The following sentence contains a common noun. Replace the underlined common noun with a proper noun of your own.

Artifacts and memorabilia from early childhood in the $\underline{\text{the hometown}}$ will be on display during the month of June.

Write the verbs or verb phrases in each sentence and identify each as an action or a linking verb. Underline any auxiliary verbs. There are 15 in all.

Every November, bands from across the country visit New York City for the big Thanksgiving Day parade. Even on cold days when strong winds or light rain might scare away spectators, the parade is on schedule. The crowd lines the parade route and will stay until the last float has driven out of sight.

Write each pronoun and identify its antecedent if it has one.

Someone gets-up before dawn in order to be first in line.

For each item, choose the better interjection.

(Hey! /All right,) I forgot about that!

Replace the underlined adjective with a strong adjective of your own.

At the time, musical selections were performed live by $\underline{\text{great}}$ pianists who could make smooth transitions within each scene.

Write the each noun in the sentence. Identify it as common or proper, concrete or abstract, and singular or plural.

The building was designed by I. M. Pei, an architect famous for his strikingly modern designs.

For the sentence below, write prepositional phrase and underline the preposition. Then circle the object of the preposition.

Among these influences are gospel and the blues.

Choose the letter of the term that correctly identifies each numbered item.

An extremely $\overset{\text{(1)}}{\underline{\text{unusual}}}$ blooper happened at the $100$th anniversary celebration of $\overset{\text{(2)}}{\underline{\text{The Chicago Symphony Orchestra}}}$ in $1991$. Before the concert, a dinner celebration was held $\overset{\text{(3)}}{\underline{\text{for special donors}}}$ who had paid $\$500$ or more per person. As a token of $\overset{\text{(4)}}{\underline{\text{its}}}$ appreciation, the CSO gave the sponsors a gift—a lovely desk clock with an alarm. Little did the staff know that the alarm clocks had not been switched off and were $\overset{\text{(5)}}{\underline{\text{randomly}}}$ set to go off at different times.

After intermission, the constant beeping $\overset{\text{(6)}}{\underline{\text{began}}}$. When the disturbances reached a peak, the conductor scornfully addressed his audience, but $\overset{\text{(7)}}{\underline{\text{neither}}}$ he $\overset{\text{(7)}}{\underline{\text{nor}}}$ the audience knew that the noise came from the $\overset{\text{(8)}}{\underline{\text{nicely}}}$ wrapped gifts instead of personal beepers. A staff $\overset{\text{(9)}}{\underline{\text{member}}}$ finally figured out the problem, and the audience was asked to take the gifts to the lobby. " $\overset{\text{(10)}}{\underline{\text{Wow}}}$, this is one memorable evening," remarked one of the sponsors.

A. adverb

B. noun

C. interjection

D. prepositional phrase

On your paper, write each pronoun and tell whether it is personal or possessive.

The ending of West Side Story is slightly different from the ending of the famous tragedy on which it is based.

For the sentence below, write the adverb.

In fact, his nocturnal piano playing made him very unpopular with his more conventional neighbors.

Combine the sentence using the relative pronoun in parentheses.

The audience can vary their response from indifference to ecstasy. The audience's ages range from $16-50$. (whose)

Write the conjunction and the conjunctive adverb. If there are none, write none.

Either an all-video station would not attract enough viewers, or the producers would never find enough programming to fill all the airtime, they said.

Read the following sentence and replace the word in brackets with an adverb.

Example: [It is surprising] not too many people know that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart may have been murdered.

Answer: Surprisingly,

This was not because they disliked each other; on the contrary, Beethoven, who was the younger of the two had [at all times] admired Mozart [in a way that is tremendous].

Read this passage. Then answer the questions below it.

I soon found out why old Chong had retired from teaching piano. He was deaf.

Is the verb in this sentence an action verb or a linking verb?