CYMS Writing Expectations

Complete the text with the correct pair of words. How _____ salt is safe to consume each day, and what _____ does too much salt have on your health?

• much . . . affect

• many . . . affect

• much . . . effect

• many . . . effect

What kind of sentence is this? Which local reservoirs supply our town with its fresh water?

• interrogative

• exclamatory

• declarative

Choose the sentence that is free of capitalization or punctuation errors.

• "On the whole," George Orwell quipped, "human beings want to be good, but not too good."

• "On the whole," George Orwell quipped, "Human beings want to be good, but not too good.

Choose the sentence that is free of capitalization errors.

• Martin Luther King, Jr., helped organize a famous bus boycott in Alabama during the winter of 1955 that paved the way for civil rights victories in the South.

• Martin luther King, Jr., helped organize a famous bus Boycott in Alabama during the winter of 1955 that paved the way for civil rights victories in the South.

Select the words that make up the complete subject in the sentence: The correspondent filed a story from Somalia about the food shortage.

• The correspondent

• filed a story

• from Somalia

• about the food shortage

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the capitalized verb: After Quincy COLLECTED enough wood, Maya builds the bonfire on the bluff.

• builds

• enough

• wood

What kind of sentence is this? How many articles did Isaac write before his publisher offered him a book contract?

• interrogative

• exclamatory

• declarative

Which sentence correct punctuates and capitalizes the title of a song?

• Everyone at the concert couldn't wait for Taylor Swift to sing "Cruel Summer."

• Everyone at the concert couldn't wait for Taylor Swift to sing Cruel Summer.

• Everyone at the concert couldn't wait for Taylor Swift to sing "Cruel summer."

Choose the verb that matches the tense of the capitalized verb. As a young girl, my mother PICKED and sells beets on her family's farm.

• sold

• sell

• selling

• sells

Fix the verb that doesn't match the tense of the capitalized verb. The black mamba, one of the world's deadliest snakes, LIVES in the rocky savannah of Africa and varied in color from gray to dark brown.

• varies

• varied

• vary