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Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 49mins
What is the most effective substitute for the sentence below?
Please bring your chromebook for the test tomorrow. Your chromebook should be charged.
Leave as is
The test will be on chromebooks, so bring it tomorrow. Please.
Please bring your charged chromebook for the test tomorrow.
What is a complex sentence?
Independent Clause + Independent Clause + Subordinating Conjunction
Independent Clause + Dependent Clause + Subordinating Conjunction
Dependent Clause + Dependent Clause + FANBOYS
Independent Clause + Independent Clause + FANBOYS
Expand the simple sentence below to make a complex sentence by adding the phrase “after practicing my saxophone for hours”
I was ready to perform at the band concert.
After practicing my saxophone for hours, however I was ready to perform at the band concert.
I was ready to perform at the band concert while practicing my saxophone for hours.
After practicing my saxophone for hours, I was ready to perform at the band concert.
I was ready to practice my saxophone for house after performing at the band concert.
What is a simple sentence?
Dependent Clause
Independent Clause
Independent Clause + Conjunction
What type of sentence is the following?
Mallory rode the school bus to her basketball game.
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound Complex
Which is the BEST way to combine these two sentences?
He had seen Sarah at school and hoped to ask her to the movies. He started talking to her everyday at lunch.
He saw Sarah at school and wanted to ask her out.
He started talking to her at lunch because he hoped to ask her to the movies.
Who is Sarah and why does he want to ask her to the movies?
Because he had seen Sarah at school and hoped to ask her to the movies, he started talking to her everyday at lunch.
What type of sentence is the following?
Are you going to the movies with your sister and her friends?
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex
What is the best way to combine the following two sentences without changing their meaning?
The test was unexpected. It caught the students off guard.
It was unexpected.
The unexpected test caught the students off guard.
The test was hard and unexpected.
The students were caught off guard.
What is the best way to combine the following two sentences without changing their meaning?
She is taking good care of her chromebook. It was given to her by the school.
Her computer was given to her by the school.
She is happy to have a chromebook and is taking extra good care of it.
Her chromebook is the newest model and her school gave it to her.
She is taking good care of her chromebook because it was given to her by the school.
Which choice’s sentence pattern is different from the others?
Study for your test tonight, so you will make a good grade.
While making a study guide helps, you should still study at home.
When you study for a test, you will feel proud of your grade.
You should study for tests because it will improve your grades.
Based on the prefix multi, what does the word multiple mean?
clean and organized
a great number
a single one
far away
Based on the suffix ity, what does the word ability mean?
a way to become able
to make something able
the study of being able
the state of being able
The word luminous contains the Latin root lum, which means light. Which of these also contains the Latin root lum?
blooming
illuminator
slump
volume
The words manuscript and transcript both contain the root script. Based on this information, what does the root script MOST LIKELY mean?
to act
to move
to look
to write
Based on the prefix audi, what does the word auditory mean?
able to be hidden
able to be written
capable of being seen
capable of being heard
The word unicycle contains the Latin root uni, which means one. Which of these also contains the Latin root uni?
unideal
unidentified
uniform
unimportant
Based on the prefix inter, what does the word interjected mean?
discussed something important
put words in a conversation
made a strange remark
yelled words loudly
Based on the root vict, what does the word victor mean?
having experienced something
having stolen something
having seen something
having won something
Based on the suffix -ous, what does the word covetous mean?
having a bad time
causing something bad
making someone jealous
being full of jealousy
The words submarine and subordinate both contain the prefix sub. Based on this information, what does the prefix sub MOST LIKELY mean?
under or secondary
true or verifiable
tricky or difficult
around or centered on
Which of the following sentences are simple sentences?
When Ms. Thomas has a hard day, she likes to drink an icey cold Dr. Pepper.
Mrs. Holden and Mrs. Breaux are going to the movies tomorrow.
Mrs. McCart likes to read and eat fresh fruit.
Sixth grade language arts teachers are the best.
Which of the following sentences are compound sentences?
I enjoy pop music, but my favorite genre is disco.
Rowan can say the alphabet backwards; therefore, his friends are impressed.
After going to the grocery store, I am always so tired that I order pizza.
Yesterday, I went to the gym, but today, I'm just don't feel like going.
Which of the following are complex sentences?
When Lori and Calvin read "The Diary of Anne Frank", they realized how incredible her life was.
I like to going to the beach because the ocean is so relaxing.
Daisy loves long naps in the afternoon.
My favorite foods are pasta, chocolate, and macaroni and cheese.
Which of the following sentences are compound-complex sentences?
I will get to watch television, but first, I have to clean up the dishes after we finish eating.
We won the game, but my uniform was muddy because it rained the entire time.
Some students think Fortnight is the best video game and has the best graphics, but others insist that Minecraft is better and more creative.
After our trip to the beach, school started back, and I was excited to see my friends.
