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ELA Semester 1 Test 12/20/23

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a noun?
a)
describes someone
b)
shows ownership
c)
a person, place, thing, or idea
2.
Which word is an example of a noun?
a)
sweet
b)
Miss Jennings
c)
normally
3.
What is a singular noun?
a)
refers to one person, place, or thing
b)
describes someone
c)
shows ownership
4.
Which word is an example of a singular noun?
a)
house
b)
houses
c)
middle
5.
What is a plural noun?
a)
names one person, place, thing, or idea
b)
names more than one person, place, thing, or idea
c)
names more than one person or idea
6.
Choose a plural noun for this singular noun: thief
a)
thiefs
b)
thieves
c)
thiefes
7.
What is a proper noun?
a)
shows ownership
b)
refers to more than one person, place, or thing.
c)
takes place of a noun
8.
Which word is an example of a proper noun?
a)
Green Bay Packers
b)
dog
c)
street
9.
What is a verb?
a)
a person, place, thing, or idea
b)
a word that does not show action in a sentence
c)
a word that shows action in a sentence
10.
Which word is an example of a verb?
a)
jumping
b)
the
c)
I
11.
What are the five being verbs?
a)
them, they, there, those, their
b)
am, is, are, was, were
c)
am, is, their, was, were
12.
Which sentence has a being verb in it?
a)
She is a good student.
b)
They want to go home.
c)
Who would be there?
13.
Which sentence is a complete sentence?
a)
are you excited for Christmas
b)
Are you excited for christmas?
c)
Are you excited for Christmas?
14.
Which sentence shows the comma in the correct place?
a)
The snow started to fall, heavily so all the schools closed early.
b)
The snow started to fall heavily, so all the schools closed early.
c)
The snow started to fall heavily so, all the schools closed early.
15.
Do holidays have to be capitalized?
a)
No
b)
Yes
16.
What are the three types of END punctuations?
a)
apostrophe, comma, period
b)
quotation marks, parenthesis, period
c)
exclamation point, question mark, and period
17.
What date is correct?
a)
Friday, December 23, 2022
b)
Friday December 23, 2022
c)
Friday, December 23 2022
18.
Why is it important to analyze characters?
a)
to get a better understanding and picture who they are
b)
not being able to understand who they are and not understand them
c)
it's only a little important to know what is going on in a story with characters
19.
What does the setting in a story tell us?
a)
when a story takes place
b)
where a story takes place
c)
when and where a story takes place
20.
What are the five elements that make up a plot of a story?
a)
rising action, introduction, falling action, climax, and resolution
b)
introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
c)
introduction, climax, rising action, falling action, and resolution
21.
True or false: Every story has some type of conflict.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
When comparing and contrasting, what are some words you can use when comparing two things?
a)
similar, not alike, same, both
b)
alike, but, same, also
c)
as well as, alike, similar, both
23.
When comparing and contrasting, what are some words you can use when contrasting two things?
a)
but, unalike, in common, while
b)
however, differ, on the other hand, unalike
c)
similar, but, in common, unalike
24.
What are context clues?
a)
words or groups of words that give clues about the meaning of an unknown word
b)
words or groups of words that do not help with understanding an unknown word
c)
weird words that are in stories
25.
Where is a subject found in a sentence?
a)
beginning
b)
middle
c)
end
26.
Where is a predicate found in a sentence?
a)
beginning
b)
middle
c)
end
27.
What is a sentence fragment?
a)
a complete sentence with a complete thought
b)
a group of words that does not express a complete thought
c)
a group of words that does express a complete thought and is a complete sentence
28.
What is a run-on sentence?
a)
two or more complete sentences that are not separate by the correct punctuation or conjuction
b)
one complete sentence
c)
two or more incomplete sentences