ELA ISAT Review #1

I missed the bus. I was tardy to my first class.

Select the best way to combine these sentences.

• I missed the bus, but I was tardy to my first class.

• I missed the bus, for I was tardy to my first class.

• I missed the bus, and I was tardy to my first class.

• I missed the bus, or I was tardy to my first class.

If you were assigned a reminiscence, a story from your life, the best point of view to use would be:

• first person

• second person

• third person-limited

• third person-omniscient

I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

What figure of speech does this sentence use?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

She is especially fond of that teddy bear.

What does "especially" mean in this sentence?

• rather

• not

• extremely

• sort of

The flower is fragrant.

Which is the basic English pattern of the sentence

• noun - linking verb - adjective

• noun - linking verb - noun

• noun - verb - noun

• noun - verb - adverb

The two main parts of a sentence are:

• subject and predicate

• predicate and direct object

• subject and noun

• direct object and indirect object

That is Sharon's book.

Sharon's is what part of speech in this sentence?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Which of the following book titles is correctly capitalized?

• Of Mice And Men

• Charlotte's web

• East of Eden

• island of The Blue Dolphins

Which of the following is written correctly?

• "Hi" said Jenny.

• Tory answered, "how are you doing?"

• "I'm great," said Jenny

• Tory said, "Do you want to walk to school?"

Which of the following letter closings is written correctly?

• yours Truly,

• Sincerely Yours,

• Yours truly,

• Sincerely Yours