Transcript DOLs November 8 – 11, 2010

DOLs
November 8 – 11, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Write the participle or participial phrase that modifies the
boldfaced noun or pronoun.
1. The honeysuckles blooming in our yard attract swarms of
industrious bees.
2. Working carefully, the signpainter completed the elaborate
poster.
3. Having about 52,000 people per square mile, Paris is
among the world’s most crowded cities.
4. An enormous icicle, broken into several pieces, lay on the
sidewalk.
5. In poetry written in English, meters are based on syllables
and stress.
1.The honeysuckles blooming in our yard attract
swarms of industrious bees.
1.The honeysuckles blooming in our yard attract
swarms of industrious bees.
2.Working carefully, the signpainter completed
the elaborate poster.
2. Working carefully, the signpainter completed
the elaborate poster.
4. An enormous icicle, broken into several
pieces, lay on the sidewalk.
4. An enormous icicle, broken into several
pieces, lay on the sidewalk.
5. In poetry written in English, meters are based
on syllables and stress.
5. In poetry written in English, meters are based
on syllables and stress.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Write the participle or participial phrase in each sentence.
1. A roaring sound awakened me from a deep sleep.
2. Bitten on the hand by a dog, Mr. Grimsley sought medical
help.
3. Brightly glowing embers illuminated the faces around the
campfire
4. The spider monkey, known for its liveliness, sat listlessly in the
corner of its cage.
5. Climbing to the top of the hill, Charlene watched the scene
below.
1. A roaring sound awakened me from a deep
sleep.
2. Bitten on the hand by a dog, Mr. Grimsley
sought medical help.
3. Brightly glowing embers illuminated the faces
around the campfire
4. The spider monkey, known for its liveliness,
sat listlessly in the corner of its cage.
5. Climbing to the top of the hill, Charlene
watched the scene below.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Write the participle or participial phrase and write the word it is
modifying.
1. Caught by the strong gust of wind, she barely could keep her
balance.
2. A Navaho blanket woven by hand is truly a work of art.
3. Susan, returning, opened her apartment door and went
inside.
4. The hungry dog, found at last, eagerly gobbled the dish of
food.
5. Screeching tires announced the arrival of Uncle Fred.
1. Caught by the strong gust of wind, she barely
could keep her balance.
1.Caught by the strong gust of wind – she
2. A Navaho blanket woven by hand is truly a
work of art.
2. Woven by hand -- blanket
3. Susan, returning, opened her apartment door
and went inside.
3. Returning – Susan
4. The hungry dog, found at last, eagerly
gobbled the dish of food.
4. Found at last --- dog
5. Screeching tires announced the arrival of
Uncle Fred.
5. Screeching --- tires
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Identify the phrases in bold as either prepositional, appositive, or participial.
Write the word the phrase is modifying, and if it is a prepositional phrase,
identify it as adjective or adverb.
1. “God Bless America” was written by the prolific and patriotic composer
Irving Berlin.
2. Let’s stop for pizza after the movie is over.
3. Will Rogers, a humorist and philosopher, was originally a cowboy.
4. A large committee of students and advisors planned homecoming in the
school library.
5. Only five of the students invited to submit projects did so.
1. “God Bless America” was written by the prolific
and patriotic composer Irving Berlin.
1. Appositive – renaming/identifying “composer”
2. Let’s stop for pizza after the movie is over.
2. Adverbial prepositional phrase – modifies “stop”
3. Will Rogers, a humorist and philosopher, was
originally a cowboy.
3. Appositive – renames/identifies Will Rogers
4. A large committee of students and advisors
planned homecoming in the school library.
4. Adjective phrase -- committee
5. Only five of the students invited to submit
projects did so.
5. Participial phrase describing “students”
Friday, November 12, 2010
Identify the phrases in bold as either prepositional, appositive, or participial.
Write the word the phrase is modifying, and if it is a prepositional phrase,
identify it as adjective or adverb.
1. Reviewing a new play, critics usually judge the set design.
2. The local drama critic, a person with strong opinions, has high standards.
3. Her columns reviewing productions have brought many people, her loyal
readers, to the plays.
4. My friend Jim, hating dull plays, has relied on her opinion often.
5. I hope you make a 100 on the quiz.