6 th Grade Language Exam Review

1. 6th Grade Language Exam Review 2012-2013

2. Parts of speech

3. Noun • PERSON • PLACE • THING • Examples: girl, boy, car, school, teacher, college, dog, parade

4. Common Noun vs Proper Noun • Common Noun- “plain old noun” • Example: girl • Proper Noun- a SPECIFIC noun • Example: Mary

5. Pronoun • Takes the place of a NOUN • Remember ProNOUN takes the place of a NOUN! • Examples: • He, she, it, they, them, her, him… • Mary put her necklace in the box.

6. Verb • Expresses an action • Ask “what are they doing?” or “what did they do?” • Example: The boy ran downthe football field.

7. Adverb • Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another verb. • Think adVERB modifies a VERB • Look for words that end in –ly!! • Questions: When, where, how, why, under what conditions… • Example: • The girl quickly disappeared.

8. Preposition • A word placed before a noun or pronoun to make a phrase that modifies another word in the sentence • Example: • The girl read her book by the tree.

9. Conjunction • A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses • Examples: • And, but, or, while, because

10. Interjection • A word used to express emotion • Examples: • Oh! • Wow! • Oops!

11. Types of sentences

12. Declarative Sentence • A sentence that informs you. • A declarative sentence ends with a period. • Example: • I like to eat chicken nuggets for lunch.

13. Imperative Sentence • A sentence that gives a demand. • An imperative sentence can end with a period OR an exclamation mark. • Example: • Go to your room! • Turn in your homework.

14. Exclamatory Sentence • A sentence that expresses excitement. • Ends with an exclamation mark. • Example: • The house is on fire!

15. Interrogative Sentence • Asks a questions. • Ends with a question mark. • Example: • What do you want for dinner tonight?