Writing and Language Review

Writing and Language Review

Let's review for your test on Thursday!

Using Commas

• Use a comma to separate items in a series (three or more).

• Use a comma to set off a question tag.

• Use a comma to separate independent and dependent clause (complex sentences0

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences uses a comma correctly?

• My mom went to the store and bought ice cream, chocolate syrup and waffle cones.

• You enjoy spending time at the park, right?

• After visiting my cousin, this weekend I could tell we missed each other.

Prepositions

• tell a location, direction, or time

• prepositional phrases ALWAYS begins with a preposition and end with a noun

Multiple Choice

Identify the preposition in the following sentence: I found my missing earring under my pillow.

• missing

• earring

• under

• pillow

Multiple Choice

What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? The ice cream cart was beside the swimming pool.

• beside the swimming pool

• ice cream cart

• cart was beside

Figurative Language

• Metaphor compares two things WITHOUT using like or as.

• Similes compares two things using the words like or as.

• Idioms are common expressions that means something different than the literal words.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the idiom in the sentence below? As the performance was getting closer, I started to get cold feet.

• excited or happy

• nervous or anxious

• mad or upset

Multiple Choice

Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks. Which of the following is true?

• It is a simile. Her tears are being compared to a river.

• It is an idiom. It shows how tears and rivers are alike.

• It is a metaphor. Her tears are being compared to a river.

Perfect Tense Verbs

• Past perfect verbs use "had".

• Present perfect verbs us "have" or "has".

• Future perfect verbs use "will have".

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences uses present perfect verbs?

• I will go to the store and get some snacks for the party.

• The students have been behaving with their new teacher.

• My family had finished their salads before their steaks arrived.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a past perfect verb?

• The dog will have slept for six hours by the time we arrive home.

• Jack has studied biology since high school.

• My friends had watched the movie before I arrived.