Transcript Adjectives and Adverbs

English Final Exam
Parts of Speech
&
Conventions
Thursday, May 31, 2012
*Identify and use adjectives appropriately*
*Review for Final Exam*
Class Starter
Take out your Adjectives packet and pass
it forward.
Class Period Goals –
1. Adjectives Quiz
2. Review for Final 
Materials:
Pencil
Assignment book
Adjective Packet (turn
in)
Notebook
Thursday, May 31, 2012
*Identify and use adjectives appropriately*
*Review for Final Exam*
Final Exam Schedule
Monday – PERIOD 1
Tuesday – PERIOD 6
Wednesday – PERIOD 5
Thursday – PERIOD 4
Friday – PERIOD 2
Nouns
1. Identify all the nouns in the following sentences.
2. Correct any capitalization and punctuation errors.
1. Hurricanes hit the coast of florida in august.
2. Batman, and many others live in gotham city.
3. The white house is closed to the public some days.
Nouns
1. Correct all use of plural and possessive nouns.
2. Correct any capitalization and punctuation errors.
1. Football helmet protect player’s heads
from injurys.
2. The vietnam memorial has soldier’s
names engraved by the thousand.
Nouns
Complete the chart with the correct plural and possessive
spelling of each noun.
Singular
Ex. Boy
Goose
Child
Mouse
Elf
School
Plural
Boys
Singular Possessive
Boy’s
Plural Possessive
Boys’
Verbs
1. Identify the verb(s) in the sentence.
2. Label as action/linking or helping/main.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
A comet had flashed across the sky.
The cake smelled good in the oven.
Frankenstein couldn’t control his monster.
Can penguins, like other birds, fly?
He learns quickly in school.
Verbs
1. Identify the verb(s) and its tense in the sentence.
2. Locate the direct object.
1. Beavers build their homes with mud and logs.
2. Ana played softball in the park.
3. Will robots replace factory workers?
4. The bird made the sound of an alarm clock.
Adjectives
1. Identify the adjectives in the sentence.
2. Correct any capitalization and punctuation errors.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
A diver found these along the florida coast.
The thick puffy plants looked like grapes.
All those animals are marvelous creatures.
The snakes hide in dark tangled weeds.
The alaskan pipeline took many years to finish.
Adjectives
1. Use the correct form of the comparative/superlative adjectives.
1. Mt. Rainier is (high) than Mt. Hood.
2. That beach has the (white) sand.
3. Coral grows (good) of all in warm water.
4. 6th grade is (fun) than 5th grade.
1. The sunset was the (beautiful) I have seen.
Punctuation
Write this address correctly.
The white house
1600 pennsylvania ave
Washington Dc 20500
Run-ons/Fragments
Correct the following sentences
1. Summer is almost here I can’t wait!
2. Cartoons that tell a story.
3. She wrote the story and she edited it.
4. Discovered an ancient city.
5. He is my best friend and my brother.
“What is dialogue?” asked the
teacher.
It is a conversation between two or more people.
It is essential to fictional writing.
It brings characters to life and adds interest.
Writing dialogue consists of the most exciting, most interesting, most
emotional, and most dramatic words.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Objective: The students will use the correct format/punctuation
for writing dialogue.
Practice
1.peggy said I have two cats do you have any pets
2. I have two dogs three fish and seven snails said joe
Monday, June 4, 2012
Objective: The students will use the correct format/punctuation
for writing dialogue.
5. I’m not sure said sue if I know how to do this test
6. Has he brought any papers home asked mother
7. Get out of here she yelled before I call the cops