TNReady ELA

Which is the best way to combine the simple sentences below to make a compound sentence?

• Kymica and her mom searched everywhere for the perfect shoes while they could not find them.

• Kymica and her mom searched everywhere for the perfect shoes, but they could not find them.

• Kymica and her mom searched everywhere for the perfect shoes, they could not find them.

• Kymica and her mom searched everywhere for the perfect shoes because they could to find them.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which sentence uses the correct coordinating conjunction?

• John played football the whole day, yet it made him very happy.

• He did not have his breakfast, so he skipped his lunch.

• He wanted to play football, but it was raining hard.

• Summer stood first in her class, for her brother liked to sing.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• "It is getting cold and you should take your jacket", said Kyla's mom.

• You have made such a beautiful painting, "Rita told Janet."

• "Can I have a chocolate please, Luke asked his mom."

• "You should eat the ice cream before it melts," said Mom to Tim.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Russ' dog was faithful.

Knowing the meaning of the suffix -ful helps the reader to understand that the word faithful means

• like faith

• one who has faith

• without faith

• full of faith

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

While they were at the beauty shop, Faye and Anne bought some new shampoo and conditioner.

What does the pronoun they refer to?

• Faye and Anne

• shampoo

• conditioner

• the beauty shop

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Greg put the baby in her bed and tiptoed silently out of the nursery.

Which word in the sentence is an adverb?

• her

• nursery

• silently

• tiptoed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What does sail mean in the sentence above?

• to move across water

• a cloth used on a boat

• a special part of a boat

• when something is easy

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which of the following addresses is punctuated correctly?

• Cindy Matthew

  59 Third Ct.

  Oxford, MS 38655

• John Grinell

  23 Mammoth Avenue

  Ocoee, FL, 34751

• David Delp,

  1, E. Illinois St,

  Valley Stream, NY 11580

• Carol Mortimer

  836 Boston St.

  Erie, PA, 16506

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A

The time and place in which a story takes place.

• Theme

• Genre

• Setting

• Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The author's reason for writing; to persuade, inform, or entertain (PIE).

• Plot

• Author's Purpose

• Theme

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5