Assessment

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1. Choose the correct end punctuation for 2. Choose the correct end punctuation for
the sentence. the sentence.

I can’t believe you said that He has ten fingers and ten toes

A. . A. .

B. , B. ,

C. ! C. !

D. ? D. ?

3. Choose the correct end punctuation for 4. Choose the sentence with correct
the sentence. capitalization and punctuation.

Will you be ready to go soon

A. Mrs. Brown catches the bus at the
corner of Elm and N. Grove.
A. .
B. Mrs Brown catches the bus at the
B. ,
corner of Elm and N. Grove.
C. !
C. Mrs. brown catches the bus at the
D. ? corner of Elm and N. Grove.

D. Mrs. Brown catches the bus at the

corner of Elm and N Grove.

SCORE: out of 4 correct

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5. Choose the sentence with correct 6. Choose the complete subject in

capitalization and punctuation. the sentence.

The mayor presented the man with

A. The plane flew from England
to Canada
an award.

B. The plane flew from england A. mayor

to canada.
B. The mayor
C. The Plane flew from England
C. mayor presented
to Canada.
D. presented the man with an award
D. The plane flew from England
to Canada.

7. Choose the complete predicate in 8. Choose the direct object in the sentence.
the sentence.
He repaired bicycles for his friends
The children found the missing in the neighborhood.
keys under the bed.
A. He
A. The children
B. bicycles
B. found
C. friends
C. found the missing keys
D. neighborhood
D. found the missing keys under the bed

SCORE: out of 4 correct

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9. Choose the sentence that is written 10. Choose the answer that best combines
correctly. these sentences.

A. Ross, you need to clean your room. Bobby cleared the table.
Bobby washed all the dishes.
B. Josh have you finished your work?

C. Do you, have my book, Brad? A. Bobby cleared the table and washed
all the dishes.
D. Jim try some of these cookies
B. He cleared the table and washed
all the dishes Bobby did.

C. Bobby cleared all the dishes from

the table, and then Bobby washed
all the dishes.

11. Choose the answer that best combines 12. Choose the sentence that is
these sentences. punctuated correctly.

Friends were playing in the park. A. Matt Ricky and Sam love to play
Neighbors were playing in the park. baseball.

B. Matt, Ricky, and Sam, love to play

A. In the park were playing friends baseball.
and neighbors.
C. Matt, Ricky, and Sam love to play
B. Friends and neighbors were playing baseball.
in the park.

C. They, both friends and neighbors,

were playing in the park every day.

SCORE: out of 4 correct

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13. Choose the sentence that is 14. Choose the correct part of speech for
punctuated correctly. the underlined word.

A. Don’t jump! I said. We fly our kites on windy days at

Lincoln Park.
B. “Don’t jump!” I said.

C. “Don’t jump! I said.” A. plural pronoun

B. proper noun

C. common noun

D. adverb

15. Choose the sentence in which the 16. Choose the answer that lists all of the
possessive noun is not written correctly. pronouns in the sentence.

A. The coach put an award in each of Maggie and I asked Bert and Tina
the players’ bags. if we could play a game of checkers
B. I called Allison’s phone, but the line
with them.
was busy.
A. Maggie, I
C. There’s a new women’s clothing
store downtown. B. Bert, Tina, we

D. The childrens’ reading group will C. game, checkers

meet tomorrow in the library.
D. I, we, them

SCORE: out of 4 correct

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17. Choose the correct part of speech for the 18. Choose the correct ordered pair of
underlined word. demonstrative adjectives to complete
the sentence.
The house with the red door is ours.
The sculptor made _____ statues
A. proper adjective last year, and she is working on
_____ one now.
B. possessive pronoun

C. plural noun

D. possessive noun A. those, this

B. these, those

C. this, that

D. that, this

19. Choose the correct ordered pair of 20. Choose the correct ordered pair of
words to complete the sentence. comparative adjectives to complete
the sentence.
If ______ piano music is right, then
______ singing will be beautiful. Some people think that spelling is
_______ than math, but I think
A. their, yours math is the _______ of all.

B. their, they’re

C. your, there A. easier, most easiest

D. your, their B. easy, easier

C. easier, easiest

D. more easy, easiest

SCORE: out of 4 correct

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21. Choose the being verb to complete the 22. Choose the word that is the helping verb
sentence. in this sentence.

Wild horses ______ on the plains. We might travel to Mexico after

school is out next summer.

A. ate

B. are A. might
C. run B. travel
D. live C. is

D. out

23. Choose the simple subject that is linked to 24. Choose the present form of the verb
the underlined word. to complete the sentence.

The last person in line for pictures The bell in the tower _________
was Tommy. every hour on the hour.

A. pictures
A. chimed
B. line
B. chimes
C. person
C. was chiming
D. last
D. will chime

SCORE: out of 4 correct

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25. Choose the verb phrase in the sentence. 26. Choose the verb that matches the form
in parentheses.
The horse is running quickly to
the barn. Eric is (present participle: grow) as
fast as his older brother.
A. is running
A. grown
B. is running quickly
C. running quickly B. growing

D. to the barn C. grew

D. going to grow

27. Choose the word that expresses the type 28. Choose a synonym for the underlined
of adverb underlined in the sentence. word in the sentence.

Rebecca always reads two hours A family of birds constructed the

every night. nest after the storm.

A. time A. destroyed
B. place B. located
C. manner C. built
D. position D. cleaned

SCORE: out of 4 correct

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29. Choose an antonym for the underlined 30. Choose the homophone that best
word in the sentence. completes the sentence.

The fisherman looked at the narrow

river and cast his line. A baby seal can ______ more than
200 pounds at birth.

A. thin

B. calm A. weight

C. long B. weigh

D. wide C. way

D. whey

31. Choose the homophone that best 32. What is the name of this part of a letter?
completes the sentence.
Dear Aunt Suzie,
The captain said we must ______
our lifejackets during our trip to A. heading
the island. B. greeting
C. address
A. ware D. complimentary close
B. where
C. wear
D. were

SCORE: out of 4 correct

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TOTAL SCORE: out of 32 correct
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