Trimester 3 Grammar Review

What does it mean to expand a sentence?

• Make it compound or complex

• Add descriptive language and ideas

• Rewrite with fewer details

• Add words - run-ons are better than fragments!

How should you combine sentences together?

• Put two or more sentences in order - make it complex or compound

• Add more details

• Just add a second sentence

• Remove unnecessary words

Which correctly expands the sentence.

He ran down the stairs to eat a snack.

• He called for his mom. "I need a snack!"

• He ran down the stairs to find a snack to eat.

• He bolted down the stairs to eat his after-school snack.

• Snacks are yummy in my tummy!

Which is correct?

• The book Zombies Are Our Friends, Too is a must read!

• The book "Zombies Are Our Friends, Too" is a must read!

Which best expands the sentence?

Mary was excited about the weekend because she had fun plans.

• Mary was excited.

• ...about her birthday.

• Mary was excited about the weekend because she planned fun activities.

• Mary was excited about the weekend because she planned fun activities for her birthday.

Which is punctuated correctly?

• You will be sad to hear, Mr. Bugger, that your son did not make the team.

• You will be sad to hear Mr. Bugger that your son did not make the team.

• You will be sad to hear Mr. Bugger, that your son did not make the team.

• You will be sad to hear, Mr. Bugger that your son did not make the team.

Answer explanation

Other details that are added can be separated by commas on both sides.

Which combines the sentences without losing meaning?

The mascot, Mr. Pickles, is quite scary. We need to change it.

• Our mascot Mr. Pickles is terrifying.

• Change it! It is terrifying.

• We need to change our mascot because it is quite scary.

This is correct, right?

The chapter "Mr. Coffee Breaks the Filter" is truly the climax of the book!

• True

• False

Where do the comma(s) go?

With luck we will have a sunny day for the game.

• With, luck, we

• luck, we

• day, for

What word does the missing comma go after?

Many students thought we were done after the PSSAs but they were wrong!

• students

• done

• PSSAs

• were