Revision: Language Structures and Conventions

1. What is the subject in the following sentence?

The front door slammed shut when mother opened the kitchen window.

• mother

• front door

• kitchen window

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

1. What is the subject in the following sentence?

The inner pocket of his worn-out blazer was filled with all kinds of bric-a-brac.

• inner pocket

• blazer

• his

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

1. What is the object in the following sentence?

Alice had a rainbow cake for her birthday.

• Alice

• rainbow cake

• birthday

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CCSS.L.3.1A

1. What is the object in the following sentence?

Matthew took out the trash this afternoon.

• Afternoon

• trash

• Matthew

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which option is the correct negative form of the sentence below?

Aunt Shanti mistook him for someone else.

• Aunt Shanti did not mistake him for someone else.

• Aunt Shanti mistaken him for someone else.

• Aunt Shanti never mistook him for someone else.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

Put the sentence in the correct order.

the rain fell down / as Beau slept / and the thunder roared.

• The rain fell down and the thunder roared as Beau slept.

• As Beau slept, the rain fell down and the thunder roared.

• As Beau slept and the thunder roared, the rain fell down.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Put the sentence in the correct order.

The curfew is at 8pm / for the colony / Andy decided that

• Andy decided that the curfew is at 8pm for the colony.

• For the colony Andy decided that the curfew is at 8pm.

• The curfew is at 8pm Andy decided that for the colony.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Provide a formal contextual synonym for the word in brackets.

The fans (dissed) his film and found it lacking compared to his previous works.

• criticized

• insulted

• criticised

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Provide an antonym for the word in brackets.

After rehearsing her part, Jane felt full of (anxiety).

• nerves

• confidence

• pride

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Choose the correct passive form for the following sentence.

The archaeologists were understandably disappointed when the museum was broken into.

• The museum was broken into and the archaeologists were understandably disappointed.

• The museum was broken into and when the archaeologists were understandably disappointed.

• When the museum was broken into the archaeologists were understandably disappointed.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A