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SAT 5: IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS Tests your knowledge of Grammar Parts of a sentence Usage Agreement Word Choice “idioms” using the best word Sometimes includes the exceptions of our speech. E.g. “Go”, “Gone”, “Went” MOST COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS Subject/Verb agreement Parallelism Placement Use of modifiers of relative clauses WHAT IS A SENTENCE? Sentences consist of Subject: Person or thing that is being discussed. Answers the question “Who” “John”, “Mary”, “He”, “She”, “It” Predicate: The form of a verb “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 the subject Who or what is the sentence about? Circle the verb What is the subject doing? What is happening? GRAMMAR USAGE Now that we have identified the grammar, lets look at our grammar USAGE All of our grammar must Agree. 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 Model together Read sentences aloud What sounds incorrect? If you would re-word the sentence, how would you change it? Independent Practice Page 479-480 Questions 12-29 Separate sheet of paper