WorksheetsPSSA Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 42mins
Which of the following is not a universal theme?
Treat others how you want to be treated.
Cheaters never win.
People who are good in Math will be successful.
A closed mouth doesn't get fed.
Read the paragraph:
(1) Monarch butterflies, like many other animals, migrate south for the winter. (2) Butterfly lovers flocks to Michocán, Mexico, every year to see the millions of monarchs that spend the winter there. (3) These monarchs hatched somewhere in the north the previous spring, and because monarchs have a short lifespan, no single monarch lives long enough to make the return trip. (4) That task is left to their offspring, who somehow find their way north.
Which change should be made to the paragraph to correct the error in agreement?
Change migrate to migrates
Change flocks to flock
Change lives to live
Change find to finds
Read the Paragraph:
(1) Plants, just like animals, need certain things to stay alive. (2) Water is one thing that is needed to stay alive by both plants and animals. (3) If a plant does not have water, it will start to look droopy, and its leaves will dry up and eventually fall off the stems. (4) If the plant goes without water for too long, it will die. (5) Plants need other things too, such as air and light. (6) Most plants, but not all, also need soil. (7) Those that do not need soil can get the nutrients, or food, that they need in other ways instead.
Which revision that combines sentences 1 and 2 into one sentence best improves the style of the paragraph?
Plants and certain animals are the same in that they need water to survive.
By plants and animals, water is needed by both to stay alive.
Water, by both plants and animals, is needed to stay alive.
Plants, just like animals, need water to stay alive.
Read the paragraph:
(1) Jamie collected stones for a wall he wanted to build carefully he put each one into place. (2) He wanted the wall to look as if it had been there for many years without any changes. (3) He had carefully selected stones to make the new wall look just as old as the other nearby walls did. (4) Jamie stood back and admired the work that he had already accomplished.
Which sentences is a run-on and should be written as two sentences?
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 3
Sentence 4
Which sentence needs an additional comma?
Please check to see that the newspaper has the correct month, the correct day, and the correct year.
My friends and I talked about what we would write about for our project, what resources we would use, and where we would find the information.
Do you plan to read a book, watch a play at the community center, or walk to the park?
Are you planning to walk, ride your bicycle take the bus, or get a ride to the library?
Read the paragraph:
(1) Although robots are used for an increasing number of activities, scientists who program them says that there are many things they cannot do well. (2) One of those things is communicating through conversation. (3) Human beings naturally detect meaning in words that robots do not. (4) Programmers of robots hope to make advances, but for now, humans are the better communicators.
Which change should be made to the paragraph to correct the error in subject-verb agreement?
Change says to say
Change is to are
Change detect to detects
Change hope to hopes
Read the paragraph:
(1) Last year our teacher assigned us the task of making a class book. (2) We complete the last few pages a week before the book was due. (3) The only piece that remained unfinished was the cover. (4) Stephan volunteered to design it, but he never finished it.
Which sentence in the paragraph contains an error in verb tense?
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 3
Sentence 4
Read the paragraph:
(1) Everyone filed into Philadelphia’s City Hall except Sarah and me. (2) Us two classmates wanted to look at the building for a while longer. (3) She and me gazed at the amazing structure. (4) The giant statue of William Penn gazed back at Sarah and I, reminding us of the history of our state.
Which underlined pronoun is used correctly?
me in sentence 1
Us in sentence 2
me in sentence 3
I in sentence 4
Read the paragraph:
(1) Yesterday we spent a social studies class period learning about flight, and most of us thought it fascinating to learn about. (2) First we saw a movie about the famous Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, and their early experiments in flying airplanes. (3) Then a guest speaker told us about her job as a jet pilot. (4) After that, we made paper airplanes and launched it to see whose airplane stayed in the air the longest.
Which change should me made to correct the error in the paragraph?
Change it to them in sentence 1.
Change their to our in sentence 2.
Change us to me in sentence 3.
Change it to them in sentence 4.
Read the paragraph:
(1) The science museum itself was holding an exhibition of students’ science work. (2) The opportunity to attend for free was granted to science teachers themselves. (3) Before the teachers attended the exhibition, the school secretary herself arranged for some refreshments to be served. (4) Myself was planning to attend.
Which change should me made to correct the error in the paragraph?
Change itself to it
Change themselves to ourselves
Change herself to she
Change Myself to I
Which underlined word should be changed to correct an error in word usage?
Her latest painting earned her a compliment from a famous art critic.
With drums beating and cymbals crashing, the marching band passed down the street.
The most interesting character in the book was a miner character named Duncan.
By reading a newspaper article each day, we gained much insight into current events.
