Unit 1 Grammar Test - Thursday, Oct. 6

We have come to the end of our first unit about sentences.  You can help your student review for the test by asking them about the following:

4 types of sentences (interrogative; declarative;imperative; exclamatory) and the punctuation used. 

Determining the complete subject and complete predicate

Someone from Texas gave her a giant poster of a sunset.

Finding the simple subject and predicate

Many tourists like the shops.

Understanding that in imperative and interrogative sentences the simple subject can be an understood (you).

Think carefully about a puppy. (subject - (you) )

Identifying compound subjects and predicates using the connecting words: and; but; or

Mike, Pam, and Carlos will paint the bike.

The ship outran the clouds and escaped the storm.

Know the meanings of the conjunctions:

and: add information

or: giving a choice

but: show contrast

be able to use the correct conjunction in a sentence.

Is London ______ Paris nicer to visit?

Identify simple, compound and complex sentences.

Simple: I spotted the snake.  It slid away.

Compound:  I spotted the snake, and it slid away. 

Complex: After I spotted the snake, it slid away.

I spotted the snake before it slid away.

Be familiar with subordinating conjunctions used in complex sentences.

Be familiar with rewriting fragments and run-on sentences.

Fragment: Markers, tape, newspapers, and packing bubbles.

Run-on: Our friends will paint and then we'll put down the rug and later everyone will unpack boxes.

We are reviewing in class on Tuesday and Wednesday for the test.  They did create a note sheet about subordinating conjunctions on their Chromebooks that will help them.