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SAT 5: IDENTIFYING SENTENCE
ERRORS
IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS
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Tests your knowledge of
 Grammar
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Parts of a sentence
 Usage
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Agreement
 Word
Choice
“idioms” using the best word
 Sometimes includes the exceptions of our
speech.
 E.g. “Go”, “Gone”, “Went”
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MOST COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS
 Subject/Verb
agreement
 Parallelism
 Placement
 Use
of modifiers
of relative clauses
WHAT IS A SENTENCE?
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Sentences consist of
 Subject: Person or thing that is being
discussed.
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Answers the question “Who”
“John”, “Mary”, “He”, “She”, “It”
 Predicate: The form of a verb
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“Walked”, “Talked”, “Fell”
GRAMMAR REVIEW
 Noun: Person, place, or thing
 Adjective: Descriptive word
 Verb: Action word
 Adverb: Describes a verb or an adjective
PRACTICE!
 Underline
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the subject
Who or what is the sentence about?
 Circle
the verb
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What is the subject doing?
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What is happening?
GRAMMAR USAGE
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Now that we have identified the grammar, lets
look at our grammar USAGE
All of our grammar must Agree.
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Qualitatively and Quantitatively
Same amount of subjects to verbs
Same tense (past, present, progressive)
“I go”…”I like to go to the movies”
“She went”…..”She went to the movies last night”
“They were”….”They were at the movies together”
PRACTICE IDENTIFYING ERRORS
Page 150-151
 Questions 1-8
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Model together
 Read sentences aloud
 What sounds incorrect?
 If you would re-word the sentence, how would you
change it?
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Independent Practice
 Page 479-480
 Questions 12-29
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Separate sheet of paper