English III Diagnostic

Which of the following punctuation marks is a comma?

• ,

• ;

• :

• ( )

Which of the following punctation marks is a semicolon?

• ,

• ;

• :

• ( )

Which of the following punctuation marks is a colon?

• :

• ;

• ( )

• --

Which of the following punctuation marks is known as parentheses?

• ( )

• [ ]

• :

• ;

Identify the correct verb form to fill in the blank:
Laura and her friend ________ for their trip to Peru in an hour.

• leaves
• leave

Which is a complete sentence?

• Because night fell.
• Jim ate the sandwich.
• On a tree-lined path.
• In our neck of the woods

Identify the correct contraction to fill in the blank:
_______ Jack and Maria have to work tonight?

• Doesn't 
• Don't

Identify the correct verb to fill in the blank:
Neither the bus driver nor the dispatcher ______ the new route.

• likes
• like

Complete the sentences with correct verb to be.

Tina ________ at my home.

• is

• are

• am

After months of drought, the storm clouds build up in the sky. What part of speech is "storm"?

• adjective`
• noun
• preposition
• verb