Grammar and Sentence Structure Quiz

What is the correct way to write the sentence?

• Zyla barely looked up as she calmly kept walking.

• Zyla barely looked up. As she calmly kept walking.

• Zyla barely looked up as. She calmly kept walking.

• Zyla barely looked up, as she calmly kept walking.

What change needs to be made in the sentence "One girl is from Guatemala, and one boy is vietnamese"?

• Change Guatemala to guatemala

• Change boy to boy’s

• Capitalize vietnamese

• Capitalize girl

What change, if any, is needed in the sentence "Every single day, your heart beats about 100,000 times, pumping close to 2,000 gallons of blood through your body"?

• Change heart to hart

• Change your to you’re

• Change single to singl

• Change through to threw

Draw a line through the sentence that does NOT belong in the paragraph. This paragraph is about two puppies in a box. Is this sentence about two puppies in a box? If yes, it belongs in the paragraph. If no, it should be removed.

• Willa slowly lifted the box's lid.

• Inside were two of the dirtiest animals she had ever seen.

• Their friendly barks told her they were young puppies.

Check the box next to the choice that best combines the two sentences. Rocco ran into the woods. Eli followed Rocco into the woods.

• Rocco and Eli ran into the woods.

• MI (Missing info about Eli following)

• Eli followed Rocco as he ran into the woods.

• Rocco ran into the woods, and Eli followed him into the woods.

• Rocco followed Eli running into the woods.

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 8? Instead, the chocolate milk it went flying all over the cafeteria!

• R (Repetitive because “it” represents “chocolate milk”)

• MI (Leaves out “milk” and “flying...”)

• Correct

• PP (Punctuation Problem)

Fill in the blank with the best transition word or phrase from the box. I needed help, ______ I raised my hand.

• meanwhile

• therefore

• however

• as a result

• because

The underlined word in each sentence needs to be replaced. Circle the choice that makes the sentence clearer. The students had worked on projects all week. The teacher wanted them to finish them by lunch. (the students / the projects)

• the students

• the projects

The underlined word in each sentence needs to be replaced. Circle the choice that makes the sentence clearer. Lakshmi’s cousin Sarabeth was coming to visit. She was very excited. (The cousin / Lakshmi)

• The cousin

• Lakshmi

The underlined word in each sentence needs to be replaced. Circle the choice that makes the sentence clearer. The dog buried his bone and lost his ball. Joey went outside to help find it. (the dog / the ball)

• the dog

• the ball