What is the purpose of the sentence below?
Please buy one watermelon, two pears, and four tomatoes.
A. make a statement
B. make a request
C. ask a question
D. state a strong feeling
What is
B. make a request
100
What does the underlined adverb in the sentence below tell about the verb?
She walked carefully on the slippery ice.
A. It tells how she walked.
B. It tells when she walked.
C. It tells where she walked.
D. It tells with whom she walked.
What is A
It tells how she walked.
100
Which words below are used in writing to show order or the sequence of events?
A. both, in addition, also
B. furthermore, in fact, besides
C. before, therefore, however
D. first, next, finally
What is D (first, next, finally)
100
Leonard wants to find out what books the library has about electric guitars. What category should he look under when using the library database?
A. author
B. title
C. subject
D. call number
What is C (subject)
100
Which sentence about sharks is an opinion?
A. Sharks smell odors from far away.
B. Sharks can see close up.
C. Sharks are quite unique creatures.
D. Sharks are able to hear low-pitched sounds.
What is C (Sharks are quite unique creatures.)
200
How should the sentences below BEST be combined?
Dottie won the spelling contest. She spelled the word intelligent.
A. Dottie won the spelling contest she spelled the word intelligent.
B. Dottie won the spelling contest spelled the word intelligent.
C. Dottie won the spelling contest, and spelled the word intelligent.
D. Dottie won the spelling contest because she spelled the word intelligent.
What is D
Dottie won the spelling contest because she spelled the word intelligent.
200
Which sentence below is correct?
A. Him and me arrived there Tuesday.
B. He and me arrived there Tuesday.
C. Me and him arrived there Tuesday.
D. He and I arrived there Tuesday.
What is D
He and I arrived there Tuesday.
200
Which sentence below is a detail sentence that might BEST be added to the paragraph below?
Some snakes and lizards have forked tongues. The tongues are harmless and are used to taste the air. Flicking the tongue is a way of smelling the air and ground.
A. Snakes' eyes are always open.
B. Some snakes have pits in their head that sense heat.
C. A chameleon's tongue can be as long as its body.
D. Many snakes use their tongues to find food.
What is D (Many snakes use their tongues to find food.)
200
Pat, a truck driver, is transporting furniture from Atlanta to Dallas. What would help her find the BEST route to take?
A. a thesaurus
B. an encyclopedia
C. a dictionary
D. an atlas
What is D (an atlas)
200
The word extinct could mean all of these EXCEPT
A. gone
B. living
C. ended
D. died out
What is B (living)
300
What is the structure of the sentence below?
I like rock music, but my brother likes country music.
A. an incomplete sentence
B. a simple sentence
C. a run-on sentence
D. a compound sentence
What is D a compound sentence
300
What does the underlined word it in the sentence mean?
A bear's thick coat protects it from the cold winter winds and cold temperatures.
A. bear
B. coat
C. winter
D. winds
What is A "bear"
300
What is the BEST topic sentence for the paragraph below?
Samuel Morse invented a message system using dashes and dots. Some people use sign language. Sailors use different colored flags. Today you use a computer to send e-mail.
A. E- mail is the best way to send a message.
B. Sending messages is hard to do.
C. Samuel Morse was a smart man.
D. There are many ways to send messages.
What is D (There are many ways to send messages.)
300
Meagan wants to know what pages of her English book tell about how to write limericks. Where in the book should she look?
A. the title page
B. the copyright page
C. the glossary
D. the index
What is D (the index)
300
Kadeem had 53 rocks in his collection. He gave Cindy 22 of them. About how many rocks did he have then?
A. 10
B. 20
C. 30
D. 40
What is C (30)
400
What type of sentence is the one below?
Jade shouted, "That is the most beautiful drawing you have ever done!"
What is an exclamatory sentence
400
What change should be made to the sentence below?
Pablo gave the directions to John and I.
What is change I to me
Pablo gave the directions to John and me.
400
Jim had several chores to do. He had to finish them before he could play with his friends. Cleaning his room was the first job on his list. Jim also had to wash the
dishes and put them away. Which would make a good closing sentence for the paragraph?
A. Jim's room is always a mess, especially all of the clothes on the floor.
B. Jim does not like sweeping the pine needles off of the driveway.
C. Jim's chores did not take him long and he was back outside.
D. Jim had to take out the trash.
What is C (Jim's chores did not take him long and he was back outside.)
400
Nick has chosen scuba diving as his topic for a research report. What is the next thing he should do?
A. write an outline
B. take notes
C. gather information
D. write a first draft
What is C (gather information)
400
Who in the U.S. government has the power to override vetoes?
A. the president
B. the Congress
C. the cabinet
D. the Supreme Court
What is B (the Congress)
500
What is the BEST way to combine the sentences below into a compound sentence?
Thunder and lightning happen together. We see lightning first because light travels
faster than sound.
What is
Thunder and lightning happen together, but we see lightning first because light travels faster than sound.
500
Which word in the sentence below should be capitalized?
The baker told his employee, "please put more flour in the bread."
What is please.
The baker told his employee, "Please put more flour in the bread."
500
Downstairs, Mrs. Dorn shook her head while she picked up the jacket that had
landed on the floor instead of the railing. She glanced up the stairs toward her son's
room. Scotty used to come home tired, but full of stories about his day. Now, she could barely get a hello out of him. He just wanted to go straight to his room. She couldn't really complain, though. Along with his strange behavior came a sudden interest in doing additional chores around the house. She sighed and hung the jacket in the closet.
Which word from the passage above is used as a transition word?
What is "Now"
500
Virginia is writing an essay on the rewards of exercise. She is using a book to help her. Which of the chapters in her book is probably NOT going to help her write her essay?
A. Chapter 1: Strengthening Your Heart Muscle
B. Chapter 2: Losing Weight Through Exercise
C. Chapter 3: Increasing Health and Fitness
D. Chapter 4: Purchasing Exercise Equipment
What is D (Chapter 4: Purchasing Exercise Equipment)
500
When several lightbulbs are connected in a series circuit, what will happen if one bulb burns out?
A. All of the lightbulbs will go out.
B. The other bulbs will continue to burn.
C. The other bulbs will burn brighter.
D. There will be a short circuit.