End of Semester

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End of Semester

• Review
• Test Tuesday, December 8

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• Rewrite these sentences using the correct
  capitalization and punctuation
• 1. i dont know what to do about john he just is
  too serious in class
• I dont know what to do about John he just is
  too serious in class.
• 2. even owen cant get him to smile or laugh he
  tries his best mrs vandaan impression with no
  luck
• Even Owen cant get him to smile or laugh. He
  tries his best Mrs. VanDaan impression with no
  luck.
• 3. maybe a trip to the zoo is in order monkeys
  can make john laugh
• Maybe a trip to the zoo is in order, for monkeys
  can make John laugh.

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• Maddy had trouble keeping track of his money.
  4.In fact, he almost always ran out of money
  before he received his allowance. 5. Moreover,
  he often borrowed money from his sisters, and he
  often did not keep track of the money he owed. 6.
  As a result, his sisters were tired of loaning
  him cash. He had
• 7. even argued with them about how much he owed
  them and when he was supposed to repay it.
• 8. However, he realized that constantly
  borrowing and owing money was a problem. 9. At
  last, tired of having financial woes, he decided
  to get organized. He made up a repayment chart
  and showed his sisters. 10. Then he looked over
  his expenses and decided to stick to a budget in
  order to reach his goals. 11. Finally, he
  promised himself that if he stuck to the budget,
  he would save enough money to buy a new cell
  phone as a reward.

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• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Circle the correct verb form that agrees with
  the given subject
• example It is are
• 12. They does do
• 13. Friends tries try
• 14. The students were was
• 15. Does Do anyone know what time it
  is?
• 16. Those tacos tastes taste
• 17. Everyone have has
• 18. The teacher appreciate appreciates
• 19. The teachers appreciate appreciates
• 20 All of the vegetables was were
• 21. All of the salad were was

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• 22. Where would you place this phrase,wearing the
  black beads in the sentence below?
• Christina looked very dressed up yesterday.
• Rewrite the entire sentence correctly, including
  the phrase wearing the black beads.
• Christina, wearing the black beads, looked very
  dressed up yesterday. or Wearing the black beads,
  Christina looked very dressed up yesterday.
• 23. Where would you place this phrase, from K-9
  Aid in the sentence below?
• My friend bought a dog that can help her do
  simple tasks around the house.
• Rewrite the entire sentence correctly, including
  the phrase from K-9 Aid
• My friend bought a dog from K-9 aid that can
  help her do simple tasks around the house. or
  From K-9 Aid, my friend bought a dog that can
  help her do simple tasks around the house.

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• 24. Circle the transition word(s) that indicates
  a comparison of two things
• Consequently Suddenly Therefore
  Otherwise
• Circle the transition word(s) that indicates the
  conclusion of an essay is nearing
• Then Eventually Also Finally
• Write out the words (correctly!) that the
  contraction represents
• 26. Dont do not 28. Werent were not
• 27. Wasnt was not 29. Doesnt does not
• Write (correctly!) the contraction of each word
  below
• 30. We are were 32. They are theyre
• 31. Will not wont 33. Did not didnt

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• Book Newspaper Magazine
  Internet
• Citation Sources Name That Source! Write the
  type of source each citation represents. Use each
  word only once
• 34.Kessl, Fabian, and Nadia Kutsche.
  Rationalities, Practices, and Resistance in
  Post-Welfarism. A Comment on Kevin Stenson.
  Social Work Society 6.1 (2008)
• n. pag. Web. 10 Oct. 2008.
  Internet
• 35.Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House.
  Denver MacMurray, 1999. Print.
  Book
• 36.Buchman, Dana. "A Special Education." Good
  Housekeeping Mar. 2006 143-48. Print.
  Magazine
• 37.Trembacki, Paul. "Brees Hopes to Win Heisman
  for Team." Purdue Exponent West Lafayette, IN
  5 Dec. 2000 20. Print.
  Newspaper

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• Semicolon Usage - rewrite the following
  sentences correctly adding semicolons where they
  are needed.
• 38. At the age of twenty-one, Mrs. Street moved
  to Leavenworth, Kansas with her family she only
  lived there for one year.
• At the age of twenty-one, Mrs. Street moved to
  Leavenworth, Kansas, with her family she only
  lived there for one year.
• My mother-in-law makes sculptures with found
  objects she once went through a phase where she
  used the bones from roadkill in her art.
• My mother-in-law makes sculptures with found
  objects she once went through a stage where she
  used the bones from roadkill in her art.

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• 40. Recovering his balance, Joe Cox again made a
  horrible pass.
• Running every day, especially in the beginning of
  a running program, can lead to burnout and
  injuries.
• Many college athletes struggle academically
  because they have to travel so often during
  their season.
• When I graduated from high school, I decided
• to study music at Florida State University.

All are DEPENDENT Phrases
TO Verb infinitive phrase! Buzz Lightyear can
help you remember To Infinity. and beyond!
(get it?s) So to travel and to study would be
the infinitive ----- like in spanish ?