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Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
a. paragraf
b. parsuasive
c. opineon
d. commercial
d. commercial
Choose the word that can best join the two sentences below into one.
Devin couldn't go camping. He was sick.
a. still
b. or
c. because
d. but
c. because
Choose the adjective that correctly completes the following sentence.
Meg caught a __________ fish.
a. hugely
b. cat
c. jump
d. enormous
d. enormous
Choose the sentence with correct punctuation.
a. Did Alex edit the essay
b. Did Alex edit the essay?
c. Did Alex edit the essay.
d. Did Alex edit the essay!
b. Did Alex edit the essay?
Choose the correct word that correctly completes the following sentence.
Zed worked with Devin and ________ his sports report.
a. proofreads
b. proofreading
c. proofreader
d. proofread
d. proofread
Choose the best way to join the following sentences.
Meg and Alex went to the mall. They bought new bathing suits.
a. Meg and Alex went to the mall or they bought new bathing suits
b. Meg and Alex went to the mall but they bought new bathing suits
c. Meg and Alex went to the mall and bought new bathing suits.
d. Meg and Alex went to the mall with new bathing suits.
Which of the following is an incomplete sentence?
a. Alex read her persuasive letter.
b. Meg will edit her graphic story.
c. Devin and Zed designed soup can labels.
d. Will design a book cover.
Which is the correct plural form of the word box?
a. boxs
b. boxes
c. boxies
d. boxer
b. boxes
Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
a. meg recorded her commercial.
b. Meg recorded her commercial,
c. meg recorded her commercial!
d. Meg recorded her commercial.
d. Meg recorded her commercial.
Choose the sentence that is an exclamatory sentence.
a. Meg goes up to bat.
b. Meg takes a strike.
c. Will she hit the next pitch?
d. She swings and hits a home run!
d. She swings and hits a home run!
Choose the word that has the same meaning as the word in italics in the following sentence.
Meg saw the black bear standing next to the picnic table, and the bear looked enormous.
a. major
b. important
c. abundant
d. huge
d. huge
Choose the sentence that is a compound sentence.
a. Will Meg go on the bike hike?
b. Zed went on a camping trip.
c. Alex went to the beach.
d. Meg went on a bike hike but Alex went to the becach.
d. Meg went on a bike hike but Alex went to the beach.
Choose the word that correctly completes the following sentence.
Tomorrow, Alex wil _______.
a. skated
b. skating
c. skater
d. skate
d. skate
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
a. girafe
b. alegater
c. elephant
d. hipo
c. elephant
A paragraph is:
a. a group of detail sentences
b. a group of sentences about one main idea
c. another word for a poem
d. a group of sentences with several main ideas.
b. a group of sentences about one main idea.
Choose the punctuation that is missing from the following sentence.
Devin said, I want to plan a sleep over.
a. question mark
b. quotation marks
c. apostrophe
d. exclamation mark
b. quotation marks
Choose the correct words to complete the following sentence.
__________ it was raining and the diamond was muddy, the game was called off _____________ next Saturday.
a. although, if
b. because, so
c. since, until
d. while, before
c. since, until
Choose the word that can be used as both a noun and a verb.
a. frog
b. salamander
c. ship
d. grass
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
a. adventur
b. mistery
c. editting
d. haiku
d. haiku
The topic sentence tells the _______ idea of the paragraph.
a. only
b. last
c. best
d. main
d. main
Choose the sentence that contains an alliteration.
a. Alex caught a long green snake
b. Alex caught two snakes
c. Alex caught a slimy, silvery, slithering snake.
d. Alex caught a big snake.
c. Alex caught a slimy, slivery, slithering snake.
Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.
Alex _______ the fridge and ________ the cooler before leaving for the beach.
a. emptied, fill
b. emptied, filling
c. emptied, filled
d. emptying, filled
c. emptied, filled
Choose the adverb that correctly completes the following sentence.
Alex and Devin skied _______ down the mountain.
a. quickly
b. quick
c. quicks
d. snowboard
a. quickly
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
Meg carried _____ hockey bag to Mom's car.
a. those
b. her
c. it
d. whose
b. her
Sentences that add details about the topic sentence in a paragraph are called:
a. compound sentences
b. detail sentences
c. exclamatory sentences
d. demand sentences
b. detail sentences