Download Review Sheet for English Quarterly Assessment #1

Review Sheet for English
Quarterly Assessment #1
CONCEPTS TO STUDY:
 NOUNS
-Proper: capital letter
-Abstract: something you can only think about, a concept
-Concrete: something you can see or touch
-Compound: 2 or more words put together as 1
-Collective: 1 word that means a bunch (or a collection) of things
 PRONOUNS
-Relative : introduces a dependent clause
-Intensive : repeats subject, doesn’t have to be there
-Interrogative : asks a question
-Demonstrative : points something out: this, that, these, those
 THE ARTICLES
-What are they?
-What part of speech are they?
 IDENTIFYING THE PARTS OF SPEECH IN A SENTENCE
-Adjectives: describe a noun
-Nouns: person, place, thing, idea
-Pronouns: takes the place of a noun
-Interjections: express emotion
-Adverbs: describe verbs, adjectives, adverbs
 IDENTIFYING VERBS & VERB PHRASES
-Recognize helping verbs too !
 TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERBS
-“The verb what?” If answer = Transitive, If no answer = Intransitive
 ACTION & LINKING VERBS
-“Is the subject doing the verb?” If yes = Action, If no = Linking
 RECOGNIZING ADVERBS IN A SENTENCE AND THE WORDS THEY MODIFY
-Adverbs: usually end in “ly”, but not always
-Words they modify/describe: verbs, adjectives, other adverbs
 RECOGNIZING THE TYPES OF PHRASES
-Prepositional: starts with a preposition, has an object
be able to recognize the object of the preposition: this will be a Noun
-Appositive: Noun beside a Noun
-Infinitive: starts with “to”
-Gerund: ing, noun
-Participial: acts as an Adjective
 CONJUNCTIONS
-Coordinating: FANBOYS- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
-Subordinating: start a dependent clause; since, if, when, because, although, etc.
-Correlating: 2 (or more) conjunctions working together in a sentence; either/or,
neither/nor, not only/but also
 IDEPENDENT & DEPENDENT CLAUSES
-Independent: subject, verb, complete thought, CAN stand alone
-Dependent: subject, verb, CANNOT stand alone
 SENTENCE STRUCTURES
-Simple: 1 independent clause
-Compound: 2 independent clauses, joined by a FANBOY
-Complex: 1 independent clause, 1 dependent clause (at least)
-Compound-Complex: 2 (or more) independent clauses, 1 (or more) dependent clause
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*The test is 40 questions *There is a bonus question
*It is ALL multiple choice (except bonus)
*Don’t stress! Have confidence in yourself! You will succeed!!!!! Believe it!!! I
do!
“Good Luck!”