ELA End of Year Review

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Because of all the rain the roads were muddy, slippery, and impassable.

• Because of all the rain, the roads were muddy, slippery and impassable.

• Because of all the rain, the roads were muddy, slippery, and impassable.

• Because of all the rain, the roads were muddy slippery, and impassable.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• We swam in the lake and will eat some sandwiches.

• Susan made the kids laugh when she tells jokes.

• The clown danced and drove a toy car.

• We will go to my grandparent's house and visit.

June is reading her AR book. She comes to a word she doesn't know. She wants to know how to pronounce the word, so she can read it correctly. Which reference material would be the best for her to use?

• thesaurus

• encyclopedia

• almanac

• dictionary

Which word best completes the sentence?

Mrs. Smith gave us some candy. It ____ for being good while we had a substitute teacher.

• is

• are

• was

• were

Which word best completes the sentence? I see the ____ on the ____ is brown. I will see my ____ niece this weekend.

• hare/hair/dear

• hair/hare/deer

• hare/hair/deer

• hair/hare/dear

This is found in the back of a book. What text feature is shown?

• table of contents

• glossary

• index

• title page

What does the word reexamine mean?

• to examine before

• to examine less

• to examine again

• to not examine

Match the following parts of speech

• shows action

• preposition

• person, place, thing, or idea

• noun

• takes the place of a noun

• interjection

• shows feelings

• pronoun

• shows the location of a noun or pronoun

• verb

Which word best would best go in the blank?

I like to go to the Opera. ______ it is my favorite type of entertainment to attend.

• However

• Furthermore

• In fact

• Likewise

Match the following suffixes to their meanings.

• the action or process

• ly

• one who works with

• ist

• quality or characteristic of

• ment

• without

• less

• can be done

• able