Pretest: Sentence Variation

Today I have an English quiz, and I must turn in the outline for my project.

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

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CCSS.L.7.1B

I had to read a short story, and I had to write a paragraph for homework last night.

• simple sentence

• complex sentence

• compound sentence

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CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.W.6.4

We could eat a salad for lunch, or we could eat a hamburger and fries.

• simple sentence

• complex sentence

• compound sentence

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CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.3A

The teens in the bowling alley.

• sentence
• fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Goes to the movies every weekend.

• sentence 
• fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Which below is a fragment?

• After getting estimates from five contractors, she decided to do the work herself.

• Before picking out an interesting wallpaper pattern that went well with her furniture.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

What is the BEST way to write this sentence:

There is a desire on the part of many of us to maintain a spring break for the purpose of getting away from the demands of our school work.

• Many of us want to maintain spring break to get away from our studies.
• There is a desire from many of us to maintain spring break due to the fact that we want to get away from the demands of our studies.
• Because we want to get away from the demands of our school work, many of us desire to maintain a spring break.

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CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.6.4

What is the MOST PRECISE way to write this sentence:
After a long period of time, my dog gave birth to a lot of puppies.

• After what seemed like forever, my dog gave birth to tons of puppies.
• After ten hours, my dog gave birth to eight brown and white puppies.
• My dog gave birth to so man puppies after quite a few hours.

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CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3B

How can you write this sentence MOST VIVIDLY?

The waves came into the shore.

• All day long, the blue waves crashed into the sand.
• The waves came into the shore with a great whooshing sound.
• The waves crashed and danced along the shore, moving up and down in a graceful and gentle rhythm like they were dancing.

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CCSS.W.6.3A

CCSS.W.6.3D

What is the BEST way to write this sentence:
He was really late to his English class due to the fact that he had to finish his math test.

• Due to the fact that he had to finish a math test, he was really late to his English class.
• He was really late to his English class as a result of the fact that he had to finish his math test.
• He was really late to his English class because he had to finish his math test.

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CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.W.6.2C

CCSS.W.6.4