Final Review

Question 1

Name 3 banned adjectives and give a substitute for each.

Answer 1

pretty/ugly, good/bad, nice/mean, big/a lot

Question 2

Name 3 banned verbs and give a substitute for each.

Answer 2

go/went, say/said, come/came, get/got

Question 3

List the dress-ups you have learned.

Answer 3

Quality adjective, strong verb, -ly word, who/which clause, because clause

Question 4

What are the 3 sentence openers you have learned?

Answer 4

2 prepositions, #3 -ly, #6 very short sentence

Question 5

Report paragraphs should begin with a _______ sentence.

Answer 5

Topic

Question 6

What should the clincher of a report paragraph do?

Answer 6

Repeat or reflect 2-3 words from the topic sentence.

Question 7

The time and place of a story is called the ___________

Answer 7

setting

Question 8

In a story, the event that leads to the problem being solved is the what?

Answer 8

climax

Question 9

The main problem of a story is called the ________

Answer 9

conflict

Question 10

How should you create a title?

Answer 10

Repeat or reflect 1-3 words from the final clincher

Question 11

What is the difference between it’s and its?

Answer 11

It’s = it is, its is possessive

Question 12

What is the difference between there and their?

Answer 12

there is the opposite of here, their is possessive

Question 13

What are the question starter words?

Answer 13

Who, what, when, where, why, how, how feel, best, worst

Question 14

Name 5 prepositions

Answer 14

see page 155

Question 15

What’s wrong with this sentence:

My teacher, who works hard to help us.

Answer 15

It is a fragment, incomplete