10 Grammar Rules Every Teacher Should Know

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Self Test Answers

adjective noun verb prepositional phrase

1. Renaissance instruments play on a different scale.

Clause subject predicate with object and prepositional phrase

2. Without being told, we knew the answer on her mind.

3. I wasn’t sure that Izzy whom I called the night before would come.

4. Frankie and Johnny is a song written about him and me.

5. Students, who are a tough audience, think all lessons are boring.

6. Any parent who wants to meet his or her child’s teachers should attend Open House.

7. Does the Constitution insure every American the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

8. The best movie this year (at least for me) was Casablanca; I saw it for the first time on video last week.

In the end, my mother, her sister, her sister’s boyfriend, (this comma optional) and I stayed friends, or

did we?

9. I’m told that you’re the smartest kid in class, and your work is outstanding.

10. Leaving aside its obvious problems, it’s a good place to start looking.