LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS
REVISION
POWER POINTS
All of the following power points can be found in ‘Resources’ on Compass:
1. Spelling
2. Punctuation
3. Parts of Speech
4. Sentence Structures
5. Writing Speech
6. Nominalisation
Write your own definition for each of these topics.
If you need another definition for each, there are the worksheets in ‘resources’ that
also contain definitions. This can help you with the definition and give you exercises
to complete to demonstrate your knowledge.
If you need to consolidate your understanding of each of these 6 areas, there are
exercises on the worksheet. You can work together on these and test each other’s
knowledge.
Define the following conventions. If you don’t know how to identify or use any of
these terms, look at the worksheets in ‘resources’ on Compass.
Full stop
Comma
Question mark
Apostrophe
Colon
Semi-colon
Brackets
Dash
Hyphen
Exclamation mark
When do you use a capital letter?
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
Clause
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Pronoun
Preposition
Conjunction
Independent clause
Dependent clause
This is the knowledge and understanding you will need for your Language
Conventions test on Tuesday 21 February – Period 1.