lesson 1-45: Prepositional Phrases as Adverbs
Lesson 1-46: Prepositional Phrases as Adverbs (Continued)
Lesson 1-47: Adjective and Adverbial Phrases
Lesson 1-48: Adjective and Adverbial Phrases (Continued)
Lesson 1-49: Adjective and Adverbial Phrases (Continued)
Quiz 1-50: Cumulative Review
Lesson 1-51: Phrases Hiding Subjects
Lesson 1-52: Prepositions Acting Out as Verbs
Lesson 1-53: Prepositions Acting Out as Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 1-54: Adverbs Modifying Adjectives
Lesson 1-55: Adverbs Modifying Other Adverbs
Quiz 1-56: Cumulative Review
Exercise 1-57: Module 1 Self-Test
Module 2: Clause Patterns
Module 3: Verb Tense and Verbal Patterns
Module 4: Verb Forms and Sentence Patterns
Module 5: Punctuation and Capitalization
Module 6: Supplement - Troublesome Words
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English Grammar
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erb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-3
Comments:
Prompt:
In addition to words of action, verbs are also words that state a fact or condition and show no action. These words are known as state-of-being verbs.
Example:
In the sentence, "That man is my father," the word "is" is a state-of-being verb. The most common state-of-being verbs are: am, are, is, were, was.
Directions:
Listed below are groups of action verbs and state-of-being verbs. Read each group of words and click to select only the state-of-being verbs in each word group.
1.
grow
...
was
...
walk
...
run
...
is
...
throw
...
smile
...
forget
...
2.
select
...
sing
...
am
...
was
...
knock
...
are
...
begin
...
3.
type
...
sleep
...
count
...
read
...
are
...
were
...
write
...
4.
see
...
watch
...
drive
...
sketch
...
is
...
are
...
listen
...
5.
swim
...
smile
...
am
...
roll
...
dig
...
were
...
swing
...
6.
pitch
...
catch
...
shuffle
...
was
...
skip
...
jog
...
pray
...
7.
kick
...
was
...
pass
...
beat
...
clean
...
huddle
...
bend
...
8.
bake
...
sailed
...
are
...
study
...
vote
...
jump
...
ring
...
9.
mark
...
am
...
was
...
were
...
show
...
eat
...
sleep
...
snore
...
10.
strike
...
bend
...
bind
...
is
...
fall
...
buy
...
bite
...
11.
break
...
was
...
bring
...
build
...
burst
...
is
...
lend
...
12.
dance
...
paint
...
dress
...
comb
...
sit
...
are
...
run
...
13.
shoot
...
dribble
...
am
...
pass
...
jump
...
score
...
win
...
14.
read
...
ride
...
hide
...
swing
...
pour
...
were
...
learn
...
15.
compose
...
draw
...
was
...
seek
...
throw
...
cut
...
shrink
...
16.
speak
...
write
...
play
...
am
...
throw
...
cut
...
shrink
...
17.
burst
...
fill
...
arrange
...
plant
...
is
...
were
...
ride
...
18.
sit
...
are
...
read
...
was
...
see
...
am
...
complete
...
19.
were
...
develop
...
sing
...
am
...
hear
...
smile
...
bail
...
20.
frown
...
was
...
buy
...
is
...
are
...
were
...
am
...
finished
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