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UNIT I: 6TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.
 What is the main idea?
a)
Soccer is important at the Olympics.
b)
Soccer is a worldwide sport.
c)
Soccer is also called football.
d)
Soccer is played by men and women.
2.

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?

a)

Floods can cause a lot of damage.

b)

Floods cause mudslides.

c)

Floods damage houses and roads.

3.

What is the last part of a paragraph called?

a)

Topic sentence

b)

Supporting sentences

c)

Detail sentences

d)

concluding sentence

4.

What is the first part of a paragraph called?

a)

Concluding sentence

b)

Topic sentence/ attention grabber

c)

supporting details

d)

transition

5.

Every paragraph is centered around ______.

a)

an idea

b)

many concepts

c)

some topics

d)

no idea

6.
What is the subject of a sentence?
a)
the verb
b)
the action in the sentence
c)
tells who are what the sentence is about
7.
What is the predicate of a sentence
a)
Who the sentence is about?
b)
tells what the subject is or does
8.
What is the subject of the sentence below?
Kevin is not going to the ballgame tonight.
a)
Ballgame
b)
Kevin
c)
tonight
d)
going
9.
Identify the complete predicate below
After school we are going to the Dairy Queen for ice cream
a)
After School
b)
we
c)
are going to the Dairy Queen for ice cream
d)
for ice cream
10.
Identify the complete subject in the sentence below
My puppy ate all of her food last night.
a)
My
b)
My puppy
c)
ate
d)
ate all of her food last night
11.
Which is the complete subject of the following sentence?
The white blood cells in your blood fight disease.
a)
The white blood cells
b)
The white blood cells in your blood
c)
The white blood
d)
The white blood cells in your blood fight
12.
Which is the complete predicate of the following sentence?
A person's normal body temperature is 98.6˚ F.
a)
temperature is 98.6˚F
b)
is 98.6˚ F
c)
normal body temperature is 98.6˚ F
d)
A person's
13.
Which ending mark correctly completes this sentence? Have you seen my lunch kit
a)
?
b)
.
c)
!
14.
Which ending mark correctly completes this sentence? Go feed the dog, please
a)
?
b)
.
c)
!
15.
Choose the ending mark that best completes the following sentence: Do you want to come play at my house
a)
!
b)
.
c)
?
16.
Choose the ending mark that best completes the following sentence:
Yay, we are going to Disney World
a)
.
b)
!
c)
?
17.
 What type of sentence is this:   The ballgame will be on Thursday.
a)
statement
b)
question
c)
command
d)
Exclamation
18.
 What type of sentence is this:  Ouch, that bee stung my foot!
a)
statement
b)
question
c)
command
d)
Exclamation
19.
What type of sentence is this:   Did you remember to finish your homework?
a)
Declarative
b)
question
c)
command
d)
Exclamation
20.
 What type of sentence is this:  Please take out the trash.
a)
statement
b)
question
c)
command
d)
Exclamation
21.

Which compound sentence is correct?

a)

I went to the store, I got chips.

b)

The storm brought heavy rain but, a tornado did the most damage.

c)

I was tired I had to go to school anyways.

d)

Everyone was busy, so I went bowling alone.

22.

Which sentence shows a semicolon being used correctly?

a)

Ty'rell went bowling; He scored 120 points.

b)

Tina was stung by a bee; she likes bees.

c)

Kiley and Fiona; went to the store.

d)

Jose went to the carnival; he rode the ferris wheel three times.

23.

Which sentence is written correctly?

a)

Hamin enjoys playing tennis, and baseball.

b)

The referee blew the whistle, so the soccer game started.

c)

Maria can go to the library or, she can go to the museum.

d)

The students worked hard on their reports so everyone earned an A.

24.

Which sentence is a compound sentence?

a)

Anna ate a large turkey sandwich before going to school.

b)

When the movie started, the audience got quiet.

c)

Sybil is able to calculate the median in math, she taught me how to do it.

d)

Brenda went to the library, and she checked out twelve books about the Civil War.

25.
Yesterday when I got off the school bus.
a)
Complete Sentence
b)
Sentence Fragment
26.
My friend Sheila and I saw a brown toad hopping on the sidewalk.
a)
Complete Sentence
b)
Sentence Fragment
27.
Yelled and screamed when she saw it.
a)
Sentence Fragment
b)
Complete Sentence
28.

My friend Sheila, who is scared of all reptiles.


If it is a fragment, what is it missing?

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Sentence Fragment; Missing Subject

c)

Sentence Fragment; Missing Predicate

29.
I picked up the toad and looked closely at it.
a)
Sentence Fragment
b)
Complete Sentence
30.
Had dry, bumpy skin on its body.
a)
Complete Sentence
b)
Sentence Fragment
31.

Movies entertain millions of people every day going to the movies is popular all over the world.

a)

Complete

b)

Run on

32.

The director makes many decisions, the actors make the characters come to life.

a)

Correct

b)

Run on

33.

My favorite color is red my dining room is painted red.

This sentence is a:

a)

Fragment

b)

Run on

c)

Complete sentence

34.
Are all proper nouns capitalized?
a)
Yes
b)
No
35.

What change should be made in this sentence?

The cafeteria is serving hamburgers on wednesday.

a)

Change cafeteria to Cafeteria

b)

Change hamburgers to Hamburgers

c)

Change wednesday to Wednesday

d)

No change is needed

36.
The boys will go to school on Wednesday. Which word is a proper noun?
a)
noun
b)
Wednesday
c)
boys
d)
school
37.
Alice was a very curious little girl. What is the proper noun in this sentence. 
a)
girl
b)
Alice
38.

What change should be made to this sentence?

Let's order chinese food for dinner.

a)

Change food to Food

b)

Change dinner to Dinner

c)

Change chinese food to Chinese Food

d)

Change chinese food to Chinese food

39.

What is the correct way to write this sentence?

The winter months are december, january, and february.

a)

The Winter months are December, January, and February.

b)

The Winter months are december, january, and february.

c)

The winter months are December, January, and February.

d)

The winter Months are December, January, and February.

40.

What is the correct way to write this sentence?

My father can speak german and french.

a)

My Father can speak German and French.

b)

My father can speak German and french.

c)

May Father can speak german and french.

d)

My father can speak German and French.

41.
The plural of piano is______
a)
pianoes
b)
piano
c)
pianos
42.
The plural of child is______
a)
childs
b)
childes
c)
children
43.
One man is wearing blue and two_______ are wearing green.
a)
men
b)
mens
c)
man
44.
The_____ rode on black horses.
a)
hero
b)
heros
c)
heroes
45.
I saw a flock of white _____ at the lake yesterday.
a)
goose
b)
geese
c)
gooses
46.

What is the collective noun in the sentence?

The entire audience rose to their feet in a standing ovation!

a)

ovation

b)

audience

c)

feet

d)

entire

47.

What is the collective noun in the sentence?

The army troop practiced their maneuvers all day.

a)

troop

b)

army

c)

maneuvers

d)

practiced

48.

What is the collective noun in the sentence?

The crowd went wild when Drake came out on the stage!

a)

crowd

b)

Drake

c)

stage

d)

wild

49.

What is the collective noun in the sentence?

Jan screamed as a swarm of insects flew at her.

a)

insects

b)

swarm

c)

screamed

d)

Jan

50.

What is the collective noun in the sentence?

I'm excited to go to Disney World with my family for spring break!

a)

spring break

b)

Disney World

c)

family

d)

with

51.

That ___________________ ears are huge!

a)

elephant's

b)

elephants'

52.

In the forest, all the _____________ branches were waving in the wind.

a)

tree's

b)

trees'

53.

The teacher looked at all the __________ work and chose the best artist.

a)

student's

b)

students'

54.

Where have I seen that _________ face before?

a)

girl's

b)

girls'

55.

My __________ birthday is next week.

a)

brother's

b)

brothers'

56.

Identify underlined word. I hope you have some success today at the tennis match.

a)

Concrete

b)

Abstract

57.

Identify underlined word. She accidentally stubbed her toe on table.

a)

Concrete

b)

Abstract

58.

Identify underlined word. There has been peace between the two countries for years.

a)

Concrete

b)

Abstract

59.

Identify underlined word. Ben gave me his chair.

a)

Concrete

b)

Abstract

60.

Identify underlined word. Belle is known for her beauty and her kind heart.

a)

Concrete

b)

Abstract

61.

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Phillip reads a few pages everyday.

a)

every

b)

reads

c)

pages

d)

few

62.

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Haley climbed the mountain on Friday.

a)

on

b)

the

c)

climbed

d)

mountain

63.

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Percy collected many fine seashells on the beach.

a)

many

b)

fine

c)

collected

d)

on

64.

What is the verb in the sentence below?


Harriet taught the class about training the dogs.

a)

about

b)

taught

c)

the

d)

class

65.

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Our class painted for many hours in the hot sun.

a)

painted

b)

for

c)

in

d)

many

66.

What is the indirect object in the following sentence? "The hospital volunteer read the patient a story by Roald Dahl."

a)

volunteer

b)

patient

c)

story

d)

Roald Dahl

67.

What is the indirect object in the following sentence? "The soloist sang the audience a beautiful ballad."

a)

soloist

b)

sang

c)

audience

d)

ballad

68.

What is the indirect object in the following sentence? "The music teacher taught the class a patriotic song."

a)

music

b)

teacher

c)

song

d)

class

69.

What is the indirect object in the following sentence? "Tyrone gave his mother some roses on Mother's Day."

a)

mother

b)

Tyrone

c)

roses

d)

Mother's Day

70.

What is the indirect object in the following sentence? "George Washington told people the truth."

a)

people

b)

truth

c)

told

d)

George Washington