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SAT 5: IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS

SAT 5: IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS. IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS. Tests your knowledge of Grammar Parts of a sentence Usage Agreement Word Choice “idioms” using the best word Sometimes includes the exceptions of our speech. E.g. “Go”, “Gone”, “Went”. MOST COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS.

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SAT 5: IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS

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  1. SAT 5: IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS

  2. IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS • Tests your knowledge of • Grammar • Parts of a sentence • Usage • Agreement • Word Choice • “idioms” using the best word • Sometimes includes the exceptions of our speech. • E.g. “Go”, “Gone”, “Went”

  3. MOST COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS • Subject/Verb agreement • Parallelism • Placement of modifiers • Use of relative clauses

  4. WHAT IS A SENTENCE? • Sentences consist of • Subject: Person or thing that is being discussed. • Answers the question “Who” • “John”, “Mary”, “He”, “She”, “It” • Predicate: The form of a verb • “Walked”, “Talked”, “Fell”

  5. GRAMMAR REVIEW • Noun: Person, place, or thing • Adjective: Descriptive word • Verb: Action word • Adverb: Describes a verb or an adjective

  6. PRACTICE! • Underline the subject • Who or what is the sentence about? • Circle the verb • What is the subject doing? • What is happening?

  7. GRAMMAR USAGE • Now that we have identified the grammar, lets look at our grammar USAGE • All of our grammar must Agree. • Qualitatively and Quantitatively • Same amount of subjects to verbs • Same tense (past, present, progressive) • “I go”…”I like to go to the movies” • “She went”…..”She went to the movies last night” • “They were”….”They were at the movies together”

  8. PRACTICE IDENTIFYING ERRORS • Page 150-151 • Questions 1-8 • Model together • Read sentences aloud • What sounds incorrect? • If you would re-word the sentence, how would you change it? • Independent Practice • Page 479-480 • Questions 12-29 • Separate sheet of paper

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