STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FIFTH BIMONTHLY EXAM

It is very important that you answer the study guide. You must print it and bring it to the english class by Tuesday , June 15th.

In each sentence, underline both subject and the verb. If the verb agreees with the subject, write correct on the f it does not agree , write the correct verb in the line.

- Carl sing in a church choir. _______________
- The captain stand at the wheel ship. _______________
- Marsha and Kelley sit together in the cafeteria _______________
- Whoops! the bucket are overflowing. _______________
- The cats was watching he birds outside the window. _______________


Underline the verb in parentheses that agrees with the subject.

- Either the wild dogs or the baboon (makes, make) the howling sound
- Neither crackers nor bread ( is, are) good for the ducks.
- the tourists and their guide ( waits, wait) tensely for the elephant to cross the road.
- Neither the tourists nor the guide ( has, have) time to photograph the zebra
- Both the zoo director and his assistants ( speaks, speak) at fundraisers.


Write each numbered sentence on the appropiate line, using the correct present tense form of the verb.


(1) One of my friends (be) planning a surprise birthday aprty for Elisa. (2) All of her school friends (know) about the party. (3) Many (have) already bought some decorations. For example there will be balloons. (4) another group (want) to bake her an extravagant cake. (5) Everybody (agree) that this will be the best surprise birthday party ever.

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2_________________________________________________________________________
3_________________________________________________________________________
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Capitalize the words that need to be capitalized in the following sentences.

1-My friend marie plays the French horn in our local orchestra.
2-When aunt Irene visited, we went with her to st. Cyril byzantine Church.
3-“when you say book do you mean only novels? asked Julie
4-Julie replied, “there are books filled with poems, essays and short stories too.”
5-Have you ever heard the song “this land is your land”.
6-Maybe someday I will visit england, france and other countries of europe.
7-In the past people took ships like the queen mary to europe.
8-Students from mitchell middle school are studying the 19th century in their american history class.
9-President monroe is also known for the monroe doctrine, a document that told the powers of europe to keep their hands off the western hemisphere.
10-Where did eve learn to speak portuguese so fluently?


Capitalize each letter that should be capitalized in the outline.

Brazil
I.location
II.climate facts.
a.average temperature in summer.
b.average temperature in winter.
c.average temperature precipitation.
III.the people
a.languages
b.religion
c.major cities.


Add periods, question marks and exclamation points where necessary in the following paragraph. (7 points)

Have you ever seen or heard about an annual Vermont town meeting Every spring, around maple sugaring time, all the town’s citizens meet in the town hall There they vote on any issue that concerns them, from rats in the town dump to school issues to international problems Even though a town has no responsibility for international relations, citizens express their opinions proudly what a way to practice democracy the town meeting is a grand social occasion, as well People get to meet and greet their neighbors after the long Vermont winter


Insert commas where necessary in the following sentences.( 11 points)

-Nurses today work at hospitals school camps homes and work places.
-Kenny an Australian nurse aroused controversy due to her treatment methods
-Without any medical training she treated victims of polio in the bush country.
-The play is scheduled for December 19 2000 to January 9 2001 but there may be an extension.
-The address of the auditorium is 75 Brinton Street Toledo Ohio


Add quotation marks where necessary in the dialogue below. (7 points)

A scientist has announced that her team will find intelligent life else where in the universe.
Interesting! Says Dr. Potts. I’d like to see how she plans to do this.
That claims Dr. Barbosa is preposterous. I don´t believe she´ll find anything.
Dr. Potts retorts Dr. Barbosa, the universe is large. Can´t you admit that intelligent life might be out there somewhere?
No. I don´t believe in any of these alien or UFO stories Dr. Barbosa replies.
I don´t believe the stories either, but I do believe tha aliens exist concludes Dr. Potts.


Add semicolons and colons where they are needed in the following sentences. (7 points)

- I don’t mind cats, dogs, or fish but she wants to have lizards, snakes , and spiders
- Joan doesn´t study she’s unlikely to do well in math.
- However , Joan is a good athlete she trains hard.
- The dogs get fed at 7 00 A.M. and 6 00 P.M
- My father is from Atlanta, Georgia my mother is from Portland, Maine and I was born in Chicago.
Add dashes and parentheses where they are needed in these sentences.
- Light travels at the rate of 300,000 kilometers per second 186,000 miles per second
- Copernicus as you might know decided that the earth travels around the sun.
- Halley’s comet I’ve never seen it approaches the earth about every 76 years.
- The world´s largest telescope the Keck Telescope sits in a volcano in Hawaii.
- The mass of one black hole my goodness! Is estimated to be around 3.5 billion times that of the sun.


In each sentence below, underline the word that uses the apostrophe incorrectly or should have an apostrophe but does not.Then write the word correctly in the line.

- Shes the one who can play difficult piano music. ________________
- It’s a wonder you got any of those problems right. ________________
- I wonder what theyre going to bring ________________
- The authors corrections were not always legible. ________________
- Three boy´s left their books in their lockers. ________________



Use each title given in parentheses in a sentence, punctuating the title correctly.


- ( patriotic song: Yankee Doodle)
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- (long musical work by Ludwig Van Beethoven: Fifth Symphony)
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- (short story featuring Sherlock Holmes: The speckled Band)
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- ( poem from alice in wonderland: Jabberwocky)
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- (luhar landing craft: The Eagle)
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