English 10 Cpsemester Review Guide

English 10 CPSemester Review Guide

Parts of Speech Review

Directions: For each of the words that is underlined, label the part of speech as one of the following:

Our new neighbors, the Whartons, moved intothat vacant house across the street today. I enjoyedwatching and helping whenever I could. The enormous moving van arrived around eleven o’clock, followed closely by Mr. and Mrs. Wharton, their four children, and their dog in a station wagon loaded above the windows. Moving is like an exhibition exposing all of your secrets to the public, for neighbors like to gather around and inspect each table, chair, and lamp as the movers carry them into the house.

Types of Parts of Speech

Directions: For each of the following sentences, circle the descriptors for that part of speech.

Yesterday, the substitute teacher took the student to see his administrator, Ms. Kroll.

1. Ms. Kroll is a (common/proper, abstract/concrete, compound, collective) noun
2. his is a (personal, relative, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite, reflexive) pronoun.
3. took is a(n) (action, linking, transitive, intransitive) verb.

Both the teacher and the parent were upset about the situation.

1. Both…and is a (coordinating, correlative) conjunction.
2. were is a(n) (action, linking, transitive, intransitive) verb.

Subject-Verb agreement

1. Some of the beads(is/are)missing.
2. Some of the gum (is/are) stuck to my shoe
3. Politics (is/are) my favorite class
4. The sale of CDs (is/are) important to the artist.
5. The Three Little Bears (was/were) my favorite children’s story.
6. My glasses and my bookbag (was/were) stolen.
7. Either the dog or the cats (has/have) to go.
8. Neither the cats nor the dogs (is/are) friendly.

Homophones (Part III)

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct homophones

1. We have been ______a lot. Remember when we ______a football together everyday after school? (through, threw)

1. _____ are ten apples over _____ in ______yard. But don’t touch them, because ____ not ours. (there, they’re, their)

1. He used to be bigger ____ me, but ____ I had a growth spurt this past summer. (than, then)

1. For the past ___ hours, we have traveled ____ far from home__ get back before dark. (to, too, two)

Vocabulary

Sample vocabulary sentences. Choose the right word for these sentences.

bemusedbuffooneryrecantindustrious

1. The teachers were ______, working through every day and even on the weekends

1. There was too much ______going on in the classroom so she gave the students detention.

lavishcolloquialdexterousviable

1. Students should not use the words “wanna” and “’cause” in their papers. It is too ______.

1. We looked for some ______options. Ones in which we could succeed.

1. He ____(ed) her with gifts from all over the world.

unprecedented indiscriminatedisparitydespondent

1. Students gave over two million dollars to charity. Such an amount was ______.

1. I was feeling a bit ______after hearing all of work we would have to do.

1. She was a ______voter, choosing whatever name came up first.

Literary Termsand Short Stories (Part V)

Directions: Fill in the boxes using your textbook and notes.

First Seven Years

Major players: Protagonist?

Antagonist?

Foils?

Other Lit Terms used?

The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant

Major players: Protagonist?

Antagonist?

Foils?

Other Lit Terms used?

Everyday Use

Major players: Protagonist?

Antagonist?

Foils?

Other Lit Terms used?

Life is Sweet at Kumansenu

Major players: Protagonist?

Antagonist?

Foils?

Other Lit Terms used?

The Pedestrian

Major players: Protagonist?

Antagonist?

Foils?

Other Lit Terms used?

Night

1. Elie Wiesel’s hometown

1. The process by which Jews were divided and sent to death camps was called

1. Madame Schacter had a premonition of

1. Jews were identified in the concentration camps by

1. The Holocaust was

1. Moshe the Beadle

1. Elie was given twenty-five lashes by Idek the Kapo because Elie

1. Elie’s father gave an inheritance of

1. The daily food ration of the prisoners consisted of

1. During the Holocaust, _____ million Jews were murdered.

1. The Final Solution referred to

1. Kristallnacht refers to an evening when

Sentence Diagramming (Part VII)

Directions: For each sentence, diagram it on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Who likes candy?

1. Jane washed the dirty dog yesterday.

1. The prisoner in the orange suit jumped the fence and escaped.

1. The juniors and seniors were tired from all their assessments.

1. Twenty of the players decided to hold a practice on Saturday mornings.

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