Review before the FINAL Your final will be 2 weeks from today!

Review before the FINAL

Your final will be 2 weeks from today!

Skills that will be on the final:

• 1. Vague pronouns

• 2. Verb tense

• 3. Conjunction to join sentences

• 4. Comparative vs superlative adj

• 5. Irregular verbs

• 6. Comma rules

Vague Pronouns

• What are the pronouns in this sentence?

• Delano was at home, but he forgot to do his homework there.

• What does he stand for?

• What does there stand for?

Vague Pronouns

• Fred visited Bob after his graduation.• What is the pronoun?• What does it stand for?• How do we make it correct?

• Fred visited Bob after Fred’s graduation.• Fred visited Bob after Bob’s graduation.•

Verb Tense

• How do we know what tense this sentence is in?

• She stappelled the paper, cut the rope, and staked the glue on the table.

• So…the whole sentence needs to be in past tense.

• Fix this one please:

• Al saw the movies, ate popcorn, and will have a tummy ache.

Fix this paragraph..

• Working as a teacher's aid in Philly last year show me that I would like to be a teacher. The students always responded to me very well, and I had a lot of fun.  One of my favorite students is Jeremy, a fourth-grader who had a stuttering problem. I really related to him because I  stutter as a child as well. I think I really help Jeremy's self-confidence, and I hope he is continuing to work with the speech therapist.

Michelle is a shy person,

but she keeps it hidden.

(1)

Her mother, does not like

(2)

to see her cry. Michelle

(3)

cried yesterday but she did

(4)

not want to.

1. A. NO CHANGE

B. keeps her hidden

C. keeps her shyness hidden

D. keeps them hidden

2. A. NO CHANGE

B. Her mother does,

C. Her mother does

D. Her, mother, does

3. A. NO CHANGE B. to see her daughter cry C. to see him cry D. to see them cry

4. A. NO CHANGE B. yesterday but, she C. yesterday, but she D. , yesterday, but she

Conjunctions to join sentences

1. Shaton sits quietly. Martin likes to sleep

2. She stands with her hips to the side. While he sits there.

3. Tree frogs are adept at camouflage. Some types of tree frogs are nevertheless endangered.

What is wrong with these?

• I like to eat Pringles, they are messy.

• That man sitting over there, but he is cute.

• She makes copies and does not talk.

Comparative Vs. Superlative Adjectives

• Choose the right word.

• Ms. Dodson is smarter/smartest than Mr. Bates.

• Mr. Bates is the smarter/smartest history teacher at Marshall.

• The butterfly is more beautiful/beautifier than the frog.

• This is the baddest/worst pizza ever.

Give me the past tense of these words….

• Begin

• Quit

• Overcome

• Mistake

• Meet

• Drink

Comma Rules

• Use it for an introductory clause or phrase

• Use a comma to combine 2 sentences with the use of a conjunction.

• Use a comma between adjectives, but only when you can insert the words 'and' or 'or' and it sounds correct

Fix these sentences

• If you go to work you will be able to get paid.

• I love the shinny new apples.

• In person she is a really nice person but in behind closed doors she she is mean.