WorksheetsUsing Evidence Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Select the correctly punctuated sentence.
Before the game, Mr. Filch asked "Can I be team captain?"
Before the game, Mr. Filch asked, "Can I be team captain?"
Before the game, Mr. Filch asked, "can I be team captain?"
Before the game, Mr. Filch asked: "Can I be team captain?"
Select the correctly punctuated sentence.
Katniss Everdeen claimed that: "Thousands of people" came to her birthday party.
Katniss Everdeen claimed that, "thousands of people" came to her birthday party.
Katniss Everdeen claimed that "thousands of people" came to her birthday party.
Katniss Everdeen claimed that "Thousands of people" came to her birthday party.
Select the correctly punctuated sentence.
The author opens with some background on Megan Watson: "She was smart, funny, and prone to wearing very weird hats."
The author opens with some background on Megan Watson "She was smart, funny, and prone to wearing very weird hats."
The author opens with some background on Megan Watson, "She was smart, funny, and prone to wearing very weird hats."
The author opens with some background on Megan Watson: "she was smart, funny, and prone to wearing very weird hats."
Select the correctly punctuated sentence.
Simba is nervous because his neighbors said that, "no one has ever gone into the haunted house before."
Simba is nervous because his neighbors said that: "no one has ever gone into the haunted house before."
Simba is nervous because his neighbors said that, "No one has ever gone into the haunted house before."
Simba is nervous because his neighbors said that "no one has ever gone into the haunted house before."
Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
Original Text: Every morning, at the sound of the 8:15 bell, the students stand up, put their hands over their hearts, and start singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Mrs. Hepburn’s students dutifully "stand up, put their hands over their hearts, and start singing 'The Star-Spangled Banner'" at the beginning of every school day (Goff 6).
Mrs. Hepburn’s students dutifully "stand up, put their hands over their hearts, and start singing 'The Star-Spangled Banner" at the beginning of every school day (Goff 6).
Mrs. Hepburn’s students dutifully "stand up, put their hands over their hearts, and start singing 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at the beginning of every school day (Goff 6).
Mrs. Hepburn’s students dutifully "stand up, put their hands over their hearts, and start singing 'The Star-Spangled Banner at the beginning of every school day (Goff 6).
Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
Original Text: With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word "intellectual," of course, became the swear word it deserved to be.
Beatty explains how his society's view of academics changes: "The word 'intellectual,' … became the swear word it deserved to be (Bradbury 55).
Beatty explains how his society's view of academics changes: "The word 'intellectual,' … became the swear word it deserved to be" (Bradbury 55).
Beatty explains how his society's view of academics changes: "The word 'intellectual,' … became the swear word it deserved to be'" (Bradbury 55).
Beatty explains how his society's view of academics changes: "The word 'intellectual,' … became the swear word it deserved to be' (Bradbury 55).
Original Quote:
BRUCE: I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food.
Bruce the shark realizes that to stop being seen as a "a mindless eating machine, ...___ must first change ____."
he and himself
[he] and [himself]
I and myself
[I] and [myself]
Original Quote:
Friends become increasingly important to health and happiness as people age, according to new research in the journal Personal Relationships.
According to a study in Personal Relationships, "Friends ___ increasingly important to health and happiness as people age."
become
[become]
becomes
[becomes]
What is the plot clue in the below sentence?
Katniss only understands Peeta's true feelings for her after the Games. As she watches the highlight reel, Katniss thinks to herself, “Now I see what the audience saw, how misled the Careers about me, stayed awake the entire night under the tracker jacker tree, fought Cato to let me escape and even while he lay in that mud bank, whispered my name in his sleep” (Collins 363).
Katniss only understands Peeta's true feelings for her after the Games
As she watches the highlight reel
Katniss thinks to herself
There is not one
Who is the speaker in the below sentence?
Katniss only understands Peeta's true feelings for her after the Games. As she watches the highlight reel, Katniss thinks to herself, “Now I see what the audience saw, how misled the Careers about me, stayed awake the entire night under the tracker jacker tree, fought Cato to let me escape and even while he lay in that mud bank, whispered my name in his sleep” (Collins 363).
Katniss only understands Peeta's true feelings for her after the Games
As she watches the highlight reel
Katniss
There is not one
Who is the listener in the below sentence?
Katniss only understands Peeta's true feelings for her after the Games. As she watches the highlight reel, Katniss thinks to herself, “Now I see what the audience saw, how misled the Careers about me, stayed awake the entire night under the tracker jacker tree, fought Cato to let me escape and even while he lay in that mud bank, whispered my name in his sleep” (Collins 363).
Katniss only understands Peeta's true feelings for her after the Games
As she watches the highlight reel
Herself
There is not one
The evidence below has...
Genie cares more about gaining his freedom than about helping Aladdin. In the middle of the film, he tells Aladdin, "To be my own master—such a thing would be greater than all the magic and all the treasures in all the world!"
A strong speaker, listener, and plot clue
A weak or missing plot clue
A weak or missing speaker/listener
No speaker, listener, or plot clue
The evidence below has...
Sebastian doesn't take Ariel's desire to become a human seriously. When she explains her plan to visit the human world, he argues, "The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake."
A strong speaker, listener, and plot clue
A weak or missing plot clue
A weak or missing speaker/listener
No speaker, listener, or plot clue
Which of the below creates the strongest context for the blank?
Gale has a better sense of humor than Peeta. When Katniss and Gale meet up to hunt at the beginning of the novel, _______ holds up a loaf of bread with an arrow and jokes to Katniss, “Look what I shot” (Collins 14).
the boy
Gale
he
Which of the below creates the strongest context for the blank?
________, Wolfsheim writes back that he cannot attend because it would hurt his ongoing business dealings.
When Nick asks Gatsby's last remaining butler, Edgar, to send a message to Wolfsheim
When Nick asks Gatsby's last remaining butler, Edgar, to send a message to Wolfsheim
When Nick asks Wolfsheim to attend Gatsby's funeral
When Nick sends a message to Wolfsheim in chapter 10
