Writing Multiple Choice #2

Choose the best closing sentence for the following paragraph.

The most important meal of the day is breakfast. Research shows that students who eat a well-balanced breakfast every morning do better in school than students who skip breakfast. Eating a breakfast of fruit and cheese, for example, provides your body with energy. Skipping breakfast can leave you feeling tired in class.

• You need to eat three healthy meals every day.

• If you skip breakfast, be sure to take your vitamins.

• You can learn more effectively if you eat breakfast daily.

• Include foods from all of the food groups in your breakfast.

Choose the word that is spelled correctly.

The Canadian federal __________ is located in Ottawa.

• goverment

• govenment

• governmint

• government

Choose the words that best complete the sentence below.

Teachers ____________ students’ skills through ____________ work ____________.

• measure, their, habits

• measure, there, habits

• messure, there, habbits

• measure, their, habbets

Which is the best way to combine the information in the following sentences?

It was late at night.

The raccoon woke up.

The full harvest moon rose in the black sky.

• It was late at night, the full harvest moon rose in the black sky but the raccoon woke up.

• Late at night, the raccoon woke up as the full harvest moon rose in the black sky.

• It was late at night, the raccoon woke up, the full harvest moon rose in the black sky.

• It was late at night when the raccoon woke up, the full harvest moon rose in the black sky.

Choose the word that is spelled correctly.

• sadest

• funniest

• daintyest

• prouddest

Choose the sentence that is written correctly

• Sara, went home to find her brother eating.

• In the morning, Michael walked to the store.

• Connie wandered around the mall until, her mother arrived.

• Jamal fed the birds, in the bird feeder just outside his house.

Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

• Yesterday I saw a deer; it was standing in my backyard when I arrived home.

• Yesterday; I saw a deer it was standing in my backyard when I arrived home.

• Yesterday I saw a deer it was standing in my backyard; when I arrived home.

• Yesterday I saw a deer it was standing; in my backyard when I arrived home.

Choose the best closing sentence for the following paragraph.

Tracy Stewart is having a great career as a singer. She has had many number-one albums, both as a popular solo artist and as part of the band Big Fun. She is one of the most recognized pop stars in the world and continues to make popular music.

• Tracy Stewart is better as a solo performer.

• Tracy Stewart has a very recognizable voice.

• Tracy Stewart is known for her energetic style.

• Tracy Stewart will be successful for a long time.

Choose the correct order to make a paragraph using the sentences below.

(1) They were relieved that it was nothing serious.

(2) People looked out their windows to see what happened. (3) Loud noises awoke everyone on the street.

(4) They saw a truck with a flat tire bumping down the road.

• 2, 3, 1, 4

• 2, 4, 1, 3

• 3, 2, 4, 1

• 3, 4, 2, 1

Choose the word that has the same meaning as the words in bold in the following sentence.

The picture showed a grizzly bear standing next to a car, and the bear looked very big.

• major

• immense

• abundant

• plentiful