Language Review (3rd Partial)

Language Review (3rd Partial)

• Use capital letters to begin a sentence.

• ​We always capitalize the personal pronoun "I."

• ​Use a capital letter for days of the week, months of the year, and holidays.

• Use a capital letter for languages, countries, and nationalities.​

• Use a capital letter for greeting and closing of a letter or email.​

​​Capitalization

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Time to Practice!

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Instruction: ​Choose the words that are spelled correctly.

Multiple Select

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

(Choose more than 1)

• Saturday

• christmas

• friday

• Tuesday

• December

Multiple Select

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

(Choose more than 1)

• September

• Independence Day

• st. patrick´s day

• Easter

Draw

Draw a picture of an activity you do at Easter.

• ​A comparative adverb compares 2 actions.

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• When comparing 2 actions add -er to the adverb.

Adverbs that compare

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Comparative Adverb

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• Use more instead of adding -er if the adverb ends in -ly.

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• Never use more whith the -er form of the adverb.

Adverbs that compare

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Comparative Adverb

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• A superlative adverb compare 3 or more actions.

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• Add -est to most adverbs to make them superlative

Adverbs that compare

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Superlative Adverb

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• Use most instead of adding -est if the adverb ends in -ly.

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• Never use most whith the -est form of the adverb.

Adverbs that compare

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Superlative Adverb

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Time to Practice!

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Instruction: ​Choose the correct form of the adverb between parentheses to complete the statements.

Multiple Choice

A whale can dive (deep) than a seal.

• deepest

• more deep

• deeper

• the deepest

Multiple Choice

The sun rose (late) than it did yesterday.

• more late

• most late

• latest

• later

Multiple Choice

Of all visitors, we cleaned up our camp (carefully).

• more carefully

• most carefully

Multiple Choice

Penguins walk (slowly) than we do.

• slowlier

• more slowliest

• more slowly

• the most slowliest

Multiple Choice

The wind blew (hard) in December than it did in January.

• harder

• more hard

• hardest

• most hard

Multiple Choice

Penguins also swim (gracefully) of all birds.

• gracefulliest

• gracefullier

• more gracefully

• most gracefully

Multiple Choice

I can walk (quickly) than you can.

• more quick

• most quick

• quickly

• more quickly

Multiple Choice

My sled sped down the hill (fast) than yours did.

• more fast

• fast

• faster

​Do not use two negatives in the same clause. This is known as a double negative. Example:

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• I didn’t do nothing. (incorrect)

• I don’t feel like going nowhere. (incorrect)

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Correct a clause with two negatives by changing one negative to a positive word or eliminating one of the negative words. Example:

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I didn’t do anything. (Or: I did nothing. ) I don’t feel like going anywhere. (Or: I feel like going nowhere. )​

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Negatives​

Time to Practice!

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Instruction: ​Type ONLY the correct form of the negative words between parentheses.

Fill in the Blanks

I didn´t say (nothing).

Fill in the Blanks

There didn’t seem to be (nothing) we could do.

Fill in the Blanks

She didn´t want (no) ice cream.

Fill in the Blanks

I didn´t know (no one) at the party.

Fill in the Blanks

He (couldn´t) never find his glasses.