Week 16 Pre-AP/English I Grammar and Concepts Review

Read the following sentence: During the autumn festival the town’s mayor announced new safety rules, and many residents expressed their support.

What change should be made in the sentence?

• Insert a comma after festival

• Change mayor to mayors’

• Change and to but

• Change residents to resident’s

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Read the following sentence: The students who arrived early found a handwritten note taped to the classroom door.

What change is needed in the sentence?

• Add a comma after students

• Add a comma after early

• Add commas after students and early

• No change is needed

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Read the following sentence: The books pages were wrinkled from the rainstorm, but they were still readable. What change, if any, should be made in the sentence?

• Change books to book’s

• Change were to was

• Change the comma after rainstorm to a semicolon

• No change is needed

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Read the following sentence: Jordan stepped forward, unsure of whether to speak, he hesitated. What is the correct way to write the sentence?

• Jordan stepped forward: unsure whether to speak, he hesitated.

• Jordan stepped forward; unsure of whether to speak; he hesitated.

• Jordan stepped forward unsure of whether to speak he hesitated.

• Jordan stepped forward, unsure of whether to speak; he hesitated.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Denotation is a word's ____________.

• literal, dictionary definition

• emotional meaning

• synonym

• antonym

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The connotation of a word can be

• positive

• negative

• neutral

• true

• false

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Select the correct verb (singular or plural) for each sentence.

In the morning, the ships __________ out to sea.

• sail (plural)

• sails (singular)

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CCSS.L.3.1F

Select the verb that agrees with the singular or compound subject in each sentence.

Neither hats nor phones __________ allowed in school.

• are (plural)

• is (singular)

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CCSS.L.3.1F

(1) Volunteers gathered at the community garden early Saturday morning. (2) They wanted to repair the broken benches. (3) Some volunteers brought tools from home, while others collected supplies from the shed. (4) Everyone worked together to prepare the space for the upcoming fall festival.

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 1 and 2?

• Volunteers gathered at the community garden early Saturday morning, they wanted to repair the broken benches.

• Volunteers gathered at the community garden early Saturday morning because they wanted to repair the broken benches.

• Volunteers gathered at the community garden early Saturday morning; and they wanted to repair the broken benches.

• Volunteers gathered at the community garden early Saturday morning wanting to repair the broken benches.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

(1) Ms. Ramirez, a well-known muralist visited our art class last Friday. (2) She explained how she uses colors to express emotions in her paintings. (3) The students listened carefully, eager to learn more about her creative process. (4) At the end of the presentation, she revealed sketches from her upcoming community project.

What change should be made to sentence 1?

• Change muralist to moralist

• Remove the comma after Ramirez

• Insert a comma after muralist

• Change visited to visiting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A