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PSSA Grammar Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 25mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

a)

My best friend, Sarah loves to go hiking.

b)

My best friend Sarah, loves to go hiking.

c)

My best friend, Sarah, loves to go hiking.

d)

My, best friend Sarah loves to go hiking.

2.

Identify the sentence that uses commas correctly.

a)

The ingredients for the cake are flour, sugar, eggs and butter.

b)

The ingredients for the cake, are flour sugar, eggs, and butter.

c)

The ingredients for the cake are flour, sugar, eggs, and butter.

d)

The ingredients for the cake are, flour, sugar, eggs, and butter.

3.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses the possessive form.

a)

The dogs bone was buried in the yard.

b)

The dog's bone was buried in the yard.

c)

The dogs' bone was buried in the yard.

d)

The dog bone's was buried in the yard.

4.

Which sentence correctly uses a conjunction?

a)

She wanted to go to the movie but she had too much homework.

b)

She wanted to go to the movie, but she had too much homework.

c)

She wanted, to go to the movie but she had too much homework.

d)

She wanted to go to the movie, but, she had too much homework.

5.

Identify the sentence that correctly uses plural possessive.

a)

The kids' toys were scattered all over the floor.

b)

The kid's toys were scattered all over the floor.

c)

The kids toys were scattered all over the floor.

d)

The kids's toys were scattered all over the floor.

6.

Identify the sentence that correctly uses a comma in a list.

a)

I need to buy apples bananas and oranges.

b)

I need to buy apples, bananas and oranges.

c)

I need to buy apples, bananas, and oranges.

d)

I need to buy, apples, bananas, and oranges.

7.

Every sentence has a _______ and a _________

a)

noun and a pronoun

b)

adjective and adverb

c)

start and finish

d)

subject and predicate

8.

Choose the correct verb.


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

a)

cheer

b)

cheers

9.

Which sentence uses an linking verb?

a)

Kenny walked fast.

b)

He seemed angry.

10.

Are the underlined words synonyms or antonyms?


When he received the Christmas present, Juan knew that it was a physical gift, but the love it showed from his grandmother was intangible.

a)

synonyms

b)

antonyms

11.

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

12.

Which sentence is written correctly?

a)

After the game was finished, the team leapt for joy, celebrating its victory.

b)

After the game was finished, the team leap for joy, celebrating its victory.

c)

After the game was finished, the team leaping for joy, celebrating its victory.

d)

After the game was finished, the team had leap for joy, celebrating its victory.

13.

What is the second person, past perfect tense of the verb study?

a)

studied

b)

had studied

c)

will have studied

d)

am studying

14.

Which of the following shows the second person, past tense of the word lose?

a)

had lost

b)

loses

c)

loss

d)

lost

15.

What is the correct form of the verb that should go in the blank? The pilot had never ________ that type of plane before today.

a)

flied

b)

flew

c)

fly

d)

flown

16.

Mandy personally _____ each person who arrived at the party. What is the correct form of the verb that should go in the blank?

a)

greeted

b)

greets

c)

greeting

d)

greeter

17.

Which sentence is written correctly?

a)

Percy buy the last copy of Sea Change that the store had.

b)

Percy bought the last copy of Sea Change that the store had.

c)

Percy buying the last copy of Sea Change that the store had.

d)

Percy buyed the last copy of Sea Change that the store had.

18.

She was angry, so she ______ a tantrum. What is the correct form of the verb that should go in the blank?

a)

throwing

b)

threw

c)

thrown

d)

through

19.

What is the simple future tense of the verb play?

a)

plays

b)

is playing

c)

will play

d)

will have played

20.

Keith and Eddie ______ out a copy of the very rare comic book Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man. What is the correct form of the verb that should go in the blank?

a)

sought

b)

seeking

c)

seeked

d)

sight

21.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

seaze

b)

sieze

c)

seize

d)

seeze

22.

Read the following sentence. Mr. Robinson's house is a beautiful and huge ______ facing a park. What is the correct spelling of the missing word?

a)

property

b)

pruoperty

c)

prapwerty

d)

prouperty

23.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

indipendent

b)

independenet

c)

indipendent

d)

independent

24.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

definitely

b)

definitley

c)

definitly

d)

definatley

25.

Read the following sentence: "Kevin had to train for many years to become a good _______." What is the correct spelling of the missing word?

a)

soldieri

b)

soledure

c)

soldier

d)

soldedure

26.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

receive

b)

recieve

c)

receve

d)

receeve

27.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

persue

b)

perssue

c)

pursue

d)

perssure

28.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

ocasion

b)

occassion

c)

occasion

d)

ocassion

29.

The correct spelling of esential is (a)   .

30.

Which sentence has the subject underlined and uses the correct verb?

a)

Joe and Amy does not have candy.

b)

Joe and Amy do not have candy.

c)

Joe and Amy do not have candy.

d)

Joe and Amy do not have candy.

31.
Kendall ran around the field before the game started. 
a)
Sentence 
b)
Run on 
c)
Fragment
32.
Hazel liked to send Snapchats to. 
a)
Sentence 
b)
Run on 
c)
Fragment
33.
Choose if the following sentence is a complete sentence or a fragment:
We saw the shooting star.
a)
sentence
b)
fragment
34.
What is missing in this sentence. Relaxing on the beach.
a)
verb
b)
subject
c)
both
d)
nothing
35.

Complete the text with the correct word.

Researchers have found that _____ likely to remember negative experiences more accurately than positive experiences.

a)

you're

b)

your