Download Grammar Review Midterm exam LA 7

Grammar Review
Midterm exam
LA 7
Subject and Predicate
Complete Subject – a word or group of words that contain
person, place, or thing of the sentence.
IE: My dog ate my homework.
Complete Predicate – a word or group of words that contain the
action of the sentence.
IE: My dog ate my homework.
Simple Subject: What (specifically) the sentence is about.
IE: My dog ate my homework.
Simple Predicate: The specific action of the subject.
IE: My dog ate my homework.
Nouns
Noun – person, place or thing
IE:
Common noun – a basic or general person, place, or thing
IE:
Proper noun – A noun that specifically names someone, some
place, or something.
IE:
(There can be more than one in a sentence. Proper nouns are
ALWAYS capitalized.
IE: Sparkie, my daughter’s puppy, ate her
homework last Friday.
More Nouns
Compound nouns
When two or more nouns
are used in the subject.
Collective Nouns
A noun that represents a
group
IE: Dogs, cats, and lizards
make great pets.
IE:
• The class is focused.
• The Army is strong.
• The herd of elephants
stomped towards us.
Possessive Nouns
Singular possessive noun
One person, place or thing
that shows ownership, or
possession of something,
using (‘s).
IE:
Allie’s puppy ate her
homework.
Plural possessive noun
More than one person,
place, or thing showing
possession or ownership,
using (s’).
IE:
The students’ homework
is graded.
Task Time
Match:
1. Collective
2. Compound
3. Proper
4. Singular possessive
5. Common
6. Plural possessive
7. Subject
8. Predicate
___ Miggy’s bat broke in half.
___The bat cracked in half.
___Miggy’s wooden bat broke in
half.
___Miggy’s wooden bat broke in
half.
___Miguel Cabrera broke his bat.
___His bat, mitt, and batting gloves
were left behind.
___The team won the World
Series.
___The players’ fans cheered them
on.
Pronouns
Pronoun – a word that
replaces a noun.
Pronoun – Antecedent
Agreement
Antecedent – The noun
Make sure the pronoun
that the pronoun replaces. and antecedent agree!
IE: Allie’s puppy ate her
homework.
Which one is correct?
1. Allie’s puppy ate his
homework.
2. Allie’s puppy ate her
homework.
Types of pronouns
Interrogative and Demonstrative
Pronouns
Interrogative pronouns:
• used in order to ask a question
• Often it has no antecedent because
the antecedent is unknown. That is
why the question is being asked!
• A verb will be after it
• Interrogative Pronouns are what,
which, who, whom, and whose
EI: Who will be chosen?
Demonstrative
pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns are the
same pronouns used for
demonstrative adjectives - this, that,
these and those.
• The difference is in the sentence
structure.
• The demonstative pronoun takes the
place of the noun phrase
• is followed by a verb.
The demonstrative adjective is always
followed by a noun.
Adjectives
Challenge: Which
one of the articles
is the definite
article? Indefinite?
Compound Adjectives
Combine two words with a
hyphen. It turns into a
describing word.
TASK TIME: Match the
words to make a
compound adjective.
Verbs
Verbs are words that describe the action or being of
the subject. The verb always begins the predicate.
TASK TIME: What are the three types of verbs?
1.
2.
3
*List as many action verbs as you can in one
minute.
Homophones
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently, and
have different meanings.
IE: There, their, and they’re
TASK TIME:
1. Use the three of these homophones in a
sentence, using CUPS!
2. Think of three other homophone pairs
3. Write one of the pairs in sentences, using
CUPS.
Prefixes
The prefix “re” means:
The prefix “pre” means:
List three words, using the
prefix “re.”
List three words, using the
prefix “pre.”