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Date:________________________
1.
The boys goes to the gym together every day.
Which word should replace the underlined word to make the sentence correct?
A. go
B. goed
C. gone
D. going
2.
When my parents go on vacation, I will miss ___________.
Which word will complete the sentence correctly?
A. he
B. him
C. they
D. them
3.
Henry wanted to build a track for his trains. First he cleaned up his room so he would have a place to build it.
Then he found all his track pieces and he worked hard to put them together. Henry was very excited about his
new track when he was all done.
What are the sequence words used in this paragraph?
A. First, Then
B. done, very
C. Henry, track
D. cleaned, found
4. Which sentence is an incomplete sentence?
A. We slide down the hill in a sled.
B. We look down the track for a train.
C. Joe and Sheila row the boat with oars.
D. Rachel and Aaron at the kitchen table.
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5.
Mia and Max are excited about going to the circus. Mia wants to see the high-wire act. Max is eager to watch the
clowns. They expect to see ponies, elephants, lions, and tigers. Elephants eat peanuts.
Which sentence does NOT belong in the paragraph?
A. Mia and Max are excited about going to the circus.
B. Mia wants to see the high-wire act.
C. Max is eager to watch the clowns.
D. Elephants eat peanuts.
6.
Shara is researching gila monsters for her science project. In which volume of her encyclopedia should she look to
find information on her topic?
A. A-B
B. C-E
C. F-H
D. I-K
7. Which book would be BEST to use as a source for a report about alligators?
A. Animals in Swamps
B. All about Alligators
C. Reptiles of the World
D. Ally the Alligator's Party
8. Where should you look to find the meaning of a word?
A. atlas
B. thesaurus
C. dictionary
D. encyclopedia
9. Which word is spelled correctly?
A. cip
B. skip
C. scip
D. scipp
10. Which sentence has correct capitalization?
A. My doctor is Dr. Alvin.
B. mr. Davis is my neighbor.
C. Do you have a car, mrs. mize?
D. My babysitter is named kristy.
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11.
The man opened his eyes.
Which is the subject of this sentence?
A. man
B. opened
C. his
D. eyes
12.
First her teacher asked them to mix salt, flour, and water together. Then the teacher showed Kate and her friends
how to cook the mixture. When it cooked, it was play-dough!
Which is the BEST topic sentence for this paragraph?
A. The third-grade teacher loves to cook.
B. Kate and her friends do not like play-dough.
C. Kate and her friends learned to make play-dough at school.
D. Kate and her mom went to buy play-dough at the store today.
13. Which word is a plural noun?
A. planted
B. children
C. baseball
D. welcome
14.
_________ be so surprised when she sees that we cleaned the house!
Which word correctly completes this sentence?
A. Shell
B. Shell"
C. She'll
D. Sh'ell
15.
Jay and Kyle's classroom is two doors down from mine.
Which possessive pronoun can replace the underlined words in this sentence?
A. His
B. Our
C. Your
D. Their
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16.
Which of these verbs completes the sentence below?
Nursery rhymes have ___________ children's audiences for generations.
A. cherished
B. chuckled
C. delighted
D. demanded
17. In which sentence is the predicate underlined?
A. The bluebird sat on the apple tree.
B. The bluebird sat on the apple tree.
C. The bluebird sat on the apple tree.
D. The bluebird sat on the apple tree.
18. Which is a complete sentence?
A. Your hair with shampoo.
B. You wash your hair with shampoo.
C. Your hair with shampoo when you shower.
D. Hair with shampoo when you take a shower.
19. To find out which pages in your science book tell how plants grow, you should look up plants in the
A. index.
B. glossary.
C. title page.
D. front cover.
20.
The children saw the dog chaseing the cat.
Which of the underlined words in the sentence is misspelled?
A. children
B. saw
C. dog
D. chaseing
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Answer Key
1. A) go
2. D) them
3. A) First, Then
4. D) Rachel and Aaron at the kitchen table.
5. D) Elephants eat peanuts.
6. C) F-H
7. B) All about Alligators
8. C) dictionary
9. B) skip
10. A) My doctor is Dr. Alvin.
11. A) man
12. C) Kate and her friends learned to make play-dough at school.
13. B) children
14. C) She'll
15. D) Their
16. C) delighted
17. A) The bluebird sat on the apple tree.
18. B) You wash your hair with shampoo.
19. A) index.
20. D) chaseing
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