Directions: Read the sentence. There may be a mistake in sentence structure or grammar. If you find a mistake, correct it. If there is no mistake, write Correct as is.

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9th grade Benchmark 1
Language Conventions

• Directions Read the sentence. There may be a
  mistake in sentence structure or grammar. If you
  find a mistake, correct it. If there is no
  mistake, write Correct as is.

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Try Your Luck!

• The teenage girl upset at her mother ran to her
  room and slammed the door.
• ANS. Upset at her mother, the teenage girl ran to
  her room and slammed the door.
• 2. Martin Luther King Jr.s famous I Have a
  Dream speech at the Washington Memorial was a
  momentous event in civil rights history.
• ANS. Correct as is.

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Try Your Luck!

• 3. Mrs. Dela-Xiongs library books is available
  to all students.
• Ans. books plural (they) are available.
• 4. The students, who are doing well in Geometry,
  has prepared for the final exam.
• Ans. students plural (they) have prepared

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It's Your Turn... Show what you know.

• 5. The old woman rushing to the mailbox just in
  time to catch the mailman.
• 6. Dr. Sanchezs Back to School Night speech to
  the parents was fantastic.
• 7. Out of all the football players, John are very
  talented.
• 8. The cheers, which are loud, have motivated the
  basketball team.

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How'd You Do?

• 5. The old woman rushing to the mailbox just in
  time to catch the mailman.
• Ans. Rushing to the mailbox, the old woman was
  just in time to catch the mailman.
• 6. Dr. Sanchezs Back to School Night speech to
  the parents was fantastic.
• Ans. Correct.
• 7. Out of all the football players, John are very
  talented.
• Ans. subject John (singular- he). John is
• 8. The cheers, which are loud, have motivated the
  basketball team.
• Ans. Correct as is.

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Types of Nouns Proper vs. Common

• Common nouns names any one of a group of
  persons, places, things, or ideas and is
  generally not capitalized.
• Proper nouns specific, particular. Name a
  person, place, thing, and idea.
• Name a proper noun for each common noun below
• scientist
• woman
• city
• building
• continent
• day

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Abstract vs. Concrete Nouns

• Concrete can be perceived by 1 senses.
• examples
• cloud, poison ivy, thunder, silk, yogurt, Sarah
• Abstract an idea, feeling, quality, or
  characteristic that cant be touched.
  Intangible.
• examples
• freedom, well-being, beauty, kindness, Buddhism

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Compound Nouns

• Def 2 words used together as a single noun (one
  word, separate words, hyphenated word).
• One Word
• Firefighter, Iceland, newspaper
• Separate Words
• prime minister, Gulf of Mexico, fire drill
• Hyphenated Word
• sister-in-law, Port-au-Prince, pull-up

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Collective Nouns

• Definition a word that names a group of people,
  animals, or things.
• Give examples of the 3 categories
• People
• audience, chorus, committee, crew
• Animals
• ___ of wolves, ____ of cows, gaggle of ____, ___
  of fish.
• Things
• Assortment, batch, bundle, cluster