1. SAT 5: IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS

2. IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS
Tests your knowledge of
Grammar
Parts of a sentence
Usage
Agreement
Word Choice
“idioms” using the best word
Sometimes includes the exceptions of our speech.
E.g. “Go”, “Gone”, “Went”

3. MOST COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS
Subject/Verb agreement
Parallelism
Placement of modifiers
Use of relative clauses

4. Subject: Person or thing that is being discussed.
WHAT IS A SENTENCE?
Sentences consist of
Subject: Person or thing that is being discussed.
Answers the question “Who”
“John”, “Mary”, “He”, “She”, “It”
Predicate: The form of a verb
“Walked”, “Talked”, “Fell”

5. Noun: Person, place, or thing Adjective: Descriptive word
GRAMMAR REVIEW
Noun: Person, place, or thing
Adjective: Descriptive word
Verb: Action word
Adverb: Describes a verb or an adjective

6. PRACTICE! Underline the subject Circle the verb
Who or what is the sentence about?
Circle the verb
What is the subject doing?
What is happening?

7. GRAMMAR USAGE
Now that we have identified the grammar, lets look at our grammar USAGE
All of our grammar must Agree.
Qualitatively and Quantitatively
Same amount of subjects to verbs
Same tense (past, present, progressive)
“I go”…”I like to go to the movies”
“She went”…..”She went to the movies last night”
“They were”….”They were at the movies together”

8. PRACTICE IDENTIFYING ERRORS
Page
Questions 1-8
Model together
Read sentences aloud
What sounds incorrect?
If you would re-word the sentence, how would you change it?
Independent Practice
Page
Questions 12-29
Separate sheet of paper