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ELA Review for Test on Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Vocabulary Words: all 20 words in Unit 2 in Vocabulary Workbook, (pages 24-31) – definitions, synonyms,
antonyms, and comprehension of words in a sentence.
Types of Sentences: (Exercises in English Grammar Workbook, page 102-104)
1. A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends with a period. (.)
2. An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark. (?)
3. An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. An imperative sentence ends with a period.
The subject of an imperative sentence is the understood you. (.)
4. An exclamatory sentence expresses a strong emotion. An exclamatory sentence ends with an
exclamation. (!)
Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates: (Exercises in English Grammar Workbook, page 97 and 105) A
sentence has a subject and a predicate.
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The simple subject is the noun or pronoun that names the person, place, or thing the sentence is
about.
The simple predicate is the verb that tells what the subject does or is.
Simple Sentences: (Exercises in English Grammar Workbook, page 105 and 108) A simple sentence contains a
subject and a predicate. Either or both may be compound: a compound subject or a compound predicate.
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Compound Subject:
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Compound Predicate: Taylor Swift writes and sings all of her own songs.
John and Robert scored goals in the soccer game.
Compound Sentence: (Exercises in English Grammar Workbook, page 106 and 108) A compound sentence
contains two or more independent clauses. An independent clause has a subject and a verb and can stand on
its own as a sentence. Independent clauses are usually connected by the coordinating conjunctions and, but,
or, nor, and yet.
A comma is used to separate the clauses of a compound sentence connected by the coordinating conjunction
and, but, or, nor, or yet.
Complex Sentence: (Exercises in English Grammar Workbook, page 118) A complex sentence contains an
independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
I found an old license plate while I was fishing.
An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence.
A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence. It usually begins with a subordinate conjunction such
as after, although, as, as if, as though, because, before, if, since, so that, though, until, unless, where, when,
whenever, while.
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Nouns: Singular and Plural Nouns: (Exercises in English Grammar Workbook, pages 1-2) - a noun
names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Possessive Nouns and Nouns Showing Separate and Joint Possession: (Exercises in English Grammar
Workbook, pages 10-12) - expresses possession or ownership.
Personal Pronouns: (Exercises in English Grammar Workbook, page 19) – a pronoun is a word that is
used in place of a noun.
Possessive Pronouns: (Exercises in English Grammar Workbook, page 28) – shows possession or
ownership.
Possessive Adjectives and Contractions: (Exercises in English Grammar Workbook, page 29 - 31)
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Possessive Adjective – expresses possession or ownership and does not have an apostrophe.
Contraction – formed by joining a personal pronoun and a verb. An apostrophe (‘) replaces
the missing letter or letters.
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