Modern Grammar - Assignment 10 James Madison University

Instructions: [This assignment will be marked only as an acceptable or unacceptable effort.]

1. Determine which sentences below are using "better" as an adjective (comparative form ofh adjective "good") and which are using the "better" as an adverb (specifically, as a manner adverb, the comparative form of the word "well" :) ). Explain your choices.
   1. The better man usually wins the race.
   2. You should learn to sing better.
   3. Who drives the better car?
   4. Lucinda's poems are lovely but Mirabelle's are better.
   5. I like peanuts but I like almonds better.
2. Write sentences for each of the following conditions (again, use the textbook for new information), and underline words as requested.
   
   1. A sentence that contains a predicative use of an adjective. (You can use the second blank in the test sentence for adjectives as your guideline for this.)
   2. A sentence that consists of nothing but a verb. Give a context for its use.
   3. A sentence that contains a gerund.
   4. A sentence that contains an intensifier adverb and a verb-modifying adverb (a manner adverb). Underline the intensifier.
   5. A sentence that contains three different subclasses of pronouns.
3. One of the two sentences below contains the determiner "that", and the other contains a pronoun "that." Which is which?
   1. I have never seen anything like that! ________________
   2. I think that flower is an orchid. ____________________
4. What is the third person singular masculine object pronoun in English? _________________
5. What is the antecedent of the pronoun "her" in the following sentence?
   My friend moved from Virginia to New York, but I still keep in touch with her. ________________
6. The following sentence contains "who" twice. Label in the provided parentheses the type of pronoun "who" is in each case:
   Who ( _______________ ) saw the leprechaun who (___________________) stole my pot of gold?
7. Attempt to underline all the prepositions and circle all the particles in the following sentence:
   With a sigh, the bearded lady from the local circus down the road looked at her diary and blotted out the name of the man who had just turned her marriage proposal down in the parking lot.
8. Re-read the discussion of QUANTIFIERS in our textbook, and answer these three questions:
   1. What do all quantifiers have in common?
   2. In what way can they be like pronouns?
   3. In what way can they be like determiners?