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WorksheetsGMAS REVIEW (2023)
Total questions: 108
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
What is the best definition of an infinitive?
A verb phrase with an -ing word
A verb that ends in -ing and functions as a noun
A combination of helping verbs and other words
The word "to" plus a verb
What is the best definition of a gerund?
A verb phrase with an -ing word
A verb that ends in -ing and functions as a noun
A combination of helping verbs and other words
The word "to" plus a verb
A participle ALWAYS looks like __________.
verb ending in -ing
verb ending in -ed
to + verb
a verb ending in -ing, -ed, or -en
A participle always acts like a(n) __________.
Noun
Adverb
Adjective
Verb
What type of verbal is in red in the sentence above?
What type of verbal is in red in the sentence above?
What type of verbal is in red in the sentence above?
I want to know all there is to know about John Snow.
My son, running into the end zone, is smiling from ear to ear.
Flying in a plane is my favorite way to travel.
Choose all of the following sentences that should be revised to eliminate passive voice and clarify meaning. (L3a)
I walked to the store this weekend.
The dog’s nails were trimmed.
The dog ran after the Amazon Prime delivery guy.
Our party invitations were mailed.
Choose all of the following sentences that should be revised to eliminate passive voice and clarify meaning. (L3a)
The midterm in science class was the most difficult for me.
I took the midterm even though I was sick.
The students were asked to be quiet several times during the midterm.
The students all felt nervous before the math midterm.
The midterms were graded before we even walked out the door for break.
Choose all of the following sentences that should be revised to eliminate passive voice and clarify meaning. (L3a)
The laptops were turned in before leaving for break.
The students felt confident that they would get their Chromebooks on their first day back.
They were devastated to find out that they would be without any technology for the first few weeks of January.
It was discovered that there would be no more laptops for students in Cherokee County.
The students were disappointed, but the teachers were very upset because they rely very heavily on the laptops every day.
Choose all of the following sentences that should be revised to eliminate passive voice and clarify meaning. (L3a)
The lunches were made especially for the students who were staying behind.
The workers in the cafeteria spent time making sure each lunch was delicious.
While they didn't follow an exact recipe, Pinterest was the inspiration for the meals.
The cafeteria food was made very popular after the lunches were served.
Hundreds more lunches were purchased by students every day.
Choose all of the following sentences that should be revised to eliminate passive voice and clarify meaning.
The holiday season is a happy, joyous season.
Family and friends come over to enjoy spending time together.
The most special gifts are purchased for those we love.
My favorite things are the cookies and other delicious treats that are baked with love and fill the house with a fresh, sweet smell.
This is the most magical season of the year.
Choose all of the following sentences that should be revised to eliminate passive voice and clarify meaning.
Grading these argumentative essays has been a daunting task.
I have felt so proud of all of the hard work that my kids have put in to their writing.
So much effort has been given to all of the paragraphs that have been written.
The essays that will be written on the post-test will be well-done for sure!
They will also be ready for any writing task that comes their way in high school.
Choose all of the following sentences that should be revised to eliminate passive voice and clarify meaning.
Last week at ET Booth, we had the schoolwide spelling bee.
It was a wonderful event hosted by the ELA department, and it was held in the Media Center.
The spelling bee was attended by many teachers and parents.
I would have been so nervous if I had to be a speller on that day.
Congratulations to all of the students who participated!
Choose all of the following sentences that should be revised to eliminate passive voice and clarify meaning.
This morning I came downstairs extra early to enjoy some peace and quiet while I have some coffee.
I noticed that the TV had been left on, but nobody was there watching it.
My kids were snug in their beds, and there was no evidence that they had woken in the middle of the night and come downstairs.
When I talked to Craig, he said that he turned it off before he came upstairs to bed.
Is my house being haunted?
Julia answered the question.
Active
Passive
Julia answered the question.
Active
Passive
Julia answered the question.
Active
Passive
The dolphins frolicked in the ocean.
Active
Passive
The room was painted blue.
Active
Passive
Cricket is played in Australia.
Active
Passive
a reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with another claim; supported by evidence and sound reasoning
Connotation
Counterclaim
Propel the Action
Inference
analyzes the relationship between ideas in a text, both similarities and differences.
Propel the Action
Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
Problem and Solution
a statement that can be proven vs. a statement of an author's belief or judgment about something.
Fact and Opinion
Distinction
Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
the author's intention for his/her writing: to persuade, inform, explain, or entertain.
Compare and Contrast
Author's Purpose
Objective Summary
Cause and Effect
passages that explain or inform.
Compare and Contrast
Denotation
Literary Texts
Informational Texts
the order in which a series of events happened; text is arranged in order of time from beginning to end.
Chronological Order
Textual Features
Distinction
Bias
identifies something that is wrong and proposes one or more ways to fix it; may be used by an author to try to persuade readers about a certain topic or course of action.
Objective Summary
Technical Meaning
Problem and Solution
Compare and Contrast
a reasonable conclusion reached that is based on evidence found in the text.
Counterclaim
Incident
Inference
Cause and Effect
the main argument made by an author; supported by reasons and evidence.
Sound
Claim
Denotation
Connotation
elements used by an author within a passage, including topic sentences, introduction, body paragraphs, headings, footnotes, or graphics to further organize the text.
Dialogue
Technical Meaning
Textual Features
Bias
refers to the exact words characters are saying; set off from the rest of the text with quotation marks and commas; each time a new character speaks, a new paragraph begins.
Analogy
Structure
Relevant
Dialogue
a relationship in which one thing causes another thing to happen.
Cause and Effect
Author's Purpose
Inference
Compare and Contrast
passages that are stories, dramas, or poems.
Cause and Effect
Denotation
Literary Texts
Informational Texts
a specific meaning or idea that a word/concept brings to mind.
Connotation
Denotation
Counterclaim
Cause and Effect
the dictionary definition of a word/concept.
Denotation
Inference
Literary Texts
Connotation
Scampering down the street, the cat ran from the large dog chasing it.
What type of verbal phrase is this?
Participial phrase
Infinitive phrase
Gerund phrase
Is the underlined word in the sentence a verb?
The teacher is asking the students to sit down quietly.
Yes
No
Swimming is a sport that is enjoyed more in the spring and summer.
The underlined word is what type of verbal?
Participle
Infinitive
Gerund
Their main goal is to eat as much food as possible.
The underlined phrase is what type of verbal phrase?
Participle phrase
Infinitive phrase
Gerund phrase
Gerunds always act like what part of speech?
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Which of the following is the correct passive voice?
Everybody is watching Netflix.
Netflix are famous.
Netflix is being watched by many.
Netlifx is watch by many.
Which two passive voices of the following are correct?
School days are being missed.
The students miss their school days.
Coming back to school is awaited by the students.
The students are coming back to school.
Active:
Three men were chasing after an escaped pig.
Which of the following is the correct passive voice for the sentence above?"
An escaped pig was being chased.
An escaped pig were being chased by three men.
An escaped pig was being chase by three men.
An escaped pig is being chased by three men.
It’s raining cats and dogs outside would be an example of what?
Personification
Idiom
Metaphor
Simile
"The clouds are giant cottons balls" would be an example of what?
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
What directly compares two unlike things by saying that one thing actually is the other?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
General Clinton, concerned about what General Howe was planning and doing, made use of a mask to write a secret message in a letter to General Burgoyne.
Before writing the letter, Clinton had placed an hourglass-shaped mask on a piece of paper and then had formed the secret message within that shape.
The unmasked letter had enough false information in it to fool any American who happened to see it. But when Burgoyne viewed the letter with the mask, he read Clinton's view of the real situation: Howe has made a bad move; I don't have enough men to do anything about it.
Which statement best expresses the central idea of the excerpt?
Generals were able to send secret messages to each other using a mask.
General Howe failed to help the other generals defeat the Americans.
The British were better at using codes than the Americans.
False information in a letter could cause problems for the Americans.
In the summer of 1777, British General Sir Henry Clinton, in New York City, had to keep in touch with General John Burgoyne, whose troops were heading down the Hudson Valley, and with General Sir William Howe, who was supposed to link up with Burgoyne but instead had chosen to take Philadelphia.
Howe believed that "friends of [the British] Government" along the Hudson would make Burgoyne's task easy. But along the Hudson there were also many enemies of the British. A Peekskill man, for example, although paid to be a courier for Burgoyne, handed the general's message to the Americans. Other British couriers who rode south were never heard from again.
Which statement includes explicit information from the text?
General Burgoyne’s misjudgments led to failures in communication between British troops.
Several people pretended to be friends of General Howe but were actually spies for the Americans.
General Clinton needed to communicate with other British leaders in order to coordinate attacks.
General Burgoyne gave a message to a courier who ended up giving it to the Americans.
If Randy Pausch, the author of Last Lecture, had written a speech about receiving his cancer diagnosis and what he did following the diagnosis, which organizational structure would he most likely have used?
chronological ordering
compare and contrast
central ideas and supporting details
problem and resolution
Read the sentences from Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.
And I assure you I am not in denial. It’s not like I’m not aware of what’s going on.
Why is Pausch telling his audience this?
He wants to convince them that they should stop focusing on his illness.
He wants them to remember that he is in a difficult situation.
He wants them to feel comfortable and accept his positive attitude.
He wants to encourage them to have sympathy for him.
Read the sentence from Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.
And that’s something we should not lose sight of, is that the inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.
Why is Pausch telling his audience this?
He wants them to take his dreams seriously.
He wants them to take his dreams seriously.
He wants them to set high goals for themselves.
He wants to make sure they are paying attention.
He wants permission to set goals for them.
Which dialogue would be found in a drama?
Ming stated, "My dream is to be a movie actress someday."
"Do you know where Jeremy and Frankie went?" asked Lyle.
Ming stated, "My dream is to be a movie actress someday."
Heather: If I wanted to clean all day, I would have stayed home.
"Please put the baby's hat on him and take him for a nice walk."
In a drama script, stage directions are provided in order to
help the actors find their way to the theater.
help the audience understand what the play is about.
tell the actors how to dress and move for the characters.
tell the audience more about the characters.
Read the excerpt from Monster.
STEVE
No, but I’ve seen a lot of ball games. I watch a lot of ball games.
Based on this dialogue, what can the reader infer about Steve?
He is a good basketball player
He enjoys watching ball games.
He makes films of ball games.
He is too lazy to play ball games.
In dramatic structure, dialogue is used to
reveal information and move the plot.
narrate the events of a story.
describe the characters and setting.
make a play more like a novel.
Read the excerpt from Monster.
We see STEVE stand shakily and head back to the defense table. He looks out onto the onlookers and sees his parents. His MOTHER forces a smile and his FATHER makes a fist and nods emphatically. We see STEVE sit down, start to pick up a glass of water, and have to put it down because his hand is shaking so badly.
Which statement best describes Steve's parents?
They think that Steve is innocent.
They are willing to fight for their son.
They think that the trial is a joke.
They are trying to be strong for Steve.
What is one step to take when paraphrasing a text?
copy the text word for word
form an opinion about the text
find ways to shorten the text
look for words that can be changed
Which statement best explains how images help readers?
They make complex words easier to pronounce.
They help readers visualize inaccurate historical settings.
They help readers visualize complex and unfamiliar ideas.
They make books entertaining and brighten up long pages of text.
Which of these is an element of both paraphrasing and summarizing?
giving a broad overview of central ideas
shortening the length of the original text
restating all of a text’s ideas and details
putting ideas from a text in one’s own words
Which of these is an element of summarizing, but not paraphrasing?
giving a broad overview of central ideas
understanding the central ideas in a text
restating most of the ideas from an original text
putting ideas from a text in one’s own words
Which word or phrase signals the passage of time?
in order to
for this reason
initially
yet
Which sentence is the best example of a lively and active voice?
We were invited by our neighbors to attend the cookout.
A machine mixes the concrete with water.
Her parents had already been informed.
The ballots were counted by a member of the committee.
__________ is/are all the necessary background information a reader needs to effectively understand a story.
Resolution
Exposition
Climax
The Table of Contents
INFERENCES are when you ...
assume
guess
draw conclusions
are clearly stated
Conversations between characters is ...
verbal text
dialogue
spoken verse
dialect
INCIDENTS are ...
character traits
details
unimportant
events
EXPLICITLY means ...
adult content
profanity
clearly
graphic
PROVOKE means ...
complicate
inform
to cause
power
ANALOGIES are ...
textual
visual
comparisons
poetic devices
ANALYZE means ...
to infer
to evaluate
to examine
to compose
PROPEL means ...
work
move forward
blade
infer
SPECIFIC means ...
simple
vague
ironic
certain
TONE is the writer's ...
topic
attitude
central idea
subject
To CONTRAST is to point out ...
images
differences
symbols
parts of speech
SUFFICIENT means ...
plentiful
profitable
enough
reasonable
RELEVANT means ...
academic
profound
technical
relating
IRRELEVANT means ...
too simple
logical but wordy
irresponsible
off topic
CONFLICTING INFORMATION is information that ...
disagrees
is based on conflict
seeks to entertain
pertains to the plot
CLAIMS are ..
statements that may or may not be true
always made in the first paragraph
based on insufficient evidence
found in certain genres
