A Shower Of Teddy Bears
A Summer Trip To Yellowstone
Verb Tenses
Adding -s, -es, -ies
Subject-Verb Agreement
100

What is the selection mainly about?

The Hershey Bears let fans throw stuffed bears onto the ice if they score a goal at a special game to collect bears to donate to charity.

100

Read the second paragraph (sentences 6–12) again. Which sentence

in this paragraph repeats information and should be removed?

A Sentence 7

B Sentence 9

C Sentence 11

D Sentence 12

C Sentence 11

100

Last night we _____ to go get ice cream after dinner. (want)

Wanted

100

Kenslie (asks, askes) her sister for help.

Asks

100

They _____ on their writing all afternoon. (work)

Worked

200

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 10 and 11?

A. Some people even bring trash bags stuffed with teddy bears in

clear bags.

B. Some people even bring teddy bears and clear trash bags

and stuffed.

C. Some people even bring trash bags stuffed with teddy bears

and clear.

D. Some people even bring clear trash bags stuffed with teddy bears.

D. Some people even bring clear trash bags stuffed with teddy bears.

200

Carter needs a better topic sentence for the third paragraph

(sentences 13–21). Which sentence should replace sentence 13?

A We finally got to the park, and we started looking around.

B I was going to love seeing everything, including the animals.

C My grandparents wanted to show me a famous geyser first.

D There were so many things to do at the park once we arrived.

C My grandparents wanted to show me a famous geyser first.

200

Tomorrow my mom ______ us to the mall. (take)

will take

200

Jacob (worries, worrys) that he won't do well on the test.

Worries

200

We _____ brownies for the class party. (bake)

Bake
300

Which sentences should replace sentences 4 and 5 to BEST state the

central idea of this paper?

A The team is located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Their uniforms are a

beautiful chocolate-brown color.

B The Hershey Bears are a very popular hockey team. People from

all over Pennsylvania like to attend their games.

C The team is called the Hershey Bears. It was first formed in

Pennsylvania more than 90 years ago.

D The Hershey Bears host a Teddy Bear Toss every year. They donate

thousands of stuffed animals to charity.

D The Hershey Bears host a Teddy Bear Toss every year. They donate

thousands of stuffed animals to charity.

300

Which sentence would BEST follow and support sentence 23?

A We took pictures of elk, bison, and sheep grazing in the valley.

B We were very happy to see so many animals were out and eating.

C Earlier we had seen a powerful waterfall crashing over a cliff.

D The park was full of excited visitors from many places that day.

A We took pictures of elk, bison, and sheep grazing in the valley.

300

My flight ______ at 10 pm. (arrive)

Arrives

300

Ms. Cao (fixes, fixs) our Chromebooks.

Fixes
300
You always _______ when I make a joke. (laugh)

Laugh

400

Mallory has included a sentence that does not belong in the third

paragraph (sentences 14–21). Which sentence should she remove?

A Sentence 15

B Sentence 16

C Sentence 17

D Sentence 18

A Sentence 15

400

What is the BEST way to revise sentence 29?

A We were visiting in the summer, but the bright green in the trees

and meadows.

B We were visiting the trees and the meadows and the bright

green summer.

C We were visiting in the summer, and the trees and meadows were

bright green.

D We were visiting the bright green trees and meadows and

the summer.

C We were visiting in the summer, and the trees and meadows were

bright green.

400

I like to _____ many types of books. (read)

Read

400

Xavion (crush, crushes) a Gatorade at lunch.

Crushes

400

She _____ the flour with the eggs for her cake. (stir)

(stirs)

500

Sentence 28 repeats information. In the box provided, rewrite

sentence 28 in a clear and effective way.

They collected 45,650 stuffed animals that day!

500

What is the main idea of this passage?

The main idea is about the trip Carter takes to Yellowstone with his grandparents and all the sites they saw.

500

Last Halloween I ______ trick or treating. (skip)

Skipped
500

My dog (hurry, hurries) to get the ball.

Hurries

500

He _______ math in school. (study)

Studies

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