Grammar Review

(1) Gina has won the class election! (2) Jerome was the losing candidate. (3) He was sorry to lose. (4) He accepted his defeat. (5) Everyone celebrated Gina's victory at Mia's house. (6) Gina gave a speech. (7) She said she was glad she won. (8) She thanked the class for voting for her.

Which shows the best way to combine Sentences 3 and 4?

• He was sorry to lose, he accepted his defeat.

• He was sorry to lose, but he accepted his defeat.

• He was sorry to lose so he accepted his defeat.

• Make no change.

(1) Gina has won the class election! (2) Jerome was the losing candidate. (3) He was sorry to lose. (4) He accepted his defeat. (5) Everyone celebrated Gina's victory at Mia's house. (6) Gina gave a speech. (7) She said she was glad she won. (8) She thanked the class for voting for her.

Which shows the best way to combine Sentences 7 and 8?

• She said she was glad she won she thanked the class for voting for her.

• She said she was glad she won, and she thanked the class for voting for her.

• She said she was glad she won or she thanked the class for voting for her.

• Make no change.

Some of them rode bikes, others rode scooters.

Which shows the best way to rewrite the sentence above?

• Some of them rode bikes. Others scooters.

• Some of them bikes. Others rode scooters.

• Some of them rode bikes. Others rode scooters.

• Some of them bikes. Others scooters.

Which sentence should end with a question mark instead of a period?

• Each year, the city of New York holds a bike race.

• On the day of the race, all of the bicyclists gather in Central Park.

• What do the winners get as a prize.

• Some people compete individually, and some compete as part of a team.

Some artists created pencil drawings, others created oil paintings.

Which shows the best way to rewrite the sentence above?

• Some artists created pencil drawings. Others oil paintings.

• Some artists pencil drawings. Others oil paintings.

• Some artists pencil drawings. Others created oil paintings.

• Some artists created pencil drawings. Others created oil paintings.

Which sentence should end with a question mark instead of a period?

• Each year, Ms. Terrizzi hosts an art show.

• On the day of the show, students help her to hang artwork in the lobby.

• Some of the art is made by third graders, and other artwork is made by older students.

• Do you like to go and look at the art.

Not only did they make drawings for the art show, but they even made pottery

What punctuation mark would be best to add at the end of this sentence?

• a comma

• a semicolon

• a question mark

• an exclamation point