Using a Dictionary
Fiction vs Nonfiction
Complete Sentences
Subject-Verb Agreement
Fix the Sentence
100
How many meanings does the dictionary give for foreign?
A. one
B. two
C. three
B. two
100
A story that has characters that are not real people is ____.
A. fiction
B. nonfiction
A. fiction
100
Complete the sentence.
My oldest sister ________.
A. from far away.
B. last month.
C. sends a gift.
D. and I
C. sends a gift
100
Choose the best answer.
Sweet corn and spicy beans ___________.
A. is my favorite food.
B. are great together.
C. adds flavor to a meal.
D. brings memories of my country.
B. are great together.
100
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?
The student sharpens a pencil puts it on her desk.
A. Change student to students
B. Changes sharpens to sharpen
C. Insert and after pencil
D. Make no change
C. Insert and after pencil
The student sharpens a pencil and puts it on her desk.
200
How many syllables are there in foreign?
A. one
B. two
C. three
B. two
200
A biography is about a real person's life. It is _____.
A. fiction
B. nonfiction
B. nonfiction
200
Complete the sentence.
____________ visits the Statue of Liberty.
A. Goes and
B. Marco
C. For the first time
D. In New York
B. Marco
200
Choose the best answer.
The bus or the train ________.
A. run all day and night
B. are very full
C. costs less than a plane
D. take people downtown
C. costs less than a plane
200
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?
My grandmother and my cousins lives near the coast in Puerto Rico.
A. Insert or after grandmother
B. Change lives to live
C. Insert and after near
D. Make no change
B. Change lives to live
My grandmother and my cousins live near the coast in Puerto Rico.
300
How many meanings does the dictionary give for society?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
C. three
300
How can you tell if a selection is nonfiction?
A. It is an entertaining story.
B. It tells about an experience.
C. It gives facts about real events.
D. It has characters that are made up.
C. It gives facts about real events.
300
Complete the sentence.
The map on the wall _______.
A. with a star
B. for my homework
C. is very large
D. of the state of Texas
C. is very large
300
Which sentence is written correctly?
A. Mr. Sandoval and his kids visits Seattle.
B. My family and I thinks the city is big and exciting.
C. Many children at school is from my country.
D. Grandmother and grandfather are moving here soon.
D. Grandmother and grandfather are moving here soon.
300
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?
These new immigrants worked as miners helped build railroads in California.
A. Move worked before These
B. Add and after miners
C. Add or after railroads
D. Make no change
B. Add and after miners
These new immigrants worked as miners and helped build railroads in California.
400
How many syllables are there in society?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
C. three
400
Which of these helps you figure out whether a selection is fiction or nonfiction?
A. text features
B. descriptions of people
C. how the events happen
D. where the events take place
A. text features
400
Complete the sentence.
_____________ celebrate Chinese New Year.
A. My Aunt Lin and I
B. Ready for a great party
C. With my uncle and cousin
D. Wearing special clothes
A. My Aunt Lin and I
400
What is the best way to combine these two sentences?
Joe climbs the mountain. Joe enjoys the view.
A. Joe climbs the mountain and enjoys the view.
B. Joe climbs the mountain, he enjoys the view.
C. Joe climbs the mountain but he also enjoys the view.
D. Joe climbs and enjoys the mountain.
A. Joe climbs the mountain and enjoys the view.
400
What change, if any, ,should be made to this sentence?
More people from China in New York.
A. Take out from
B. Change in to came to
C. Add United States after New York
D. Make not change
B. Change in to came to
More people from China came to New York.
500
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
When the railroads were completed, many of these workers needed jobs, looked east, and moved to New York.
A. Change were to was
B. Take out the comma after jobs
C. Change and to but
D. Make no change
D. Make no change
When the railroads were completed, many of these workers needed jobs, looked east, and moved to New York.