Review for Test

Writing 1

100

Deconstruct the ________ so you what is expected of you. 

question

200

When you are writing a formal letter, you need to sign off using....

"Yours sincerely" or "Yours faithfully"

300

You need to think about how you can change your choice of ______ to match your _______.

You need to think about how you can change your choice of WORDS to match you AUDIENCE

400

List 6 different purposes of writing

to write, to persuade, to argue, to advise, to inform, to explain, to describe

500

List 5 different forms of writing

a newspaper article, a magazine column, an email, a formal letter, a report, a short story.

Writing 2

100

Why are paragraphs helpful to the reader?

They make reading easier.

200

When should you start a new paragraph?

You use a paragraph to show changes in time, place, or focus.

300

Why do you need connectives in your writing?

to link ideas, sentences, and paragraphs

400

What 4 groups can you organize connectives into?

Temporal, Place, Sequence, Compare/Contrast

500

Read these two paragraphs and decide what is the reason for making another paragraph:

The moon shone down on the silent street. Shadows of trees swayed across the pavement, moving swiftly like thieves in the night. The ground glittered with frost.

In the old house at the end of the road, nothing could be heard except the ticking of an old grandfather clock. Cobwebs stretched across the walls and ceilings, and dust lay grey and thick on all the surfaces.

*Extra 100 points to the team that can find the connective. 

A paragraph is used here to show that the writer is moving their focus to a different place. 

*connective is "In the old house at the end of the road,"

Writing 3

100

The 3 kinds of sentences are......

1. Simple

2. Compound

3. Complex

200

In a sentence the subordinate clause can go at the _______, _________, or _______

Beginning, middle, or end

300

_______tense is happening now. _______ tense already happened.

Present, Past

400

What kind of tense is for things that will definitely happen?

Future

500

What type of tense is for things that could happen, or could have happened, in the right circumstances?

Conditional

Writing 4

100

_________ is used to show ownership or abbreviation. 

Apostrophe

200

________ is used in a complex sentence to separate the main clause from the subordinate clause. 

A comma

300

What is the main clause?

The central idea of a sentence

400

What is a subordinate clause?

extra information in the sentence

500

A _______ starts a list or emphasizes a point.

colon

Spelling

100

Make this word plural:

bake

bakes

200

Make this word plural:

fox

foxes

300

Add -ing to this word:

run

running

400

Add -ed to this word:

beg

begged

500

make this word plural:

wolf

wolves