Writing SOL Practice

If you want to get to the marching band competition, follow these directions: Take a right onto Madison Avenue. Keep going straight until you pass the shopping mall. Take a left onto the first street after the mall, Birch Street. Then, go straight until you get to a stoplight. Take a right at the stoplight, and the competition is at the end of the street. Parking attendants will point you to an open space.

Which is a transition word in the paragraph?

• Then

• Take

• right

• parking

What always comes after a transition word?

• A period

• A semicolon

• A comma

• A question mark

Which is a run-on sentence?

• On July 4, 1776, who declared independence from Great Britain where was this declaration made?

• Sometimes people put up Halloween decorations even before school begins.

• In the usual pattern of events, a president of the United States is inaugurated every four years.

• Did you ever buy Valentines before Christmas?

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which correction should be made to the sentence below?

“Who knows what a cobra looks like,” Sean called to his teammates from the outfield.

• Add a comma after teammates.

• Remove the quotation marks before Who.

• Change the comma after like to a question mark.

• Change the period after outfield to a question mark.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Chuck is researching the impact of the invention of the electric guitar on popular music. Which of the following questions would be BEST to ask to start his research?

• Which forms of popular music commonly use the electric guitar?

• Where was the first electric guitar built?

• Who are some famous electric guitar players?

• When did the electric guitar begin to be mass-produced?

I have a job shoveling my neighbor’s driveway whenever there is a snowstorm. He is too old to shovel anymore and is afraid of hurting himself. It shouldn’t be too hard to shovel. His driveway is a lot shorter than ours. I just hope I’m not too tired to shovel his driveway when I’m done shoveling ours.

The underlined sentence in the paragraph above is a:

• topic sentence

• closing sentence

• redundant sentence

• supporting sentence

In the sentence below, what part of speech is the underlined word?

My grandmother asked me to pick a bouquet of her late-blooming roses.

• adverb

• noun

• adjective

• verb

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

1 Courtney is a hard-working, dependable person. 2 She has been involved in the student government for two years. 3 She gets good grades and all of her teachers say she is a pleasure to have in class. 4 She treats her fellow classmates with respect. 5 She also participates in many afterschool programs.

What sentence would BEST follow sentence 5 in the paragraph above?

• She’s a good person to have around.

• Courtney would be a great pick for class president.

• Despite all this, she has a lousy personality.

• She has a problem being honest with people.

1 The next time you’re planning a vacation, be sure to check out Las Palmas Resort Hotel. 2 Along with great accommodations, Las Palmas offers nonstop fun for the whole family. 3 Golf, tennis, swimming, and sightseeing tours are just some of the activities the resort offers.

Which sentence would BEST follow sentence 1 in the paragraph above?

• The hotel is currently accepting job offers.

• It features an exciting night life.

• You probably know someone who has stayed there before.

• Las Palmas has been consistently rated as a fourstar hotel.

How should the sentences below BEST be combined?

The family hiked to the local orchard. They bought three kinds of apples.

• The family hiked to the local orchard and they bought three kinds of apples.

• The family hiked to the local orchard, they bought three kinds of apples.

• The family hiked to the local orchard where they bought three kinds of apples.

• The family hiked to the local orchard: They bought three kinds of apples.