Writing & Grammar Review

Read the sentence.

Which word best replaces spoke to make the sentence more precise?

• hunched

• reported

• silenced

• whispered

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

Read the sentences.

The basketball team won the final tournament game. The players were given a tall trophy.

Which sentence correctly combines the sentences using a coordinating conjunction?

• The basketball team won the final tournament game, so the players were given a tall trophy.

• The basketball team won the final tournament game, but the players were given a tall trophy.

• The basketball team won the final tournament game, or the players were given a tall trophy.

• • The basketball team won the final tournament game, for the players were given a tall trophy.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

A student is writing a research report about music. Read the paragraph from the student’s report.

Which topic sentence would be best to begin the paragraph?

• 
  Instruments with bells are usually favorite types of instruments for kids.

• 
  Introducing students to various instruments is a great way to teach them how sounds are made.

• Music teachers should encourage students to research different types of instruments used around the world.

• 
  Cymbals are instruments that make different sounds based on how they are played.

Read the sentence.

______________ I invited Noah to sit at my lunch table on his first day at our school, we have been best friends.

Which word best fits in the blank?

• 
  Although

• However

• Since

• Yet

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Read the paragraph.

Which sentence best concludes the paragraph?

• As you can see, many athletes become famous when they win medals at the Olympics.

• Also, France was chosen to host the first Winter Olympics in 1924.

• Since the Olympics began, many sports have been added or removed from the games.

• In short, the best athletes from around the world compete at the Olympics.

Read the sentence.

It is difficult too carry to of these boxes at the same time.

Choose the correct revision for the sentence.

• 
  It is difficult to carry two of these boxes at the same time.

• 
  It is difficult to carry too of these boxes at the same time

• 
  It is difficult two carry too of these boxes at the same time.

• It is difficult two carry to of these boxes at the same time.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which sentence places the underlined prepositional phrase in the best position?

• My with a built-in timer watch is useful when I am cooking.

• My watch is useful with a built-in timer when I am cooking.

• 
  My watch with a built-in timer is useful when I am cooking.

• 
  My watch is useful when I am cooking with a built-in timer.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Read the sentence.

The teacher graded my vocabulary test, and most of my answers were rite.

Which is the correct way to write the underlined part of the sentence?

• write

• wright

• right

• Leave as is.

A student is writing a report. Read the student’s sentences.

(1) Inge Lehmann was a scientist who discovered that the core of the Earth is solid. (2) At the time she was growing up, it was unusual for girls to study math, but Lehmann attended a special school that treated boys and girls equally. (3) Most schools today try to treat boys and girls equally. (4) After earning a college degree in mathematics, she began studying earthquakes. (5) In her calculations, she noticed that the waves of earthquakes seemed to bounce off the Earth’s core. (6) Therefore, she knew that there must be something solid in the center of the Earth.

The student is revising his writing. He knows that one of his sentences does not develop the topic in this paragraph.

Which sentence should he remove?

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

• sentence 5

Read the sentence.

Mrs. Evans is our school principle.

What is the correct way to spell the underlined word in the sentence?

• principel

• principall

• principlle

• principal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G