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1. Which sentence shows the past tense of race?
A. I raced bikes with my friends today.
B. I am racing my bike ahead of my friends.
C. I will race bikes with my friends tomorrow.
D. I race bikes with my friends every chance I get.
2. What is the purpose of this sentence below?
I found it!
A. make a statement
B. ask a question
C. make a request
D. state a strong feeling
3. In which sentence does the word baby function as a verb?
A. Acting like a little baby was Carol's idea of being funny.
B. "Don't baby your brother," Mom said to Billy. "You will spoil him."
C. Alex could not stop crying when his best friend called him a baby.
D. Jenna and Consuela decide to wear baby doll pajamas to the party.
4.
Which of these contain an interjection and a pronoun?
A. The colors were as vivid as a meadow in spring time.
B. There were so many beautiful colors bursting in the sky!
C. The dark sky was lit up like day thanks to the fireworks they set off.
D. Wow! Look at those fireworks. Can you believe how beautiful they are?
5.
She always speaks softly in the classroom.
Which part of speech is the underlined word in the sentence?
A. verb
B. noun
C. adverb
D. adjective
6. Which word BEST fills in the blank in the sentence below?
When he _____________ on the night shift, my father eats supper in the morning.
A. works
B. worked
C. working
D. was working
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7.
Identify the verb phrase in this sentence.
The fox howled in anger and pain.
A. fox
B. fox howled
C. anger and pain
D. howled in anger and pain
8.
The little puppy with the floppy ears is the one I want.
Which word modifies puppy in the sentence above?
A. one
B. little
C. want
D. floppy
9. What type of sentence is the one below?
Where is Elizabeth going on vacation?
A. an exclamatory sentence
B. a declarative sentence
C. an imperative sentence
D. an interrogative sentence
10.
The students were led to the auditorium, but they were never told why they were their.
Which of the underlined words is misspelled?
A. led
B. auditorium
C. never
D. their
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Answer Key
1. A) I raced bikes with my friends today.
2. D) state a strong feeling
3. B) "Don't baby your brother," Mom said to Billy. "You will spoil him."
4. D) Wow! Look at those fireworks. Can you believe how beautiful they are?
5. C) adverb
6. A) works
7. D) howled in anger and pain
8. B) little
9. D) an interrogative sentence
10. D) their
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