Grammar Test Study Guide

Take Notes!

THIS IS AN OPEN NOTE TEST, SO COME PREPARED!

Feel free to take notes from this PowerPoint, but DO NOT print this.

Four Types of Sentences

• Simple• Compound• Complex• Compound/Complex

Sentence Types

You should have notes from a PowerPoint presentation from this lesson. If not, go on my class website and look in the ACT folder!

*You will need to be able to identify the four different types of sentences.

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

• There is a PowerPoint and note sheet for this lesson.

• Make sure you know how to identify and fix misplaced and dangling modifiers!

Case and Agreement

• There are two handouts we discussed in class: case and agreement.

• You need to know the difference among the subjective, objective, and possessive cases.

• You need to understand subject/verb agreement.

Commonly Misused Words

• This is a handout you received at the beginning of the unit.

• What is the difference between already and all ready?

• Is a lot or alot a word?

• Make sure you have this handout completed!

IMPORTANT

• You must have your ACT grammar notes completed for the test. This is the most important packet because the majority of your test will be over commas and semicolons!

Comma or not to use a comma…

*Know when or when not to use a comma in these situations: 1 compound sentence2 list or series of nouns3 coordinate adjectives 4 cumulative adjective5 commas after introductory material6 essential information7 nonessential information8 direct address9 common expression10 contrasting expression

What to Expect

• On your test, you will be given a paragraph, and you will have to insert commas, semicolons, and colons in it.

• You will also have to write sentences using commas correctly, so make sure you understand each rule!

Compound Sentence Example

Ms. Landon scares me, and others feel the same way too.

Items in a List Example

Ms. Landon scares me, frightens me, and shocks me.

Coordinate Adjectives

The frightening, menacing teacher scares me.

*If you can insert the word AND between two adjectives, then you know you need a comma.

Cumulative Adjectives

The crazy English teacher scares me.

*You don’t need a comma between crazy and English because you can’t reverse the two adjectives or insert the word AND. It wouldn’t make sense!

Introductory Material

Frantically, I ran away from my scary teacher.

In Ms. Landon’s class, you never know what to expect.

Essential Information

• The teacher who is scaring me is my English teacher.

*You DO NOT need commas when the information is essential to the meaning of the sentence.

Nonessential Information

Ms. Landon, who can do 890 sit-ups, is my English teacher.

*Put commas around nonessential information.

Direct Address

• Sally, please stop talking.

Common Expression

• You owe me a Crucible Essay, I believe.

Contrasting Expression

• We ran away from the scary English teacher, not the nice one.

Conjunctions

• You need to know the difference between coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions!

• Coordinating = FANBOYS

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• Make sure you can identify the following sentence structure errors:

Fragments Comma Splices Run-Ons

Semicolons and Colons

Make sure you know when to use a semicolon and when to use a colon!

*If you need extra help with this, please view the semicolon and colon handout in the ACT Grammar folder on my website.

Make Sure You Review

If you have not taken the moodle quiz, you must do so immediately!

*Please review your moodle quiz results. I will put some questions from the quiz on your test.

Your Grade

You need to do well on this assessment, so please make sure you have everything you need in order to be successful on the test.

You will be turning in your ACT Grammar Note Packet with your test, and this is a class work grade.

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If you are confused about a concept, then you need to ask me for help.

Study the concepts that you struggle with the most during class and review the other concepts during Enrichment or at home!

D’s and F’s

• Check Infinite Campus.• Make sure you have your ten TCA Prep Hours

completed.• Make sure you have turned in all of your

essays and have taken all of your quizzes.• Make sure you complete the independent

reading project!

Test Thursday

If you feel confident about this test, you may work on your independent reading project. (If you lost your paper, you can view a copy on my website in the Independent Reading Project folder.)

If you need to complete an essay or TCA Prep time, you may work on this as well!

If you do not feel prepared for this test, please review the class PowerPoints and your notes.