English T2

What is a summary?

• Imagine you were telling someone about a movie you just watched

• A summary would include JUST the IMPORTANT parts of the book or movie you are sharing about!

What is a WRITTEN summary?

• It should be in COMPLETE sentences

• Include key events from the story

• The events should go in ORDER

• Should be 5-7 sentences

What is a Summary NOT?

• Retelling the whole story from start to finish

• The minor details that aren't important

• Longer than the story

Follow this format when writing a summary!

• In the beginning... (think exposition)

• Next... (rising action)

• Then... (climax)

• After that... (falling action)

• In the end... (resolution)

Multiple Choice

Turn over a bag of potato chips. Is the label interesting? A simple food recipe may use several ingredients. These come from the soil and from chemistry labs around the world. Surprises also show up in the labels on clothing and other products. Look at the label on a package of lipstick. The tube seems small and shiny, but inside lipstick there is soap, oil, fish scales, and wax!

Which is the best way to summarize this passage?

• A bag of potato chips seems like a simple recipe. There are many ingredients from the soil and from chemistry labs.

• Clothes and other products have many ingredients as well. Lipstick alone has soap, oil, wax, and fish scales.

• Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have many ingredients.

• Lipstick seems small and shiny. Look at the label sometime. It has at least four different ingredients.

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The Blackpole Warbler is a tiny bird that takes a really long trip. This little songbird lives in the forests of North America in the summer. However, when the weather turns cold in North America, the Blackpole Warbler takes flight.These small birds fly all the way to the Caribbean, where they spend the winter on warm tropical beaches. How far does the warbler fly for this tropical getaway? Scientists have tracked the Blackpole Warbler and say these amazing birds can fly over 1,700 miles!

Which is the best summary of this text?

• The blackpole warbler is a small bird. It is also asongbird. It can fly.

• The blackpole warbler is a small songbird that can flyover 1,700 miles.

• The blackpole warbler is a small songbird that flies fromNorth America all the way to the Caribbean. The bird fliesover 1,700 miles.

• Birds often migrate to warmer places in the winter.

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Where and when the story takes place.

• Setting

• Place

• Event

• Area

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What is this?

• Character
• Setting
• Conflict

Lookfor keywords such as like, such as, or

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The decor, including the fancy lights, beautiful paintings and unique furniture made the house look stunning. What does the word decor mean?

• Decorations

• Furniture

• Paintings

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A volunteer firefighter works for no pay. What does the word volunteer mean?

• A firefighter

• Someone who works for no pay

• Someone who is paid to work

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A beaver uses its big front teeth to gnaw trees. These incisors continue to grow as they are worn away. What does the word incisors mean?

• Teeth

• Claws

• A type of beaver

Multiple Choice

Choose the modal that would best complete the following sentence if someone was asking for permission:

_________________ I sharpen my pencil?

• May

• Can

• Will

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

Select the modal that expresses a future plan and best completes this sentence:
We ___________ leave for our trip tomorrow.

• Can
• Could
• Would
• Will

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Select the modal that gives permission and best completes the following sentence:
You ______________ borrow my favorite book.

• Might
• Would
• Must
• Can

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You _______ read the washing machine instructions carefully or you will ruin your clothes.

• CAN

• MUST

• MAY

A pronoun takes the place of a noun!

examples: she; he; we; they; it; me; I; you

relative pronouns

used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun

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What is a pronoun?

• an action word

• a word that takes the place of a noun

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That's the house ___ I was telling you about.

• which

• whose

• who

• where

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That's the cat ____ caught a fish yesterday.

• who

• which

• whose

• where

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The house ______ I bought is very small

• which

• who

• where

• have

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The book _______ I read was very good.

• which

• who

• where

• have

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Students ____ study hard get good grades.

• who

• whose

• which

• where

Sentence Fragments

Sentences

A sentence is a group of words that contain a complete thought or idea. All sentences have a subject and predicate.

Fragment

Part of a sentence, or an incomplete sentence, is called a sentence fragment. Sentence fragments cannot stand alone!

Examples

• Drove to the store. (no subject)

• Because the sun. (group of words)

• The girls on the porch. (no predicate)

Identify It!

Read each example. Choose whether the example is a complete sentence or a sentence fragment.

Multiple Choice

Threw the ball.

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

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Cheered, clapped, and yelled.

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

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The soccer ball bounced against the goal post.

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct order of adjectives.

• a cotton, orange shirt

• an orange, cotton shirt

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct order of adjectives.

• a large, pretty basket

• a pretty, large basket

Multiple Choice

Speech marks are needed for what?

• Direct Speech

• Indirect Speech

Multiple Choice

When something is being repeated exactly as it was, usually in between a pair of inverted commas, it is called....

• Indirect Speech

• Reported Speech

• Direct Speech

Direct Speech

Direct speech is a sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks (also known as quotation marks or inverted commas). For example: "You'll never guess what I've just seen!" said Sam, excitedly. "What's that?" asked Louise.

indirect or reported speech.

Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech. direct speech: 'I work in a bank,' said Daniel. indirect speech: Daniel said that he worked in a bank.

Multiple Choice

 A prefix goes _________of a word.

• at the end

• in the middle

• at the beginning

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 A suffix goes _______of a word.

• at the end

• in the middle

• at the beginning

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What is the main part of the word called?

• root word

• word

• suffix

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The base word in disagree is?

• dis

• agree

• ee

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The prefix un- in the word "unfriend" means

• where

• inside

• not

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I was given a handful of cookies. What does "handful" mean?

• without hands

• hands full off

• hands again

Multiple Choice

In which Progressive Form is : Cody was doing his homework when the phone rang.

• Present Progressive

• Future Progressive

• Past Progressive

• None

Multiple Choice

What Tense is the sentence below:

The team will play in the championships at the end of the month.

• Present Perfect

• Future Perfect

• Present Tense

• Future Tense

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What tense is the verb: am going

• Past Progressive

• Present Progressive

• Future Progressive

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What tense is the verb: was turning

• Past Progressive

• Present Progressive

• Future Progressive

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What tense is the verb: will be calling

• Past Progressive

• Present Progressive

• Future Progressive

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that uses informal language:

• It was clearly indicated in the document
• I regret to inform you...
• Should you have a problem, please feel free to call.
• Give me the salt, will ya?

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Choose the sentence that uses formal language:

• I don't care if you do it or not.
• Just yell of you have any problems.
• A loss of your name tag should be reported immediately.
• Lots of kids love that kind of music.

Multiple Choice

Which quotation uses the comma correctly?

• Frank cried, "You broke my favorite coffee cup."

• Frank cried ", You broke my favorite coffee cup."

• Frank, cried "You broke my favorite coffee cup."

• Frank cried "You broke my, favorite coffee cup."

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is the best way to show strong emotion?

• I see a bee.

• Bees are inside.

• Watch out for the huge buzzing bee!

• Do you see the bee?

Multiple Choice

What is the correct punctuation for this sentence?

What are we eating for lunch

• Period .

• Exclaimation !

• Question mark ?

• Comma ,

Multiple Choice

What goes at the end of this sentence?
WOW!  Did you see that ___

• !
• .
• ?
• ,

Multiple Choice

Pick that up now

• !
• ?
• ;
• .

Multiple Choice

This mark is used to show excitement or emphasis.

• ellipsis
• hyphen
• parentheses
• exclamation point

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This mark is used at the end of a question.

• exclamation point
• question mark
• period
• colon

Multiple Choice

This mark is used to note the end of a declarative sentence.

• period
• quotation mark
• parenthesis
• apostrophe

Multiple Choice

OUCH that hurt

• .
• ?
• !

Multiple Choice

The sky is blue

• .
• ?
• !