COW #7

Review

• What is a preposition?

• The squirrel ran ________ the tree.

• What is a prepositional phrase?

• The squirrel ran up the tree.

• up the tree

• What is the object of a preposition?

Review• The headlines announced a truce

between the two countries.

• The house down the street has a new

pool.

• Among the five of us, we had just

enough money for a pizza.

• We looked into the old house through

a crack in the window.

• Please put this vase of flowers in

front of the fireplace.

Do not write:• What is an appositive?

• Example?

• Mrs. Smith, a lawyer, is on vacation.

• Only one person, Janet or Linda, will

get the job.

• Our new neighbors, a couple from

Paris, are quite friendly.

• Lou told his brother Mike the secret.

More review:• What is a complex sentence?

• Because Troy wanted to read, he

went to the library.

• Troy went to the library because he

wanted to read.

More review:• What is a relative pronoun?

• A pronoun that begins a dependent clause

• That

• Which

• Who

• Whom

• Whose

• Garrett chose the book that Harriet wanted.

• = that Harriet wanted

• Jenna was the person who told Ally.

• = who told Ally

• Diana has a pen pal who lives in New Guinea.

• = who lives in New Guinea

Review:• What is a verb?

• Run, jump, play, write

• What is an adjective?

• Pretty, strange, weird, orange

• What do adjectives modify?

• Nouns or pronouns

Participles• A form of a verb that acts as an adjective

and modifies a noun or pronoun.

• Cheering

• The cheering fans were loud.

• Trained

• The trained lion went through the hoop.

Present Participles• A form of a verb in present tense that

acts as an adjective

• Crying

• The crying baby was hungry.

• Building

• The man did not have a building permit.

Past Participle• A form of a verb in past tense that

acts as an adjective

• Spoiled

• The spoiled child wanted a cookie.

• Injured

• We saved the injured bird.

Practice: Present or Past• The returning players had a story to tell.

• Returning-present

• Mrs. Jefferson’s fractured hip is very painful.

• fractured-past

• A fluttering white flag appeared in the distance.

• Fluttering-present

• Water surged over the banks of the swollen

river.

• Swollen-past

• The arsonist has an established pattern for fires.

• Established-past

• Drizzling rain kept us in the house all day.

• Drizzling-present

• We sat and listened to the pounding rain.

• Pounding-present

• The handyman left splattered paint on the floor.

• Splattered-past

• The teacher returned corrected papers to the students.

• Corrected-past

Participial Phrase• Includes a participle and modifiers and the

whole phrase acts as an adjective

• The woman playing the harp is my aunt.

• The clerk standing behind the counter was

helpful.

• The bread made without flour was terrible.

Find the Phrase• The family visiting the Jacksons once lived on this street.

• Visiting the Jacksons

• A letter signed by Napoleon was found.

• Signed by Napoleon

• Every pie sold at the farm store is baked from scratch.

• Sold at the farm store

• Sariyah saw Melinda standing outside the library.

• Standing outside the library

• The child, lost in the department store, became panicky.

• Lost in the department store

• The large plant hanging from the ceiling is a Boston fern.

• Hanging from the ceiling

COW #7• First name last name

• Week of 2/23-2/27

• Iniquity/noun

• Definition: immorality or wickedness

• Concept: a declarative complex sentence with an

appositive, prepositional phrase, relative pronoun, & a

present participle, circle the appositive & present

participle, & underline the relative pronoun & prepositional

phrase.

• Sample: Bob Ewell, a Maycomb resident, has racial

prejudice that comes from his growing iniquity.