ACP REVISING PREP

ACP REVISING PREP

Let's get P-U-M-P-E-D!!

Let's start with the basics...

MANDATORY strategies

1. Highlight the question.

2. Highlight the sentence.

3. As you read the sentence, think about what sounds weird about it.

4. Highlight the right answer.

5. Insert a text box explaining your answer. :D

With this being said...

Let's start with the practice!

Open Ended

What's wrong with this sentence?

dad explained that we needed to wait for my uncle.

REMEMBER

I use capital letters -

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?

Last Sunday, my dad calls me into the kitchen to help make the pancakes.

• Change Sunday to sunday.

• change dad to Dad

• change calls to called

• add a question mark.

REMEMBER

When the story already happened, the verbs should be in PAST.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in the sentence?

“What do I do first?, I asked my dad.

• delete the question mark

• change What to what

• insert a speech mark before I

• change my to mine

EXTRA ATTENTION

When you see speech marks , make sure you follow the formula:

" ______ " , something else.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?

My dad taught yourself how to make pancakes when he was young.

• change My to my

• change was to is

• change make to making

• change yourself to himself

REMEMBER:

When using reflexive pronouns, the person is doing something by himself.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?

All my friends say that my dads pancakes are the best!

• change friends to friend

• change say to says

• change dads to dad's

• change are to is

REMEMBER

We use an apostrophe ( ' ) to show possession, or when something belongs to someone.

Multiple Choice

What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?

My dad taught me how to make pancakes. I help him now.

• My dad taught me how to make pancakes, but I help him now,

• My dad taught me how to make pancakes, yet I help him now.

• My dad taught me how to make pancakes, or I help him now.

• My dad taught me how to make pancakes, so I help him now.

When the test says COMBINE...

You need to create a COMPOUND sentence A.K.A. put 2 sentences together using --->

Open Ended

What is wrong with this sentence?

Every Sunday morning my dad.

REMEMBER

A sentence fragment CAN'T stand on its own. It needs an independent clause to help it make sense.

Open Ended

How would you fix this fragment?

Every Sunday morning my dad.

Multiple Choice

My dad uses flour and stuff to make pancakes.

The meaning of this sentence is unclear. To clarify its meaning, what word would you choose to replace "stuff"?

• pancakes

• eggs

• rice

• pepper

OK. Are you ready for the final questions?

ARE YOU SURE?

LIKE, FOR REAL?

OK, LET'S GO THEN!

Multiple Choice

What is the best way to fix this sentence?

When I got the ingredients my dad. Showed me how to mix the batter.

• When I got the ingredients my dad. Showed me how to. Mix the batter.

• When I got, the ingredients, my dad showed me, how to mix the batter.

• When I got. The ingredients my dad, showed me how to mix the batter.

• When I got the ingredients, my dad showed me how to mix the batter.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?

My sister laura tried to make pancakes, but she burnt them.

• change laura to Laura

• change pancakes to pancake's

• delete the comma before but

• change burnt to burns

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?

Dad explained that we need to wait for the light on the griddle to come on.

• change Dad to dad

• change need to needed

• change for to four

• Make no change.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?

Since that day, I know how to make pancakes all by yourself!

• change know to now

• change pancakes to pancake

• change by to bye

• change yourself to myself

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in this sentence?

I began to understand why my father like to make breakfast on Sunday mornings.

• change began to begin

• change like to likes

• change understand to understanding

• change Sunday to sunday

Open Ended

How PUMPED do you feel about tomorrow's exam?