3rd Grade - Language - Test

It is a poorly written containing too many ideas joined by and, and so, or and then.

• Declarative sentence

• Imperative sentence

• Exclamatory sentence

• Run-together sentence

What are the two (2) steps to correct run.togehter sentences?

• Move and so’s, or and then’s to the beginning of the sentence and add a comma to separate the two ideas.

• Leave out any and so’s, or and then’s; and add capital letter and end marks to make new sentences.

• Leave out any and so’s, or and then’s; and add commas to separate the two ideas.

Correct the following Run-together sentence:

David slew Goliath with a stone and a sling and then the people of Israel rejoiced.

(a)  

Two comma rules to separate items are the following:

• Place a question mark at the end of the sentence.

  Add quotation marks at the beginning of the sentence.

• Capitalize each first letter of each words.

  Add a comma within the two ideas.

• Greeting of a friendly letter.

  Closing of any letter

The three important observations about the rule “Words used in direct address,” are:

- If the name is at the beginning of the sentence, place the comma after the name/noun.

- If the name is in the middle of the sentence, place commas before and after the name/noun.

- If the name is at the end of the sentence, place commas before the name/noun.

• True

• False

What comma rule has been used in the following sentence?

I was born in Morazan, on October 26,1961.

• Closing of any letter

• Words in a series

• Items in dates

• Items in addresses

What comma rule has been used in the following sentence

I guess, Jason, you are the best teacher in the world!

• Words used in direct address

• Greeting of a friendly letter

• Yes and no at the beginning of a sentence

• Closing of any letter

A Direct Quotation is: to report on what a person said without using the exact words of the speaker.

• False

• True

The two (2) rules to use quotation marks are:

Rule 1 – Use quotation marks before and after a direct quotation.

Rule 2 - Use quotation marks before and after the titles of short stories, poems, songs, chapters, and magazines or newspaper articles.

• True

• False

When the direct quotation is an exclamation or a question, the exclamation point or the question mark is used instead of a comma.

• True

• False