Name:__ Review for ELA Final # Mrs. Mcaward May 2015

Name:______Review for ELA Final #____ Mrs. McAward May 2015 Sec. 1 Kinds of Sentences: p. 138 There are four kinds of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. Declarative Sentence Imperative Sentence Makes a statement Tells or asks someone to do something Example: I am tired of winter. Example: Wear your scarf. End punctuation: period (.) End punctuation: period (.) Interrogative Sentence Exclamatory Sentence Asks a question expresses strong feeling Example: Is it snowing? Example: That poor cat looks frozen! End punctuation: question mark (?) End punctuation: exclamation mark (!) Write your own sentences: Declarative: Remember by-

1.______2.______

Imperative: Remember by-

1.______2.______

Interrogative: Remember by-

1.______2.______

Exclamatory: Remember by-

1.______2.______Sentence and sentence fragment: p.138 A sentence is a group of words that express a complete thought. It has a noun (subject of sentence) and a verb(predicate). Example:______Non- example: ______A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought. It may need a subject or a predicate. “Needs a subject” example of a sentence fragment: ______“Needs a predicate” example: ______Sec 2:Complete subjects and complete predicates: p. 140-141

The complete subject of a sentence includes all of the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about. The complete predicate of a sentence includes all the words that tell what the subject does or is.

1. The quiet house became filled with noises. The quiet house – complete subject became filled with noises – complete predicate

2. The children went to the play. The children – complete subject Simple subject ______went to the play – complete predicate Simple predicate ______

3.The fifth grade students learned about Native Americans. Complete subject Simple subject ______

Complete predicate Simple predicate ______

Simple subjects and simple predicates: p.140

The simple subject is the main word or words in the complete subject. Examples: 1. The envelope was addressed to me. 2. The restaurant had great food.

The simple predicate is the main word or words in the complete predicate. The simple predicate is also the verb. Examples: 1. The picture was made from newspaper. 2. We had a good time at the dance.

Draw one line under the simple subject and circle the simple predicate. A. The museum gives pottery lessons.

B. The instructed shows us artifacts from various tribes.

C. He talked for five minutes on lacrosse. Compound subjects and compound predicates: p.141 A sentence with a compound subject has two or more simple subjects with the same predicate. The simple subjects are joined by and or or.

Carl and Jessie were shopping all day. Mom and Dad were not home yet. Write your own compound subject sentences. 1.______

2.______

A sentence with a compound predicate has two or more simple predicates with the same subject. The sentences can also be joined by and or or.

The children stand and sit on the bus. My mom watches and protects the baby. Write your own compound predicate sentences. 1.______

2.______

Compound Sentences:p.139 A compound sentence contains two sentences joined by a comma and the words and, or, or but. Examples: 1. The movie seemed short, but it was more than two hours long. 2. It was a thrilling movie, and I hope for a sequel. 3. You can see it again with Dad, or you can stay home with your brother. Write your own three examples of compound sentences. 1. ______

2.______

3.______Correcting Sentence Fragments: A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought. You must add words or phrases to sentence fragments to form complete sentences. (p.138) Examples: 1. Gone for a long time. 2. Came into the kitchen. A run-on sentence joins together two or more sentences that should be written separately. You can correct a run-on sentence by dividing it into separate sentences. You can also fix a run-on sentence by making it into a compound sentence, using and, or, or but. Examples of run-on sentences: 1. In 1803, American bought the Louisiana Purchase the new territory was huge. ______

2. The Rocky Mountains were dangerous people needed a clear path to the west. ______3. Connecting two sentences with and is fine but do not continue to write further ideas because it is incorrect and gets difficult to follow. ______

Sec 3:Capitalizing and Punctuating Sentences: Every sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark. See types of sentences for correct punctuation.

The Five Rules for Writing Direct Quotations

Rule 1 Rule 2 Rule 3 Rule 4 Rule 5

Add Separate Capitalize the Add end marks. Add needed quotation source phrase first word of capitalization marks. from quote. the direct and punctuation. quotation.

Use commas to-

To set off the name of the person to whom you are speaking. ______

After introductory words and interjections. ______

To separate words or groups of words in a series. ______

To join two related sentences. ______

To separate the name of a city and its state or country. ______

To separate a quote from a source phrase. ______

Between the day of the week and the month – Between the date and the year ______In friendly letters, after the greeting and closing

In business letters, after the closing ______

Sec. 4: Parts of Speech p.142-154 You should review rules for nouns, verbs, and pronouns. You will be asked to choose the nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjective, articles and interjections in sentences. Example: Underline the noun and circle the verb. The quite boy left the park early. 1. Nouns: p. 142-143 definition for a noun :______Singular nouns: ______Plural nouns: ______Check spelling rules for making nouns plural. Ex. box-boxes, lunch –lunches, child-children, woman-women, knife-knives, leaf-leaves, Common nouns are nouns- ______Examples:______Proper nouns are nouns- ______examples______Write c (common) or p (proper) above each noun below. Capitalize proper nouns. We will be going to a museum called Garvies point. It is in the little village of oyster Bay. The museum is located on the water, called Long island sound. The presentations we will be involved in are on native american Indians. You must bring your own lunch. Miss oliver said, “No, tommy. The bus will not stop at panera bread for lunch.”

What does the word possessive mean? ______What is a possessive noun? ______Give two examples: ______

What is a singular possessive noun? ______What is a plural possessive noun? ______Write what kind of nouns these are: The boy’s book - ______bench’s color ______loaves’ flavor ______Men’s band ______child’s mother ______mice’s food ______

2. Verbs: p. 196- 205 Define verbs- ______Give three examples- ______

Action verbs-______Give three examples and use them in a sentence each. 1. ______-______2.______-______3.______- ______

Direct object of the action verb?? 1.______2.______3.______

Verb tenses- tells when something happens. Give two more examples below. Present-tense – writes, ______, ______Past-tense- wrote, ______, ______Future tense- will write, ______, ______Be careful of the spelling of verbs when you change the tense. -Change y to i and add es or es. (try- tries) - word ends in one vowel and a consonant-double consonant and add ed. hop –hopped - words ending in e- drop the e before adding ed Subject- verb agreement Remember that the subject of the sentence is who or what the sentence is about. 1.What is a singular subject? ______2.A singular subject must go with a singular verb and of course the opposite is true ,too.... 3.A singular verb ______. Vinny (singular subject) loves (singular verb) to play basketball. 4.A singular verb is ______. 5.A plural verb must then be______. 6.And a plural verb must go with a ______subject. ** The boys (plural subject) love (plural verb) love to play basketball.** Circle the subject and underline the verb. Then write an “s” for singular and “p’ for plural.

7. Tom plays basketball for his school. 8. They enjoy going to dance class. 9. I walk to the games. 10. Amy and Joe remind the group to bring water. Helping Verbs What are helping verbs? ______Write hv for helping verb or mv for main verb over each verb. 1. The girls will play again tomorrow.

2. Mrs. Redmond drove the kids to school.

3. The Fire Chief may visit the school tomorrow.

4. Everyone agrees to play in the rain. Remember that Mr. Do can help you remember these. Give that chart a good look over. It is still up on Class pages, under verbs. The fill in below. ***The moral of the story is May Be Mr. Do Should Have a Will.

Linking Verbs A linking verb links the subject of a sentence to the noun or adjective in the predicate(the state of being verb). The teacher looks happy. Teacher links with happy or teacher =happy My dad is the coach. Dad (subject) = is the coach(predicate) The noun in the predicate is coach . Dad =coach So the word “is” links them and is therefore a linking verb. You try it. Draw an arrow from the subject to the noun or adjective it links with. The circle the linking verb. Do not circle the verb if it is helping another verb. 1. The singers are talented. 2. I will go there tomorrow. 3. The team seems tired. Irregular Verbs *A verb that does not add –d or –ed to form the past tense or past participle. Sarah runs(present tense) - Sarah______(Irregular past tense) She buys (present tense) - She ______(Irregular past tense) Her dad teaches (present tense) -He ______(Irreg past tense) *Past participle of irregular verbs need helping verbs . Sarah has run (Past participle) When saying that Sarah ran in a race in the past you cannot say Sarah run in a race. You say, Sarah has run in the race before.

3. Pronouns What are pronouns? ______Give three examples. ______Now use them in a sentence each. 1. ______2. ______3.______Circle the pronoun in each sentence. 4.Can you please put this in the trash? 5.How could they leave the garbage behind? 6.Maggie saw who left it there. 7.She asked the girls to pick it up. 8.The students said the trash was not their garbage. 9.What is the difference between singular pronouns and plural pronouns? ______Two examples of each:______

Draw one line under the singular pronouns and two lines under the plural pronouns. 10. Paul thoughtfully cleaned them up. 11. He gathered the empty bottles. 12. We should help him. 13. They stopped playing and helped him. 14. I was surprised at how quickly it was cleaned up. Replace each underlined word or words with a pronoun that matches the noun(s).Write the pronoun on the blank line. 15. Jen and Rob had more work to do. ______16. The teacher gave the recycling bin to Kristen and Fred. ______17. Molly sorted the plastic and the glass. ______18. The bin was overflowing with bottles. ______19. “What a great job,” Miss Oliver exclaimed. Fill in the correct pronoun for the underlined words. 20. Miss Oliver praised the students for a job well done. ______21. Miss Oliver asked Tom and me to help her. ______22. Mr. and Mrs. Price were amazed with the results.______23. The students showed the pictures at Recess.______24. My classmates and I discussed the play.______Possessive Pronouns- Describe possessive pronouns? –Use two examples in as sentence for each. ______Contractions – USING Pronoun and verb Write what each means. Use in sentences. 25.It’s -______26.he’s -______27.they’re- ______28.I’m- ______Give 2 examples of character traits using adjectives to describe the personality or attribute(not physical description) of characters from stories we have read. ______

What are adjectives? ______Give examples of adjectives- ______Rewrite these using an adjective for every noun in the sentence. Then circle the adjective and underline the noun it describes. The man crossed the street. ______Please, pick up the book off the floor. ______Circle the proper adjectives : My favorite kind of food is Chinese. Michelangelo is a true Renaissance man. Our vacation plans include exploring the Mexican ruins. Review & use in a sentence each: their, there, they’re______its, it’s______your, you’re, ______where, we’re ______to, two, too, ______Prefixes and suffixes p 245 ______Greek and Latin roots Ones to remember: ______Transition words p.244 Examples_- furthermore, ______When do you use them? Write 3 sentences using one in each. ______Figurative Language p. 247 personification______Ex: ______imagery______Ex: ______simile______metaphor______Onomatopoeia ______hyperbole______

Main idea_-Usually found - ______Supporting details ______Summary- ______Citing_evidence______“ Compare/contrast_characters” means- ______words to compare______Primary_sources______Elements0fNonfiction______Elements of persuasive writing p. 27-states the opinion of the writer and attempts to influence an audience to agree with that opinion ______Write a persuasive paragraph on -Should you be given Summer Reading Assignments? ______

Name:______ Review for ELA Final #____ Mrs. Mcaward May 2015

Name:__ Review for ELA Final # Mrs. Mcaward May 2015