ELPAC Writing Practice

A student wrote the following sentence to describe this picture:

The children are pulling the rope.

Which sentence below is a more descriptive sentence?

• They are on the beach.

• The teenagers are competing in a Tug-a-War contest on the beach while two boys cheer them on.

• The teenagers are tugging the rope on the beach.

• The boys and girls are competing against each other.

Read the sentence written about the picture. It contains 2 errors.

The childrens is tugging the rope.

Which sentence below corrects the errors?

• The children is tugging the rope.

• The childrens are tugging the rope.

• The children are tug the rope.

• The children are tugging the rope.

Look at these two sentences.

The boys are competing against the girls. The boys and girls are on the beach.

Which sentence below BEST combines these two sentences?

• The boys and girls are competing on the beach.

• The boys are competing against the girls, but they are on the beach.

• The boys and girls are on the beach. They are competing.

• Competing on the beach are the boys and girls.

Which sentence BEST describes what the kids may do next?

• They will go swimming.

• The boys who are refereeing will shout for the winning team once the rope moves past the line.

• The losing team will be sad.

• A rainstorm will begin.

Which claim is BEST supported by the graph?

• Rabbits are popular pets.

• Goldfish are more popular than dogs.

• Hamsters are the least popular pet.

• More students own cats than any other pet.

Which claim is NOT supported by the graph?

• Wolverine was the least popular movie.

• Almost half of the movie earnings went to Superman and Ironman.

• Batman was the most popular super hero movie.

• Superman earned the least amount of money.

Which claim is NOT supported by the Venn diagram?

• Whales breathe water.

• Both whales and fish have fins.

• Fish do not give birth to live young.

• Whales have hair.

Select ALL of the claims that can be supported by the venn diagram.

• Bats and birds both have two legs.

• Birds do not have fur.

• Both bats and birds have teeth.

• Bats are cold-blooded.