Language Arts GMAS Review

Which sentence has a mistake?

• My grandmother lives in Florida.

• She and her friends enjoys the beach.

• Yesterday they found a gold coin in the sand.

• I wish I could find buried gold and silver!

The fox hid behind a bush and watch quietly as the people walked by.

Which verb is the correct tense for the verb watch in the sentence?

• watched

• watches

• will watch

• do watch

Which sentence uses commas and quotation marks correctly?

• Alec said "The baby bird must be lost."

• "Let's pick it up so a cat won't get it, said Tam.

• Let's hide it under a box" she suggested.

• "If a cat comes, we will chase it away," Alec said.

The boys were going to have a sleepover at Mikes house tonight.

Choose the word in the sentence that needs an apostrophe to show possession.

• boys

• sleepover

• Mikes

• house

The address on the envelop was 35 East Main Street Raleigh North Carolina 27603.

Which of the following shows the underlined part written correctly.

• 35 East Main Street,

  Raleigh North Carolina 27603

• 35 East Main Street

  Raleigh, North Carolina 27603

• 35 East Main Street,

  Raleigh, North Carolina 27603

• 35 East, Main Street,

  Raleigh, North Carolina 27603

The directions were so long that it took Dora twenty minutes to read through them.

Which word describes the directions?

• so

• long

• minutes

• through

Which sentence is correct?

• Tina maked a ham and cheese sandwich.

• Alan builded a sand castle at the beach.

• Samantha drinked two glasses of lemonade.

• Andre lifted his little brother into the air.

Not only does her dog know tricks, and her cat knows tricks, too!

Which word should replace the underlined conjunction to make the sentence correct?

• for

• but

• or

• so

Which sentence is correct?

• My older brother just got a job at my favorite restaurant.

• The bigger house on the entire street belongs to Sam.

• Leslie is the funnier person I have ever met.

• The sun is hottest today than it was yesterday.

Which word is spelled correctly?

• copys

• babies

• partyies

• puppees