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Writing and Language Review

Writing and Language Review

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English

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5th Grade

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Medium

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CCSS
L.4.1E, L.4.1B, L.4.2C

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Writing and Language Review

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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

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences uses a comma correctly?

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

2

You enjoy spending time at the park, right?

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

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Prepositions

  • tell a location, direction, or time

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

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Multiple Choice

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

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missing

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earring

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under

4

pillow

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Multiple Choice

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

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beside the swimming pool

2

ice cream cart

3

cart was beside

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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.

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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.

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excited or happy

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nervous or anxious

3

mad or upset

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Multiple Choice

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

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

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

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

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Perfect Tense Verbs

  • Past perfect verbs use "had".

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

  • Future perfect verbs use "will have".

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences uses present perfect verbs?

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

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The students have been behaving with their new teacher.

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My family had finished their salads before their steaks arrived.

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a past perfect verb?

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

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Jack has studied biology since high school.

3

My friends had watched the movie before I arrived.

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