4-5 Reading and Writing

What is the subject of the sentence below? Melinda, a girl in my class, feels proud of her pet cats Fred and Ty.

• Melinda

• cat

• girl

• Fred and Ty

What is the verb of the sentence below? Jince usually cheers loudly for his team in gym class.

• A. Jince

• B. gym

• C. cheers

• D. loudly

Choose the sentence that has a singular subject and verb.

• The kittens sneak into the man's house.

• The man sneezes because of his cat allergy.

• The three mice hide in his basement.

• His neighbors hear purring through the walls.

Choose the sentence that has a plural subject and verb.

• A. Jennifer loves watermelon and strawberries.

• C. Apples have seeds in their cores.

• D. On my way to work, I buy blueberries at the corner market.

Which of these sentences is in the first-person point of view?

• We know all about the surprise party.

• You turn 15 this October.

• They keep mentioning your birthday.

• He piles the birthday presents under his bed.

Which of these sentences has a mistake in subject-verb agreement?

• She arrives a little late because of traffic.

• Her parents wait for her at the bus stop.

• She sits in the very last row for the whole ride.

• Her parents does not see her for a few minutes.

Fill in the blank in the sentence below. The three children ________ on the beach and build sandcastles.

• A. plays

• B. play

• C. playes

• D. ploes

Fill in the blank in the sentence below. Hector ________ to the library every Sunday.

• gos

• go

• goes

• gow

Fill in the blank in the sentence below. ________ takes the bus to school with Jemma.

• A. They

• B. She

• C. We

• D. You

Choose the sentence that is written with correct subject-verb agreement.

• The rats finds many slices of pizza on the subway tracks.

• The rat find a slice of pizza on the subway tracks.

• The rats findes a slice of pizza on the subway tracks.

• The rats find a slice of pizza on the subway tracks.