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Name:_____________________________________________
Date:________________________
1.
Choose the sentence below that contains an appositive.
A. The White House is where the president lives and works.
B. In the White House, there is an Oval Office and a West Wing.
C. The White House is one of our most important historical landmarks.
D. The White House, which contains the West Wing, is one of our most important historical landmarks.
2.
______ cat loves to get me up early in the morning so that I will feed her.
Which word correctly completes the sentence above?
A. Us
B. My
C. You
D. Mine
3.
Which answer choice contains a run-on sentence?
A. The dog bit him and ran away. We had to chase it.
B. The dog bit him, then it ran away, we had to chase it.
C. The dog bit him and then ran away; we had to chase it.
D. The dog bit him. Then it ran away, and we had to chase it.
4.
The students extra work paid off when he made good grades on his tests and pleased his parents.
In the sentence, which noun is possessive and should include an apostrophe?
A. tests
B. grades
C. parents
D. students
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5.
Mrs. Craft our principal wants the whole group to do well on our test.
Choose the BEST correct way to punctuate this sentence.
A. Mrs. Craft our principal wants the whole group to do well on our test.
B. Mrs. Craft our principal wants the whole group, to do well on our test.
C. Mrs. Craft our principal, wants the whole group to do well on our test.
D. Mrs. Craft, our principal, wants the whole group to do well on our test.
6.
Coach Soles is the head coach. Coach Terry is his
assistant.
Which is a correct way to join these two sentences?
A. Coach Soles is the head coach and Coach Terry is his assistant.
B. Coach Soles is the head coach; Coach Terry is his assistant.
C. Coach Soles is the head coach, Coach Terry is his assistant.
D. Coach Soles is the head coach Coach Terry is his assistant.
7.
The supplies were divided among the members of the class.
In the sentence above, what part of speech is the underlined word?
A. verb
B. adjective
C. preposition
D. conjunction
8. Which word is the possessive form of I?
A. me
B. my
C. I's
D. I'd
9.
The letters were mailed today.
In the sentence above, which part of speech is the underlined word?
A. noun
B. adverb
C. pronoun
D. adjective
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10. Which word best fills in the blank in the sentence below?
Steve ran _______________ to the store to get some ice cream.
A. willing
B. quicker
C. eagerly
D. speedy
11. Which sentence contains an indefinite pronoun?
A. The student ran the mile in seven minutes.
B. That is the way to the local grocery store.
C. Someone ran the mile in seven minutes.
D. Which way to the local grocery store?
12. Which sentence contains a plural noun?
A. The new car was shiny and black.
B. Adam works in a restaurant every Tuesday.
C. Joanne went shopping for school with her mom.
D. The brown mice were chased through a field by a cat.
13.
Identify the correctly spelled past tense form of the word happen.
A. happend
B. happened
C. happenned
D. happended
14.
A proper noun is
A. a person, place, thing, or idea.
B. a normal person, place, thing, or idea.
C. a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
D. a person, place, thing, or idea that is important.
15.
Choose the sentence below that is compound/complex.
A. Don't give up if you try and fail, you may learn something.
B. You and I will be better if we try and fail and learn something form it.
C. Even if you fail, at least you tried, and you will be a better person because of it.
D. If you learn something from your failures but don't give up, you'll be a better person.
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16. Which phrase correctly identifies the bicycle that belongs to Bobby?
A. Bobbys' bicycle
B. Bobbys bicycle
C. Bobbies bicycle
D. Bobby's bicycle
17. In the sentence below, what is the correct form of the underlined word?
The Mississippi River has been risen all night.
A. raised
B. rising
C. raising
D. rose
18. Which sentence contains a descriptive phrase?
A. His new jacket was warm and colorful.
B. Reading has always been his favorite subject.
C. Museums are wonderful places to go with your family.
D. The playground, flooded from the rain, could not be used that afternoon.
19.
Choose the answer that is a complex sentence.
A. Don't do it again, or I will punish you.
B. Your math book is on the table in the front hall.
C. When I saw your math book on the table, I picked it up.
D. It makes me angry for you to leave your books around like that!
20.
In the summer when we were going to the beach.
Choose the answer that correctly revises the sentence.
A. In the summer, when we were going to the beach.
B. When we were going to the beach in the summer.
C. In the summer we were going to the beach, and had a flat tire.
D. In the summer, when we were going to the beach, we had a flat tire.
21.
My favorite grandmother lives in Sacramento, California, so I don't see her very often.
What part of speech is the underlined word in the sentence above?
A. adverb
B. adjective
C. preposition
D. conjunction
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22. How should the sentence below be punctuated at the end?
Please deliver this message to Liz
A. with a colon
B. with an apostrophe
C. with a period
D. with a question mark
23.
I did not want to go to camp last summer my mother made me pay my own way this year.
What is the correct way to rewrite this sentence?
A. I did not want to go to camp, last summer my mother made me pay my own way.
B. I did not want to go to camp last summer, my mother made me pay my own way this year.
C. Because I did not want to go to camp last summer my mother made me pay my own way this year.
D. Because I did not want to go to camp last summer, my mother made me pay my own way this year.
24.
I ran through the kitchen and ________ knocked over her milk.
Choose the correctly spelled word that completes the sentence.
A. accidently
B. accadentally
C. accedentally
D. accidentally
25. What change should be made to the sentence below?
The dogs noses were covered with
mud.
A. change dogs to dog's
B. change dogs to dogs'
C. change noses to noses'
D. change noses to nose's
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Answer Key
1. D) The White House, which contains the West Wing, is one of our most important historical landmarks.
2. B) My
3. B) The dog bit him, then it ran away, we had to chase it.
4. D) students
5. D) Mrs. Craft, our principal, wants the whole group to do well on our test.
6. B) Coach Soles is the head coach; Coach Terry is his assistant.
7. C) preposition
8. B) my
9. B) adverb
10. C) eagerly
11. C) Someone ran the mile in seven minutes.
12. D) The brown mice were chased through a field by a cat.
13. B) happened
14. C) a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
15. C) Even if you fail, at least you tried, and you will be a better person because of it.
16. D) Bobby's bicycle
17. B) rising
18. D) The playground, flooded from the rain, could not be used that afternoon.
19. C) When I saw your math book on the table, I picked it up.
20. D) In the summer, when we were going to the beach, we had a flat tire.
21. C) preposition
22. C) with a period
23. D) Because I did not want to go to camp last summer, my mother made me pay my own way this year.
24. D) accidentally
25. B) change dogs to dogs'
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