Transcript Grammar Test Study Guide - Jessamine County Schools

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
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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 sentence
2 list or series of nouns
3 coordinate adjectives
4 cumulative adjective
5 commas after introductory material
6 essential information
7 nonessential information
8 direct address
9 common expression
10 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.