Types of sentences
What is the preposition in the following sentence?
Carol was upset because Peter put too much detergent in the washing machine.
A. upset
B. because
C. in
D. too
C. in
Which sentence is correctly capitalized?
Mr. Peterson, the Chairperson of the board, left his office at Noon.
Will you take the noon express train, Doctor?
The President will address both houses of congress.
2. Will you take the noon express train, Doctor?
4. Identify the sentence with the correct punctuation.
A. The teacher said, Please line up.”
B. The teacher said, “Please line up.”
C. The teacher said, Please line up.
D. The teacher said, “Please line up.
B. The teacher said, “Please line up.”
2. What character in the 1994 Newbery Medal winner by Lois Lowry is chosen to become “the Receiver” in the book The Giver?
A. Jonas
B. Tree-ear
C. Blue
D. Vernon
A. Jonas
1. Identify the type of literary device that is used in the following comparison in the poem, “The Highwayman,” by Alfre Noyes:
“The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.”
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
2. Metaphor
In the sentence, “They moved slowly down the hall,” what part of the speech is the word “slowly”?
A. adjective
B. adverb
C. conjunction
D. verb
B. adverb
2. The use of italics has become synonymous with underlining in most cases. Which of the following would be appropriate use of your typing ability to italicize words?
Titles of plays
Movie titles
Famous speeches
All of the above
4. All of the above
Identify the sentence with the correct punctuation.
A. Abby was born on May, 16, 2009.
B. Abby was born on May 16 2009.
C. Abby was born on May 16, 2009.
D. Abby was born on May, 16 2009.
C. Abby was born on May 16, 2009.
3. Which of the following people is also known as Dr. Seuss?
A. Theodore Geisel
B. Matt Ottley
C. May Gibbs
D. Karyn Sparks
A. Theodore Geisel
5. This literary term is defined as the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. What term would be exemplified by the tongue twister, “Sally sells sea shells down by the sea shore”?
A. Alliteration
B. Analogy
C. Flashback
D. Foreshadowing
A. Alliteration
Which sentence has a compound subject?
A. Babies like to sleep a lot.
B. Honeybees make honey in the summer and feed on it in the winter.
C. Pollen, nectar, and water are used to make honey.
D. Honey is easy to digest.
C. Pollen, nectar, and water are used to make honey.
3. Which words in the following sentence should be capitalized?
many of the students in my english class are from franklin county.
A. Many, English
B. Many, English, Class, Franklin, County
C. Many, English, Franklin
D. Many, English, Franklin, County
D. Many, English, Franklin, County
Which sentence is missing a comma?
A. Mary loves winter, but her mother loves fall.
B. Are you hungry, Albert?
C. Joe a good student, did well on his science test.
D. My birthday is December 3, 2002.
C. Joe a good student, did well on his science test.
10. In Wonderland, he appears muttering, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!”. Alice follows what fictional character down the hole into this magical place?
A. The Cheshire Cat
B. The White Rabbit
C. The March Hare
D. The Hatter
B. The White Rabbit
6. What do we call a kind of literature that includes songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a people as handed down by word of mouth?
Legend
Folklore
Fantasy
Fable
2. Folklore
14. Which of the following sentences correctly uses the underlined word as a verb? (hand)
A. Give me a hand with the chores.
B. Hand me the spoon, please.
C. Give the little lady a great big hand.
D. The big hand counts the minutes.
B. Hand me the spoon, please.
8. Identify the words in the following sentence which should be capitalized.
when we arrived at starlite cinema, our movie, kiss the sky, had already started.
A. When, Starlite, Kiss
B. When, Starlite, Cinema, Kiss
C. When, Starlite, Cinema, Kiss, Sky
D. When, Starlite, Cinema, Kiss, The, Sky
C. When, Starlite, Cinema, Kiss, Sky
2. Which of the following would you NOT use italics or underlining?
A. title of a play
B. title of a song
C. title of a film
D. title of a work of art
B. title of a song
11. What author wrote about the friendship that develops between Wilbur, a runty pig, and Charlotte, a heroic spider?
A. E. B. White
B. Roald Dahl
C. Madeleine L’Engle
D. C. S. Lewis
A. E. B. White
15. This is the point of highest interest for the reader of a book or a short story, or it can be the turning point in the action in a drama. What is it called?
A. conflict
B. mood
C. climax
D. plot
C. climax
Identify the sentence with the INCORRECT subject-verb agreement.
A. Jake came late to the party.
B. The couch and chair was delivered yesterday.
C. Hamburgers and pizza are my favorite.
D. My black shoes and brown boots need polish.
B. The couch and chair was delivered yesterday.
6. How many words should be capitalized in the following sentence?
hannah and aunt shirley drove west to topeka, kansas.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
C. 5
7. Which is correct?
A. Jack brought his Mother to the ball game.
B. Jack brought his mother to the Ball Game.
C. Jack brought his Mother to the Ball game.
D. Jack brought his mother to the ball game.
D. Jack brought his mother to the ball game.
18. In the Newbery Award-winning novel Holes, by Louis Sacher, Stanley has been falsely convicted of what crime?
A. stealing sneakers
B. setting fires
C. breaking into school and causing damage
D. stealing a neighbor’s car
A. stealing sneakers
18. The point of view is the angle from which the story is told. A ____ point of view means that one of the characters is telling the story.
A. first person
B. second person
C. third person limited
D. third person omniscient
A. first person