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REVIEW FOR SEMESTER TEST (Modified)
Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates
1.
The hardest natural substance is the diamond. SS
2.
The mountain smelled fresh and clean. SP
3.
Our class will practice the high jump today. SS
Finding the subject
1.
Practice that long speech with Pauline. (You is the simple subject.)
2.
Did Mr. Gaudet teach you more dance steps today?
3.
Here is the red construction paper for the bulletin board.
4.
At the back of the book is a long index.
Combining sentences: compound sentences
1. We could make dinner at home. We could try the new restaurant.
We could make dinner at home, or we could try the new restaurant.
2. Al raced to the bus stop. The bus had left without him.
Al raced to the bus stop, but the bus had left without him.
Correcting sentence fragments
1. The city of Rome. The city of Rome is famous for its beauty.
2. Stapled the papers together. Ms. Fisk’s assistant stapled the papers together.
Singular and plural nouns-identifying plural nouns
1. loaf-loaves
2. passer-by-passers-by
3. goose-geese
Possessive Nouns-identifying correctly written possessive nouns
1. the ballots of the voters-the voters’ ballots
2. the yoke of the oxen-the oxen’s
3. the sister of Louis-Louis’s sister
4. the car of the brother-in-law-the brother-in-law’s car
Appositives
1. Evans’s masculine pen name, George Eliot, fooled many people.
2. My friends Nina and Louise are excellent athletes.
Commas with appositives
1. Natalie Bono, the play’s director, has been encouraging him.
2. Mr. Waldman, the librarian, has helped them with their research.
Action and being verbs
1. He wrote stories about the problems in British society at that time. (action)
2. The roast turkey smelled delicious. (being)
Linking verbs (Action or linking)
1. Can you taste the hot pepper in this Mexican dish? (action)
2. The air near the ocean smells salty and fresh. (linking)
Main and helping verbs
1. We do not have enough sandwiches for everyone. (have is the main verb)
2. Now she will stock shelves at the grocery store. (will is the helping verb)
Simple tenses
1. watch
2. try
3. carry
watches
tries
carries
singular present for he as the subject
singular present for he as the subject
singular present for he as the subject
Perfect Tenses
1. Mario had never played tennis before that lesson. (past perfect)
2. The class will have earned two hundred dollars by noon. (future perfect)
3. We have practiced the school play all afternoon. (present perfect)
Irregular Verbs
1. Mrs. Casio (spoke, spoken) to the class about her trip to India.
2. Mitch had (swam, swum) twenty laps by noon.
3. I have never (drank, drunk) goat’s milk.
Progressive Verbs
1. Now concerned groups are protecting the American bison.
2. Joel will be taking photographs of Ms. Ziegler in her office today.
3. The Lopez family has been skating all afternoon.
Transitive and Intransitive
1. Many of Shakespeare’s plays are comedies. (Intransitive)
2. She had studied her history lesson the night before. (transitive)
Direct and indirect objects
1. Mrs. Benito gave her students new social studies books. (indirect object)
2. The Kramers took the lost dog to the animal shelter. (direct object)
Predicate Nouns and Predicate Adjectives
1. Our players feel nervous about the game. (Predicate Adjective)
2. Ms. Decker will be the pianist for the show. (Predicate Noun)
Active and passive voice
1. Now Jack was packing it for the trip to Aunt Jessie’s. (Active)
2. Dr. Adams was interviewed by a newspaper reporter. (Passive)
Subject-verb agreement
1. Neither the bank nor the post office (is, are) open.
2. That store (give, gives) its customers free merchandise samples.