Language Arts 3 Benchmark Review
1. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. “May I borrow your book?” asked Ashley.
B. May I borrow your book? asked Ashley.
C. “May I borrow your book? asked Ashley.”
D. “May I borrow your book asked Ashley?”
2. Which sentence is written correctly?
A. Martha bought 3 cans of soup from the store said Sheila.
B. Martha bought three cans of soup from the store said Sheila.
C. “Martha bought 3 cans of soup from the store,” said Sheila.
D. “Martha bought three cans of soup from the store,” said Sheila.
3. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. My brother Sam went to the football game last night.
B. My brother, Sam went to the football game last night.
C. My brother Sam went to the football game last night
D. My brother, Sam, went to the football game last night.
4. Which part of the sentence above (in number 3) is the appositive?
A. brother
B. football game
C. last night
D. Sam
5. Which sentence is incorrect?
A. The puppy ate a tennis ball.
B. She was so sick that she had to go to an doctor.
C. My sister is a great piano player.
D. Uncle Jim is an awesome teacher!
6. Which is correct?
A. Please sit down and do your work, Jim.
B. Please sit down and do your work Jim
C. please sit down and do your work jim
D. Please sit down and do your work jim.
7. Which word should go in the blank?
I did _____________ on the math test than my friend, Gini.
A. good
B. better
C. best
8. Which word should go in the blank?
She is the _____________ singer that I know!
A. good
B. better
C. best
9. Which sentence is written incorrectly?
A. Today, I feel worse than I did yesterday.
B. Out of everyone in the class, I did the worser on the test.
C. I made a bad grade on my progress report.
D. Mrs. Obnoxious is the worst teacher ever!
10. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. jebs house is blue but ours is yellow
B. Jebs house is blue but ours is yellow.
C. Jeb’s house is blue but ours is yellow.
D. Jeb’s house is blue, but ours is yellow.
11. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. When you come to my house we can jump on the trampoline said Andrew.
B. When you come to my house, we can jump on the trampoline said Andrew.
C. “When you come to my house, we can jump on the trampoline, said Andrew.”
D. “When you come to my house, we can jump on the trampoline,” said Andrew.
12. “He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes” is an example of what type of
figurative language?
A. alliteration
B. simile
C. onomatopoeia
D. metaphor
13. “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers” is an example of what type of figurative
language?
A. simile
B. hyperbole
C. personification
D. alliteration
14. Giving human qualities to things that are not human is
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. alliteration
D. personification
15. Which is an example of a simile?
A. The river falls under us like a trap door.
B. He is a pig.
C. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
D. The bee buzzed by my ear.
Read the following sentences and choose the word or words that best complete each
sentence?
16. The experience left ______________ no choice but to go home.
A. they
B. them
C. I
17. The tree had lost all of ____________ leaves by October.
A. they
B. their
C. her
D. its
18. I will not tell ______________ about the accident.
A. she
B. they
C. it
D. them
19. Sheila and Melissa packed all of ___________ stuff for college.
A. hers
B. her
C. their
D. they
Complete each sentence with the correct homophone.
20. My mom and dad need to go _________ the store.
A. to
B. two
C. too
D. 2
21. ___________ dogs went missing after church.
A. They’re
B. There
C. Their
D. Theyre
22. ____________ sister is one of my best friends.
A. You’re
B. Your
C. You
Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
Everyone grumbled. The sky was grey.
We had nothing to do and nothing to say.
We were nearing the end of a dismal day,
And then there seemed to be nothing beyond,
Then
Daddy fell into the pond!
And everyone's face grew merry and bright,
And Timothy danced for sheer delight.
"Give me the camera, quick, oh quick!
He's crawling out of the duckweed!" Click!
Then the gardener suddenly slapped his knee,
And doubled up, shaking silently,
And the ducks all quacked as if they were daft,
And it sounded as if the old drake laughed.
Oh, there wasn't a thing that didn't respond
When
Daddy Fell into the pond!
Alfred Noyes
23. Which is an example of a simile used in the poem?
A. Daddy fell into the pond!
B. There wasn’t a thing that didn’t respond
C. And it sounded as if the old drake laughed
D. And Timothy danced for sheer delight.
24. Which is the closest meaning of “dismal” as used in line 3 in the poem?
A. happy
B. bright
C. exciting
D. dark and gloomy
Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.
25. Please give the tickets to ____________________.
A. me and Sarah
B. I and Sarah
C. Sarah and I
D. Sarah and me
26. Last summer __________________ went to the beach.
A. he and I
B. him and me
C. I and he
D. me and him
Complete the analogy in the following questions.
27. intelligent : smart :: confuse: _____________
A. attack
B. disorient
C. help
D. ink
28. arm : human :: leg : __________________
A. fish
B. skin
C. shark
D. dog
Complete the sentences below by choosing the word that is spelled correctly.
29. The package ____________eight pounds.
A. wade
B. wieghed
C. weighed
D. weide
30. A main _______________ in his life is to help others.
A. principal
B. princepal
C. principle
D. principel