Assessment

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1. Choose the correct word in parentheses. 2. What kind of phrase is the underlined
group of words?
You have (all ready, already) learned
some strategies for playing chess. The shirt with the green stripes
is mine.
A. all ready
A. verb
B. already
B. adjective
C. adverb
D. noun

3. Is the pronoun singular or plural? 4. Which of the following is a complex

sentence?
Everybody on the team practiced
almost every day before the A. Dan and I hiked to the general store,
which was about a mile away.
competition.
B. People made jokes about him or
A. singular ignored him.
B. plural C. Later he went to New York, but he
could not find a job.

D. People all over the world love his

stories describing the life and times
of the ancient Greeks.

5. Which word is modified by the participial 6. Choose the sentence in which the
phrase in the following sentence? underlined words are a participial phrase.

Known as the ringed planet, Saturn A. Everyone had been dancing in

is easily recognized in the night sky. the aisles.

B. By the end of the show, everyone

A. planet
was singing.
B. sky
C. We gave the actors a standing ovation.
C. Saturn
D. The singers have practiced under the
D. recognized
bright lights.

SCORE: out of 6 correct

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7. Choose the infinitive phrase in the 8. Which sentence has a misplaced modifier?
following sentence.
A. Julia watched a raccoon talking quietly
She always wanted to skate in with her friends.
the Olympics. B. Talking quietly with her friends, Julia
watched a raccoon.
A. to skate
C. Julia, quietly talking with her friends,
B. to skate in the Olympics
watched a raccoon.
C. wanted to skate
D. in the Olympics

9. Choose the prepositional phrase in the 10. Choose the correct word to complete
following sentence. the sentence.

Is Jill’s mother going to drive the Are Maya and _______ working on
children to the rink? the science project together?

A. Is Jill’s mother A. he
B. to drive B. him
C. to drive the children C. his
D. to the rink

11. Choose the sentence that uses her as 12. Choose the sentence that contains an
a direct object. inappropriate shift in the verb.

A. I asked her a question. A. After we baked the cake, the girls

eat it with ice cream.
B. I told her about the dog.
B. After we bake the cake, the girls
C. I gave her a suprise gift. will eat it with ice cream.
D. I heard her version of the story. C. After we baked the cake, the girls
ate it with ice cream.

SCORE: out of 6 correct

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13. Which sentence is not correctly 14. Choose the correct words in parentheses.
punctuated?
My sister as well as many other
A. “That’s amazing!” said Spencer. “I’ve basketball players (was visiting,
never seen a shooting star before.”
were visiting) the Basketball Hall
B. “That’s amazing,” said Spencer. “I’ve of Fame.
never seen a shooting star before.”
A. was visiting
C. “That’s amazing,” said Spencer. “I’ve
never seen a shooting star before!” B. were visiting

D. “That’s amazing,” said Spencer, “I’ve

never seen a shooting star before.”

15. Which of the following indefinite pronouns 16. Identify the case of the pronoun in the
is plural? sentence.

A. several They are going to the ball game.

B. everyone A. nominative
C. anything B. possessive
D. someone C. objective
D. predicate

17. Choose the correct word in parentheses. 18. Choose the correct word in parentheses.

Between you and (I, me), the A flock of geese (flies, fly) low in
Harrison family won the lottery! the sky overhead.
A. I A. flies
B. me B. fly

SCORE: out of 6 correct

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19. Which of the following is not an example 20. Choose the answer that best describes
of a collective noun? the underlined group of words.

A. committee Mi Ling, searching the Internet day

B. crew
and night, learns much about the
solar system.
C. league
A. essential phrase
D. people
B. nonessential phrase
C. prepositional phrase
D. infinitive phrase

21. Choose the correct form of the verb lie 22. Choose the sentence that is written
to complete the sentence. correctly.

I had just _______ down when the A. Chelsea, you bat after, Selma.
phone rang. B. Do you like to play baseball, Anna?
A. lay C. Yes, Keisha we need to score
B. lied more runs.

C. laid D. Where is your batter’s helmet

Daniela?
D. lain

23. Choose the sentence that is correctly 24. In which sentence is the underlined word
punctuated. used as a preposition?

A. Juan is the tallest, most athletic A. William will drive straight through
member of the team. to save time.

B. Juan is the tallest, most athletic, B. Did you look around to see if he
member of the team. was watching?

C. Juan is the tallest most athletic C. All the children except Mary went to
member of the team. the movies.

D. Juan is the tallest, most athletic D. Don’t come near; I have to focus
member, of the team. the camera.

SCORE: out of 6 correct

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25. Choose the term that correctly identifies 26. Choose the sentence that is correctly
the underlined words in the following punctuated.
sentence.
A. The capitals of three states are
They traveled from town to town Augusta, Maine, Denver, Colorado
and Austin, Texas.
trying to sell their wares.
B. The capitals of three states are
A. preposition
Augusta, Maine Denver, Colorado
B. adjective phrase and Austin, Texas.
C. adverb phrase C. The capitals of three states are
Augusta, Maine; Denver, Colorado;
D. appositive phrase
and Austin, Texas.

D. The capitals of three states are;

Augusta, Maine; Denver, Colorado;
and Austin, Texas.

27. Which of the following should be 28. Choose the correct word in parentheses.
italicized?
(Less, Fewer) people travel by
A. the title of a short story train than ever before.
B. the name of a store A. Less
C. a telephone number B. Fewer
D. the title of a painting

29. Choose the correct form of the verb burst 30. Choose the correct word in parentheses.
to complete the sentence.
The quarterback threw the football
Jenny _______ through the doors, (past, passed) his receiver twice in
anxious to tell me about her day. the last two games.
A. burst A. past
B. bursted B. passed

SCORE: out of 6 correct

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31. Choose the sentence that is written 32. Choose the correct term for the underlined
correctly. words in the sentence below.

A. Daniel sings louder than any boy Neither Justin nor I have ever
in the chorus. climbed a mountain before.
B. Nathan plays drums better than any A. coordinating conjunctions
other boy in the band.
B. correlative conjunctions
C. Kerri dances better than anyone in
the show. C. subordinating conjunctions

D. Deanna learned her lines more D. relative pronouns

quickly than anyone in the play.

33. What is the tense of the verb in the 34. Choose the answer that best fixes
following sentence? the fragment.

The committee will have talked Nibbling on some lettuce

about the decision by Tuesday. The children watched the rabbit.
A. present perfect A. Nibbling on some lettuce, the children
watched the rabbit.
B. future
B. The children, nibbling on some lettuce,
C. future perfect watched the rabbit.
D. future progressive C. The children watched the rabbit
nibbling on some lettuce.
D. The rabbit watched the children
nibbling on some lettuce.

SCORE: out of 4 correct

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35. Choose the future perfect progressive 36. Choose the correct word in parentheses.
tense of the verb fall.
(Who’s, Whose) presentation was
A. will be falling the best?
B. shall fall A. Who’s
C. will have been falling B. Whose
D. shall have fallen

37. Choose the term that best describes 38. Choose the correct word in parentheses.
the underlined group of words.
I will eat any flavor of ice cream
Before the race began, the dogs (except, accept) strawberry.
played with the pups.
A. except
A. adverb clause
B. accept
B. adjective clause
C. infinitive phrase
D. participial phrase

39. Is the sentence simple, compound, 40. Is the sentence simple, compound,
or complex? or complex?

When Megan arrived at the store, The puppies and the dogs ate from
it was closed. large dishes on the porch and slept
outside all the time.
A. simple
B. compound A. simple

C. complex B. compound
C. complex

SCORE: out of 6 correct

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41. Choose the subordinating conjunction. 42. Is the underlined clause independent
or subordinate?
Sean and Theresa ate dinner after
they came home from soccer Before practice started, I played
practice, which ended at six o’clock. with my puppy.

A. and A. independent

B. after B. subordinate

C. from
D. which

43. Choose the word in the sentence that is 44. Choose the correct term for the underlined
modified by the adverb clause. words in the sentence below.

As soon as I finished my chores, My brother, who is three years older

I played tennis with my friend. than I, likes to play soccer.
A. I A. adjective phrase
B. played B. adverb clause
C. tennis C. adjective clause
D. finished D. participial phrase

45. In written dialogue, when should a new paragraph begin?

A. at the beginning of every sentence

B. when the speaker changes

C. after the speaker tags

D. when the dialogue is more than five lines

SCORE: out of 5 correct

TOTAL SCORE: out of 45 correct
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