English Test #2             Study Guide              Test Date: Wednesday, Oct. 15

Study Session: Wednesday morning 7:30am            

This test is worth two grades.

 

It is important that you review the page numbers that I give you. The problems on this sheet are only some examples that may be on the test. Most of the test will be multiple choice.

 

Kinds of Sentences p262

Name the type of sentence (imperative, exclamatory etc.) and punctuate it correctly.

1. What a great story this is! exclamatory
2. Why did he hide outside the window? interrogative
3. Explain how Peter rescued his friends. imperative

 

Sentence Fragments p264

4. What is a subject of a sentence?                                 5.What is the predicate?

Names who or what the sentence is about.            Tells what the subject does, has or is like.                       

 

6. What is a sentence fragment?

Group of words that lacks a subject, predicate or both.

 

7. The Americans disliked the British tax on tea. Circle the subject:

c. Americans

 

8. Johnny Tremain spied on the English. Circle the predicate

b. spied on English 

 

9. Went to school.  fragment – subject missing

 

Simple and Compound Sentences p. 272

10. A compound  sentence contains:

c. 2 or more simple sentences joined together

 

11. How many subjects or predicates does a simple sentence contain?

b.1 subject 1 predicate

 

12. List 3 words and one punctuation mark used to correct a run-on.

And, or, but, semicolon ;

13. In order to correct the run-on you also have to put a comma in front of the joining words in #12.

 

14. Sailors used charts of the star, but Nat found errors in some of the measurements.

b. compound  

 

 

Irregular verbs p.306

Know how to change a base form verb to a past form or past participle.

 

15. How do you know if you should use the past form of the verb or the past participle?

If there is a helping verb in the sentence use the past participle form of the verb.

If there is no helping verb use the past form of the verb.

 

Change to Past Form or Past Participle

16. I have (shrink) a shirt in the drier before.  Shrunk

17. Bobby (swim) in that lake before. swam

 

18. Jessi and Tim have (leave)  the building.  left

 

19. Joey (sing) a solo at the music recital.  sang

 

20. Joey had (sing) a solo at the music recital. sung

 

 

Pronouns p252

Correct the pronouns:

20. Joe and Danny played cards, but he lost.  

Danny or Joey

21. The 6^th graders played volleyball against their parents, and they lost.

The sixth graders  or    the parents

22. Can Kim and _____ come too?

            b. I      

 

23. Please help Joe and _____ finish the project?

    a. me 

 

This is a long weekend. I want you to know the correct answers to this review guide, therefore, I will post them on www.angelfire.com/bug/msboettcher