Review for Grammar Test #2

January 22, 2014

What will be on this test?

• Double-negatives• Comma rules• Types of essays• Writing process• Punctuation marks• Tenses (specifically the present perfect)

Double-negatives

• Just don’t use them!• I don’t have no money.• Neither Alyssa nor Brianna weren’t at the

party.• I didn’t not want to go to the mall.• I hardly never heard the bell ring.

Comma Rules

• #1- Items in a list• After school, I plan to make a sandwich, sit

down, and watch General Hospital.• #2- Separate independent clauses (with a

coordinate conjunction)• Mary struggled to carry her books down the

hallway, and eventually she dropped them.

Continued…

• #3- Dependent clauses (intros)• During the winter, I often get dry skin. • #4- Extra information• Dr. Aaronson, my kids’ pediatrician, is located

in Fredericksburg. • #5- Dates and places• On June 25, 2014, I moved back to Orange

County, Virginia.

Last one!

• #6- Quotes• “Walk quietly to the back of the room,” the

professor whispered.

Types of essays

• Expository- writer answers a question or explains something

• Informational- writer gives information on a topic

• Persuasive- writer tries to convince reader to think or feel a certain way

• Descriptive- writer describes something, focusing on the five senses

• Narrative- writer tells a story

Writing process

• Pre-writing- brainstorm and generate ideas, organize your thoughts, do research

• Drafting- write your first draft• Revising- add, remove, move, substitute• Editing- capitalization, understanding,

punctuation, spelling• Publishing/sharing- final verison

Punctuation

• Marks that indicate a pause• Comma- “Wait for me, and I will walk with

you.”• Period- “I will wash you car. Let’s do it

tomorrow.”• Ellipses- “I used to know a lot about physics

but now…”

Tenses

• Past, present, future• I walked, I walk, I will walk• Present perfect tense– Shows that something is continuing to happen in

the present– “I have played this game for two years now.”