Unit 2 Grammar Unit Assessment

Which of these words should begin with a capital letter?

• prairie

• europe

• tornado

• continent

Which sentence has correct capitalization?

• The Amazon River flows through the northern part of Brazil.

• The Amazon river flows through the northern part of Brazil.

• The Amazon River flows through the Northern part of Brazil.

• The Amazon river flows through the Northern part of Brazil.

Which answer is not a simple sentence?

• The workers pushed and pulled on the post in the ground.

• The dog and the horse have been friends for a long time.

• The sports reporter wrote about the football game.

• Traffic stopped because deer were crossing the road.

Read the sentence below.

Choose the answer that is similar but has a compound subject and compound predicate.

The trees grew well.

• The trees grew well and shaded the yard.

• The trees and shrubs grew well and shaded the yard.

• The trees and shrubs shaded the yard.

• The shrubs grew well, and the trees shaded the yard.

Which sentence uses correlative conjunctions?

• Some of the other towns in the area are about the same size.

• The town was founded during the gold rush a long time ago.

• That little town has neither traffic signals nor a grocery store.

• People like the town the way it is and don’t want to make changes.

In which answer is the subordinating conjunction underlined?

• Although we are really tired, the hike up the mountain was great.

• Although we are really tired, the hike up the mountain was great.

• Although we are really tired, the hike up the mountain was great.

• Although we are really tired, the hike up the mountain was great.

Which answer shows the independent clauses that make up this compound sentence?

Our apartment is near a library, so we often go there to study.

• Our apartment which is near a library.

  So we often go there to study.

• Our apartment is near a library so we often go.

  There to study.

• Our apartment is near. A library we often go there to study.

• Our apartment is near a library.

  We often go there to study.

Which answer is a correct compound sentence made by combining these two sentences?

We are flying on the same plane. Our seats are not together.

• We are flying on the same plane, so our seats are not together.

• We are flying on the same plane, but our seats are not together.

• We are flying on the same plane our seats are not together.

• We are flying on the same plane, because our seats are not together.

Which sentence has correct punctuation?

• The box contained pictures, letters, and some buttons.

• The box contained pictures, letters, and some, buttons.

• The box contained pictures letters, and some buttons.

• The box contained pictures, letters and some buttons.

Which sentence has correct punctuation?

• Lena do you know, what kind of plant this is?

• Lena do you, know what kind of plant this is?

• Lena, do you know what kind of plant this is?

• Lena do you know what kind of plant this is?