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Grammar/Spelling 1

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct verb.


The people (cheer/ cheers) when the players come onto the field.

a)

cheer

b)

cheers

2.

A _____ names a person, place, or thing.

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

3.

Complete the sentence with a form of the verb be that agrees with the subject.


She _______ late yesterday.

a)

am

b)

is

c)

are

d)

was

4.

Which would be correct?

a)

The basketball game will be on November 24, 2019, at Hampshire High School.

b)

The basketball game will be on November 24 2019 at Hampshire High School.

5.

Martin Luther King Jr was an American Baptist minister and activist born January 15 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. Which date and city/state uses commas correctly?

a)

January 15 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia.

b)

January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.

c)

January, 15 1929 in Atlanta; Georgia.

6.

Choose the word with the most positive connotation.


I really (envy / admire) Wayne's math ability.

a)

envy

b)

admire

7.

Does the underlined part state a cause or an effect?


He broke his arm, so the doctor put it in a cast.

a)

cause

b)

effect

8.

A _____ names a person, place, or thing.

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

9.

Complete the sentence with a subject pronoun that agrees with the antecedent.


Emily and I baked cookies; _______________ decorated them too.

a)

she

b)

they

c)

we

d)

our

10.

What does the prefix micro mean?

a)

bad or evil

b)

shape or form

c)

small in size

11.

What does the prefix morph mean?

a)

bad or evil

b)

shape or form

c)

small in size

12.

Which of these states an opinion?

a)

Sra. Swan teaches Spanish.

b)

Mrs. Lett was the 4th grade teacher last year.

c)

Mr. Gonzales directs the play.

d)

Mrs. Durden is the coolest teacher at school.

13.

The movie producer said that Aunt Mia's script was the (good) one he had read all year. What word best replaces the word good in the sentence?

a)
gooder
b)
goodest
c)
better
d)
best
14.

This stale doughnut is even (bad) than the burnt toast I had for breakfast! What word best replaces the word good in the sentence?

a)
badder
b)
baddest
c)
worse
d)
worst
15.

Shelby looked through all of the biscuit recipes in her cookbook and finally found the one that looked the (good). What word best replaces the word good in the sentence?

a)
gooder
b)
goodest
c)
better
d)
best
16.

When the nurse checked in on me, she discovered that my cough was (bad) than it had been the night before. What word best replaces the word good in the sentence?

a)
badder
b)
baddest
c)
worse
d)
worst
17.
Look at .......... hat over there
a)
this
b)
that
c)
these
d)
those
18.
Look at all ..... doughnuts in the pastry shop across the street!
a)
this
b)
that
c)
these
d)
those
19.
_____ cupcakes over there are from a bakery.
a)
Those
b)
That
c)
Them
d)
This
20.
Math is ____________ than science.
a)
more easy
b)
easier
c)
more easier
d)
easy
21.
A rock is _?_ than a leaf.
a)
heavy
b)
heavier
c)
heaviest
d)
more heavier
22.
The plane is ___________ way to travel.
a)
fast
b)
faster
c)
the fastest
d)
more faster
23.
The princess is _?_ than the witch.
a)
most beautiful
b)
more beautiful
c)
beautifuller
d)
beautiful
24.

I swam in some of _____ small lakes

a)

that

b)

these

25.

I enjoy reading ____ myth about the River and the Sky

a)

this

b)

this there

26.

The boys were ______ than the girls after exploring the mine.

a)

dirtiest

b)

dirtier

27.

He never said ______ about the music.

a)

nothing

b)

anything

28.

Nobody knows _____ about the broken chair.

a)

anything

b)

nothing

29.

She won't go _____ until the party is over.

a)

anywhere

b)

nowhere

30.

Choose the word that correctly compleates de sentence.


They won't ______ forget this day

a)

never

b)

ever

31.

Pick the correct spelling

a)

expression

b)

espression

32.

Pick the correct spelling

a)

ventured

b)

vintured

33.

What is the correct spelling?

a)

Exterior

b)

Exterrior

c)

Extearior

d)

Exteerior

34.

What is the correct spelling?

a)

Afirmation

b)

Affirmaion

c)

Affirmation

d)

Affermation

35.

What is the correct spelling?

a)

Nazusea

b)

Nausea

c)

Nazeuea

d)

Nauseas

36.

What is the correct spelling?

a)

gauxe

b)

gause

c)

gauze

d)

gaze

37.
What is the correct spelling for
a)
beggining
b)
beginning
c)
begiining
38.

What is the correct spelling?

a)

curiosity

b)

curiousity

c)

cureosity

d)

curriousity

39.
Choose the word spelled correctly.
a)
pancak
b)
paencake
c)
panecake
d)
pancake
40.
Which word is spelled correctly?
a)
thotful
b)
thouthtful
c)
thoughtful
d)
thuoghtful
41.
Which word is spelled correctly?
a)
frantick
b)
frantik
c)
frantic
d)
frentic
42.

What term is about using logic or reason for a character in a passage?

a)

ethos

b)

pathos

c)

logic

d)

hyperbole

43.

What term is about using emotions or feelings for a character in a passage?

a)

ethos

b)

pathos

c)

logic

d)

hyperbole

44.

What term is about having ethics or good morals for a character in a passage?

a)

ethos

b)

pathos

c)

logic

d)

hyperbole

45.

What do you call and extremely over exaggerated statement such as "I caught a fish the size of a whale!"

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

46.

The __________ describes the emotions or feelings in a passage.

a)

mood

b)

plot

c)

point of view

d)

theme

47.

The _________ describes the main part of the story or events that occurred in the passage.

a)

theme

b)

plot

c)

mood

d)

anaylze

48.

The ________________ is the type of narration the story uses, such as first person or third person.

a)

Point of View

b)

Mood

c)

Plot

d)

Analyze

49.

The _________ describes the lesson or moral of the passage.

a)

theme

b)

point of view

c)

plot

d)

mood

50.

If you __________ the passage, you go back and look again at the passage and answer choices.

a)

analyze

b)

plot

c)

theme

d)

mood

51.

If the question is _________, then it is clearly stated or understood.

a)

explicit

b)

central idea

c)

relevant

d)

text structure

52.

The ____________ is the most important or central thoughts combining the ideas of the story.

a)

Central Idea

b)

Authors Purpose

c)

Relevant

d)

Plot

53.

The _____________ describes why the author wrote the passage, such as inform, entertain or persuade the reader.

a)

Authors purpose

b)

plot

c)

theme

d)

text structure

54.

When something is ________, it is related to what the passage is about or being discussed.

a)

relevant

b)

helpful

c)

plot

d)

theme

55.

_________________ describes how the passage is organized, such as problem and solution, cause and effect or chronological odder.

a)

Text structure

b)

Plot

c)

Theme

d)

Central Idea

56.

When you __________ the passage, you go back and look at it again or determine what it is talking about.

a)

analyze

b)

evaluate

c)

compare

d)

demonstrate

57.

When a question is asking you to ___________, you are considering what is good and bad about something.

a)

evaluate

b)

plot

c)

compare

d)

demonstrate

58.

When you ___________ passage 1 and 2, you are looking for what is the same in both passages.

a)

Compare

b)

contrast

c)

demonstrate

d)

illustrate

59.

When you contrast passage 1 and 2, you are looking for what is ________.

a)

different

b)

same

c)

unique

d)

illustrate

60.

If a question ask you to ______________ something, then you need to find an answer choice that models something.

a)

demonstrate

b)

anaylze

c)

theme

d)

compare

61.

Words ,phrase or expressions that cannot be taken literally?

a)

idioms

b)

synonyms

c)

root word

d)

prefix

62.

A lesson about life that is suggested in a story?

a)

main idea

b)

details

c)

theme

d)

plot

63.

What supports the main idea?

a)

details

b)

plot

c)

main idea

d)

theme

64.

The events or actions in a story?

a)

plot

b)

main idea

c)

theme

d)

details

65.

A person,animal or make believe creature in a story?

a)

mood

b)

character

c)

plot

d)

theme

66.

Where and when the story takes place?

a)

setting

b)

characters

c)

plot

d)

mood

67.

The feeling a story gives a reader?

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

setting

d)

character

68.

What is the best thing to do if I zone out or get overwhelmed?

a)

Ask to take a walk

b)

Draw a little bit and then come back to it

c)

Take a snack break and reset

d)

Write down the questions first then read

69.

What can I look at to help me read?

a)

headings

b)

pictures

c)

bold words

d)

charts

70.

How do I eliminate answers?

a)

Guess

b)

Choose C

c)

Analyze them and x them out

d)

Take it out if I don't know what the word is