VA Writing Sol Mixed Review

Everyone rocked their 8th Grade Writing SOL test, because they studied diligently.

• Everyone rocked their 8th Grade Writing SOL test, because he or she studied.

• Everyone rocked his or her 8th Grade Writing SOL test, because they studied.

• Everyone rocked his or her 8th Grade Writing SOL test, because he or she studied.

• As it is

What is the most effective revision to make in the following sentence? When Maggie missed him, she would sit by the shore, and the sound of the waves was what she would listen to.

• Maggie would sit and listen to the sound of the waves when she missed him by the shore.

• Maggie would sit and listen to the sound of the waves when she missed him by the shore.

• Maggie would sit, and she would listen to the sound of the waves by the shore when she missed him.

• When Maggie missed him, she would sit by the shore and listen to the sound of the waves.

What is the most effective way to combine the two sentences below? Maggie loved to visit with Captain Frank. He was a grizzled old sailor whose creaking joints had forced him to retire from a life at sea.

• Maggie loved to visit with Captain Frank while he was a grizzled old sailor whose creaking joints had forced him to retire from a life at sea.

• Maggie loved to visit with Captain Frank, a grizzled old sailor whose creaking joints had forced him to retire from a life at sea.

• Maggie loved to visit with Captain Frank and a grizzled old sailor whose creaking joints had forced him to retire from a life at sea.

• Maggie loved to visit with Captain Frank, he was a grizzled old sailor whose creaking joints had forced him to retire from a life at sea.

In the late 1700s and early 1800s, buildings on Wall Street and places such as City Hall may have served as smaller theaters, and other locations in downtown New York City also did.

• Buildings on Wall Street may have served as smaller theaters in the late 1700s and early 1800s, and also places such as City Hall and other locations in downtown New York City.

• In the late 1700s and early 1800s, buildings on Wall Street, including City Hall and other locations in downtown New York City, may have served as smaller theaters.

• In the late 1700s and early 1800s, buildings on Wall Street may have served as smaller theaters, and also places such as City Hall and other locations in downtown New York City.

• Buildings on Wall Street and other locations in downtown New York City may have served as smaller theaters in the late 1700s and early 1800s, and also places such as City Hall.

What does the use of vivid adjectives and adverbs in a narrative primarily contribute to?

• The theme

• The tone

• The setting

• The plot

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Ms. Stanek and Mrs. Schesventer have worked so hard to prepare my classmates and I for success on the SOL test. In the sentence above, how is to prepare my classmates and I for success correctly written?

• to prepare my classmates and me for success

• to prepare me and my classmates for success

• to prepare my classmates, I for success

• As it is

The 8th grade teachers including Ms. Stanek and Mrs. Schesventer felt that their students' hard work determination and focus would be rewarded in their SOL test scores.

• The 8th grade teachers, including Ms. Stanek and Mrs. Schesventer, felt that their students' hard work determination and focus would be rewarded in their SOL test scores.

• The 8th grade teachers, including Ms. Stanek and Mrs. Schesventer felt that their students' hard work, determination and focus would be rewarded in their SOL test scores.

• The 8th grade teachers including Ms. Stanek and Mrs. Schesventer felt that their students' hard work determination, and focus, would be rewarded in their SOL test scores.

• The 8th grade teachers, including Ms. Stanek and Mrs. Schesventer, felt that their students' hard work, determination, and focus would be rewarded in their SOL test scores.

Punctuate the following text correctly.

I was overjoyed to receive my acceptance letter ____ from Hogwarts yesterday____ however ____ my uncle was very unhappy and my aunt began to cry.

• colon after yesterday and a comma after however

• period after letter and a comma after however

• semicolon after yesterday and a comma after however

• no punctuation is necessary

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• the first sentence

• the second sentence

I went to _______ house last night; ________ a really nice family. You should go over ______ sometime.

• there, they're, their

• their, they're, there

• they're, there, there

• their, there, they're