TRIMESTER ONE REVIEW - English 191 your own words… 1. What is a pronoun? 2. What is an antecedent? Choose the correct homophone: 3. A verb meaning to put on clothing: (where / were

TRIMESTER ONE REVIEW

OBJECTIVES:

1. Students should understand that…

a. “Editing,” “Proofreading,” and “Copy Editing” are synonyms that mean checking for and

correcting grammatical errors in a piece of writing

b. The use of standard proofreading marks helps avoid confusion when you’re editing your

own work or someone else’s.

c. “Homophones” are pairs of words that sound the same but have different spellings and

different meanings.

d. Homophones are commonly misspelled in student writing and should therefore always

be double-checked during proofreading.

e. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.

f. Only nouns can be paired with an article like the, an, or a.

g. Only nouns can be owned or possessed by someone.

h. Verbs (and only verbs) can change to the past, present, or future tense.

i. Pronouns can be used either as a subject or an object in a sentence.

j. The antecedent is the noun to which a pronoun refers.

k. A pronoun must match its antecedent or it is incorrect.

l. There are several types of verbs: action verbs, linking verbs, helping verbs, verb phrases.

m. Helping verbs are used to create verb phrases in order to focus or specify the duration or

attitude of an act or state of being.

n. A verbal is a word that comes from a verb but doesn’t ACT like a verb in the sentence.

o. A gerund is a word that ends in –ing and functions as a noun.

p. An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the word “to” and a verb that functions as a noun,

adjective, or adverb

q. Infinitives and gerunds are often part of phrases within a sentence.

r. “Perfect” verb phrases are made up of a form of the verb “have” followed by a past

participle verb.

s. “Progressive” verb phrases are made up of a form of the verb “be” followed by a present

participle verb.

2. Students should be able to…

a. Use the proper proofreading mark to indicate an error in a text.

b. Make the appropriate corrections to a text based on someone else’s proofreading marks.

c. Match common homophones to their definitions.

d. Correctly spell common homophones.

i. There, their, they’re; Your, you’re; Where, were, wear, we’re; Its, It’s; Here, hear;

To, two, too; Which, witch; Effect, Affect; Then, Than; Past, Passed; Who’s,

Whose; Lead, Led; Weather, Whether; Lose, Loose

e. Identify nouns and verbs in context and distinguish them from other parts of speech.

f. Change the tense of verbs to past, present, or future.

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g. Avoid the most common capitalization errors in their own writing and; recognize and

correct capitalization errors when proofreading.

i. Proper nouns should be capitalized, and common nouns should not.

ii. The first word of a quotation should be capitalized.

iii. People’s titles should be capitalized only when it is used as part of their name or

in place of their name.

iv. Words derived from proper nouns (like languages) are always capitalized.

v. In titles of publications, the first and last word are always capitalized, and all other

words are capitalized except articles, coordinating conjunctions, and prepositions.

h. Use the correct pronoun (subject or object) for a given situation, especially in situations

of compound pronouns (“She and I went to the store.”)

i. Identify and correct errors with pronoun-antecedent agreement.

j. Recognize when the antecedent of a pronoun is unclear or missing and correct the error.

k. Distinguish between linking verbs, action verbs, and helping verbs.

l. Identify the verb or verb phrase in an example sentence.

m. Identify examples of gerunds and infinitives.

n. Write correct sentences that contain gerunds and infinitives.

o. Identify examples of “perfect” and “progressive” verb phrases in all three tenses.

p. Write correct sentences that contain “perfect” and “progressive” verb phrases.

q. Choose the most effective type of verb phrase to convey the desired meaning.

LITERATURE:

This unit contains example selections from the novel I Am a

Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class

President by Josh Lieb.

In your own words…

1. What is proofreading?

2. What is a homophone?

Choose the correct homophone:

3. When you want to talk about something they own: (their / they’re)

4. Can I come (to / too / two) the store with you?

Identify the gerunds and infinitives in the following sentences from I Am a Genius of

Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb:

5. I sit on the toilet and munch Milk Duds until the bell rings. I have some

more heavy thinking to do. I’ll tell Sheldrake to gas up the blimp.

6. After my more spineless classmates finished nominating each other for

the more meaningless offices, we got to the meat of the issue:

nominations for class president. Naturally, five people nearly got into a

fistfight in their eagerness to nominate Jack Chapman.

Wordplay – Just for fun!

ANAGRAM: Rearrange the letters in the nonsense phrase below to

create new words that actually make sense.

LOON LANDS INN WATCHING

(Hint: Great Commanders in Chief)

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Trimester One Review

DAY One


1. What is a pronoun?

2. What is an antecedent?


3. A verb meaning to put on clothing: (where / were / wear)

4. How will the rain (effect / affect) the baseball game today?

Choose the correct pronoun from the pair of options:

5. My grandma and (I / me) get along pretty well.

6. I look at (her / she) and Max like they’re aliens.

Which sentence has proper pronoun-antecedent agreement?

7. A - Each employer should take responsibilities for their employees.

B - Each employer should take responsibilities for his or her employees.

8. A - The team won its final game.

B - The team won their final game.


EIGHT LETTERS: Create as many words as you can using three or more of the

letters below (at least one eight-letter word is possible):

P O R W D Y L A

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DAY Two


1. What is the difference between an action verb and a linking verb?

2. What is a helping verb? Give three examples.


3. If you don’t win something, you… (lose / loose)

4. I think you (past / passed) by me at some point in the (past / passed).

Identify the spelling errors in the following excerpts from I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil

and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb (there are four in each):

5. Next to Liz stands vice principal Hruska, a grizzled old Pro one year shy

of retirement, who’s stuck with the job of announcing the student

council Nominees.

6. Tatiana is the evil santa. She sits in a folding chair, leaning back against

the wall, leafing through my Mother’s giant stack of old Knitter’s world

magazines, and yelling, “move your keister, Michaels. This tub of lard

ain’t gonna elect himself.”

7. At this Precise moment, I am in mr. Moorhead’s english class as he

prattles on about fahrenheit 451.


CATALOGUE CREATOR: The root word “-fin-” means “end or finished.”

How many words can you list that contain this root?

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DAY Three

Read the following excerpt from I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your

Class President by Josh Lieb and then answer the following questions:

(a) He should be staring down at his plate, rethinking his entire youth,

realizing just how empty his school-age accomplishments were, since I can

equal them. (b) Or he should be looking at me with admiration. (c) He

should be slapping me on the back, giving me a proud and hearty “Good

work, Kid.” (d) Or he should be weeping. (e) Weeping would be fine.

1. Sentence (a) has two verb phrases. What are they?

2. Is the word “should” in sentence (b) an action verb, linking verb, or

helping verb?

3. Is “slapping” in sentence (c) a gerund?

4. Which sentence uses “weeping” as a gerund (d or e)?

Using the proper proofreading marks, correct the six errors in this excerpt:

Hes looking down at lolli, who is glaring up him at with hate like he has

never seen before. She sounds like she swalowd a chain saw. She needs a

walk” I say.


FIXER-ROOTER: How many words can you think of that have the same

prefix, suffix, or root as the multisyllabic word below?

EXTEMPORANEOUS

(done or made without much or any preparation)

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DAY Four


1. What is an infinitive? Give three examples.

2. What is a gerund? Give three examples.


3. If you’re weighing to options or alternatives: (whether / weather)

4. I (lead / led) them to the place in the mountains where they could

find deposits of (lead / led).

Complete the following sentences by adding the type of verb phrase in parentheses:

5. (past progressive) Grandpa ______________ in Vietnam in 1969.

6. (present perfect) I’d better go home now; I _______________ long

enough already.

Rewrite the word or phrase following the proofreading marks (the words are nonsensical so

you focus on the proofreading mark and not on the words):

7. crabslap

8. lark spark


DESCRAMBLER: Try to sort out the five scrambled words below:

RTEA ILBEB KCSLSA NRIRGEA ROTBRUIS

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DAY Five


Class President by Josh Lieb and then answer the following questions:

The rumbling is coming from Lollipop. She glares with cold hatred at

Daddy. Her tongue hangs out of her mouth like an animal she has

caught and killed. Maybe she didn’t like the way he stopped holding

hands with Mom. Or maybe she sensed that I didn’t like it.

1. Find a present progressive verb phrase in the excerpt.

2. Find a present perfect verb phrase in the excerpt.

3. Find a gerund in the excerpt.

4. Take the verb “sensed” from the last sentence and change it to present

tense and future tense.

Using the proper proofreading marks, correct the six errors in this excerpt:

Mr. Pin ckney says, “who are you?”

The Motivator smiles (and it is a terifiing smile) and says “I suggest you

reconsider putting putting Oliver Watson on the ballot for class president”


VOWEL COMBINATOR: The vowel combination “oo” can make the the

“double-o” sound in “boo” or the “u” sound in “book.” List as many words as

you can that contain this vowel combo making the “u” sound (not the double-o.)

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DAY Six


1. What is a perfect verb phrase? Give three examples.

2. What is a progressive verb phrase? Give three examples.


3. To introduce an event that comes after another event: (then / than)

4. The dog chased (its / it’s) tail for hours; (its / it’s) a stupid dog.


Class President by Josh Lieb and then list all of the nouns and verbs or verb phrases in each:

5. I shouldn’t be surprised by their lack of enthusiasm. As it turns out,

Randy Sparks’s late entry in the race wasn’t even the biggest news at

school today.

6. Even if my surveillance cameras hadn’t taken photographs proving that

the vandal is actually Jordie Moscowitz (he’s a real winner), I would

have had a very hard time believing that someone so thoroughly pink

as our Tati would choose to express herself in blue.


EIGHT LETTERS: Create as many words as you can using three or more of the

letters below (at least one eight-letter word is possible):

S E O I P S R M

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DAY Seven


1. To perceive something by your ear: (here / hear)

2. (Whose / Who’s) that guy (whose / who’s) car got stolen?

Add a gerund phrase to the following sentences:

3. ______________________ has become more difficult each year.

4. My worst fear is ______________________.

Add an infinitive phrase to the following sentences:

5. ______________________, you have to work very hard.

6. I spend over a thousand dollars ______________________.


7. (future perfect) I ______________ the book by tomorrow night.

8. (present progressive) The apes _______________; we’d better run!


FOUR-LETTER WORDS: Take the four-letter word below and change one letter

to make a new four-letter word (keep it clean!) Then take that word and change

one letter to make a new word. Then take that word and… You get the picture.

JUST

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DAY Eight


1. What is a verbal?


2. The female version of a wizard: (which / witch)

3. (Your / You’re) girlfriend said (your / you’re) kind of a jerk.

Choose the most effective verb or verb phrase from the options:

4. I couldn’t study because the neighbors (blasted / were blasting) their

music at full volume.

5. My sister (has watched / watched) Tinkerbell at least a hundred times.

6. Mom and Dad will have left by the time you (had finished / finish)

getting ready.

7. I soon (had learned / learned) that a flood had destroyed our home.

This sentence has a pronoun with an unclear antecedent. Rewrite it to fix the problem:

8. I slammed my hand into the locker and it broke.


ANAGRAM: Rearrange the letters in the nonsense phrase below to

create new words that actually make sense.

JOY OF HURT FLU

(Hint: independence)

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DAY Nine

Name:

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Hes looking down at lolli, who is glaring

up him at with hate like he has never seen

before. She sounds like she swalowd a

chain saw. She needs a walk” I say.


DAY Four

Name:

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DAY Four

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DAY Four

Name:

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DAY Four

Name:

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The Motivator smiles (and it is a terifiing

smile) and says “I suggest you reconsider

putting putting Oliver Watson on the ballot

for class president”


DAY Six

Name:

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NAME: PERIOD:

Concepts and Terms

Match the following terms to the best definition:

1. _____ Proofreading

2. _____ Homophone

3. _____ Antecedent

4. _____ Action Verb

5. _____ Linking Verb

6. _____ Helping Verb

7. _____ Verbal

8. _____ Infinitive

9. _____ Gerund

10. _____ Perfect

11. _____ Progressive

A. A word that shows physical or mental action

B. A word that connects a subject to a noun or adjective that defines

or describes the subject

C. Checking for and correcting grammatical errors in a piece of

writing

D. A word that sounds the same as another word but has a different

meaning and spelling

E. A word that works together with another verb to create a verb

phrase

F. The noun replaced by a particular pronoun

A. A verbal consisting of the word “to” and a verb

B. A verb phrase made up of the helping verb “be” and a present

participle verb (-ing)

C. A verbal that ends in –ing and functions as a noun

D. A word that is derived from a verb but doesn’t always function as

a verb in the sentence

E. A verb phrase made up of the helping verb “have” and a past

participle verb (-ed or-en usually)

Homophones

Circle the homophone that matches the definition:

12. A. There / B. Their / C. They’re - A possessive pronoun that shows “they” own something

13. A. Where / B. Were / C. Wear - A verb used to tell what you do with clothing

14. A. Lose / B. Loose - - - - - - - - - - The opposite of “win”

15. A. Weather / B. Whether - - - - - State of the atmosphere—wind, temperature, moisture, etc.

16. A. Here / B. Hear - - - - - - - - - - -To perceive sound by the ear

17. A. Which / B. Witch - - - - - - - - - A woman who practices magic

18. A. Then / B. Than - - - - - - - - - - Used to show an unequal comparison or a second alternative

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Final Exam

Circle the correct homophone within the context of the sentence:

19. When you go to Disneyland, can I come (A. to / B. two / C. too)?

20. How will all this snow (A. effect / B. affect) our travel plans?

21. In the (A. past / B. passed), I was always afraid to try new things.

22. The tour guide (A. lead / B. led) us through the building and explained all of the exhibits.

23. (A. Who’s / B. Whose) going to come over for dinner tonight?

24. If the football team wins all of (A. its / B. it’s) games, it will go on to the state championship.

25. (A. Your / B. You’re) principal says you got kicked out of English class today.

Nouns and Verbs

Which answer identifies a noun from the following sentences?

26. The young basketball star couldn’t see the point of practicing any longer.

A. young

B. point

C. longer

27. To everyone’s surprise, the jury’s verdict came back as “guilty.”

A. verdict

B. everyone

C. back

Which answer identifies a verb from the following sentences?

28. Mom and Dad thought I would be interested in joining the Peace Corps.

A. joining

B. interested

C. thought

29. The Declaration of Independence is a very important historical document.

A. Declaration

B. is

C. important

Read the example sentence. Then identify each of the selected words as…

A. a noun, B. a verb, or C. neither

The final racers reached the finish line just as the three winners stepped onto the podium.

30. _____ reached

31. _____ line

32. _____ three

33. _____ stepped

34. _____ onto

35. _____ podium

In each sentence, change the underlined verb to the two other tenses (in other words, if it’s

a past-tense verb, change it to present tense and future tense):

36. ________________ ________________ We will watch a movie at my house.

37. ________________ ________________ Grape juice leaves a stain on a white shirt.

38. ________________ ________________ She threw the ball to the catcher at home plate.

Read the example sentence. Then identify each of the selected words as…

A. an action verb, B. a linking verb, or C. a helping verb

My mom seemed confused, so I explained that you can receive e-mails on a cell phone, too.

39. _____ seemed 40. _____ explained 41. _____ can

Capitalization Rules

Choose the correctly capitalized word from the pair of options:

42. I’ve never been to (A. disneyland / B. Disneyland) before.

43. Richard’s (A. uncle / B. Uncle) came to visit last week.

44. She said, “(A. you / B. You) should have seen Jenny’s face!”

45. Lieutenant Cutler is under the command of (A. general / B. General) Braverman.

46. This semester I have English, French, pottery, and (A. math / B. Math).

Identify the capitalization error in each sentence by marking it with the correct proofreading

mark:

47. The senator from California worked together with senator Richardson.

48. Some of my favorite places to eat are greek restaurants.

49. My Spanish Teacher’s name is Señora Velasquez.

50. “Well,” mother said, “you have to finish your dinner first.”

51. The cat smiled and said, “anything is possible in Wonderland.”

Which option capitalizes the title correctly?

52. A. The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens B. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

53. A. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children B. Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar Children

Pronoun Errors


54. My friends and (A. I / B. me) get along pretty well.

55. Sometimes Carrie lets us hang out with (A. she / B. her) and her friends.

56. Carrie laughs and John and (A. I / B. me) when we make fun of each other.

Which sentence has proper pronoun-antecedent agreement?

57. A. Each coach should take responsibility for his or her players.

B. Each coach should take responsibility for their players.

58. A. The class took its final grammar exam.

B. The class took their final grammar exam.

59. A. People ought to do his or her best at all times.

B. People ought to do their best at all times.

The following sentences have an unclear antecedent. Which of the two options corrects the

problem?

60. I don’t think they should edit songs on the radio.

A. Change “they” to “he or she”

B. Change “they” to “radio DJs”

61. He crashed his Mustang right into a telephone pole; amazingly, it wasn’t damaged.

A. Change “it” to “the car”

B. Change “telephone pole” to “it”

Gerunds and Infinitives

Which answer identifies the gerund in the following sentences?

62. Practice is an important part of being on a team.

A. practice

B. being

C. team

63. The crowd was listening to my singing.

A. crowd

B. listening

C. singing

Which answer identifies the infinitive in the following sentences?

64. Everyone in the class wanted to leave.

A. to leave

B. the class

C. Everyone

65. To win, you must go to practice every day and work hard.

A. to practice

B. work hard

C. To win

Which answer correctly identifies the gerund phrase in the following sentences?

66. I’m getting tired of listening to this radio station.

A. getting tired

B. listening to this radio station

C. I’m getting

67. During the week, going to school is part of my daily routine.

A. During the week

B. going to school

C. of my daily routine

Which answer correctly identifies the infinitive phrase in the following sentences?

68. To write a best-selling novel has always been one of my goals.

A. To write a best-selling novel

B. of my goals

C. has always been

69. My friends and I agreed to help one another with our chores so we could go to the movies.

A. agreed to help

B. to help one another with our chores

C. to the movies


70. __________________________________ has become more expensive every year.

71. My worst fear is __________________________________.


72. __________________________________ has always been one of my goals.

73. I spent every penny I had __________________________________.

Perfect and Progressive Verb Phrases

Which option correctly identifies the “perfect” verb phrase in the following sentences?

74. Sue has played on the soccer team for three years now.

A. has played

B. on the soccer team

C. for three years

75. My date had just arrived when the dance was evacuated.

A. was evacuated

B. when the dance

C. had arrived

Which option correctly identifies the “progressive” verb phrase in the following sentences?

76. My grandparents will be watching me when I perform.

A. My grandparents

B. will be watching

C. when I perform

77. The squirrels are gathering nuts to store for the winter.

A. are gathering

B. to store

C. for the winter


78. (past progressive) Peter’s older brother __________________________ in Afghanistan in 2008.

79. (present perfect) It’s time to put an end to this; we __________________________ too much

already.

80. (future progressive) I __________________________ in the backyard, so don’t be surprised if I

don’t hear the phone ring.

81. (present progressive) The aliens __________________________ ; we need to get out of here!

82. (past perfect) Mr. left acting very upset; apparently I __________________________ him.

83. (future perfect) The astronauts __________________________ by the time the shuttle lands.

Choose the most effective verb or verb phrase from the options in each sentence:

84. I couldn’t focus because my friends (A. blasted / B. were blasting) the music at full volume.

85. Luke (A. has watched / B. watched) Star Wars about a hundred times since it came out.

86. The plane will have left by the time we (A. will have checked / B. check) our baggage.

87. We soon learned that the frost (A. had killed / B. killed) all of the plants.

Proofreading

Which answer corrects the word or phrase following the proofreading marks? (The words

are nonsensical so you focus on the proofreading mark and not on the words.)

88. blargbug

A. blarg bug

B. bugblarg

C. Blarg Bug

89. flip flarp

A. flipflarp

B. flip larp

C. flarp flip

90. glinnot

A. glinn’t

B. glinnt

C. glin not

91. spunt tal

A. spunttal

B. spun tall

C. tal spunt

92. Glib Hark

A. Hark Glib

B. Glib Mark

C. Glib hark

Using the correct proofreading marks, find the error in each of the following sentences:

93. One of the greatest presidents was president Lincoln.

94. Snow leopards are white with black spots

95. My favorite sports are basquetball and soccer.

96. The first president of the United States was Abraham Washington.

97. Guns can be be dangerous if you don’t know how to use them.

98. I couldnt decide between chocolate and vanilla.

99. “How dare you!” she cried. He was my boyfriend!”

100. I want to go to New York City and see the Statue Liberty.

NAME: PERIOD:

Concepts and Terms Homophones

1. _____

2. _____

3. _____

4. _____

5. _____

6. _____

7. _____

8. _____

9. _____

10. _____

11. _____

12. _____

13. _____

14. _____

15. _____

16. _____

17. _____

18. _____

19. _____

20. _____

21. _____

22. _____

23. _____

24. _____

25. _____

Nouns and Verbs

26. _____

27. _____

28. _____

29. _____

30. _____

31. _____

32. _____

33. _____

34. _____

35. _____




39. _____ 40. _____ 41. _____


42. _____ 43. _____ 44. _____ 45. _____ 46. _____






52. _____ 53. _____

Pronoun Errors

54. _____ 55. _____ 56. _____

57. _____ 58. _____ 59. _____ 60. _____ 61. _____

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62. _____

63. _____

64. _____

65. _____

66. _____

67. _____

68. _____

69. _____


71. My worst fear is __________________________________.




74. _____ 75. _____ 76. _____ 77. _____


79. (present perfect) It’s time to end this; we __________________________ too much already.






84. _____ 85. _____ 86. _____ 87. _____

Proofreading

88. _____ 89. _____ 90. _____ 91. _____ 92. _____









NAME: PERIOD:

Concepts and Terms

Questions 1 – 11: Use bubble sheet.

Homophones

Questions 12 – 25: Use bubble sheet.

Nouns and Verbs

Questions 26 – 35: Use the bubble sheet.













Pronoun Errors




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71. My worst fear is __________________________________.






79. (present perfect) It’s time to end this; we __________________________ too much already.







Proofreading










NAME: PERIOD:

Concepts and Terms

Match the following terms to the best definition:

1. _____ Proofreading

2. _____ Homophone

3. _____ Antecedent

4. _____ Action Verb

5. _____ Linking Verb

6. _____ Helping Verb

7. _____ Verbal

8. _____ Infinitive

9. _____ Gerund

10. _____ Perfect

11. _____ Progressive

G. The noun replaced by a particular pronoun

H. A word that sounds the same as another word but has a different

meaning and spelling

I. Checking for and correcting grammatical errors in a piece of

writing

A. A word that works together with another verb to create a verb

phrase

B. A word that shows physical or mental action

C. A word that connects a subject to a noun or adjective that defines

or describes the subject

F. The word “to” and a verb

G. A word that comes from a verb but doesn’t act like a verb in the

sentence

H. A verb that ends in –ing and acts like a noun in the sentence

A. A version of “be” and a present participle verb (-ing)

B. A version of “have” and a past participle verb (-ed or-en usually)

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Final Exam

Homophones

Circle the homophone that matches the definition:

12. A. Their / B. They’re - - - - - - - - - A possessive pronoun that shows “they” own something

13. A. Where / B. Wear - - - - - - - - - A verb used to tell what you do with clothing

14. A. Lose / B. Loose - - - - - - - - - - The opposite of “win”

15. A. Weather / B. Whether - - - - - Wind, temperature, moisture, etc.

16. A. Then / B. Than - - - - - - - - - - Used to compare two unequal things

Circle the correct homophone within the context of the sentence:

17. When you go to Disneyland, can I come (A. two / B. too)?

18. How will all this snow (A. effect / B. affect) our travel plans?

19. In the (A. past / B. passed), I was always afraid to try new things.

20. (A. Who’s / B. Whose) going to come over for dinner tonight?

21. If the football team wins all of (A. its / B. it’s) games, it will go on to the state championship.

Nouns and Verbs

Which answer is a noun from the sentence?

22. The young basketball star couldn’t see the point of practicing any longer.

A. young

B. star

23. To everyone’s surprise, the jury’s verdict came back as “guilty.”

A. verdict

B. back

Which answer is a verb from the sentence?

24. Mom and Dad thought I would be interested in joining the Peace Corps.

A. joining

B. thought

25. The Declaration of Independence is a very important historical document.

A. Declaration

B. is

Write the PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE tense of the verb “watch”:

26. Last week, we ________________ movies at my house.

27. Every day, we ________________ movies at my house.

28. Tomorrow, we ________________ movies at my house.

Read the example sentence. Then answer the questions

My mom seemed confused, so I explained that you can receive e-mails on a cell phone, too.

29. What kind of verb is the word seemed?

A. Helping verb

B. Linking verb

30. What kind of verb is the word explained?

A. Action verb

B. Linking verb

31. What kind of verb is the word can?

A. Action verb

B. Helping verb


Choose the correctly capitalized word from the pair of options:

32. I’ve never been to (A. disneyland / B. Disneyland) before.

33. Richard’s (A. uncle / B. Uncle) came to visit last week.

34. She said, “(A. you / B. You) should have seen Jenny’s face!”

35. Lieutenant Cutler is under the command of (A. general / B. General) Braverman.

Which option capitalizes the book title correctly (choose A or B)?

36. A. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

B. Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar Children

Pronoun Errors


37. My friends and (A. I / B. me) get along pretty well.

38. Sometimes Carrie lets us hang out with (A. she / B. her) and her friends.

Which sentence is correct (choose A or B)?

39. A. Each coach should take responsibility for his or her players.

B. Each coach should take responsibility for their players.

40. A. People ought to do his or her best at all times.

B. People ought to do their best at all times.

Which of the two options makes the example sentence more clear?

41. He crashed his Mustang right into a telephone pole; amazingly, it wasn’t damaged.

C. Change “it” to “the car”

D. Change “telephone pole” to “it”


What is the gerund in the following sentence?

42. Practice is an important part of being on a team.

A. practice

B. being

What is the infinitive in the following sentence?

43. To win, you must go to practice every day and work hard.

A. work hard

B. To win

What is the gerund phrase in the following sentence?

44. During the week, going to school is part of my daily routine.

A. During the week

B. going to school

What is the infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

45. My friends and I agreed to help one another with our chores so we could go to the movies.

A. to help one another with our chores

B. to the movies






What is the “perfect” verb phrase in the following sentence?

48. My date had just arrived when the dance was evacuated.

A. when the dance

B. had arrived

What is the “progressive” verb phrase in the following sentence?

49. My grandparents will be watching me when I perform.

A. will be watching

B. when I perform


50. (progressive) Peter’s older brother __________________________ in Afghanistan in 2008.

51. (perfect) Mr. left acting very upset; apparently I __________________________ him.

Choose the most effective verb or verb phrase from the options in each sentence:

52. I couldn’t focus because my friends (A. blasted / B. were blasting) the music at full volume.

53. Luke (A. has watched / B. watched) Star Wars about a hundred times since it came out.

54. The plane will have left by the time we (A. will have checked / B. check) our baggage.

Proofreading

Which answer corrects the word or phrase following the proofreading marks? (The words

are fake words so you focus on the proofreading mark and not on the words.)

55. blarg bug

A. bugblarg

B. Blarg Bug

56. flip flarp

A. flipflarp

B. flarp flip

57. spunt tal

A. spunttal

B. tal spunt

58. Glib Hark

A. Glib Mark

B. Glib hark

Choose the answer that uses the correct proofreading mark:

59. Adding a comma:

A. Dad I don’t want any more marshmallows

B. Dad I don’t want any more marshmallows

60. Marking a misspelled word:

A. I need to go to the store and buy some new batteryies for my toy.

B. I need to go to the store and buy some new batteryies for my toy.

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