English Test Study Guide for 6/7
Know the eight parts of speech.
noun interjection verb adjective
pronoun preposition adverb conjunction
Be able to label the four types of sentences. Punctuate them correctly.
I have a cat. declarative
Where is your mom? interrogative
Clean your room. imperative
I won the lottery! exclamatory
Know the difference between a subject and a predicate. The complete subject contains all of the words that tell who or what the sentence is about. The complete predicate contains the verb and all of the words that tell you what happened in the sentence. Sentences can be divided in half between the complete subject and the complete predicate.
My neighbor’s dog barked all night long.
Nicole lost her science homework.
Know the difference between common and proper nouns. Be able to identify them in a sentence. Remember that common nouns are lowercase (unless they come at the beginning of a sentence), and proper nouns are capitalized.
Examples of common nouns: Examples of proper nouns:
rock Michigan
dog Mrs. Decoster
school St. Mary
Know the difference between concrete and abstract nouns.
Examples of concrete nouns: Examples of abstract nouns:
book knowledge
desk love
Know how to make nouns plural. Remember the rules we studied:
· For most nouns you add s.
o Rock becomes rocks.
· For nouns ending in ch, sh, s, ss, zz, or x, you add es.
o Box becomes boxes.
· For most nouns that end in a vowel then y, you add s.
o Toy becomes toys.
· For most nouns ending in a consonant then y, you change the y to i and add es.
o Fairy becomes fairies.
· For most nouns ending in f or fe, you usually change the f to a v and add es.
o Leaf becomes leaves.
Know how to identify compound nouns and make then plural. Remember the rules we studied:
· For compound nouns written as one word, you use the same plural rules we follow for regular nouns (see above examples).
o Mailbox becomes mailboxes.
· For compound nouns written separately and for those joined by hyphens, you make the most important word plural.
o Ice skate becomes ice skates.
o Mother-in-law becomes mothers-in-law.
Know how to use apostrophes to make possessive nouns. Remember the rules we studied:
· For most singular nouns, you add an apostrophe and s to make the possessive form. This is true even if the singular noun already ends in s.
o That is the boy’s mother.
o The bus’s door is broken.
· For most plural nouns, if you have already added an s to pluralize the noun, you just put an apostrophe at the end of the word.
o Those are the cars’ engines (there is more than one car, but it is also possessive).
· For plural nouns that do not end in s, you add apostrophe s to make it possessive.
o Those are the children’s books.