High School Grammar Quiz

Sam is learning about sentence structures in 702. If he wants to write a simple sentence (a "State the Obvious" writing move, what structure should he follow?

• Subject + Predicate

• Predicate + Subject

• Object + Verb

• Adjective + Noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Arjun, Samuel, and Henry are writing responses to prompts on the final written components in Room 702. Which punctuation mark should they use to indicate the end of a declarative sentence in their story?

• !

• ?

• .

• ,

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Zoe is planning to attend a party tomorrow. Which is the correct verb tense to use in the sentence: Zoe (will go/went) to the party tomorrow.

• will go

• has gone

• went

• is going

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Daniel, William, and Abigail are working on their Room 702 assignment. They are asked to write a compound sentence. Which of the following is the correct structure for a compound sentence they should use?

• A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or a comma.

• A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a subordinating conjunction or a semicolon.

• A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon.

• A compound sentence consists of two or more dependent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Grace wrote a sentence on the board and Sophia asked, 'Which punctuation mark should I use at the end to indicate it's a question?'

• ,

• !

• ?

• .

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Scarlett, Avery, and Rohan are organizing the books in the media center. They are confused about the correct subject-verb agreement in the following sentence: The books (is/are) on the shelf. Can you help them?

• is

• were

• are

• be

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

Aria, Zoe, and Avery (have been/had been) studying all night for their final written component(s).

• had been

• were

• are

• have been

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

During the lunch karaoke talent show, the extremely talented singer, Liam, performed. Identify the modifier in this sentence.

• Liam

• singer

• performed

• extremely

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Ems is planning to go on a week-long family cruise over fall break. Which is the correct verb tense to use in the sentence: Emma (will travel/travelled) to Mexico next week.

• will travel

• travelled

• is travelling

• has travelled

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Oliver, Mia, and Noah are writing a discursive essay as a group. They are unsure about the correct subject-verb agreement in the following sentence: The topics of this essay (is/are) very interesting. Can you help them?

• is

• were

• are

• be

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F