January Bellwork TEST

​ (a)   , she went to Walmart, which is much bigger ​ (b)   Brookshire's.

• then
• than

What does the 's represent in the following sentence?

My daughter's test score was lower today.

• plural - there is more than one daughter

• possession - shows the daughter has owndership of the test score

• contraction - my daughter is

Who would most likely be the intended audience of the following paragraph?

Ten months ago, I wrote a blog post about legendary basketball coach, Phil Jackson, as I was in the midst of figuring out my next chapter. I expressed chagrin at how a man like Phil Jackson was essentially being put out to pasture. He was getting coaching offers, but he had made it clear that he didn't want to coach, and it seemed liked teams were missing out on the opportunity to benefit from his wisdom due to their lack of imagination.

• A mom of a peewee basketball player

• A NBA analyst

• A high school football player

• An NFL cheerleader

Those girls dropped several of ​ (a)   dollars as they walked into the store.

• their
• our
• my
• her

My group and I left ​ (a)   project at home by accident.

• our
• their
• her
• my

Finish the sentence with the correct punctuation.

School is a place for students to learn​ (a)   and most of the time​ (b)   it is where students feel safe.

• ,
• ;
• :
• .

My dog usually ​ (a)   for me after school, but today he did not.

• waits
• wait

Select all the words that should be capitalized in the following sentence.

my favorite month is april because i was born during that month.

• My

• Month

• April

• I

Which is the correct way to combine the following sentences?

During class I kept thinking about how bad my grade was. I felt like I didn't deserve to be in advanced.

• During class I kept thinking about how bad my grade was, I felt like I didn't deserve to be in advanced.

• During class I kept thinking about how bad my grade was so I felt like I didn't deserve to be in advanced.

• During class I kept thinking about how bad my grade was, and I felt like I didn't deserve to be in advanced.

• During class I kept thinking about how bad my grade was but I felt like I didn't deserve to be in advanced.

Which of the following rewrites the sentence in the best way?

Since I was going through a major life change, I was in Algebra 1 class last year, and the class was very difficult for me.

• Since I was going through a major life change last year, Algebra 1 was very difficult for me.

• I was in Algebra 1 class last year, so the class was very difficult for me, and I was going through a major life change.

• Algebra 1 was very difficult for me, but I was going through a major life change last year.

• So, the class was very difficult for me, but I was in Algebra 1 last year, going through a major life change.