Bellwork Questions
Unit One Bell Work
This work corresponds with the Language Handbook which begins on page 1499 in your textbook.
January 17, 2012 Reminder: Write a sentence with the word of the day.
For the following sentences, identify each noun and pronoun.
1. Anyone can see the complex emotions in that painting.
2. Follow the signs to Gators Galore!
3. Whom are you offering to take besides me?
4. Mrs. Burgess, we read The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass at the end of last year.
5. Well, my car did not have a flat tire before this morning.
6. Three tall spires decorated the towers of the castle.
7. Steam engines, which once were the hope of car manufacturers, have never proved practical.
8. Did you make these yourself?
9. How many Americans have been awarded the Purple Heart?
10. After the competition, the crew threw a party for themselves and their friends from Port-au-Prince.
On your own paper, copy the definition of a noun and of the various types of pronouns.
January 18, 2012 Reminder: Write a sentence with the word of the day.
Part One: Identify each adjective in the following sentences. Do not include the articles a, an, and the.
1. For many centuries, the Chinese carefully guarded the secret of making silk cloth.
2. Rows of delicately carved figures decorated the Japanese vase.
3. In one short summer, he had grown taller, stronger, and more confident.
4. Please deliver these envelopes to the secretary in the main office.
5. Was this hammer the only one in the toolbox?
Part Two: Identify the italicized word in each of the following sentences. (Noun, pronoun, or adjective) 6. Why does Swiss cheese have holes in it?
7. A dozen well-groomed animals waited patiently outside the arena.
8. Will that one be enough?
9. The Swiss are known for their accurate chronometers.
10. Those boots are his.
January 19, 2012 Reminder: Write a sentence with the word of the day.
For each of the following sentences, write every word or word group
This work corresponds with the Language Handbook which begins on page 1499 in your textbook.
January 17, 2012 Reminder: Write a sentence with the word of the day.
For the following sentences, identify each noun and pronoun.
1. Anyone can see the complex emotions in that painting.
2. Follow the signs to Gators Galore!
3. Whom are you offering to take besides me?
4. Mrs. Burgess, we read The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass at the end of last year.
5. Well, my car did not have a flat tire before this morning.
6. Three tall spires decorated the towers of the castle.
7. Steam engines, which once were the hope of car manufacturers, have never proved practical.
8. Did you make these yourself?
9. How many Americans have been awarded the Purple Heart?
10. After the competition, the crew threw a party for themselves and their friends from Port-au-Prince.
On your own paper, copy the definition of a noun and of the various types of pronouns.
January 18, 2012 Reminder: Write a sentence with the word of the day.
Part One: Identify each adjective in the following sentences. Do not include the articles a, an, and the.
1. For many centuries, the Chinese carefully guarded the secret of making silk cloth.
2. Rows of delicately carved figures decorated the Japanese vase.
3. In one short summer, he had grown taller, stronger, and more confident.
4. Please deliver these envelopes to the secretary in the main office.
5. Was this hammer the only one in the toolbox?
Part Two: Identify the italicized word in each of the following sentences. (Noun, pronoun, or adjective) 6. Why does Swiss cheese have holes in it?
7. A dozen well-groomed animals waited patiently outside the arena.
8. Will that one be enough?
9. The Swiss are known for their accurate chronometers.
10. Those boots are his.
January 19, 2012 Reminder: Write a sentence with the word of the day.
For each of the following sentences, write every word or word group