Grammar Pre-Assessment

Some of the club members haven't paid ________ dues

• his/hers
• his/her
• their
• there

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

No one in the group has been told their specific job assignment, but Bonnie says she will probably be helping Kenyans develop small businesses

• 
  correct sentence (no agreement errors)
• 
  contains an agreement error (subject/verb or pronoun/antecedent)

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which of the following is NOT a correct function of the thesis statement?

• 
   It states the main idea of the essay.
• It asks a question of the reader.
• It sets limits on the topic.
• It indicates the organization of the essay.
  

Your body paragraphs should be organized according to the order of ideas set forth in the thesis statement.

• True
• False

Which of the following statements is NOT true about transitions?

• Transitions are used both within and between paragraphs.
  
•  Transitions can fix organizational problems in your paper.
  
• Transitions can be one or two words or one or two sentences.
  
• Transitions help ideas and paragraphs connect to each other and the thesis.
  

Which  word uses incorrect capitalization?
My grandpa and I drove to Big Bass lake for some fishing.

• grandpa
  
• lake
• fishing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which underlined word uses incorrect capitalization?
Then Mother said, "look at that colorful ‎‎ sunset."

• Mother
• look 
• sunset

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

My pictures look like ________ finger paintings.

• childrens
• children's
• childrens'

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

My ______ need to be done by Friday.

• assignments
• assignment's
• assignments'

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

My father was a kind and gentle man, however, he was a firm believer in discipline.

• correct sentence
• comma splice
• run-on sentence
• sentence fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F