Practice Final Part 1

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Vocabulary

1. Acquit _____ A. (n.) difference, variety; a condition of having many different types or
forms
2. Amiable _____
B. (adj.) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction
3. Boisterous _____ C. (v.) to handle or use skillfully; to manage or control for personal
4. Confront _____ advantage
D. (v.) to meet face-to-face, especially as a challenge; come to grips with
5. Diversity _____
E. (v.) to put down; suppress; subdue
6. Duration _____ F. (adj.) unimportant, trivial; narrow minded; secondary in rank, minor
G. (adj.) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurements
7. Enigma _____
H. (adj.) peaceful, calm; free of emotional upset
8. Immense _____ I. (n.) the length of time that something continues or lasts
9. Instantaneous _____ J. (v.) to irritate; annoy
K. (v.) to declare not guilty; free from blame; discharge completely to
10. Irk _____
conduct or behave oneself
11. Keepsake _____ L. (adj.) friendly, good-natured
12. Manipulate _____ M. (adj.) rough and noisy in a cheerful way; high-spirited
N. (n.) someone or something that is extremely puzzling; that which
13. Maximum _____ cannot be understood or explained
14. Persevere _____ O. (adj.) done in an instant; immediate
P. (n.) something kept in memory of the giver; a souvenir
15. Petty _____
Q. (n.) the greatest possible amount or degree; (adj.) reaching the
16. Quash _____ greatest possible amount or degree
17. Ravenous _____ R. (v.) to keep doing something in spite of difficulties; to refuse to quit
even when the going is tough
18. Refute_____
S. (v.) to prove incorrect
19. Reminisce _____ T. (v.) to recall one’s past thoughts, feelings, or experiences
U. (adj.) peaceful; calm; free of emotional upset; clear and free of storm;
20. Serene _____
majestic, grand
 Kinds of Sentences:

Write the definition and an example for each of the following types of sentences.

1. Declarative

Definition:

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Example:

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2. Imperative

Definition:

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Example:

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3. Interrogative

Definition:

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Example:

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4. Exclamatory

Definition:

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Example:

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Label the type of sentence for each of the following.

1. Please bring the garage pails to the street. ___________________________

2. Can you help your sister with her homework? ___________________________

3. I cannot wait until summer break! ___________________________

4. Bobby Joe’s birthday is July 17th. ___________________________

 Subjects and Predicates

1. Underline the complete subject.

a) The anxious students await to receive their final grades.

b) That is my pen!
c) Where did everyone go?

2. Underline the complete predicate.

a) Did you check your locker for your missing book?

b) The quick brown fox jumped over the fence.
c) Bobby and Jimmy must have been studying for their finals.

3. Circle the simple subject.

a) Blue cheese is yucky!

b) The beautifully colored hot-air balloons soared over the field.
c) Modern cell phones are much more advanced than the early models.

4. Circle the simple predicate.

a) I will have been studying for three weeks when its time to take the final.
b) That crazy koala took the hat off the man’s head.
c) Can you find the tv remote for me?

5. Create a sentence with a compound subject.

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6. Create a compound predicate.

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7. Create a sentence with a compound subject and predicate.

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 Sentence Structure

8. Label each sentence as simple, compound, or complex.

a) The life guard was watching the kids swim in the water and use the boogie boards.
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b) The life guard was watching the kids swim in the water, and kept an eye on the kids
with the boogie boards. _____________
c) While the life guard was watching the kids in the water, she kept an eye on the
boogie boarders. ______________

9. Create a simple sentence using a compound subject.

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10. Create a compound sentence using the subject “pool.”

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11. Create a complex sentence that contains a comma.

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12. Label the following statements as fragment, run-on, or complete.

a) The swimming pool _______________

b) Emilia is going to Greece for her birthday this year _______________
c) Summer days can feel long when there is nothing to do reading can be an enjoyable
activity _______________
d) Many people celebrate Independence Day by having a BBQ _______________
e) When I went to the beach _______________
f) Protecting your skin from the sun can be difficult _______________

13. Create a compound sentence by joining these two clauses:

a) Hannah likes to ride her bike to her grandmother’s house.

b) Hannah does not like riding on busy streets.

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14. Create a complex sentence using the following clauses:

a) Kurt has a baseball game today.

b) It is going to rain.

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Nouns

1. List 5 common nouns:

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2. List 5 proper nouns:

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3. List 5 concrete nouns:

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4. List 5 abstract nouns:

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5. List 5 collective nouns (cannot be about animals)

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6. Circle the common noun: Frank enjoys eating pizza from Uno’s.

7. Circle the proper noun: She has been to Disney seven times in her life.

8. Write the plural form of each of the following words

a) Person ____________________
b) Glass _____________________
c) Cherry _____________________
d) Half _____________________
 Pronouns

1. Complete the chart of personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Number Person Gender
Subject Object Possessive
1st male/female
2nd male/female
Singular male
3rd female
neutral
1st male/female
Plural 2nd male/female
3rd male/female/neutral

2. Circle the subject pronouns, underline the object pronouns, and box the possessive
pronouns.

He often reads to his little sister at night. Her favorite book is The Very Hungry
Caterpillar. They like to sit in her room with their littlest brother. His sister loves to
listen to him.

In the following sentences, underline the demonstrative pronoun and put an S if it is

singular and a P if it is plural.

3. ___ That is the biggest horse I ever saw.

4. ___ These are delicious cookies.
5. ___ I saw you do that.
6. ___ I don’t understand this.
7. ___ Those are your only choices.

Choose the correct indefinite pronoun.

8. Each of the men raised (his, their) arms to the crowd.
9. All of the paints will keep (its, their) color for years.
10. Both of the boys will complete (his, their) assignments.
11. Many who heard the thunder thought (he, they) would outwit the storm.
12. Either of the actresses will do (her, their) best.

Practice: Complete each sentence with an interrogative pronoun.

13. _______________________ wrote on the wall?
14. With ______________________ did they leave?
15. ________________ can you tell us about it?
16. ______________________ direction are you headed?
17. _____________________shoes are these?

Directions: Write a sentence with each relative pronoun given below.

18. Who-
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19. Which-
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20. That -
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21. Whom-
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22. Whose-
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Identify the antecedent for the bold pronoun.

1. June brought her books back to the library. _________________
2. I baked you a cake, but I burned it. _________________
3. They came to the party and brought their costumes. _________________
4. Bob loves his younger brother, who worships him. _________________

5. I want to take singing lessons, but my mother cannot afford to pay for them.
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Verbs

Circle main verb in the following sentences:

1. Every summer, my family and I gather for a reunion.

2. Everyone brings their favorite food.

3. My little sisters and I wonder who is the oldest person in the family.

Underline the verb phrase.

4. I will have been working for 35 years by the time I retire.

5. Patricia will be running in the relay.

6. Can dogs stand on their hind legs?

Circle the linking verb. Underline the two words that the linking verb is connecting.

7. The entire school smells like new paint.

8. Greta felt sorry for the poor people.

9. Stacey and Becky are fantastic writers.

10. Complete the following verb tense chart:

Verb Past Tense Past Participle Present Tense Present

Participle
To Swing
To Decide

Aspect

Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect

(indefinite) Progressive
(Complete) (Continuing)

Tensed Tensed have Tensed be + Tensed have +

+Past Present past participle
Participle Participle of be + Present
participle

Tense Past

Present

Future

11. Complete the following chart using the verb: “to swim”

Choose the correct verb to agree with the subject in the following sentences:

12. The boys (walk-walks) to school every day.

13. The weather on the coast (appear-appears) to be good this weekend.

14. The center on the basketball team (bounce-bounces) the ball too high.