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(Answer ID # 0788046)
Language Arts
In each sentence one adjective is missing. Write one adjective to complete the sentence.
1. We won the game as a result of our (your
2. I (your adjective) the college will approve my
adjective) teamwork.
application for admission.
3. The morning brought the promise of a (your
adjective) day.
4. On the outskirts is a (your adjective) bronze
temple, dating from the Ming dynasty.
Circle the verb that best completes each sentence.
5. The police were (meet, met) by a hail of sticks and rocks as they moved in on the rioters.
6. Mom needs to mend my pants because I (tear, tore) them on a rock.
7. We should consider other people's feelings before we (speak, spoke).
8. The wind was so strong that it (blow, blew) the umbrella out of my hand.
9. Jean and Jesse will (leave, left) on their trip soon.
Use each of the following nouns once to complete each sentence: sailor, house, morning and trouble.
10. Dad has to be at his office at 8 o'clock in
11. Getting the children out of the (noun) safely
the (noun) .
was the foremost thought in my head.
12. The (noun) tied the rope in a knot.
13. Sometimes you get into (noun) if you are
being naughty.
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Rewrite each sentence and underline the adverb.
14. My parents immediately grounded me when they found out that I had cheated on my history test.
15. There are too many stray dogs and cats in our neighborhood, but the city won't do anything about it
until someone gets hurt by one of them.
16. Mackenzie wore her new dress today.
Circle the word that best completes each sentence.
17. The pig ate (it, its, it's) dinner and lay down in the mud.
18. If this box is not yours, then whose is (it, its, it's)?
19. I like to go outside when (it, its, it's) snowing.
20. After the French and Indian War, France had to cede all (it, its, it's) forts to the British.
21. (It, Its, It's) just as easy to sell the stock and buy another company.
Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.
22. Little Women focuses on Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy as (they, them) grow up from childhood to
adulthood.
23. Snakes feel cold when you touch (they, them).
24. (They, Them) audience applauded when Joe played the banjo.
25. The prisoners like Warden Smith because he listens to (they, them) and gives advice.
26. The new pants I bought were too long, so I took (they, them) to a tailor to alter.
Write the adjectives in each sentence.
27. The President was the guest of honor at the
formal dinner held in Buckingham Palace. (1
adjective)
29. After Pavarotti finished his solo, the acts that
followed seemed dull. (2 adjectives)
28. I hope the college will approve my application
for admission. (1 adjective)
30. Even with a discount card, out-of-pocket
expenses for health care can be substantial. (3
adjectives)