English VIII Study Guide

 ADJECTIVES are words to describe nouns (animals, objects, people, concepts or things).
 ADJECTIVES are words to describe physical appearance and personality.
 COMPOSITION is the act of using words to create sentences in a coherent written work.
 Some examples of prepositions of place are: below, above, under, on, in.
 Some examples of adjectives to describe personality are: happy, friendly, polite.
 Some examples of adjectives to describe physical appearance are: short, slim, tall, old.
 The correct position of the intensifier “too” to describe a noun in a sentence is: too + adjective.
 The correct position of the intensifier “enough” in a sentence to describe a noun is: adjective +
enough.
 CONNECTORS are words used to establish different types of relationships between words,
sentences, or ideas.
 SO THAT is a connector used to mention the purpose of an idea.
 ALTHOUGH is a connector used to give a contrast between two ideas.
 WITH is a connector used to add more information to an idea.
 SO is a connector used to provide the result of an idea.
 The main parts of a composition are: INTRODUCTION, BODY and CONCLUSION.
 INTRODUCTION is the part of a composition that introduces or presents the TOPIC and gives the
GENERAL IDEA.
 BODY is the part of a composition that gives CONCRETE EXAMPLES of ideas and supports the topic.
 CONCLUSION is a part of a composition that SUMMARIZES the ideas mentioned and gives a sense
of CLOSURE.
 RELATIVE CLAUSES help us to make clear which person or thing we are talking about.
 WHO, WHICH, THAT, WHERE are the RELATIVE PRONOUNS used to connect clauses.
 THAT is the relative pronoun used for PEOPLE or THINGS.
 WHO is the relative pronoun used ONLY for people.
 WHERE is the relative pronoun used ONLY for places.
 WHICH is the relative pronoun used ONLY for things.
Examples of sentences using CONNECTORS.
 Sara needs to pass this last test so that she can finally graduate.
 James loves pizza so he eats it very often.
 My sister has a new cell phone with an amazing camera quality.
Examples of sentences using RELATIVE PRONOUNS.
 My friend is a very smart person who can speak many languages.
 That is the place where I grew up.
 What is the name of the street which is next to yours?