Moby Dick
Lesson 12
Because of this flexibility, adverbs are sometimes hard to identify.
Place the following adverbs in the sentences where you think it sounds
best:
1) (happily) Little Red Riding Hood skipped through the woods.
2) (soon) She met a wolf.
3) (quickly) The wolf made his way ahead of Little Red Riding Hood.
4) (obediently) Little Red Riding Hood approached her grandma's bed.
5) (loudly) Little Red Riding Hood called for help.
6) (away) The wolf ran.
b. The first sentence of the literature passage is very long, making it a little hard to follow. Rewrite this sentence into three to four sentences using different punctuation.
c. Is the last line in the literature passage a complete sentence? What is the definition of a complete sentence? As you have learned in Lesson 4, authors sometime intentionally use incomplete sentences for emphasis or effect. Use this sparingly in your writing.
d. Write the last line of the literature passage as a complete sentence.
3. a. There are two basic kinds of verbs: action verbs and linking verbs. Action verbs are words that suggest physical or mental activity. Make a list of the action verbs in the literature passage.
b. Linking verbs connect (link) the subject of a sentence to a related noun, pronoun, or adjective in the predicate. Linking verbs express a state of being because they help describe or identify a person or thing. The verb be is the most common linking verb. It has many forms: am, is, was, were, be, being, and been. Circle the linking verbs in the literature passage.
2.
a. Answers on p. 64 margin