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Mahaffey LA Review
Mrs. Mahaffey SJMS LA Semester Review
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| What type of sentence is a question? | Interrogative | What is your name? |
| What type of sentence is a command? | Imperative | Close the door. |
| What is a sentence that shows great emotion? | Exclamatory | What a cute kitten? |
| What is phrase that is not a complete thought? | Fragment | Each parent on the list. |
| What are two or more sentences that run together called? | Run-on | Sue did not like Marcy's attitude she told everyone how she felt. |
| What part of speech names a person, place thing or idea? | Noun | Puppy, kitten, car. |
| What are verbs that show physical or mental action? | Action Verbs | looked, laughed, running, thinking |
| What is a verb phrase? | A group of words that does the job of a single verb., there is a principal verb and one or more helping verbs. | The tourists {had lost} their luggage. |
| What is a transitive verb? | A transitive verb shows action passing from the doer to the receiver. | Clarise read the newspaper. |
| When is a verb transitive? | A verb is transitive if it has a direct object or if it contains a form of the verb "BE" plus a past participle. | The workers completed the job. |
| What is a direct object? | A direct object is the word that answers the question "whom" or "what" after the verb | The boy put the skates on the shelf. |
| What is an intransitive verb? | An intransitive verb is one that has no receiver of its action; the subject is the doer of the action. | Some flowers grow very well. |
| What is a linking verb? | A linking verb links a noun, pronoun, or adjective to the subject in the sentence. | The capitol of United States {is} Washington, D.C. (page 447) |
| What is the most common linking verb? | The verb be and its various forms. | is, are was were,etc. page 448 |
| There can be no sentence without a _____________. | Verb | Across the bridge. |
| What is the subject of a sentence? | The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about. | Nicholas Sparks is a writer. Who is a writer? Nicholas Sparks. |
| What is the main word or words in the complete subject called? | Simple subject | The four new {students} arrived early. |
| What d o you call the words needed to tell what or whom a sentence is about? | Complete subject | {The four new students}arrived early. |
| What is the predicate of a sentence? | The part that says something about the subject. | A flock of geese {flew high overhead.} |
| What is the complete predicate? | all of the words that say something about the subject | The pilot {broke the sound barrier.} |
| What is the simple predicate? | The main word or group of words in the complete predicate. | The pilot {broke} the sound barrier |
| What is a compound subject ? | Consists of of two or more connected subjects that have the same verb. The usual connecting word is "and" or "or". | {Paris and London} remain favorite tourist attractions. |
| What is a compound verb? | Consists of two or more connected verbs that have the same subject. The usual connecting word is "and", "but", or "or". | The basketball team {played }well but {lost] the game anyway. |
| What is a proper noun? | A proper noun names a particular person, place ,thing ,or idea. | Mark. (page 424) |
| What is a common noun? | A common noun names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas. It is geneerally not capitalized. | boy. (page 424) |
| What is a helping verb? | A helping verb helps the main verb to express action or state of being. | Kansas {has been named} the Sunflower State. |
| What is a sentence? | A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. | Some marine biologists are sailing around the world. |
| Trunk is to Elephant as Whisker is to ___________ | Cat | (blank) |
| Buy is to Purchase as Famous is to ___________ | Well-known | (blank) |
| City is to San Francisco as State is to _____________ | Iowa | (blank) |
| Top is to Bottom as Crooked is to ___________ | Straight | (blank) |
| Blade is to Saw as Eraser is to ______________ | Pencil | (blank) |
| Composes is to Magician as Swims is to ___________ | Scuba diver | (blank) |
| Monitor is to Computer as Drawer is to _____________ | Dresser | (blank) |
| Present is to Now as Quick is _______________ | Rapid | (blank) |
| Vegetable is to Peas as Music is to _____________ | Jazz | (blank) |
| What are the 6 plus 1 Writing Traits? | Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, &Presentation | (blank) |
| Which writing trait is being described in the following statement? The essay sounds like the writer. | Voice | (blank) |
| Which writing trait is being described in the following statement? The essay is neat and has few errors. | Conventions/ Presentaion | (blank) |
| Which writing trait is being described in the followimg statement? The paper has interesting details;is clear;and makes sense | Ideas | (blank) |
| Which writing trait is being described in the following statement? The paper sticks to the topic; has a beginning/middle/end; everything is connected; logical order | Organization | (blank) |
| Which writing trait is being described in the following statement? The paper includes well-built sentences; the sentences vary; in word choice and length. | Sentence Fluency | (blank) |
| Which writing trait is being described in the following statement? The writer's words are precise; carefully chosen; strong verbs. | Word Choice | (blank) |
| Name the preposition in the following sentence: | He spilled hot soup on his mother's lap. | on |
| Name the verb in the following sentence: | Sally was afraid of the big black dog even though he was friendly. | was |
| Name the pronoun in the following sentence: | The old woman moved slowly through her apartment. | her |
| Name the adverb in the following sentence: | The fish quickly swam away from the fisherman's net. | quickly |
| Name the adjective in the following sentence: | My barber uses sharp scissors to cut my hair. | sharp |
| Name the noun in the following sentence: | Rome is a beautiful place. | Rome or place |
| Name the adjective in the following sentence: | They ran quickly up the steep steps. | steep |
| Name the preposition in the following sentence: | They ran quickly up the steep steps | quickly |
| Name the adjective in the following sentence: | Fresh flowers wilt in the wind. | Fresh |
| Name the verb in the following sentence: | The soccer player kicked the ball into the goal. | kicked |
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