Mid-year grammar test review

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Mid-year grammar test review

• Dont panicyou know this information. Just take
  your time and think!

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Sentence Types

• Declarative makes a statement.
• Interrogative a question ?
• Imperative gives a COMMAND or REQUEST.
  SOMETIMES HAS AN EXCLAMATION POINT.
• Exclamatory expresses strong feeling ALWAYS
  HAS AN EXCLAMATION POINT

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Sentence Types

1. Give me your rough draft now!
2. My paper is five pages long.
3. Do you know how to do a works cited page?
4. Thank goodness my paper is done!
5. Why are your margins so huge?
6. I earned a 90 on my term paper!
7. Hand your papers in by 230, please.

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Parts of Speech

• Noun
• Verb
• Interjection
• Preposition
• Adverb
• Adjective
• Conjunction
• Pronoun

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Noun-Pronoun

• Noun person, place or thing
• Pronoun takes the place of a noun.
• Sam, Beth, David, Steve, Charlie and Sue were
  late.
• Everybody got detention.

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Adjective-Adverb

• Adjective describes a noun.
• He bought a light blue car.
• Adverb describes a verb (usually ly)
• Go slowly through the halls.

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Conjunctions

• Connects two parts of sentences together.
• Common conjunctions

although, because, before, but, or, since, so
that, than, that, though, unless, until, when
I stayed awake until midnight.
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Part III Words easily confused

• Loose not fastened tightly
• Lose to not win
• Its contraction of it is
• Its possession word
• Whos contraction of who is
• Whose a possession word
• Your a possession word
• Youre contraction of you are

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• Than a comparison word
• Then a time word
• Past in history
• Passed a synonym for died
• Affect a verb (aaction)
• Effect a noun (ethe)
• Choose to make a choice
• Chose to have already made a
• choice

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• Here a place
• Hear the act of listening
• to a direction word
• too also, in addition, very

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Semi-colon

• A semicolon is used to link two complete
  sentences without a conjunction such as and or
  but. Im going to the grocery store I need to
  buy bananas.
• I wanted to go to the beach today however, I
  have to go to work.
• (used when same thought is continued)

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Colon

• Think of the colon as a gate, inviting one to go
  on LIST OR EXPLANATION
• There is only one thing left to do now confess
  while you still have time.
• My favorite foods are all fried chicken, oreos
  and onion rings.
• must be a complete thought before the colon.

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Hyphens, apostrophes, parentheses

• Hyphens connect 2 words
• after-school, red-hot
• Apostrophes possession or contraction
• Nine cats litter boxes (wrong)
• Parentheses remember if you can cut the words
  out and the sentence doesnt change the
  parentheses are appropriately placed.
• Lady Gaga (she is so weird!) performed here
  last night.

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Commasthe list goes on and on.

• Items in a series
• I love bacon, eggs, toast and home fries for
  breakfast.
• Between 2 or more adjectives before a noun
• I hope I get a really big, expensive,
  diamond ring.

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• After introductory elements
• Yes, that grammar test was really
• easy.
• After introductory phrases (incomplete thoughts)
• After I took the test, I felt confident.

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To set off non-essential (can be cut out with
scissors) phrases.
Sam, my friend from Maine, is an artist.
Commas are very often over-used be sure they
are necessary!!!!!
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• Use commas in addresses, dates and large numbers.

Portland, Oregon December 13, 2009 1,945,687,238
,400
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• In case of emergency
• Read the sentence out loud. Listen for the
  natural pausesa comma is usually appropriate in
  those places.

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Practiceis the comma usage correct? this also
includes missing commas.

• No I havent gone to the mall yet.
• Sue a graduate of Pine Bush is a
• dentist.
• For many children, learning how to ride a bike is
  frightening.

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• Mr. Farber, in fact, is a good friend of mine.
• Library books, that are lost or damaged, must be
  paid for.
• I ate a pizza with pepperoni onions and green
  peppers for dinner.

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