Grammar Practice

Which pronoun belongs in the blank? All students must go to the homework board via Schoology or Classroom to stay on top of ______ English assignments.

• his or her

• their

• there

• your

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which of the following is an incorrect way of combining these two sentences?

• Amanda searched for an hour and found her car keys in the freezer!

• After Amanda searched for an hour, she found her car keys in the freezer!

• Amanda found her car keys in the freezer, because she searched for an hour!

• Amanda searched for an hour, and she found her car keys in the freezer!

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What change should be made to the following sentence? 

The noise of middle school hallways have negative effects on student stress levels. 

• Change have to has

• Change effects to affects

• Change levels to level’s

• Change middle school to Middle School

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CCSS.L.3.1F

What verb would correctly complete this sentence? 

After hours of researching pets online, either a hamster or a goldfish______ most exciting to Rachel. 

• seem

• seems

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CCSS.L.3.1F

Which sentence uses inconsistent verb tense?

• As the winter holidays approached, we are all wondering when it will snow.

• As the winter holidays approached, we all wondered when it would snow.

• As the winter holidays are approaching, we are all wondering when it will snow.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Which sentence is a complex sentence?

• Angie never left the basement all day, so she didn't know when it started raining.

• After Marcus lost the bet, he had to dress up like a mouse.

• I never thought of myself as a champion, but the medal is nice.

• Sam runs through the halls all day long without ever getting tired.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following sentences is an example of a fragment?

• She lost.

• Her ball never landing in the field.

• Max is three.

• Her team lost but she didn't care.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

The bookcase has a lot of books filling up _________ shelves.

• their

• it's

• its

• there

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which sentence is not punctuated correctly?

• The baby continued to cry, so I snatched it out of her hands.

• The man held the crying, wiggling baby in his arms.

• Before she could notice I ran away quickly, into the cave with the baby.

• The cave had a small opening, so everyone could still hear the baby.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

• If we don't win soon, we will probably never make it to the finals.

• I can leave now, but Loren says she needs more time to get ready.

• Therefore, Loren can go by herself or we can all be late.

• If we end up missing the first half, I will never be able to understand the play.

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CCSS.L.4.1F