Transcript File - Ms. Fruia`s 6th Grade English class

Semester Exam
Review
Alexis A. Fruia
May 4-8, 2015
6th Grade English Review
Prepositions
Prepositional Phrases
O What are phrases?
▪ A prepositional phrase is a group of words beginning with
a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun.
O Prepositional phrases must end with??
▪ Prepositional phrases must end with a noun or pronoun, or
object of the preposition.
▪ To find the object, ask
▪ Preposition + who/what?
▪ There are many kinds of sports.
O Adjective prepositional phrases tell?
▪ An adjective prepositional phrase modifies a noun or
pronoun, telling which one or what kind.
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That tall building with the red tower is our new library.
The painting below the plaque is a Monet.
Underline the preposition in
the sentence below.
O Our teacher with the loud voice drives
us crazy.
O That tall building with the red tower is
our new library.
Commas
For each sentence below,
add the missing commas.
O More than 160000 people live in the city of
Austin, the Capital of Texas.
O The population of Brownsville is over
189287.
O On January 27 1986 Ms. Fruia was born.
Capitalization
Capitalize the words in each
sentence that should be
capitalized.
O Textiles are an important part of Pakistan’s
economy; nike footbags are make there, as are
coleman tents.
O Last friday Ms. Figs, who teaches world history,
told us that veterans day was celebrated on the
fourth monday of october between 1968 and
1978.
Spelling
If the underlined word is spelled correctly, write “correct.” If it is
spelled incorrectly, spell the word that right way
.
O Ms. Fruia really enjoys frying eggs for
breakfast.
O Dominick and Damien enjoy playing with
their toyes.
O On most holidaies, buses run on a reduced
schedule.
Spell the following words correctly. Use the suffixes
provided, and the correct spelling rules
.
O bat +ing _________________________
O begin +ing ________________________
O monkey (plural) ______________________
Fixing Sentences
Answer the questions below.
O Gwendolyn Brooks loves people you can tell that the first time you
meet her
O Run-on sentence
O Comma splice
O Correct sentence
O We had all come to see and hear the famous poet read some of
her poetry I felt like I was in the presence of a living legend.
O Run-on sentence
O Comma splice
O Correct sentence
Run-on Sentence and comma splices are the
two most common types of sentence errors.
One of the most important jobs when you edit
your writing is to check for these types of
errors. Correct the Sentences below.
O Australia is the world’s smallest continent it is also
the sixth largest country.
O Neptune shines with blue and green light, it is often
called the blue planet.
Answer the questions below.
O What is a clause?
O A clause is a group of related words that have both
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a subject and a verb.
A whole chain of plants and animals is affected.
(Chain is the subject, and is affected is the verb.)
When one species dies out completely
(Species is the subject; dies out is the verb)
Answer the questions below.
O What is an independent clause?
O An independent clause presents a complete
thought and can stand alone as a sentence.
O This ancient oak tree may be cut down.
O This act could affect more than 200 different
species of animals!
O Why would anyone want that to happen?
Answer the questions below.
O What is a dependent clause?
O A dependent clause does not present a complete
thought and cannot stand as a sentence. A dependent
clause depends on being connected to an independent
clause to make sense. Dependent clauses begin with
either a subordinating conjunction( after, although,
because, before, if) or a relative pronoun ( who, whose,
which, that).
O If this ancient oak tree is cut down, it could affect more
than 200 different species of animals!
O The tree, which experts think could be 400 years old,
provides a home to many different kinds of birds and
insect.
Capitalization
Capitalize the words in each sentence that should be
capitalized, and change the words that are incorrectly
capitalized.
O In 1938, orson wells broadcast War of the
Worlds on the Radio.
O The Matrix introduced the villain agent smith
to the world.
Add underlining (to show italics) and
quotations mark
O Sam Smith’s hit song “Stay With Me” received two Grammy
awards.
O Dear John is my favorite book in the entire universe.
O I read an article in the Brownsville Herald entitled “Space X
Coming to the RGV.”
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Matts that has a bright red “A” on it.
O “Spinacia oleracea” is the scientific term for spinach.
O In Tuck Everlasting, the author explores what it would be like to
live forever.
Answer the following
questions below
O What is a pronoun?
O The word or phrase replaced by a pronoun is
called? ____________________
O How many types of pronouns are found in
the English language?
Circle the personal
pronouns in the following
sentences
O In early spring, He cam with them, their
roots neatly wrapped in burlap.
O Karen ate pizza. She was very hungry.
The type of pronoun that’s missing is indicated at the end of
each sentence. First write the antecedents of the missing
pronouns and then write a pronoun that agrees with it.
O Holidays have been celebrated for a long
time, and ___________ were originally
known as “holy days.” (Personal)
O __________ Of the holidays is your favorite?
(Interrogative)