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KISS Grammar Exercises
Based on
Introductory Lessons in English
Grammar
For Use in Intermediate Grades
By Wm. H. Maxwell, M.A.
New York: American Book Company, 1894.
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Introduction
Ideally, KISS Grammar exercises are based on
sentences taken from real texts, but for some things (such as pronouns,
and simple sentences with passive verbs) finding appropriate sentences
can be a long and difficult task. Out-of-copyright grammar textbooks can
thus be a welcome source of sentences that have already been selected and
grouped for specific types of exercises. A book published in 1894 may seem
too old for appropriate current exercises, but you will probably find that
although a few sentences are dated, most are perfectly acceptable for students
in the 21st century.
Most of these exercises will be distributed
in the grade-level books with many probably going in the “Review” sections
for grades four through seven.. (These “Review” sections are also intended
for use by students who are just starting KISS at the respective grade
level.) Because they were prepared in an MS Word document, I decided to
make that document itself available as a source of supplemental exercises
for those who are working independently of those grade-level books. A few
sentences from Maxwell’s original have been dropped, some have been slightly
revised, and some have been shifted to different exercises. (Pages eleven
to fourteen are missing in my copy so obviously the exercises on them were
not used.)
The exercises have been organized according
to KISS Levels with sub-sections that numerically match the explanations
in The KISS Handbooks for Teachers
and Parents. Some basic instructional material on types of nouns, pronouns,
etc. has been included here, but otherwise students should use the instructional
materials for the KISS Levels. (See the KISS
Samplers.)
Ed Vavra
March 2008
Note that you are in the KISS Workshop
where exercises are created and stored. The two columns to the right provide
links to where these exercises are used in grade-level workbooks
and in the index to exercises by construction or purpose.
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