SLO Pre-Test Sentence Variety

Pick the correct use of a coordinating conjunction?

• The ski is blue. The grass is green

• The sky blue; the grass green.

• The sky is blue, and the the grass is green.

• The sky is blue; and the grass is green.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

Which of these is not a coordinating conjunction?

• yet

• by

• so

• nor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

Choose the option that best combines all of the information contained in the sentences below: Our car broke down. We called a tow truck. We had it towed to Toronto.

• When our car broke down, we had a call a tow truck to have it towed to Toronto.

• A tow truck from Toronto had to be called when our car broke down.

• We had to call a tow truck when our car broke down.

• We had to tow the car to Toronto.

Identify the sentence structure: Jeff brought his metal bat out of the dugout to try for a home run, but when the lightning started flashing, he had to exchange it for a wooden bat.

• simple

• complex

• compound

• compound-complex

Identify the sentence structure: With three minutes to spare, Lester delivered the pizza to the correct house; the pizza was still hot and fresh when he rang the doorbell.

• compound-complex

• simple

• compound

• complex

Identify the sentence structure: We will be twisting the rope together while you are feeding the twine to us.

• compound

• simple

• compound-complex

• complex

Which is a complex sentence?

• I was late because I missed my train.

• We got up late so I missed my train.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

I'm so pleased that you can come to my party.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.1.1J

We were doing a mathematics test when the fire alarm rang yesterday.

• Simple

• Compound-complex

• Complex

• Compound

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

When Delores realized that her father had made lima beans and rice for dinner, she______________________, claimed to feel nauseous, and excused herself form the table.

• did clutch her stomach

• clutched her stomach

• was clutching her stomach

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D