Writing IReady Language Review

Verb Tenses and Verbs

100

Is the verb tense in this sentence past, present, or future? 

"They played soccer after school."

Past

200

Change this irregular verb to past tense and use it in a short sentence: 

"eat"

ate

I ate pizza.

300

Change this regular verb to past tense and use it in a short sentence: 

"watch"

watched

I watched tv yeaterday.

400

Write a future-tense sentence with "jump."

I will jump.

500

 Explain in one simple sentence the difference between a regular verb and an irregular verb, and give one example of each.

 Regular verbs form the past by adding -ed (e.g., walk → walked). Irregular verbs change in other ways (e.g., go → went).

Agreement and Pronouns

100

Choose the correct verb: "My cat (likes / like) milk."

likes

200

Pick the correct pronoun:

 "Mark should bring (his / their) pencil."

his

300

Fix the sentence if needed: "My brother and I goes to the same school."

My brother and I go to the same school.

400

Rewrite correctly: "Either the teacher or the students (is / are) responsible for the books."

Either the teacher or the students are responsible for the books. 

500

Fill in the correct pronouns so that they match with their antecedent.

singular antecedent →   "The girl lost _________ hat."

plural antecedent →  "The boys lost _______ hats."

singular antecedent →   "The girl lost her hat."

plural antecedent →  "The boys lost their hats."

Comparatives and Capitalization

100

Which is comparative: "smarter" or "smartest"? 

Leo is _________________ than Sam.

smarter

200

Change the adjective to superlative : "fast" 

She is the _______________ runner in the class.

fastest

300

Capitalize this title correctly: 

"the adventure of tom sawyer"

The Adventure of Tom Sawyer

400

Explain in one sentence when to capitalize short words like "in" or "on" in a title.

You only capitalize them if they are the first or last words.

500

Rewrite and capitalize this title correctly: 

"a day in the life of my mom"

A Day in the Life of My Mom

Conjunctions

100

Name a coordinating conjunction and use it to join these two short sentences: 

"I wanted cake. I ate pie."

I wanted cake, and I ate pie.

or 

I wanted cake, but I ate pie.

200

Turn the two ideas into one complex sentence using "because": 

"She didn't play. She was sick."

She didn't play because she was sick.

300

Use a subordinating conjunction to combine:

 "It rained. We stayed inside."

Because it rained, we stayed inside. 

400

Combine into a correct compound sentence using a coordinating conjunction: 

"It was hot. We went swimming."

It was hot, so we went swimming.

500

Choose the correct conjunction to complete the sentence:

 "I wanted to play outside, ___ it started to rain."

I wanted to play outside, but it started to rain.

Sentences

100

Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex? 

"While it rained, we played board games at home."

Complex

200

Write a simple sentence about recess.

We play outside at recess.

300

Combine into one compound sentence: 

"It rained. We played inside."

It rained, so we played inside.

400

Identify the subject and the verb in this sentence: "Sam drew a picture, and Mia colored it."

(Hint there is more than one subject and verb) 

"Sam" → "drew"; "Mia" → "colored."

500

What punctuation marks go around dialogue?

Quotation marks