ELA Module 2 Review

​FLEX ELA Module 2

Unit Review ​

4th Grade SCVCS

Main Idea and Supporting Details

A main idea is . . .

* the main point the author is trying to make

* often located in the first or last sentence of a paragraph

* the title can help you understand what the main idea may be

* supported by details in the text

* all information in the paragraph should relate to the main idea

* is written in a complete sentence

*is written in your own words

Multiple Choice

Most of the time, Main Idea can be found ...

• at the start or end of a paragraph

• In the middle of a paragraph

• in the index

Main Idea & Details

When you read a story or passage, there is a lot of information to remember. The small pieces of information you read are called details. What the passage (or part of the passage) is mostly about is the main idea/central idea.

Bats

Some kind of bats eat many insects. Some bats can eat up to 600 mosquitoes in an hour. Bats are helpful to the environment. Bats help us by eating insects. Without bats, we would have too many insects.

​Read the story below, and decide on a main idea.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Bat are mammals.

• Bats eat 600 mosquitoes in one hour.

• Bats eat many insects.

​Context Clues

DEFINITIONS :

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Look for KEY WORDS and CLUES :

• A Comma ( , )

• "Means"

• "Which is"

• "Can be referred to as"

• "or" ​

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Multiple Choice

1. The poor farmer encouraged his children to economize their weekly allowances by bringing packed lunch to school instead of buying it.

• Give generously

• Open a bank account

• Show honesty

• Spend less

Multiple Choice

2.  The generous businessman gave his employees a monetary gratification for their hard work. He wanted to show them how thankful he was.

• Package

• Reward

• Salary

• Wealth

​Relative Pronouns

Relative Pronouns

A relative pronoun is one which is used to refer to nouns mentioned previously, whether they are people, places, things, animals, or ideas.

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These pronouns allow us to staple phrases together.

These are the 5 most common relative pronouns.

• who - refers to the person that is the SUBJECT in the sentence (who the whole sentence is about)

• whom - refers to a person in the sentence that IS NOT the subject

• whose - possesive form of who, shows ownership of something

• that - We use that to refer to animals, things, and groups

• which - We use which to refer to animals, things, and groups

  We never use which when talking about people

  Which gives extra information about the sentence

WHO

who is used when it is the subject of the sentence

​Examples:

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Who owns this pencil? Who won the game? Who wants pizza for lunch?

Trick!

restate the sentence as a question and if you answer it with he/she the relative pronoun is who!

​answer it: He/she is my best friend. If it is he/she, then WHO is the correct relative pronoun

​1. _____ is my best friend?

WHOM

should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition

​If you ask the statement as a question and the answer would be him/her it is whom!

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Examples:

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To _____ should I give these letters?

Make it a stament: I should give them to him.....so it is whom​.

Multiple Choice

Torry decided _____ she should pick for her team.

*Think: She should pick ______ (would you use him or he?)

• who

• whom

Multiple Choice

My brother, ____ loves golf, purchased new clubs.

Think: He/Him loves golf.

• who

• whom

Multiple Choice

The pen ______ I lent to Anna was an eco-friendly recycled pen.

• who

• whom

• which

Multiple Choice

This is the tooth _____ hurts.

• that

• who

Simple Subject & Predicate Complete Subject & Predicate

REMEMBER, a sentence has two main parts:

The subject is always a noun and the predicate is always a verb.

​Simple Subject

• ​is a noun

• ​is the main subject of the sentence

• ​is not modified (does not have extra detail)

Multiple Choice

Locate the simple subject in the sentence below.

The boys played baseball until dark.

• boys

• the boys

• played

• dark

​Complete Subject

• ​is a noun (person, place, thing or idea)

• ​includes the main subject of the sentence

• ​is modified (it provides more detail)

• usually is two or more words

Multiple Choice

Locate the complete subject in the following sentence: "The lamp on the old table is very dusty."

• The lamp on the old table

• The lamp

• on the old table

• is very dusty

​Simple Predicate

• ​is a verb (action or being word)

• ​is not modified (it does not provide details)

• Usually is one word.​

Multiple Choice

Identify the simple predicate: Kannon plays basketball every day.

• Kannon

• plays

• basketball

• every day

​Complete Predicate

• ​is a verb (action/being word)

• ​is modified (provides details about the verb)

• usually is made up of two or more words​

Multiple Choice

Locate the complete predicate: Middle schoolers enjoy creating Tik Tok videos.

• Middle schoolers

• enjoy

• creating Tik Tok videos

• enjoy creating Tik Tok videos.

Punctuating Dialogue

"Put your name on your paper," said Mrs. Cook.

​The comma goes inside the quotation marks.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has the dialogue punctuated correctly?

• He stated "I cannot wait till Thanksgiving!"

• He stated I cannot wait till Thanksgiving!

• He stated, "I cannot wait till Thanksgiving!"

Multiple Choice

Review Question - Choose the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks and a comma.

• My brother asked Will "you help me with this?"

• My brother asked Will you help me with this

• My brother asked, "Will you help me with this?

• My brother asked, "Will you help me with this?"

Situation Two - Dialogue Tag Comes Last

When the dialogue tag comes last, the comma goes INSIDE the quotation.

"Probably just another trick," Doc Smith replied.

"Hey, that's not fair," Vinny complained.

"Please stay in your seat," the teacher said.

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that correctly uses punctuation in dialogue.

• "I just found out that New York is called the Big Apple," Toni told her grandmother.

• I just found out that New York is called the Big Apple, Toni told her grandmother.

• "I just found out that New York is called the Big Apple" Toni told her grandmother.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has the comma in the correct place?

• "Get up Grandfather", Little Willy said.

• "Get up Grandfather" Little Willy, said.

• "Get up Grandfather," Little Willy said.

GREAT JOB!

​You are now ready for your ELA Module 2 Assessment!