SPELLING
PUNCTUATION
CAPITALIZATION
USAGE
CONTEXT CLUES
100

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?

Kate and I saw a monster movie on TV before I turned off the station, got in betwien the covers, and turned off the lights.

A. Change station to stashun

B. Change betwien to between

C. Change lights to lites

D. Make no change

B. Change betwien to between 

Kate and I saw a monster movie on TV before I turned off the station, got in between the covers, and turned off the lights.

100

What do you know about coyotes.

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?

A. Change the period (.) to a question mark (?)

B. Change What to wat

C. Add a comma (,) after about

D. Make no change

A. Change the period (.) to a question mark (?)

What do you know about coyotes?

100

i want to go to the Grand Canyon in December.

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?

A. Change i to I

B. Change Grand to grand

C. Change Canyon to canyon

D. Change December to december



A. Change i to I

I want to go to the Grand Canyon in December.

100

Have you ______________ your lost dog yet?

Which irregular verb fits the sentence?

A. found

B. find

C. founded

D. finded

A. found

Have you found your lost dog yet?

100

Post your report so others can read it and make suggestions.


What does the word 'post' mean in this sentence?

A. a piece of wood that supports something else

B. to publish or make public

C. to send by mail through the post office

D. a place where a soldier is stationed

B. to publish or make public

200

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?

I did not believe my eyes. A payper bag was skittering across the floor.

A. Change believe to beleeve

B. Change eyes to ise

C. Change payper to paper

D. Make no change

C. Change payper to paper

I did not believe my eyes. A paper bag was skittering across the floor.

200

Hooray. You did it!

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?

A. Change the period (.) to a comma (,)

B. Change the period (.) to an exclamation point (!)

C. Add a comma (,) after did

D. Make no change

B. Change the period (.) to an exclamation point (!)

Hooray! You did it!

200

Which of the sentences is written correctly?

A. Fred is not british.

B. That food has got to be Italian.

C. Bill is from mexico.

D. Most mexican food is spicy.

B. That food has got to be Italian.

200

We went shopping and I ______________ a new pair of jeans.

Which irregular verb fits the sentence?

A. buy 

B. bought

C. buyed

D. boughted

B. bought

We went shopping and I bought a new pair of jeans.

200

Getting a good night's sleep by hitting the sack early will help you, too.


What does 'hitting the sack early' mean in this sentence?

A. going to sleep

B. hitting a big bag

C. putting books in a sack

D. studying hard

A. going to sleep

300

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?

Kate thought there might be a tiny monster in the bag, but I did not agrea.

A. Change mite to might

B. Change tiny to tighny

C. Change agrea to agree

D. Make no change

C. Change agrea to agree

Kate thought there might be a tiny monster in the bag, but I did not agree.

300

Tomatoes are fruits, but many people think of them as vegetables.

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?

A. Remove the comma (,)

B. Change people to peeple

C. Add a comma (,) after them

D. Make no change

D. Make no change

Tomatoes are fruits, but many people think of them as vegetables.

300

Which sentence is correctly written?

A. Mrs. Morris likes to go to Starbucks on Mondays.

B. mrs. Morris likes to go to Starbucks on mondays.

C. mrs. morris likes to go to starbucks on Mondays.

D Mrs. morris likes to go to Starbucks on mondays.

A. Mrs. Morris likes to go to Starbucks on Mondays.

300

We were really surprised when we ______________ the game.

A. win

B. wonned

C. won

D. winned

C. won

We were really surprised when we won the game.

300

Sunshine streamed through the leaves, casting eerie shadows on a concrete box.


Which definition best fits the way 'casting' was used in this sentence?

A. throwing off or away

B. directing the eyes toward a certain place

C. making light appear in a place

D. removing something from the mind

C. making light appear in a place

400

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?


A croud of news people also went with him to report about the hunt.

A. Change also to alsow

B. Change croud to crowd

C. Change report to repourt

D. Make no change

B. Change croud to crowd

A crowd of news people also went with him to report about the hunt.

400

Tomatoes and potatoes were first grown in South America.

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?

A. Change South to Sowth

B. Add a comma (,) before and

C. Add a comma (,) after and

D. Make no change

D. Make no change

Tomatoes and potatoes were first grown in South America.

400

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?

My sister and I drove to the Beach last week for fun. 

A. Change I to i

B. Change Beach to beach

C. Change My to my

D. Change week to Week

B. Change Beach to beach

My sister and I drove to the beach last week for fun.

400

Have you ever ____________ the Empire State Building in New York?

Which irregular verb fits this sentence?

A. seen

B. saw

C. seed

D. sawn

A. seen

Have you ever seen the Empire State Building in New York?

400

It's refreshing to see a student with such curiosity about everything.


The word 'refreshing' means-

A. pleasingly new or different

B. producing strong emotions

C. causing confusion and shame

D. greatly bothersome or annoying

A. pleasingly new or different

500

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?

A travel book is the tourist's invitashun to travel anywhere.

A. Change tourist's to toorist's

B. Change invitashun to invitation

C. Change anywhere to anyware

D. Make no change

B. Change invitashun to invitation

A travel book is the tourist's invitation to travel anywhere.

500

Blueberries don't ripen after they are picked but strawberries do.

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?

A. Add a comma (,) before but

B. Change strawberries to strawberrys

C. Change the period (.) to a question mark (?)

D. Make no change

A. Add a comma (,) before but

Blueberries don't ripen after they are picked, but strawberries do.

500

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?

Have you ever seen "The greatest Showman?"

A. Change Have to have

B. Change you to You

C. Change The to the

D. Change greatest to Greatest

D. Change greatest to Greatest

Have you ever seen "The Greatest Showman?"

500

My family ____________ in London when I was young.

Which irregular verb fits the sentence?

A. lived

B. live

C. was live

D. living

A. lived

My family lived in London when I was young.

500

When the animal taps on a tree trunk, it can hear the insects inside scurrying around.


The word 'tap' can most closely be compared to-

A. grabs

B. hits

C. pulls

D. runs

B. hits