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WorksheetsWriting 8 SOL
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 46mins
Which of these would best help Sarah write her description of her older brother?
Calling his friends and telling them about him
Thinking about all the things she likes about him
Making a list of things she wants him to do for her
Asking him to take her to the library
How can sentences 1 and 2 best be combined?
A special person in my life is Ben, my big brother.
A special person in my life is my big brother and Ben is who he is.
In my life a special person is my big brother and he is Ben.
My big brother Ben is a special person, he is in my life.
Casey decides to use a hospital as the setting for her story. Which of the following would be most helpful for her to use in describing the setting?
A magazine article about health
A list of the hospitals in her city
A book giving the history of a particular hospital
A visit to a hospital
This story map will help Casey to —
draw on past experiences for her story
think of an original idea for her story
keep the events she wants to use in her story in order
use good grammar in her story
How can Casey best combine sentences 2 and 3 into one sentence without changing their meaning?
She did not like hospitals, hospitals were always so cold, and everything in them was so white.
She did not like hospitals because they were always so cold, and everything in them was so white.
She did not like hospitals, and they were always so cold, and everything in them was so white.
She did not like hospitals hospitals were always so cold, everything in them was so white.
In sentence 33, how is was as a matter of fact correctly written?
was, as a matter of fact,
was as a matter of fact,
was as a matter, of fact,
As it is
Ellie wants to replace Consequently in sentence 7 with a word that better fits the meaning of the sentence. Which of the following could she best use?
Therefore
In addition
However
Because of this
In sentence 41, how is Each episodes plot correctly written?
Each episode’s plot
Each episodes’ plot
Each episodes’s plot
As it is
When Alfred finally realized the gravity of the situation it was much too late.
Noah waxed his impressive mustache to absolute perfection and all of the ladies were impressed.
Revise the sentence to have a formal tone.
The purpose of this letter is to express deep gratitude to our state legislature.
For starters, I want to thank you for helping our small town of 1,200 people.
Thank you for all of the help, government.
You have a done a great job of helping my small town, and I can't thank you enough.
In sentence 12, which transition word should Wanda use to replace therefore?
Likewise
Furthermore
However
Consequently
Which sentence needs to be edited to maintain a formal, informational style?
1
2
3
4
5
Which word replaces top in the sentence to make the meaning more precise (accurate, detailed)?
quick
highest
maximum
realistic
faster
In sentence 16, As a result is incorrect word choice. Which word should the author choose instead?
Remember
Unfortunately
Recently
Currently
How would the word things be revised for clarity and stronger word choice?
actions
doings
stuff
materials
How can sentence 14 be rewritten to include more descriptive choice of words?
My heart was racing, and I had a nauseous feeling in my stomach.
I got really nervous because of what I saw in front of me.
I totally got really, really nervous.
My eyes could see the giant roller coaster directly in front of me.
Which correction should be made to this sentence?
Change arrive to arrived
Change safely to safe
Delete the comma after destination
Insert a comma after swimwear
In this sentence, how is and discuss correctly written?
and discussing
and had discussed
and discussed
As it is
changing
changed
had changed
As it is
Read the sentence. Which correction should be made?
Insert been after were
Change go to went
Change my to her
Insert a comma after dressed
Which correction should be made to this sentence?
Insert a comma after extremely
Change I to me
Insert had before have
Change have to had
Change was to is
The children (shares, share) their toys
shares
share
(Has, Have) rabbits destroyed your garden this summer?
has
have
Count Your Steps
Cora writes a letter to encourage participation in the Count-Your-Steps walking program at her school. Her letter will appear in the school's monthly newsletter, Star Rocket News and Notes.
Which key words should Cora use for an internet search about walking programs for middle school students?
students, middle school, exercise
walking, middle school, students
exercise, middle school, programs
walking, programs, middle school
My mother ate her salad.
Students should go to their classes prepared.
Find the verb in the wrong tense:
The journal was dusty and she will wonder how long it was under there.
will wonder
was
dusty
long
Find the verb that is in the wrong tense:
Last night, Caidenyc looks for her science journal and found it under her bed.
night
jouranl
looks
found
That clown was the ___________________ by far.
happyiest
happyer
happiest
happier
