Language Art - Level M/ for Levels B&C - End of Term

Which sentence is written correctly?

• The teacher is a well-known biologist with many years of experience.

• The woman thought the wildlife conservation course would be interest.

• Students have a chance to visit an animal rescue center as part of their finally project.

• The wildlife conservation course is popularity enough that some students take it a second time.

Look at the list of book titles on a reading list. Which titles are written in the correct style and format.

• Basic Federal Income Tax by Gwendolyn Griffith Lieuallen

• Income Tax Fundamentals 2013 by Gerald E. Whittenburg, Steve Gill, and Martha Altus-Buller

• Jacks on Tax: Your Do-It-Yourself Guide to Filing Taxes Online by Evelyn Jacks

• Turbo Tax 2013 Income Tax Handbook: The Complete Guide to Tax Breaks, Deductions, and Money-Saving Tax Tips by The Tax Professionals of Weiser LLP

Read the paragraph.

(1) While watching a baseball game at the ballpark is a great experience, it is expensive. (2) Depending on where you want to sit, ticket prices can be hundreds of dollars per person. (3) Lastly, most ballparks do not allow outside food, and ballpark food is very expensive. (4) A bottle of water could be as much as $6.00. (5) That is why I prefer to watch the game from my own living room.

Read the sentence.

Even the cost to park your car can be as much as $50.00 at some parks.

Where should the sentence be placed in the paragraph?

• After Sentence 1

• After Sentence 2

• after Sentence 3

• after Sentence 4

Read the paragraph.

First of all, the light that shines from a cell phone is distracting to other people watching the movie. Secondly, when someone is talking on the phone, it makes it harder to hear what the actors are saying.

The paragraph is missing an introduction.

Which of these would best introduce the topic?

• Cell phone users are often rude in movie theaters.

• Movie theaters should ask people who use cell phones to leave.

• Cell phone use in restaurants and move theaters should be banned.

• People should be courteous to others and turn off their cell phones in movie theaters.

Casper is writing a paragraph about how to play a type of flute called a recorder. He has written the sentences below.

Follow these steps to play the recorder. Put the mouthpiece in your mouth like a straw. The line of finger holes should be on top. One hole will be on the underside. With your left hand, cover the hole on the underside with your thumb and the first three holes on top with your first three fingers. With your right hand, cover the lower four holes on top with four fingers. Use your right thumb to support the recorder. Blow very gently into the mouthpiece.

Now Casper needs to write a conclusion. Identify a sentence from the list below that best finish Casper’s paragraph.

• The recorder is one of the easiest instruments to learn.

• By following these steps, you will be playing the recorder in no time at all.

• Would you like to learn to play the recorder quickly and easily?

“My doctor who is a general practitioner referred me to a bone and joint specialist after I injured my knee.”

Select the best punctuation for the bold portion of the sentence.

• “My doctor who is a general practitioner, referred me”

• "My doctor: who is a general practitioner, referred me"

• "My doctor, who is a general practitioner, referred me"

• No change is needed.

“Ben has been a vegetarian for years, but he will eat fish from time to time. He ate for example the baked salmon at my party.”

Select the best punctuation for the bold portion of this sentence.

• No change is needed

• "He ate for example, the baked salmon at my party."

• "He ate, for example, the baked salmon at my party.

• "He ate, for example the baked salmon at my party."

The _____ smell of the catered lunch wafted into my office, making my stomach growl."

• strong

• delicious

• horrible

• foul

The twins looked identical to most strangers, but close friends could see the subtle ____________

• opposition

• similarities

• differences

• likeness

"The gas station needs to hire a new clerk. The previous clerk was let go for shoplifting."

• The gas station needs to hire a new clerk; the previous clerk was let go for shopping."

• “The previous clerk being let go for shoplifting, the gas station needs to hire a new one.”

• “Shoplifting, the previous clerk was let go, and the gas station needs to hire a new clerk.”

• “The gas station needs to hire a new clerk, the previous clerk was let go for shoplifting.”