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First Six Weeks Test Review
Use your G.U.T.S. to answer each of the questions below.
Highlight (underline) all the prepositions found in the following sentence:
It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday morning when he is shaving, songs like sobbing.
Identify by highlighting or underlining the nouns in the following sentence:
In English my name means hope.
Which part of speech takes the place of nouns? PRONOUNS
Which part of speech is a possessive noun – and it is not a noun! ADJECTIVE
What word qualifies or adds meaning to a verb, an adjective, or an adverb? ADVERB
What changes the tense of a verb and moves a verb through time? HELPING VERB
Define a verb. PART OF SPEECH THAT IMPLIES EXISTENCE, ACTION, OR OCCURRENCE
What are the two main types of verbs? ACTION VERBS AND LINKING VERBS
The time of a verb is called its TENSE.
What are the principal parts of a verb and how is each formed (defined)?
PRESENT – INFINITIVE (WITHOUT “TO”) BASE FORM (WHAT YOU LOOK UP IN THE DICTIONARY)
PRESENT PARTICIPLE – INFINITIVE + ING
PAST – INFINITIVE + ED
PAST PARTICIPLE – INFINITIVE + ED
A verb that is irregular will have an irregular PAST or PAST PARTICIPLE
Based on the following dictionary entry, identify the principal parts of the verb.
torch (torch) tr.v. torched , torching , torches Slang To cause to burn or undergo combustion
INFINITIVE
PAST &
PRESENT 3RD PERSON SINGULAR PRESENT
PAST PART. PARTICIPLE
List the common linking verbs.
IS, AM, ARE, WAS, WERE, BE, BEEN, BEING
List the seven conditions of irregular verbs.
1. THAT PAST AND PAST PARTICIPLE ARE THE SAME
5. THE PAST ENDS IN EW, PAST PART. IN WN
2. THE PAST PARTICIPLE ENDS IN EN
6. THE PAST AND PAST PART. = NO PATTERN
3. THE BASE, PAST, AND PAST PART. ARE THE SAME
7. THE BASE AND PAST PART. ARE SAME
4. ONE VOWEL CHANGES TO PAST AND PAST PART.
Identify each of the forms of go as past/present/future progressive or past/present/future perfect
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
are going
PAST PERFECT
had gone
PRESENT PERFECT
has gone
FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
will be going
FUTURE PERFECT
will have gone
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
is going
Identify the underlined part of each sentence as an independent clause, dependent clause, or a phrase
Sherrill, whom I met in third grade, now lives in Taylor. DEPENDENT – ADJECTIVE CLAUSE
Agatha gets sick whenever she smells lavender. DEPENDENT – ADVERB CLAUSE
Tran plans to go to a college that has a lacrosse team. INDEPENDENT
We need to put the lids on the cans. PHRASE
Give the ball back to whoever threw it over the fence. DEPENDENT – NOUN CLAUSE
Look back at the sentences above. Identify any you labeled as a dependent clause as a noun, adjective, or adverb clause.
Underline the phrase in each of the following sentences. Then identify it as an appositive or an absolute.
Harvey Jensen, the pro at the country club, is giving me golf lessons. APPOSITIVE
They will take the daytime train, the landscape inviting. ABSOLUTE
Chemistry, Sue’s favorite subject, is easy for her. APPOSITIVE
My doubts relieved, I gained confidence as the game progressed. ABSOLUTE
The car rusted and worthless, I left it sitting sadly in the junkyard. ABSOLUTE
Lost Horizon, a book by James Hilton, has been filmed twice. APPOSITIVE
Identify the underlined noun in each sentence as either abstract or concrete.
Jody felt disappointment at the score. ABSTRACT
Grandma gave me some tea. CONCRETE
Discipline is very important. ABSTRACT
The price of freedom is vigilance. ABSTRACT
A dog is a good source of loyalty. ABSTRACT
I love the gift of flowers. CONCRETE