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Name__________________________ Language Arts Review
Directions: This is a study guide. You should use your language arts notes, previous tests and worksheets to find examples for the following concepts we have studied this year. Fill in the blank lines with examples of each of the following concepts.
I Complete Sentences
complete sentences ___________________________________________________________
fragments __________________________________________________________________
run-ons ___________________________________________________________________
II Capitalization
Proper nouns _______________________________________________________________
Peoples’ names _____________________________________________________________
Abbreviations ______________________________________________________________
Days of the week ___________________________________________________________
Months of the year __________________________________________________________
Specific places _____________________________________________________________
Streets, Cities, Towns, States, Countries __________________________________________
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Names of languages________________________________________________
III Punctuation
Commas in a series __________________________________________________________
Comma separating city and state ________________________________________________
Commas before conjunctions __________________________________________________
Question marks ____________________________________________________________
Titles of books _____________________________________________________________
Quotation marks ____________________________________________________________
Apostrophes showing ownership ________________________________________________
IV Parts of SpeechIdentify and/or improve
nouns ______________________________________________________________________
Pronouns ___________________________________________________________________
Adjectives __________________________________________________________________
Adverbs ___________________________________________________________________
Verbs and verb phrases _______________________________________________________
Recognize correct ___________________________________________________________
Pronoun/noun agreement ex. The students went to the museum and she bought postcards.
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Proper verb tense ex. The students went to the museum and they are having a good time.
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Subject/verb agreement ex. Some students was late corning home.
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V Four Spelling rules-pp. 15-18 in Structures in Spelling book
1. Changing y to I _____________________________________________________________
2. Silent e ___________________________________________________________________
3. Doubling pattern 1 __________________________________________________________
4. Doubling pattern 2 __________________________________________________________
VI Word Parts-Structures in Spelling pp. 9, 12, 14 Separate words into prefixes, roots and prefixes.
Word
Prefixes
Roots
Suffixes
VII Prefixes: Structures in Spelling pp.42-52
Write a word beginning with the prefix, write the prefixes’ meaning and then the meaning of the whole word.uni ______________________________________________________________________
bi _______________________________________________________________________
tri _______________________________________________________________________
bi _______________________________________________________________________
un _______________________________________________________________________
mis ______________________________________________________________________
ex _______________________________________________________________________
trans _____________________________________________________________________
pre ______________________________________________________________________
post _____________________________________________________________________
dis ______________________________________________________________________
un ______________________________________________________________________
anti _____________________________________________________________________
pro _____________________________________________________________________
com ____________________________________________________________________
in ______________________________________________________________________
Greek Roots- Write the meaning of the Greek root, its meaning and the meaning of the word.
Geo ____________________________________________________________________
Graph __________________________________________________________________
Cracy __________________________________________________________________
Tele ___________________________________________________________________
Ast or Astro _____________________________________________________________
Phone __________________________________________________________________
Bio ____________________________________________________________________
Gram __________________________________________________________________
IX Address an envelope:__________________________________________
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X Persuasive essay
What is the purpose of a persuasive essay? ______________________________________
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What should you include in a persuasive essay? ___________________________________
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What parts make up a good essay? ____________________________________________
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