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WorksheetsGa Milestone Test Prep
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
A student is writing an essay that argues that community service benefits those who perform it. The student must use sources that are credible and relevant to the topic. Which source would be BEST for the student to use for the essay?
a newspaper article about local organizations seeking volunteers for community service opportunities
a university study describing the positive effects of community service on volunteers’ emotional health
a blog post telling how to fulfill community service hours required to graduate high school
a novel about a teen’s experiences performing community service at a local animal shelter
Read the sentences.
As an avid runner, I cannot imagine how I would successfully cope with life’s challenges if I were not able to go running. Going running helps me to clear my mind of stressful thoughts.
What is the BEST way to combine the sentences to maintain their detail while avoiding repetition?
Clearing my mind of stressful thoughts, I cannot imagine how I would successfully cope with life’s challenges if I were not able to go running, since I am an avid runner.
Going running helps me to clear my mind of stressful thoughts as an avid runner, so I cannot imagine how I would successfully cope with life’s challenges if I were not able to go running.
As an avid runner, I cannot imagine how I would successfully cope with life’s challenges without going running, which helps me clear my mind of stressful thoughts.
As an avid runner, I cannot imagine how I would successfully cope with life’s challenges if I were not able to go running because going running helps me to clear my mind of stressful thoughts.
A group of students is writing a report about a specific treatment available for patients with a medical condition called arthritis. One of their most credible sources is a study that was published in a medical journal three years ago. How can the students BEST use the Internet to locate the most current findings on the subject?
by searching for the names of the physicians who authored the study to find out the names of the medical facilities where the treatment is implemented
by searching for the name of the treatment to find out if any studies on the treatment have been published in medical journals more recently
by searching for the title of the medical journal to find out what articles on other medical problems it has published more recently
by searching for articles on other topics that were written by the physicians who authored the original study to find out additional areas of expertise
Select the correct verb phrase to complete the sentence for blank 1
One possible solution to the overcrowding at South Georgia High School parking lot could be to limit parking privileges to seniors only; this ___1___ the management of vehicles easier. If this designation would have been implemented last year, there ___2___ less congestion when we were dismissed each day.
Will have made
Will make
Would make
Would made
Select the correct verb phrase to complete the sentence for blank 2
One possible solution to the overcrowding at South Georgia High School parking lot could be to limit parking privileges to seniors only; this ___1___ the management of vehicles easier. If this designation would have been implemented last year, there ___2___ less congestion when we were dismissed each day.
Should have been
would be
would have been
would been
Read the sentences from the first paragraph.
Canadian writer Margaret Eleanor Atwood is the author of more than forty volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and nonfiction, but she is best known for her novels. They hold her readers spellbound, leaving them with much to ponder afterward. Her work has been published in more than forty languages.
Which word is closest in meaning to spellbound as it is used in the first paragraph?
Confused
Excited
Facinated
Troubled
Which sentence contains correct capitalization?
Sophia spent hours combing the local gift shops to find the perfect item for grandma Iris.
Maria’s family moved to the southwest after her Dad’s job was transferred to the main office.
Contact representative Whitney’s office to obtain further information about the public meetings.
Icarus is a character from a Greek myth who tries to escape from Crete by means of wings made from wax.
Read the sentence.
Edith Wharton was an American novelist, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and typically explored such themes as the limitations of social class and societal expectations.
Which revision BEST improves the syntax of the sentence?
As an American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner, limitations of social class and societal expectations were themes that Edith Wharton typically explored.
An American novelist, Edith Wharton, a Pulitzer Prize winner, typically explored such themes as the limitations of social class and societal expectations.
Typically exploring such themes as the limitations of social class and societal expectations, Edith Wharton was an American novelist, and she was a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Edith Wharton, an American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner, typically explored such themes as the limitations of social class and societal expectations.
Selected-Response Which sentence uses hyphenation correctly?
When I was twenty-two years-old, I lived in the Czech Republic for a summer and worked as an English speaking tour guide.
Marcus does not usually care for peanuts unless they are chocolate-covered.
My brother recently purchased a state of-the-art blender that can make delicious smoothies in a matter of seconds.
Mr. Donovan’s lease is up in mid-September, at which point he will move to a different city.
There was no doubt in Thomas's mind--- the handwriting was _________ Rachel's.
unmistakable
mistakably
unmistaken
unmistakably
To create a timeline, Matthew put the events in _________ order.
chronology
chronological
chronologist
chronologies
Tori's ____________ of the literary passage was quite thorough
analysis
analyze
analytical
analyzable
The ______ puppy bounded across the house.
interactive
retroactive
hyperactive
inactive
The laywer ________ on behalf of her client.
advocate
advocacy
advocated
advocating
What could replace the underlined portion of the following sentence.
When the horse became sick and feeble, the doctor suggested that it be put down.
fed
medicated
euthanized
groomed
What word could replace the underline portion of the following sentence?
The factory owner offered the inspector a monetary motivation to ignore the safety hazards.
bribe
bonus
prize
reward
Which option makes the sentence grammatically correct?
My sister, Bea, is _______________ (intelligent) member of our family.
intelligent
the most intelligent
more intelligent
intelligable
Which makes the sentence grammatically correct?
Is it _______________ (important) to do my maths homework or my English?
more important
most important
important
importance
