Writing Component

ISAT Language Review

A magical trip through the magical

kingdom with the Cassidy family

Created by Kathy Cassidy, Westside

Sentences

• Statement/ Declarative

• Question/ Interrogative

• Exclamation/ Exclamatory

You are a smart class.

Are you going to take the ISAT soon ?

Yes, I am !

Statements/ Declarative end in a

Period

Questions/ Interrogative end in a

Question Mark

Exclamation/ Exclamatory ends in an

Exclamation Mark

Check point. What ending does

the sentence need ?

Do you want to visit California__

Question Mark

Do you want to visit California ?

Disneyland is in California__

Statement/ Declarative

Disneyland is in California .

I love Disneyland__

Exclamation/ Exclamatory

I love Disneyland !

Singular• Means

1

Plural

• Means

More than one

Verbs•Action•Being

Action Verbs show action. They are the doing verbs.

• Swimming• Winking• Smiling• Jumping• Spitting

Being Verbs

• am I am here.• is He is wet.• are They are twins.• was He was here.• were They were here.

Verb Tense•Present- now•Past –already happened•Future-going to happen

When did it happen, present, past or future ?

Present- NowQuinn is making a cookie.

Past- already happenedQuinn slept.

Future- will happenThe cookies will be eaten.

What tense is the verb?

• He is pulling hard.

Present

He laughed hard yesterday.

Past

He will laugh.

Future

Subject of the Sentence.

• The subject of a sentence is what or who the sentence is about.

• It will be a noun or pronoun.• Not all nouns and pronouns are the

subjects.

Mr. Cassidy likes to cook, play sports, and listen to Mrs.

Cassidy talk.

Who is the sentence talking about ?

Who is the Subject of the sentence?

Mr. Cassidy

He is the subject of the sentence.

Action Verbs

Linking Verbs Being Verbs

Be form

Subject-Verb Agreement

Singular Subjects add “s” to the action verbs

( Think S, S, + S )

Love of the GameWhen a Singular Subject needs an Action Verb this is what he

does oh, he plays with a baseball,

he walks to the mall, he makes a phone call,

and “S” is what helped him.

Singular Subjects go with Be form Verbs

am, is, was

When a Singular Subject needs a Being Verb

this is what he promised, I am in love with you,My love is very true,

I was telling the truth,And this is what I promise.

Plural Subjects or I, you, we, or they

just let the verb stay

When there’s a Plural Subject who needs an Action Verb this is what

they do oh, they play with a baseball,

they walk to the mall, they make a phone call,

and Action verb stayed the same oh.

Plural Subjects go with

Being Verbs are, were

There were Plural Subjects who growled to Being Verbs, and this is what they grumbled,

Don’t, want, am, is, was, just, want, are and were,

like, the, “r” in the words, and this is what we’ll stick to.

Now for the rule breakers.

Irregular verbs

Irregular Verbs • Singular• Mouse• Child• Goose• Man• Woman

• Plural• Mice• Children• Geese• Men• Women

Nouns•Persons•Places

•Things

• children• amusement park

• rides

What are some Nouns you see in this picture ?

Proper Nouns – Special names

•Proper Nouns must be capitalized !

Capitalize Proper Nouns that are special names of…

• Persons• Places• Things• Titles• Holidays• Months• Days of the Week

Persons- Frank, Kathy, Keenan, and Quinn

Place- Disneyland

Thing- boat

You tell me what type of Noun it is person, place, or thing.

Airplane

Thing

My boys and I

Persons

Winnie the Pooh Forest ?

Place

Horse drawn carriage

Thing

Pronouns take the place of a noun.

• Kathy• Frank• Keenan and Quinn

• She, her• He, him• They, them

Comma

,

Commas in a Series

I like to eat cake, ice-cream, and carrots.

Commas in Dates

June 2, 2001 was my birthday.

Commas in letters

Dear Gradma May,

Thank you for my toy car, book, and card. You are the best.

Love,

Quinn

Parts of a letterDear Gradma May, (Greeting)

(Body) Thank you for my toy car, book, and card. You are the best.

Love, (Closing)

Quinn (Signature)

Commas joining 2 sentences

One of the best parts of my birthday was hitting the pinata.

I loved ripping open the presents.

Commas between Compound Sentences used with a conjunction.

One of the best parts of my birthday was hitting the pinata, and I loved ripping open the presents.

COMMAS• COMMA +

CONJUCTION

• I went outside, and I saw some ants.

• COMMAS IN A SERIES

• We had pie, fruit, and apples.

• COMMA after greeting and closing

• Dear Grandma, • Love,

• COMMA between city and state

• Idaho Falls, Idaho

• COMMA between date and year

May 22 , 2008

Great job you are

ready for the ISAT.