Final Review
Created by Emily, Lauren and Teagan
* Note: Challenge topics will have purple headings
Divide the sentence into the
subject/predicate pair
1. Hamilton was a hedgehog.
2. Mary rode on her bike to the grocery store.
3. It was the best of times; it was the worst of
times.
4. Wash the dishes.
5. The murder weapon was found in the alley.
Answers
1. Hamilton was a hedgehog.
2. Mary rode on her bike to the grocery store.
3. It was the best of times; it was the worst of
times.
4. (You) Wash the dishes.
5. The murder weapon was found in the alley.
Why?
Predicate: The verb in the sentence.
Complete Predicate: includes all the words
that state the action or condition of the
subject
Subject: The WHO or WHAT in the sentence.
Complete Subject: includes all the words that
tell WHO or WHAT the sentence is about.
What are the prepositional phrases?
1.Where are my glasses? I thought I left them
in the drawer.
2. Your glasses are on your head
3. Thank you, we can get some custard at
Culvers.
4. I love reading the flyers about the Flavor of
the Day!
Answers
1.Where are my glasses? I thought I left them
in the drawer.
2. Your glasses are on your head!
3. Thank you, we can get some custard at
Culvers.
4. I love reading the flyers about the Flavor of
the Day!
Why?
About Above Across After
Along Among Around At
Before Beside Between Against
Within Without Beneath Through
During Under In Into Over Of
These are the prepositions.
Words that tie directly to the
Off To Toward
preposition plus the preposition,
Up On Near Far From Except By are called a prepositional phrase.
With Beside Below Down
Add commas where necessary
1. Please bring me my backpack Mom.
2. According to Shelly spiders are gross.
3. Waterskiing one of my favorite water sports
is fun and gives me a rush.
4. I got flour salt milk and sugar at the store.
5. She had a happy smiling face.
Answers
1. Please bring me my backpack, Mom.
2. According to Shelly, spiders are gross.
3. Waterskiing, one of my favorite water
sports, is fun and gives me a rush.
4. I got flour, salt, milk, and sugar at the store.
5. She had a happy, smiling face.
Why?
1.This directly addresses a person.
2.This is an introductory phrase
3.This is an appositive (extra information)
4.This lists items in a series
5. The adjectives are of equal importance,
therefore the sentence is in need of a comma
Fragment or run on?
1. I want to shop and I want to read.
2. The books on the shelf in the classroom.
3. Running to school.
4. I love Taylor Swift and I love Justin Bieber.
5. The popcorn was tasty but the slushies
were better.
Answers
1. I want to shop and I want to read. Run on
2. The books on the shelf in the classroom.
Fragment
3. Running to school. Fragment
4. The weather. Fragment
5. The popcorn was tasty but the slushies
were better. Run On
Why?
A fragment is when the sentence is missing a
subject or a predicate.
A run on is when a sentence has two subject
predicate pairs but lacks proper punctuation.
Put the words into their plural form
1. Deer
2. Louse
3. Bureau
4. Person
5. Child
6. Datum
Answers
1. Deer-Deer
2. Louse-Lice
3. Bureau-Bureaux
4. Person-People
5. Child-Children
6. Datum-Data
Compound, complex, or simple?
1. My sister likes dogs; she says they are
cute.
2. I went to bed early because I was tired.
3. Even though we annoy each other, we still
have fun.
4. Wow, it is Friday already!
Answers
1. My sister likes dogs; she says they are
cute. Compound
2. I went to bed early because I was tired.
Complex
3. Even though we annoy each other, we still
have fun. Complex
4. Wow, it is Friday already! Simple
Why?
Complex: One independent clause joined with
a dependent clause, with two
subject/predicate pairs.
Compound: Two independent clauses joined
by a conjunction. (,FANBOYS or semicolon)
Also has two subject/predicate pairs
Simple: Has one subject/predicate pair.
Declarative, Interrogative,
Imperative, or Exclamatory?
1. I love my hedgehog!
2. We made pizza.
3. Grab that box.
4. Do you like hedgehogs?
5. Don’t drop it.
Answers
1. I love my hedgehog! Exclamatory
2. We made pizza. Declarative
3. Grab that box. Imperative
4. Do you like hedgehogs? Interrogative
5. Don’t drop it. Imperative
Why?
★ Exclamatory sentences are when you exclaim things. They
end in exclamation points!
★ Declarative sentences are when you declare things. They
end in periods.
★ Imperative sentences are when it someone is giving an
order. It is imperative that follow the order that is given.
★ Interrogative is when the sentence is asking a question.
Have you ever heard of the interrogation room that
detectives use? They ask the suspect questions in the
interrogation room.
Capitalize where needed
1. julian and becca shopped at jcpenney.
2. I love visiting the south; I love the people’s
accents
3. Polly achieved the superior honors honor
roll.
4. In school, I take english, spanish, and math.
Answers
1. Julian and Becca shopped at JCPenney.
2. I love visiting the South; I love the people’s
accents.
3. Polly achieved the Superior Honors Honor
Roll.
4. In school I take English, Spanish, and math.
Why
1. Capitalize names and names of places
2. Capitalize proper nouns (South is acting as one)
3. Capitalize proper nouns
4. Capitalize the names of languages, don’t
capitalize generic subjects.
Challenge Topic: Double Negatives
Find the double negatives
1.I don’t seldom eat out at lunch.
2.We don’t hardly talk anymore.
3.She doesn’t hardly play basketball.
4. Greta doesn’t seldom completes her
homework.
Answers
1. I don’t seldom eat out at lunch.
2. We don’t hardly talk anymore.
3. She doesn’t hardly play basketball.
4. Greta doesn’t seldom completes her
homework.
Why?
For all the questions, you can remove either
negative. Removing one negative may make
the sentence flow better. Deleting either
would still be grammatically correct as long
as the rest of the sentence agree.
Is the sentence is active or passive?
1.The dog jumped over the log.
2.The chair was blown over by the wind.
3. I danced in the show.
4.The paper was taken away.
5.The cat was scared by the dog.
Answers
1. Active
2. Passive
3. Active
4. Passive
5. Passive
Why?
Ask yourself what is happening in the
sentence. Then find the subject-predicate
pairs. If the subject does the action, then it is
written in active voice. If not, it is written in
passive voice.
Find the possessive noun. Is it correct?
1. Look at the childrens’ shirts.
2. Did you see Chris’ new shirt?
3. That is my dogs’ favorite too!
4. Those women’s hats are huge.
5. Gus’s favorite foods are tacos and pizza.
1. Look at the childrens’ shirts. (children’s)
2. Did you see Chris’ new shirt? (Chris’s)
3. That is my dogs’ favorite too! (dog’s)
4. Those women’s hats are huge. correct
5. Gus’s favorite color dark green . correct
Why?
1. Children’s because there are more than 1
child and no ‘s at end.
2. Chris’s because their is only one Chris
3. Dog’s because their is only one dog.
4. correct because more than 1 woman and
no s at the end
5. Gus’s because only 1 Gus
What literary device is being used.
1.The water is as cold as ice.
2. The stars danced in the moon light.
3.He is the smartest person in the whole
world!
4. Charley and Creagan created a colorful
can.
5. My life is a rollercoaster.
Answers
1. Simile
2. Personification
3. Hyperbole
4. Alliteration
5. Metaphor
Why?
1. A simile compares two things using “like” or
“as”
2. Personification gives human qualities to
objects.
3. Hyperbole is a huge exaggeration.
4.Alliteration is repeating on sound.
5. metaphor compares 2 things without like/as.
Challenge Topic: Parallelism
Fix the sentence so it’s parallel.
1. We have swimming, dancing and to work
on our project tonight.
2. Do you like to play tag, running or to swing
better?
3. My sister needs us to make supper, to
clean her room and wash laundry before we
can leave.
Answers
1. We have swimming, dancing and working
on our project tonight.
2. Do you like to play tag, to run or to swing
better?
3. My sister needs us to make supper, to
clean her room and to wash laundry before
we can leave.
Why?
1. Swimming and dancing end in -ing, so work
needs an -ing.
2. To play and to swim both are infinitives, so
run needs to be to run.
3. To make and to clean are infinitives, which
means was needs to be to wash.
Correctly punctuate the titles.
1.counting stars (song)
2. anne of green gables (book)
3. where the sidewalk ends (poem)
4.the bell and the hammer (chapter in book)
5.starry night (painting)
6.wicked (musical)
Answers
1. “Counting Stars”
2. Anne of Green Gables
3. “Where the Sidewalk Ends”
4. “The Bell and The Hammer”
5. Starry Night
6. Wicked
Why
You always underline/italics all books,
plays,magazines, movies, musicals, epic
poems, paintings, ships, trains, airplanes,
spacecraft and cds. You must add quotation
marks(“”) around chapters in a book, short
stories, essays, magazine articles, songs and
poems.
Correct….or incorrect?
1. The bestest part of the day is snack time!
2. I had the greatest time on vacation.
3. She is the funner twin.
4. He has a worse funnier story.
Answers
1. The bestest part of the day of snack time!
Incorrect.
2. I had the greatest time on vacation. Correct.
3. She is the funner twin. Incorrect.
4. He has a worse funnier story. Incorrect.
Why?
1. Best is superlative already, it does not need
-est added to the end.
2. Greatest is the correct superlative!
3. Funner is not a word. it should be more fun.
4. This is a double comparative! The correct
answer is less funny.
Find the verbals….and list the type!
1. I love running!
2. The singing child smiled.
3. Do you like to swim?
4. I wish there was something to do.
5. She enjoys jumping up and down.
Answers
1. I love running! Gerund.
2. The singing child smiled. Participle.
3. Do you like to swim? Infinitive.
4. I wish there was something to do. Infinitive.
5. She enjoys jumping up and down. Gerund.
Why?
★ Gerund: A verb acting as a noun, usually
ends in -ing
★ Participle: A verb acting as an adverb,
usually ends in -ing or -ed
★ Infinitive: an infinitive is to plus a verb (to
run, to climb, etc.)
The End
Thank you so much for coming! Good luck!