• 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 Speech

    Identify 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
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    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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Last Modified on October 11, 2007