1.
LINKING VERBS: about BEING something, not doing something. Examples: She looks tired. He smells
bad. It appears to have grown.
2. A linking verb links the subject to the rest of the ____________________ (words, predicate,
sentence).
IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS
Nouns that end in a consonant + y: when making them plural change the “y” to “ies.”
Example: baby—babies. Caddy—caddies. Cry—cries.
Exceptions to this: nouns that end in uy, oy, ey, or ay—just add “s”. Examples: turkeys, guys,
boys, toys, days.
Nouns that end in ss, sh, ch, sh, x, or z: add “es”. Example: kiss—kisses. Watch—watches.
Wish—wishes. Wax—waxes. Box—boxes. Jazz—jazzes.
3. Write the plural form of the noun:
a. Trout TROUT
b. Woman WOMEN
c. Child CHILDREN
d. Candy CANDIES
Exclamatory: has an exclamation point. Example: Holy fishsticks, Batman!
Imperative: a command. Example: Get in the car.
Interrogative sentence: question. Example: Do you know how to get to Maverick?
Declarative sentence: makes a statement. Example: My computer is dying.
4. Declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory? The TV was invented in Idaho.
DECLARATIVE
5. Fragment, run-on or complete sentence? A boat was found floating in the river. COMPLETE
6. Around, over, and behind are:
a. Helping verbs
b. Prepositions
c. Linking verbs
COMPOUND NOUNS: a noun made of two nouns put together. Examples: ice cream, basketball,
bookshelf, handprint, pinewood derby, pencil box.
CONCRETE NOUNS: things you can see or touch. Examples: table, chair, computer, floor, Mr. Rogers,
ocean
ABSTRACT NOUNS: ideas- things you cannot see or touch. Examples: democracy, happiness, anger,
justice, hope, Easter, Catholicism.
7. Light, light switch, and lamp are:
a. Helping verbs
b. Concrete nouns
c. Compound nouns
8. The mailman carrys/carries the mail.
9. Circle each letter that should be capitalized:
a. Paul bunyan used an axe to chop trees down in the united states.
b. julius caesar, a famous roman emperor, became the subject of shakespeare’s play julius
caesar.
c. “the great salt lake is in utah,” said aunt jemima.
10. Underline each preposition:
a. Two runts came from the same litter of kittens.
11. Underline each helping verb:
a. She had been working on her invention for 3 months.
HELPING VERBS: they help the main verb by giving you more information. Examples: have, has, had,
shall, will, do, does, did, may, must, might, can, could, would, should
12. Circle the four helping verbs in the list: cake, car, be, nail, wagon, shall, have, groceries,
stockings, must
13. Underline the present perfect verb phrase: She has finished the book.
14. Underline the future perfect verb phrase: Next year, she will have turned eight.
15. Circle the future progressive verb phrase: She will be celebrating her birthday.
16. Circle the future perfect progressive verb phrase: Next year, they will have been married for 10
years.
17. Diagram the simple subject, simple predicate, and direct object:
a. The kid fed the cat.
b. The cat drank the milk.
18. Circle the action verb: Nelson teaches the best students.
19. Phrase or clause? kicked the dog PHRASE
After the party ended CLAUSE
1. The Greek prefix “pro” means__BEFORE___________________
2. Program: lists the schedule of_EVENTS________________
3. When used as a verb, project means to present a _future possibility_____________
4. A PROPONENT __supports_____________ something.
5. COMMON NOUNS such as __foods and diseases_______ are not capitalized. If a proper
adjective appears with the noun you only capitalized the proper adjective and not the noun.
Examples:
a. cabbage—Brussels sprouts
b. lettuce—Caesar salad
c. tetanus—Hodgkins disease
6. DO NOT capitalize SEASONS of the year:
a. People in the East enjoy the changing colors of the leaves in the __autumn_____.
7. Treat a HYPHENATED WORD like a single word, and only capitalize the first word:
a. Twenty-nine years ago, my parents were married.
8. Circle the words that need to be capitalized: Last autumn, mother-in-law joyce turned seventyone years old.
a. The spanish omelet had onions, green peppers, red peppers, greek olives, California
avocados, and sour cream.
b. The gardener prided himself on his beautiful trees: California oak, Chinese elm, liquid
amber, crepe myrtle, and australian willow.
9. Write the present participle, past tense and past participle of the verb “swirl”. USE THIS TABLE!
Verb
Elude
Present Present
Past
Past
Tense
Participle Tense
Participle
Eludes
Is
Has
Eluded
eluding
eluded
IS SWIRLING, SWIRLED, HAS SWIRLED
10. Perspective: point of view
11. Prospective: a future possibility
12. “Tele”: a Greek prefix that means___distant______________________.
a. Telegraph: a system for __sending messages over long distances________________.
b. Telemedicine: the diagnosis and treatment of patients in _faraway places_________ using
pictures and X-rays.
c. Telecommunication: the transmission of words, sounds, and images over __long
distances___________________ using electromagnetic signals.
13. LIMITING ADJECTIVES: help to define or “limit” a ___noun_________ or __pronoun______________.
They tell which one, what __kind__________, how __many_________, or __whose________.