English Year End Review Guide
Dear Parents,
Our year end English assessment will be Thursday. We have
been spending a lot of time in class reviewing everything that
will be on the test. I have even used the exact test to provide
some specific examples for the children. The following
skills/concepts will be covered.
 The subject is the naming part of the sentence, the main noun
is usually in the subject.
 The predicate is the telling part of the sentence. The main
action verb is usually in the predicate.
 A noun is a person, place, thing, animal or idea.
 A verb is an action or doing word.
 An adjective is a describing word that tells about a noun.
 An adverb is an adjective that tells about a verb.
 A proper noun is a special name and is always capitalized.
 A pronoun takes the place of a proper noun or common noun.
 A common noun is an ordinary noun; nothing special.
 Present tense verbs tell about now.
 Future tense verbs tell about what will happen, or is going to
happen.
 Past tense verbs tell about what has already happened.
 Linking verbs link the main noun to an idea. Ex: The baby is
cute. – is links baby to cute.
 Helping verbs help the main verb and show verb tense. Ex: Jan
will wait for the doctor. – will is the helping verb for wait, which
shows future tense.
 Conjunctions are used to join one or more sentences or ideas
into one sentence. – and, but, or, so
 Prepositions show time or location.
 Analogies are used to show action or part to whole
relationships. Ex: eye is to face as flower is to bouquet – PTW
 Similes show comparisons between two objects/ideas that are
typically not compared. Ex: The cheetah ran as fast as a bullet
train.
 Many similes use the words like and as.
 There are four kinds of sentences: declarative – is a telling
sentence; imperative- a sentence that gives a command or
polite request; interrogative – an asking sentence and
exclamatory – a sentence that shows excitement or emotion.
 The article, a is used before most words beginning with
consonant letter.
 The article, an is used before most words beginning with a
vowel letter.
 Well is an adverb that tells how.
 Good is always an adjective that tells what kind.
 Bad is an adjective used to describe a noun.
 Badly is an adverb, used to describe a verb.
 Synonyms are words that are similar in meaning.
 Antonyms are words which have different or opposite meanings.
 A contraction is a new word made up of two smaller words that
show the same meaning.
 Possessive forms of nouns show ‘ownership’ – Ex: Mack’s
haircut is cute. Whose hair? Mack’s.
 Plural nouns show more than one noun. Ex: Boy, boys