Warm-Up

1. Warm-Up • 1. Correct the following sentence: • 1st pd. • Me and Greg went to the game last night. • 2nd & 4thpds. • John, Peter, and us went to the Braves game.

2. Warm-Up • 2. Which of the following sentences is NOT correct: • Jacob wrote hisself a note. • I don’t feel like myself. • She is herself. • Amelia designed the dress herself.

3. Warm-Up • 4. Which of the following organizational patterns would be BEST used for an essay about the living conditions of slaves in the South before the Civil War? • A. Compare and Contrast • B. Chronological Order • C. Order of Importance • D. Cause and Effect

4. Warm-Up • 3. What is the antecedent for the underlined word in the sentence below: • house • Johnny • back • book Johnny went back to his house to get a book.

5. Warm-Up • 5. Which of the following is a complete sentence? • A. The girl with the blond hair. • B. She ran. • C. Her mother, the chef. • D. Even though I didn’t know.

6. Warm-Up • 6. Which of the choices below is the BEST way to correct the following sentence: • At the flower show last week mrs. Potts has lilies, orchids, and Violets. • At the flower show last week, Mrs. Potts had Lilies, orchids, and Violets. • At the flower show last week mrs. Potts has lilies, orchids, and violets. • At the flower show last week, Mrs. Potts had lilies, orchids, and violets. At the flower show last week mrs. Potts has Lilies orchids and Violets.

7. Warm-Up • 7. Identify the part of speech underlined in the sentence below: • Interrogative pronoun • Demonstrative pronoun • Relative pronoun • Reflexive pronoun Did you see that field goal at the end of the Falcons game on Sunday?

8. Warm-Up • 8. Choose the correct pair of pronouns to complete the following sentences: • Their; his • her; their • His; hers • Our; your Every student should read _____ AR book for 20 minutes each night. Students who do not read enough at home hinder ______ vocabulary growth.

9. Warm-Up • 9. Choose the correct pair of pronouns to complete the following sentences: • I; me • We; you • I; he • He; they Every time _____ run to class, some teacher stops me. I think _____ just doesn’t want me to be on time!

10. Warm-Up • 10. Choose the sentence with correct pronoun usage: • A. Me and Tia went to Six Flags last week. • B. She ran to meet we at the store. • C. She and us walked to school this morning. • D. He gave the money to Riley and me.

11. Warm-Up • 11. Choose the sentence with correct pronoun usage: • A. It’s smile scared me. • B. Who’s book is this? • C. It’s going to be a long day. • D. That book is her’s.

12. Warm-Up • 12. Identify the structure of the following sentence: • Simple sentence • Complex sentence • Compound sentence • Compound-complex sentence We wanted to go to Six Flags this weekend, but we had too much to do.

13. Warm-Up • 13. Identify the underlined word in the following sentence: • Preposition • Subordinating conjunction • Verb • Coordinating conjunction We wanted to go to Six Flags this weekend, but we had too much to do.

14. Warm-Up • 14. Which of the following sentences is incorrect? • I like donuts, they are tasty. • I like donuts because they are tasty. • I like donuts. They are tasty. • I like donuts; they are tasty.

15. Warm-Up • 15. Correct the following sentence: • after hitting an iceberg the titanic sank killing more than 1500 men women and children

16. Warm-Up • 16. Choose the sentence with correct end punctuation: • A. How many students are in this class! • B. What time does the movie start. • C. I like oranges? • D. I wonder how old he is.

17. Warm-Up • 17. Correct the following sentence: • before he left the beach michael collected fifteen seashells seven sand dollars and a conch shell

18. Warm-Up • 18. Correct the following sentence: • the small fragile locket was a treasured heirloom and kathryn wore it with pride

19. Warm-Up • 19. Correct the following sentence: • you can leave for the game mrlasky said

20. Warm-Up • 20. Which of the following sources would NOT be RELEVANT if you were writing a how-to about decorating your room? • A. An interview with an employee from the Home Depot paint department • B. An internet article about new bedding styles • C. A catalogue featuring new trends in kitchen appliances • D. A magazine article about color schemes

21. Warm-Up • 21. Place commas where appropriate in the following sentence: • Yes I am quite the cook although sometimes Otto the other cook in the house gives me a hand.

22. Warm-Up • 22. Place commas where appropriate in the following sentence: • The thick dark mud pulled at the ankles of the horses but they trudged on anyway.

23. Warm-Up • 23. Which coordinating conjunction would best fill in the blank in the following sentence? • For • And • Nor • So Riley does not like onions, _______ does he like tomatoes.

24. Warm-Up • 24. Which coordinating conjunction would best fill in the blank in the following sentence? • For • And • Nor • So The dinner was such a success that Marley ran out of butter, _______ she had to run to the grocery store before it was over.

25. Warm-Up • 25. What is the problem with the following sentence? • Comma splice • Run-on • Nothing is wrong • Incorrect end punctuation Tourist love its beauty, historians enjoy its cultures and ancient ruins.

26. Warm-Up • 26. Correct the following sentence: • every thanksgiving aunt beth cooks a turkey stuffing green bean casserole and collard greens which are my favorites

27. Warm-Up • 27. Correct the following sentence: • last week me and avery played guitar hero every day during the break

28. Warm-Up • 28. Choose the sentence that is written correctly: • She run track last year. • She runs track last year. • She ran track last year. • She will run track last year.