Read the information. I love my pet puppy Peanut. Peanut sometimes worries me. Choose the correct way to write the sentences as a compound sentence.

I love my pet puppy Peanut, but sometimes she worries me.

Although I love my pet puppy Peanut, sometimes she worries me.

Because she sometimes worries me, I love my pet puppy Peanut.

With all the worry that she causes me, I still love my pet puppy Peanut.

Which sentence has a mistake in capitalization? A. We enjoyed reading the play If You Give a Mouse a Cookie . B. Our class loudly sang "It's a Small World" at the show. C. My favorite chapter in the book is called "First Day of Spring." D. I read the book Two little Trains three times already today.

D. I read the book Two little Trains three times already today.

A. We enjoyed reading the play If You Give a Mouse a Cookie .

B. Our class loudly sang "It's a Small World" at the show.

C. My favorite chapter in the book is called "First Day of Spring."

Which sentence uses commas correctly? A. I live at 500 Grant Avenue, Harrisburg Pennsylvania. B. My friend lives at 2020, South River Street, Erie Pennsylvania. C. I must travel to 124 North Center Street Johnstown, Pennsylvania. D. She works at 6226 West Forest Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

D. She works at 6226 West Forest Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A. I live at 500 Grant Avenue, Harrisburg Pennsylvania.

B. My friend lives at 2020, South River Street, Erie Pennsylvania.

C. I must travel to 124 North Center Street Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly? A. He said, "My new kitten loves to roll in the grass." B. He "said My new kitten loves to roll in the grass." C. He said, "My new kitten loves to roll in the grass." D. "He said, My new kitten loves to roll in the grass."

C. He said, "My new kitten loves to roll in the grass."

A. He said, "My new kitten loves to roll in the grass."

B. He "said My new kitten loves to roll in the grass."

D. "He said, My new kitten loves to roll in the grass."

Which sentence has an apostrophe mistake? A. All three islands' beaches are made up of black sand. B. The captain's busy crew raised the sails in a hurry. C. All the workers' loaded their tools on the truck. D. The parade's first group was a marching band.

C. All the workers' loaded their tools on the truck.

A. All three islands' beaches are made up of black sand.

B. The captain's busy crew raised the sails in a hurry.

D. The parade's first group was a marching band.

Which underlined word should be changed to correct the spelling mistake? A. The students walked down the hallway. B. The rabbit hopped through the meadow. C. Ann will take her new book home to read. D. Mark will raize his hand before speaking.

D. Mark will raize his hand before speaking.

A. The students walked down the hallway.

B. The rabbit hopped through the meadow.

C. Ann will take her new book home to read.

Read the paragraph from a story: (1) Bill decide that drinking a hot cup of cinnamon tea would be a nice way to get warm. (2) He filled the teapot with cold water and then placed it on the stove. (3) While he was waiting for the water to boil, he opened the box of tea and breathed in the scent of cinnamon. (4) Not long after, steam came out of the teapot noisily. Choose the most descriptive way to revise sentence 4.

Not long after, steam sprayed from the teapot with a loud whistle.

Not long after, some steam got out of the teapot very loudly.

Not long after, there was steam and a loud noise from the teapot.

Not long after, steam went in the air from the teapot with a loud sound.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Read the sentence: On Saturday we thought the grass looked really tall.
Which word describes the grass?

thought

looked

really

tall

Answer explanation

The word 'tall' describes the grass because it tells us how the grass looked.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Read the sentence: The playful kitten quickly jumped on the ball of string.
Which underlined word is being used as a noun in the sentence?

playful

quickly

jumped

string

Answer explanation

The underlined word 'string' is being used as a noun in the sentence. It refers to the ball of string that the playful kitten quickly jumped on.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Which underlined word should be changed to correct the mistake?
A. Bill welcomed the visitors to his school.
B. Ann found two pennies lying on the floor.
C. The musician owned two guitars and three banjos.
D. We put on our coats and scarfs before going outside.

A. visitors

B. pennies

C. banjos

D. scarfs

Answer explanation

The underlined word 'scarfs' should be changed to 'scarves' to correct the mistake.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Read the sentence: We listened as Mary explained her _________ about how long we should practice for the program.
Which word best completes the sentence?

liberty

mood

opinion

opportunity

Answer explanation

The word 'opinion' best completes the sentence because it refers to Mary's viewpoint or belief about how long to practice for the program.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Read the sentences: It began to rain just as we got to my friend's house. When we ringed the doorbell, my friend came to the door right away to make sure we did not get wet.
Which underlined word should be changed to correct a mistake?

began

got

ringed

came

Answer explanation

The underlined word 'ringed' should be changed to correct a mistake. It should be replaced with 'rang' to maintain grammatical consistency.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.5.1C

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Read the paragraph.
A frog lives in my neighbor's pond. Yesterday I watched it jump into the water. It made a small splash. Tomorrow I take my brother to the pond to show him the frog.
Which underlined verb should be changed to correct the mistake in verb tense?

lives

watched

made

take

Answer explanation

The underlined verb 'take' should be changed to 'took' to maintain consistent verb tense.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Read the sentence: Dave and John was told that they could bring their new books to class with them.
Which part of the sentence has a mistake?

Dave and John was

told that they could bring

their new books

to class with them

Answer explanation

The mistake in the sentence is 'Dave and John was'. It should be 'Dave and John were' to match the plural subject.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

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3rd Grade PSSA Released Items 2015-2016 Conventions

Read the sentence: On Saturday we thought the grass looked really tall.
Which word describes the grass?

The word 'tall' describes the grass because it tells us how the grass looked.

Read the sentence: The playful kitten quickly jumped on the ball of string.
Which underlined word is being used as a noun in the sentence?

The underlined word 'string' is being used as a noun in the sentence. It refers to the ball of string that the playful kitten quickly jumped on.

Which underlined word should be changed to correct the mistake?
A. Bill welcomed the visitors to his school.
B. Ann found two pennies lying on the floor.
C. The musician owned two guitars and three banjos.
D. We put on our coats and scarfs before going outside.

The underlined word 'scarfs' should be changed to 'scarves' to correct the mistake.

Read the sentence: We listened as Mary explained her _________ about how long we should practice for the program.
Which word best completes the sentence?

The word 'opinion' best completes the sentence because it refers to Mary's viewpoint or belief about how long to practice for the program.

Read the sentences: It began to rain just as we got to my friend's house. When we ringed the doorbell, my friend came to the door right away to make sure we did not get wet.
Which underlined word should be changed to correct a mistake?

The underlined word 'ringed' should be changed to correct a mistake. It should be replaced with 'rang' to maintain grammatical consistency.

Read the paragraph.
A frog lives in my neighbor's pond. Yesterday I watched it jump into the water. It made a small splash. Tomorrow I take my brother to the pond to show him the frog.
Which underlined verb should be changed to correct the mistake in verb tense?

The underlined verb 'take' should be changed to 'took' to maintain consistent verb tense.

Read the sentence: Dave and John was told that they could bring their new books to class with them.
Which part of the sentence has a mistake?

The mistake in the sentence is 'Dave and John was'. It should be 'Dave and John were' to match the plural subject.

Read the sentence: She was able to wake up _____________ than the rest of the children.
Which word or words correctly completes the sentence?

The correct word to complete the sentence is 'earlier' as it indicates waking up before the rest of the children. It is the comparative form of 'early'.

Read the sentence: It just started raining, __________ we can't go outside to play.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?

The correct word to complete the sentence is 'so' because it indicates a cause-and-effect relationship between the two clauses.

Read the information.
I love my pet puppy Peanut. Peanut sometimes worries me.
Choose the correct way to write the sentences as a compound sentence.

The correct way to write the sentences as a compound sentence is 'I love my pet puppy Peanut, but sometimes she worries me.'

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3rd Grade PSSA Released Items 2015-2016 Conventions

Read the sentence: On Saturday we thought the grass looked really tall.Which word describes the grass?

The word 'tall' describes the grass because it tells us how the grass looked.

Read the sentence: The playful kitten quickly jumped on the ball of string.Which underlined word is being used as a noun in the sentence?

The underlined word 'string' is being used as a noun in the sentence. It refers to the ball of string that the playful kitten quickly jumped on.

Which underlined word should be changed to correct the mistake?A. Bill welcomed the visitors to his school.B. Ann found two pennies lying on the floor.C. The musician owned two guitars and three banjos.D. We put on our coats and scarfs before going outside.

The underlined word 'scarfs' should be changed to 'scarves' to correct the mistake.

Read the sentence: We listened as Mary explained her _________ about how long we should practice for the program.Which word best completes the sentence?

The word 'opinion' best completes the sentence because it refers to Mary's viewpoint or belief about how long to practice for the program.

Read the sentences: It began to rain just as we got to my friend's house. When we ringed the doorbell, my friend came to the door right away to make sure we did not get wet. Which underlined word should be changed to correct a mistake?

The underlined word 'ringed' should be changed to correct a mistake. It should be replaced with 'rang' to maintain grammatical consistency.

Read the paragraph. A frog lives in my neighbor's pond. Yesterday I watched it jump into the water. It made a small splash. Tomorrow I take my brother to the pond to show him the frog. Which underlined verb should be changed to correct the mistake in verb tense?

The underlined verb 'take' should be changed to 'took' to maintain consistent verb tense.

Read the sentence: Dave and John was told that they could bring their new books to class with them. Which part of the sentence has a mistake?

The mistake in the sentence is 'Dave and John was'. It should be 'Dave and John were' to match the plural subject.

Read the sentence: She was able to wake up _____________ than the rest of the children.Which word or words correctly completes the sentence?

The correct word to complete the sentence is 'earlier' as it indicates waking up before the rest of the children. It is the comparative form of 'early'.

Read the sentence: It just started raining, __________ we can't go outside to play. Which word correctly completes the sentence?

The correct word to complete the sentence is 'so' because it indicates a cause-and-effect relationship between the two clauses.

Read the information.I love my pet puppy Peanut. Peanut sometimes worries me.Choose the correct way to write the sentences as a compound sentence.

The correct way to write the sentences as a compound sentence is 'I love my pet puppy Peanut, but sometimes she worries me.'

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Read the sentence: On Saturday we thought the grass looked really tall.
Which word describes the grass?

Read the sentence: The playful kitten quickly jumped on the ball of string.
Which underlined word is being used as a noun in the sentence?

Which underlined word should be changed to correct the mistake?
A. Bill welcomed the visitors to his school.
B. Ann found two pennies lying on the floor.
C. The musician owned two guitars and three banjos.
D. We put on our coats and scarfs before going outside.

Read the sentence: We listened as Mary explained her _________ about how long we should practice for the program.
Which word best completes the sentence?

Read the sentences: It began to rain just as we got to my friend's house. When we ringed the doorbell, my friend came to the door right away to make sure we did not get wet.
Which underlined word should be changed to correct a mistake?

Read the paragraph.
A frog lives in my neighbor's pond. Yesterday I watched it jump into the water. It made a small splash. Tomorrow I take my brother to the pond to show him the frog.
Which underlined verb should be changed to correct the mistake in verb tense?

Read the sentence: Dave and John was told that they could bring their new books to class with them.
Which part of the sentence has a mistake?

Read the sentence: She was able to wake up _____________ than the rest of the children.
Which word or words correctly completes the sentence?

Read the sentence: It just started raining, __________ we can't go outside to play.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?

Read the information.
I love my pet puppy Peanut. Peanut sometimes worries me.
Choose the correct way to write the sentences as a compound sentence.