WorksheetsWriting, Grammar, and Text Structure
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 20mins
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1.
The following sentence is an example of which comma rule?
Garfield, get out of the kitchen!
Garfield, get out of the kitchen!
a)
set off an interrupting phrase
b)
set off an introductory phrase
c)
When you are directly speaking to someone else (direct address).
d)
combine compound sentences with a conjunction
2.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
I have to do my homework, wash the dog, and babysit, my little, sister.
b)
I have to do my homework, wash the dog, and babysit my little sister.
c)
I have to do my homework, wash the dog, and, babysit my, little sister.
d)
I have to do my homework wash the dog and babysit my little sister.
3.
How is the following passage structured? (The BEST answer)
Apple refused to cooperate with government agencies in February of 2016. They want to protect the privacy of their customers. But this week government officials announced they now have the technology to "break into" the cell device and will no longer be needing Apple's help.
Apple refused to cooperate with government agencies in February of 2016. They want to protect the privacy of their customers. But this week government officials announced they now have the technology to "break into" the cell device and will no longer be needing Apple's help.
a)
chronological order
b)
order of importance
c)
cause and effect
d)
problem and solution
4.
What is third person omniscient Point of View?
a)
when the narrator, which is usually the main character is telling the story from his or hers perspective.
b)
is a narrator that tells a story using the word YOU which places the reader in the story
c)
The position which a narrator sees and understands what is happening
d)
the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters.
5.
a feeling or a meaning attached to a word or words, affects the reader's mood
a)
oxymoron
b)
symbolism
c)
connotation
d)
denotation
6.
When you restate your thesis, you should:
a)
Change the words, but keep the overall meaning similar
b)
Use the first sentence from your first body paragraph
c)
Copy it word-for-word
d)
Use the last sentence from your second body paragraph
7.
Which thesis statement is the BEST?
a)
All dogs go to heaven.
b)
This essay will discuss dogs and heaven.
c)
Dogs are similar to people and have feelings such as humans.
d)
Do you like dogs?
8.
How do mountains like these disappear? The process begins with rain. As it rains, water seeps through cracks and joints in the stone. Chemicals in the water dissolve small grains of rock. Later on, the water freezes and thaws, prying loose bigger pieces of rock. These rocks grind against other rocks as they slide downhill. The wind carries away particles of dust behind by these grinding rocks. In the end it can be said that wind, water, and gravity have hauled away these mountains.
a)
compare and contrast
b)
directions
c)
cause and effect
d)
problem solving
9.
Choose the clue words that indicate chronological order.
a)
first, next, finally, 8:30, after
b)
cause, effect, as a result of, because
c)
problem, solution, promise, struggle
d)
compare, contrast, similar, different
10.
Choose the clue words that indicate compare and contrast.
a)
therefore, cause, effect, consequently
b)
later, then, next, Monday
c)
similar, different, common, on the other hand
d)
possibility, struggle, hope, problem
11.
Define Transition sentence
a)
The sentence in the introduction that catches the reader's attention.
b)
The sentence in the introduction that states the writer's position or side.
c)
The sentence that leads into the next paragraph
d)
The sentence in that states what the body paragraph will be about.
12.
This paragraph is written using which text structure?
"A chimpanzee's body is made for climbing and swinging in the trees. First, it uses its long arms to reach a branch. Next, with its flexible hands and feet, it grabs and hooks on to the branch. Finally, it swings from that branch to another branch or tree."
"A chimpanzee's body is made for climbing and swinging in the trees. First, it uses its long arms to reach a branch. Next, with its flexible hands and feet, it grabs and hooks on to the branch. Finally, it swings from that branch to another branch or tree."
a)
sequence
b)
cause and effect
c)
description
d)
compare and contrast
13.
This paragraph is written using which text structure?
"I had a strange thing happen to me yesterday. I drew with my crayons a picture of a basketball player wearing a yellow shirt. Then I wrote the player's number on his shirt with a blue crayon. As a result, the number turned out green. This was because when I mixed blue and yellow, the two colors made a new color, green."
"I had a strange thing happen to me yesterday. I drew with my crayons a picture of a basketball player wearing a yellow shirt. Then I wrote the player's number on his shirt with a blue crayon. As a result, the number turned out green. This was because when I mixed blue and yellow, the two colors made a new color, green."
a)
description
b)
sequence
c)
cause and effect
d)
compare and contrast
14.
Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.
What is the main idea?
What is the main idea?
a)
Floods can cause a lot of damage.
b)
Floods cause mudslides.
c)
Floods damage houses and roads.
15.
(1) Despite the relative reluctance of Americans to adopt it, soccer is the most popular sport in the world and has been for several decades. (2) Soccer, which is called "football" in most places, has few rules compared with such sports as baseball. (3) Also, in contrast to baseball and American football, soccer games have few pauses in the action. (4) Soccer scores aren't as high as scores are in American sports, but many people consider that an exciting feature of the game, because the occasional goals are that much more thrilling.
Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
a)
Soccer is more popular in Europe than American football is.
b)
Soccer is a great sport, despite its unpopularity in America.
c)
Baseball and basketball will need overhauls if they are to compete on the world stage with soccer.
d)
Soccer is an all-around better sport than any other in the world.
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