McMillian Tutorials Lesson 3 Review SHSAT

ELA Definitions

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Independent/Dependent Clause

Independent clauses has a subject, verb, and expresses a complete thought. Dependent clauses are sentences that do not make sense on there own.

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The Subject of a Sentence

The person or thing doing the action in a sentence

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Three uses of apostrophe 

1. Possessive form of single noun (my sister's game) 2. Possessive form of plural noun (the students' lunches) 3. indicate a contraction (can't wont,)

400

Define Parenthetical Information and three punctuation marks to separate it from the rest of a sentence

Parts of a sentence that provide extra information and can be removed without making the sentence meaningless. Three punctuation marks to use are commas, parenthesis, and dashes.

500

What are five uses of a comma?

1. Separate independent clauses using conjunction    2. Separate dependent and independent clauses       3. Separate introductory phrase                                4. Set off three or more items in a list                       5. Separate non-essential info                                   6. Separate coordinating adjectives

Math Definitions

100

Rational Number

Any number that can be expressed as a fraction or repeating decimal, includes negatives

200

How to Change a Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction

Multiply the denominator by the whole number and then add to the numerator. Keep over original denominator.

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How to change a fraction to a decimal

Divide the numerator by the denominator

400

How to convert decimal to percentage

Multiply by 100

500

How to divide two fractions

Keep the first one the same, change the operation sign to multiply, flip the last fraction. 

ELA Questions

100

Correct this sentence:

I saw Paris-the capital of France, in a book.

I saw Paris, the capital of France, in a book

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Correct this sentence: My older sisters soccer game is tomorrow.

My older sister's soccer game is tomorrow

300

What is wrong with this sentence: The boys and girls talks about this and that

Subject and verb do not agree

400

Correct the punctuation

I saw red white and blue streamers on July 4th

I saw red, white, and blue streamers on July 4th.

500

What is wrong with this sentence?

Painted red, I really liked the picture frame

Modifier modifies wrong noun

Math Questions

100

Convert to a mixed number 50/6

8 1/3

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3/4 divided by 5/3

9/20

300

1 - 3/4 + 1

1 and 1/4

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How would you say this number properly?

3.14

Three and fourteen hundredths

500

What is the following decimal as a simplified improper fraction ?

3.14

3 7/50

Misc.

100

Is this sentence grammatical?

I have two sister's

Not

200

True or False: According to the rules of         PEM/D/A/S sometimes you subtract before you add, and sometimes you add before you subtract

True

300

Define Integer

Any whole number positive or negative on the number line

400

Define Modifier

A word or phrase describing another word or phrase in a sentence

500

What are two uses of a semicolon

1. Separate two independent clauses

2. Separate sub groups in a list