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Title: Teach Terrific Grammar, Grades 4-5 (Teaching Resource)

Author(s): Gary Robert Muschla

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Date: 2007

Pages: 257

Size: 1.66 Mb

Format: PDF

Quality: High

Language: American English

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Help your students develop their grammar skills! Includes hundreds of creative, hands-on activities! If you are looking for supplemental materials for your grammar program or are in search of practical exercises that will boost your pupils' language confidence, this invaluable resource has it all!



Teach Terrific Grammar, Grades 4-5 features more than 160 self-correcting grammar lessons in a fun puzzle format-complete with answer key-versatile enough to be adapted to any existing program or approach. It also has forty reproducible “Tip Sheets” that review the parts of speech and other important grammar rules.


Your students will become masters at using language correctly when they learn how to:

Recognize types of sentences

Understand sentence structure

Identify parts of speech

Avoid fragments and run-ons

Use punctuation and capitalization together

Find grammar mistakes

and much more


Teaching grammar can be challenging. Learning grammar can be even more challenging. It is the author's hope that this book will make the study of grammar in your classroom an enjoyable and successful experience for both you and your students.


About the author

Gary Robert Muschla has more than twenty-five years' experience as a classroom teacher. He is a member of the Authors Guild and the National Writers Association and has written dozens of practical resource guides for classroom teachers.




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About This Book xiii

How to Use This Book xv

Part 1 Sentences . 1

Tip Sheet: Kinds and Structures of Sentences 2

1.1 E. B. White (Recognizing Types of Sentences) 3

1.2 Special States (Understanding Sentence Structure, 1) 4

1.3 A Space First (Understanding Sentence Structure, 2) 5

Tip Sheet: Subjects and Predicates 6

1.4 A President’s Ride in an Automobile (Identifying Complete Subjects and

Complete Predicates, 1) 7

1.5 First Settlement (Identifying Complete Subjects and Complete

Predicates, 2) 8

1.6 Hungry Toads (Identifying Simple Subjects, 1) 9

1.7 Above the South Pole (Identifying Simple Subjects, 2) 10

1.8 Native American Explorer (Identifying Simple Predicates, 1) 11

1.9 First Flight (Identifying Simple Predicates, 2) 12

1.10 Two of a Kind (Identifying Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates, 1) 13

1.11 The Biggest Turtle of All (Identifying Simple Subjects and

Simple Predicates, 2) 14

1.12 American Flag Maker (Identifying Compound Subjects) 15

1.13 Center of the Land (Identifying Compound Predicates) 16

1.14 Passing Time (Identifying Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates) 17

Tip Sheet: Fragments and Run-On Sentences 18

1.15 Big Mouth (Recognizing Sentence Fragments) 19

1.16 Outlaw Hero (Recognizing Run-On Sentences) 20

1.17 Famous Woodpecker (Recognizing Sentences, Fragments, and Run-Ons) 21

1.18 Nickname for a President (Review of Sentences, 1) 22

1.19 First Phone Call (Review of Sentences, 2) 23

1.20 Famous Woman Dentist (Review of Sentences, 3) 24

1.21 Cool Creation (Review of Sentences, 4) 25viii

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Part 2 Nouns . 27

Tip Sheet: Nouns 28

2.1 Frontier Hero (Identifying Nouns, 1) 29

2.2 Snakes (Identifying Nouns, 2) 30

2.3 Surrounded States (Identifying Common and Proper Nouns, 1) 31

2.4 Going West (Identifying Common and Proper Nouns, 2) 32

Tip Sheet: Forming Plural Nouns

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2.5 Famous Signature (Identifying Plural Nouns, 1) 34

2.6 Up, Up, and Away (Identifying Plural Nouns, 2) 35

Tip Sheet: Nouns with Special Plural Forms 36

2.7 Fast-Food First (Identifying Irregular Plural Nouns) 37

Tip Sheet: Possessive Nouns 38

2.8 Famous Crime Fighter (Understanding Singular and Plural

Possessive Nouns, 1) 39

2.9 Guide to Freedom (Understanding Singular and Plural

Possessive Nouns, 2) 40

2.10 Famous Monument (Understanding Singular and Plural

Possessive Nouns, 3) 41

2.11 Pluto (Review of Nouns, 1) 42

2.12 Sources of Energy (Review of Nouns, 2) 43

2.13 Snowy City (Review of Nouns, 3) 44

2.14 Game for Kids (Review of Nouns, 4) 45

Part 3 Verbs 47

Tip Sheet: Two Kinds of Verbs 48

3.1 Author of a Classic Story (Identifying Action Verbs, 1) 49

3.2 Flying While Sleeping (Identifying Action Verbs, 2) 50

3.3 A Philadelphia First (Identifying Action Verbs, 3) 51

3.4 Planets and Stars (Identifying Verb Phrases, 1) 52

3.5 Aiming for the Stars (Identifying Verb Phrases, 2) 53

3.6 Nighttime Animals (Identifying Linking Verbs, 1) 54

3.7 Not an Ordinary Tornado (Identifying Linking Verbs, 2) 55

3.8 Related to Mickey (Identifying Action and Linking Verbs, 1) 56

3.9 Busy Bees (Identifying Action and Linking Verbs, 2) 57

3.10 Hurricanes by Another Name (Identifying Action and Linking Verbs, 3) 58

Tip Sheet: Direct Objects 59

3.11 What’s the Weather? (Identifying Direct Objects, 1) 60

3.12 Walking on a Tightrope (Identifying Direct Objects, 2) 61

Tip Sheet: Nouns and Adjectives That Follow Linking Verbs 62

3.13 Favorite Cookie (Identifying Words After Linking Verbs That Rename or

Describe Subjects) 63

Tip Sheet: Contractions with Not 64

3.14 Naming America (Recognizing Contractions with Verbs and Not) 65

Tip Sheet: Verb Tenses 66

Tip Sheet: Rules for Forming the Tenses of Verbs 67

3.15 Earthquakes (Identifying Verb Tenses, 1) 68

3.16 Food for Plants (Identifying Verb Tenses, 2) 69

3.17 Coral Reef (Identifying Verb Tenses, 3) 70

Tip Sheet: Agreement Between Subjects and Verbs 71

3.18 What a Hoot! (Understanding Subject and Verb Agreement, 1) 72

3.19 Sports Fans (Understanding Subject and Verb Agreement, 2) 73

3.20 E. L. Konigsburg (Understanding Subject and Verb Agreement, 3) 74

Tip Sheet: Regular and Irregular Verbs 75

3.21 Gateway to a New Life (Understanding Irregular Verbs, 1) 76

3.22 Big Ears (Understanding Irregular Verbs, 2) 77

3.23 Men on the Moon (Understanding Irregular Verbs, 3) 78

Tip Sheet: Two Special Verbs: Be and Have 79

3.24 Small Dog (Understanding the Forms of Be and Have, 1) 80

3.25 Searching Everywhere (Understanding the Forms of Be

and Have, 2) 81

3.26 Warriors and Explorers (Review of Verbs, 1) 82

3.27 Three Special Sets of Letters (Review of Verbs, 2) 83

3.28 Great Explorer (Review of Verbs, 3) 84

3.29 Step up to the Plate (Review of Verbs, 4) 85

Part 4 Pronouns 87

Tip Sheet: Pronouns 88

4.1 Fairy Tale Author (Identifying Pronouns, 1) 89

4.2 Tinkering Around (Identifying Pronouns, 2) 90

4.3 Hot Dogs (Identifying Pronouns, 3) 91

4.4 Flat State (Identifying Pronouns, 4) 92

Tip Sheet: Subject Pronouns 93

4.5 Word Game (Identifying Subject Pronouns) 94

Tip Sheet: Object Pronouns 95

4.6 Moving Along . Slowly (Identifying Object Pronouns) 96

Tip Sheet: Two Special Pronouns: I and Me 97

4.7 Big Eyes (Identifying Subject and Object Pronouns, 1) 98

4.8 Brothers and Sisters (Identifying Subject and Object Pronouns, 2) 99

4.9 Dr. Seuss (Identifying Subject and Object Pronouns, 3) 100

Tip Sheet: Possessive Pronouns 101

4.10 Astronauts (Identifying Possessive Pronouns, 1) 102

4.11 American Composer (Identifying Possessive Pronouns, 2) 103

4.12 Plenty of Prairie (Identifying Possessive Pronouns, 3) 104

Tip Sheet: Pronoun Contractions 105

4.13 Born on the Fourth of July (Understanding Contractions

with Pronouns, 1) 106

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4.14 Discoverer of Antibiotics (Understanding Contractions

with Pronouns, 2) 107

4.15 Animals with Great Memories (Identifying Antecedents) 108

4.16 Dangerous Fish (Review of Pronouns, 1) 109

4.17 Tiny Mammal (Review of Pronouns, 2) 110

4.18 Pets (Review of Pronouns, 3) 111

Part 5 Adjectives 113

Tip Sheet: Adjectives 114

5.1 Great Athlete (Identifying Adjectives, 1) 115

5.2 A Fact About the Cells of Your Body (Identifying Adjectives, 2) 116

5.3 Unusual Colony (Identifying Adjectives, 3) 117

5.4 The Civil War (Identifying Proper Adjectives) 118

Tip Sheet: Comparing with Adjectives 119

Tip Sheet: Special Adjectives and Comparing 120

5.5 Radio Signals (Understanding Comparison of Adjectives, 1) 121

5.6 Calling Mr. President (Understanding Comparison of Adjectives, 2) 122

5.7 Manhattan (Understanding Comparison of Adjectives, 3) 123

5.8 Inventor of the Very First Computer (Review of Adjectives, 1) 124

5.9 Studying the Earth (Review of Adjectives, 2) 125

Part 6 Adverbs . 127

Tip Sheet: Adverbs 128

6.1 Bones of the Human Body (Identifying Adverbs, 1) 129

6.2 Journey Westward (Identifying Adverbs, 2) 130

6.3 Bats (Identifying Adverbs, 3) 131

Tip Sheet: Comparing with Adverbs 132

6.4 Fairy Tales (Understanding Comparison of Adverbs, 1) 133

6.5 Standing Tall (Understanding Comparison of Adverbs, 2) 134

6.6 By Another Name (Understanding Comparison of Adverbs, 3) 135

Tip Sheet: Negative Words and Double Negatives 136

6.7 Dangerous Lizard (Identifying Negative Words) 137

6.8 Giant Storm (Recognizing Double Negatives) 138

6.9 Bacteria and Disease (Review of Adverbs, 1) 139

6.10 Start of a Star (Review of Adverbs, 2) 140

6.11 Rescue Dogs (Review of Adverbs, 3) 141

Part 7 Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections . 143

Tip Sheet: Prepositions 144

7.1 A States (Identifying Prepositions, 1) 145

7.2 Insects (Identifying Prepositions, 2) 146

7.3 Special Animals (Identifying Prepositions, 3) 147

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Tip Sheet: Prepositional Phrases 148

7.4 President’s Plane (Identifying Prepositional Phrases, 1) 149

7.5 Body System (Identifying Prepositional Phrases, 2) 150

7.6 Long Before E-Mail (Identifying Objects of Prepositions, 1) 151

7.7 Soccer (Identifying Objects of Prepositions, 2) 152

7.8 Miniature Golf (Identifying Objects of Prepositions, 3) 153

Tip Sheet: Conjunctions 154

7.9 One of the Very First Cars (Using Conjunctions) 155

Tip Sheet: Interjections 156

7.10 Ancient Astronomer (Identifying Interjections) 157

7.11 Puzzling Pastime (Review of Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections) 158

7.12 Studying Bugs (Review of Prepositional Phrases) 159

7.13 Lots of Animals (Review of Objects of Prepositions) 160

7.14 Ski Tournament (Review of Parts of Speech) 161

Part 8 Punctuation and Capitalization 163

Tip Sheet: Abbreviations 164

8.1 More Common than You May Think (Understanding Abbreviations, 1) 165

8.2 Born in the U.S.A. (Understanding Abbreviations, 2) 166

Tip Sheet: End Punctuation 167

8.3 Bachelor President (Understanding End Punctuation, 1) 168

8.4 Stargazer (Understanding End Punctuation, 2) 169

Tip Sheet: Commas 170

8.5 Big Boulder (Understanding Commas) 171

8.6 First Settlement (Understanding End Punctuation and Commas, 1) 172

8.7 Mighty River (Understanding End Punctuation and Commas, 2) 173

Tip Sheet: Colons and Hyphens 174

8.8 Leaky Faucet (Understanding Colons and Hyphens) 175

Tip Sheet: Apostrophes 176

8.9 Famous Artist (Understanding Apostrophes, 1) 177

8.10 End of the Revolutionary War (Understanding Apostrophes, 2) 178

8.11 First Vice President (Understanding Apostrophes, 3) 179

Tip Sheet: Quotation Marks 180

8.12 Meteors (Understanding Quotation Marks for Dialogue) 181

8.13 Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Understanding Quotation Marks for

Dialogue and Titles, 1) 182

8.14 Landlocked (Understanding Quotation Marks for Dialogue and Titles, 2) 183

Tip Sheet: Italics 184

8.15 First Female Police Offi cer (Understanding Italics, 1) 185

8.16 Discoverer of Bacteria (Understanding Italics, 2) 186

8.17 Ellis Island First (Understanding Quotation Marks and Italics, 1) 187

8.18 Speedy Dog (Understanding Quotation Marks and Italics, 2) 188

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8.19 Measuring the Power of Earthquakes (Review of Punctuation, 1) 189

8.20 Explorer of Florida (Review of Punctuation, 2) 190

8.21 Is There a Doctor in the House? (Review of Punctuation, 3) 191

8.22 Constellation (Review of Punctuation, 4) 192

8.23 Much Bigger than a Mouse (Review of Punctuation, 5) 193

8.24 Minus Snakes (Review of Punctuation, 6) 194

8.25 American Legend (Review of Punctuation, 7) 195

8.26 Down by the Sea (Review of Punctuation, 8) 196

8.27 Turning from Side to Side (Review of Punctuation, 9) 197

8.28 American Royalty (Review of Punctuation, 10) 198

Tip Sheet: Capitalization 199

8.29 Butterfl y by Another Name (Understanding Capitalization, 1) 201

8.30 South Pacifi c Explorer (Understanding Capitalization, 2) 202

8.31 Flowing Backward (Understanding Capitalization, 3) 203

8.32 Heading to Brazil (Understanding Capitalization, 4) 204

8.33 Peninsula State (Understanding Capitalization, 5) 205

8.34 Lands Down Under (Review of Capitalization) 206

Part 9 Usage and Proofreading 207

Tip Sheet: Confusing Words 208

9.1 Strange Creature (Understanding Confusing Words, 1) 211

9.2 Around the World (Understanding Confusing Words, 2) 212

9.3 First Football Game in the United States (Understanding

Confusing Words, 3) 213

9.4 The Green Earth (Understanding Confusing Words, 4) 214

Tip Sheet: Proofreading for Mistakes in Grammar 215

9.5 Bug-Eating Mammal (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 1) 217

9.6 Meet the Flintstones (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 2) 218

9.7 One of Science’s Greats (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 3) 219

9.8 Arbor Day (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 4) 220

9.9 Early Colonist (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 5) 221

9.10 Father’s Day (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 6) 222

9.11 Tallest Mountain (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 7) 223

9.12 Cool Idea (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 8) 224

9.13 Basics of English (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 9) 225

9.14 A Puzzle About You (Finding Mistakes in Grammar, 10) 226

Answer Key 227