Name: _________________________ Section: ________________________ Date: __________________________ Grammar Review- Conj/Inter (10 points) Match the definition to the conjunction: 1. ________ Coordinating
a. link independent to a dependent clause
2. ________ Correlative
b. link words (and, for, but, or)
3. ________ Subordinating
c. links words, but used in pairs (both…and)
Circle the conjunctions: 4. Winston Churchill said, “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” 5. No sense being pessimistic because it probably wouldn’t work anyway. 6. It’s lonely at the top, but you eat better there. 7. I started jogging so that I would get in shape, I didn’t expect to like it. Add an interjection to the following sentences: 8. ________________ That guy can run faster than anyone in the world! 9. ________________ I touched a hot burner and now my finger hurts! 10. ________________ That volleyball game was the most intense I’ve seen in years!
Name: ________________________ Sentence Structure Review (20 points) Directions: 1. Label the following sentence: simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. 2. Then label the subject “Subj” and the Predicate “Pred” for each independent clause. (All clauses are set off by a slash mark ‘/’.) 3. If there is a conjunction, circle it.
1. ________________
/ The largest mammals are found in the sea; / there’s nowhere else to put them. / 2. ________________
/ When the heat comes, / the lakes dry up, / and farmers know the crops will fail. / 3. ________________
/ My son toasts and butters his bagel. / 4. ________________
/ Even though the sun is a star, / it knows how to change back to the sun in the daytime. 5. ________________
/ Americans eat more bananas in the summer. /