This document contains instructions and practice materials for an in-class grammar exercise. It divides students into groups and assigns each group to identify different grammatical elements in sentences. Examples of sentences are provided for each group to analyze. The document also includes some additional challenging "stumper" sentences for further practice.

1. ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
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2. ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Each Group will be asked to identify one (or
more) of the following:
1. Derivational Morphemes (that change the
meaning or the form-class of the word)
2. Inflectional Morphemes
3. All Form-Class Words (and provide proof)
4. All Structure-Class Words
5. All Words in the Sentence

3. I felt a spasm of fear at his words, and
the abrupt memory of his violent black
glare that first day...but the
overwhelming sense of safety I felt in
his presence stifled it.
-Stephanie Meyer
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Group 1

4. You can always count on a murderer for
a fancy prose style.
-Vladimir Nabokov
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Group 2

5. Dan, however, had lain sleepless most
of the previous night, and would not
take no for an answer.
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Group 3

6. We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Group 4

7. When the crisis is over, women are
often assigned again to the exclusively
feminine spheres, to the surprise, as
well as disappointment, of all those who
have seen a feminist achievement in the
mere participation of women in the
‘struggle’.
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Group 5

8. They were admirable things for the
observer--excellent for drawing the veil
from men's motives and actions.
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Group 6

9. It was seven o'clock of a very warm
evening in the Seeonee hills when
Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest,
scratched himself, yawned, and spread
out his paws one after the other to get
rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips.
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Stumper #1

10. Books! And cleverness! There are more
important things- friendship and
bravery.
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Stumper #2

11. Shelly, an otherwise sourly girl, sells
intoxicating sherbert and colorful
seashells by the seashore as the tide
rhythmically wades nearby.
ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
Stumper #3

12. ENG 411B
Principles of Modern Grammar
Module 2 In-Class Practice
The rest of class should
be used to review your
Proficiencies.
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