Grammar Study/Review Sheet

Use this, along with your packet, to help you study for your test!!!

Grammar Test Review Sheet
A day Test: Dec. 3
B day Test: Dec. 4
Don’t forget: your green Grammar Packet is due
the same day as your test. Remember: You have to attach
the 3 worksheets (1) Nouns (2) Adjectives (3) Verbs.

Be able to:
1. Define a noun. Give examples of the different types nouns. (Concrete = desk, abstract, common, proper, etc.)
2. Define a verb. What are the 2 types of verbs (action, linking)? What are the two other names for linking verbs (helping verbs, state of being verbs)? Be able to give examples of each.
3. Know passive voice and active voice. Be able to change passive voice sentences to active voice.
4. Know the 6 types of tenses. Be able to put verbs into the different tenses. Beware: present versus present progressive. Be able to identify the tenses.
5. Define an adjective. What do they modify? What questions do adjectives answer? Be able to give examples.
6. Define an adverb. What do they modify? What questions do adjectives answer? Be able to identify adverbs and give examples.
7. Know the 4 types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory). Be able to write sentences of each.
8. Know what interrogatives are, be able to write sentences, and identify the interrogatives. (Who, what, where, when, why, who, how, whom, which, etc.)
9. Make nouns plural.
10. Be able to identify single/plural subjects and single/plural verbs. Know the term subject-verb agreement. Be able to fix sentences where the subjects and verbs don’t agree.
11. Identify and write sentences with conjunctions. Remember: you need to know the coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS).
12. Identify and write sentences with prepositions. (to, from, over, through, into, etc.)
13. Identify and write sentences with interjections. (whoa, wow, holy cow, dang, etc.)
14. Write sentences and punctuate sentences using a COMMA correctly.
15. Write sentences and punctuate sentences using a COLON correctly.
16. Write sentences and punctuate sentences using a SEMICOLON correctly.
17. Know the three degrees of comparison. Be able to write examples.
18. Write and punctuate sentences using quotation marks.
19. Write and punctuate sentences with contractions.
20. Write and punctuate sentences with an apostrophe (contractions, possessive)
21. Know the 3 articles, what they are, and when to use them (a, an, the).
22. Be able to identify the root of a word, its prefix, and suffix.
23. Write and punctuate sentences using an ellipsis. Know what an ellipsis is.
24. Identify what part of speech each word in a sentence is. For example: I really like pie. I = noun, really = adverb, like = verb, pie = noun.