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WorksheetsBefore 🦃Thanksgiving Break ELAR Terms🦃
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 3hrs 14mins
Molly bought a sweater at target.
sweater
bought
target
none
Forest Fires (destroys, destroy) millions of trees each year.
destroys
destroy
He (is, are) reading about space travel.
is
are
Your idea (makes, make) sense to me.
makes
make
Weeding and watering ______ important parts of gardening.
is
are
Neither students nor teachers ______ the drills
enjoys
enjoy
Macaroni and cheese ______ easy to make.
is
are
My dog and the neighbor's cat ______ like friends.
acts
act
A bus or a taxi ______for the airport every few minutes.
leaves
leave
The girls ______ basketball after school.
play
plays
Derek ______ it is bad to litter.
believe
believes
Catherine wants to work in Italy, so she ____________ italian.
learns
is learning
are learning
learn
I ___________ an interesting book at the moment. I'll give it to you when I've finished.
reads
is reading
am reading
read
Nurses usually ________ after patients in hospitals.
are looking
looks
looked
look
It _________ raining right now. It is actually quite sunny.
aren't raining
doesn't rain
isn't raining
didn't rain
We __________ them to our party but they didn't come.
invites
invite
inviting
invited
What ______ you _______ when you went to the mall?
is / buy
do / buy
did / buy
does / buy
I _________ do my homework yesterday because I got home late.
didn't do
doesn't do
don't did
don't do
We _____________ TV when you called us.
are watching
was watching
were watching
is watching
They ___________ when we got to the restaurant.
aren't eating
isn't eating
weren't eating
wasn't eating
Which word belongs in the blank?
I ___________ across the street yesterday.
will run
runs
runned
ran
Trees in cloud forests are shorter, and they are deciduous.
simple
compound
complex
compound-complex
Several new kinds of plants sprang up in the garden, but they were not good to eat.
Simple sentence
Compound Sentence
Complex Sentence
Compound-Complex
During the visit to her mother's house, the cook threw a frying-pan at her
Simple sentence
Compound Sentence
Complex Sentence
Compound-Complex
The boy jumped in the water. He made such a splash.
What is the antecedent for the pronoun HE?
water
spash
the boy
The boy jumped in the water. He caused a big splash.
What is the pronoun in the sentence?
He
splash
water
Katie wrote a letter to her teacher.
What is the pronoun in the sentence?
letter
her
wrote
If the singer gets on American Idol, she will be so happy.
What is the pronoun?
American Idol
the
she
The dog ran after the cat. The cat was afraid of it.
What is the pronoun?
it
cat
dog
While he was riding his 4 wheeler, Feliks almost hit a tree.
What is the pronoun?
tree
riding
he
A pronoun is
a word we use in everyday speech to replace a verb.
a word we use in everyday speech to replace a noun.
a word we use to make a noun plural.
a word we use to make a noun possessive.
Which of the following is a singular noun?
men
women
football
children
Which of the following is a plural noun?
kid
women
smoothie
spill
1. What change needs to be made in sentence 1?
A Change grandad to Grandad
B Insert a comma after grandad
C Change Summer to summer
D No change is needed
Kyle likes to play football. Kyle likes to play baseball.
The championship games continued ___________ the bad weather.
When my Dad handed me the bottle of ketchup, I shook it thoroughly to mix it.
What change, if any, is needed in the sentence below?
John's family took there dogs to the dog park.
change John's to Johns
change there to their
change dogs to dog's
no change needed
Which of the following sentences correctly uses commas to separate items in a list?
The ingredients for the recipe include flour, sugar, eggs, butter, and vanilla extract.
The ingredients for the recipe include flour, sugar, eggs, butter: and vanilla extract.
The ingredients for the recipe include flour, sugar, eggs, butter; and vanilla extract.
The ingredients for the recipe include flour, sugar, eggs, butter; and: vanilla extract.
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
Necessary
Definately
Immediately
Separate
When I was a kid I climbed up the tree in the backyard all the time.
Change backyard to back yard
Change backyard to backyards
Change was to were
Insert a comma after kid
The goldfish are beautiful. The blue fish is my favorite.
(Please combine the two sentences.)
The goldfish are beautiful and the blue fish is my favorite.
The goldfish is beautiful, so the blue fish is my favorite.
The goldfish are beautiful, but the blue fish is my favorite.
Which sentence should be deleted from this paragraph?
(3) LEGO Kids Fest is a huge three-day event that travels to different cities across the nation. (4) Families have the chance to try fun activities and admire detailed models all created from LEGO bricks. (5) LEGO bricks were invented in 1949. (6) My family went to the LEGO Kids Fest when it came to Austin. (7) I had no idea what to expect when my parents said we’d be going.
4
5
6
7
(1) Pinatas are constructed with paper-mache. (2) To begin, blow up a large balloon and tie the end tightly. (3) Next blend together two cups of flower and three cups of water to create a gooey paste. (4) Cut sheets of newspaper in long strips. (5) Dip the newspaper strips in the mixture. (6) Carefully place the soaked strips on the balloon, covering it with two layers. (7) Leave a two-inch hole at one end. (8) Drop candy inside the hole and glue strips over it to hold the treats. (9) Decorate the outside of the creation. (10) Carefully punch too holes in one end of the pinata, and string a strong cord through them. (11) Hang the pinata from something tall and get a stick. (12) The fun begins!
What change if any should be made to sentence 3?
Change flour to flower
Change flower to flour
Change flower to flowers
Make no change
Choose the correctly written sentence.
Since she forgot to revise and edit, her essay received a low score.
Since, she forgot to revise and edit her essay received a low score.
Since she forgot to revise and edit her essay, received a low score.
Choose the sentence with the correct use of commas.
We all met on Saturday ,for the game but it started to rain.
We all met on Saturday for the game ,but it started to rain.
We all met on Saturday for the game but it started to rain.
Choose the sentence with correct capitalization.
See you on Sunday at Casablanca state park.
See you on Sunday at Casablanca State Park.
Choose the best written sentence.
As long as you work hard.
As long as you work hard, that is all we can ask for.
As long as you work hard. That is all we can ask for.
Choose the sentence with correct use of commas.
If you do well on STAAR test it will prove you worked hard all year long.
If, you do well on STAAR test it will prove you worked hard all year long.
If you do well on STAAR test, it will prove you worked hard all year long.
What does the C stand for in RACE/RACECES?
Conflict
Climax
Conclusion
Cite
What does the A stand for in RACE/RACECES?
Alliteration
Allusion
Answer
Apply
What does the R stand for in RACE/RACECES?
Restart
Remark
Resolution
Restate
What is the correct order for the Short Constructed Response - Reading question?
RACE
ACE
RACECE
RACES
What needs to be fixed in the following sentence?
my friend and i went to the movies the other day.
Capitalize My
Capitalize both My and I
Change the punctuation
Nothing
What needs to be fixed in the following sentence?
Don't forget to finish ur homework!
Change ounctuation to a period
Nothing, this sentence is perfect
Fix the spelling of ur to your
What change is needed? "I did not think a road trip to an outdoor museum would be fun I was wrong."
I did not think a road trip to an outdoor museum would be fun, but I was wrong.
I did not think a road trip to an outdoor museum would be fun or I was wrong.
I did not think a road trip to an outdoor museum would be fun, since I was wrong.
I did not think a road trip to an outdoor museum would be fun because I was wrong.
Instead of landing in Virginia as planned the Mayflower ended up in massachusetts near Cape Cod. What change is needed?
Change Virginia to virginia
Change Mayflower to mayflower
Change massachusetts to Massachusetts
Make no change
However, the Pilgrims wanted to live in a community with any type of fair and safe structure.
What change is needed?
Change Pilgrims to pilgrims
Delete the comma after However
Change wanted to wants
Make no change
Franklin wrote it when, he was an old man finishing it when he was 82.
What change is needed?
Move the comma after when to after man
Move the comma after when to after Franklin
Delete the comma
Make no change
Later, he began a second newspaper, in german, to serve Pennsylvania’s many German settlers.
What change is needed?
Delete the comma after Later.
change 'german' to German
Change 'German' to german
Make no change
My aunt opened the jewelry box and screamed, “Your grandma’s beautiful diamond necklace is missing!
What change is needed?
Change grandma’s to grandmas’
Insert a comma after box
Insert quotation marks after missing!
Make no change
On november 11, 1620, the colonists signed this important document.
What change is needed?
Change november to November
Delete the comma after 1620
Change colonists to Colonists
Make no change
It would eventually become known as the Mayflower compact.
What change is needed?
Change become to became
Make no change
Change Mayflower to mayflower
Change compact to Compact
(13) During the Middle Ages, forks were smaller and became more widely used for eating. (14) Not everyone liked the idea of using forks, though.
What is the best way to combine sentences 13 and 14?
Forks during the Middle Ages were smaller, they became more widely used for eating, but not everyone liked the idea of using forks.
Forks during the Middle Ages, which were smaller and more widely used for eating, though everyone did not like the idea of using them.
During the Middle Ages, forks were smaller and more widely used for eating, and everyone did not like the idea of using forks, though.
During the Middle Ages, forks were smaller and became more widely used for eating, however not everyone liked the idea of using them.
(17) There are dozens of large tables in the cafeteria. (18) The lab would only need about eight of them.
What is the best way to combine sentences 17 and 18?
Because there are dozens of large tables in the cafeteria, only about eight of them would be needed by the lab.
Where there are dozens of large tables is in the cafeteria, and the lab would only need about eight of them.
There are dozens of large tables in the cafeteria, so only about eight of them would be needed by the lab.
There are dozens of large tables in the cafeteria, but the lab would only need about eight of them.
(6) Leaders on the boat helped the people wrote an agreement.
What needs to be changed in sentence 6?
Change on to in
Change helped to help
Change wrote to write
Make no change
What change is needed?
Instead, you get to demonstrate what you've learned and enjoy success!
Change 'Instead' to 'Finally'
Change get to got
Change demonstrate to deminstrate
Change learned to learn
(2) I was pleased after a few minutes. (3) I saw fluffy whipped cream.
What is the best way to combine sentences 2 and 3?
I was pleased, to see fluffy white cream after a few minutes.
After a few minutes, I was pleased to see fluffy white cream.
I was, after a few minutes pleased to see fluffy white cream.
After a few minutes, fluffy white cream I was pleased to see.
(6) Daniel’s family had just moved to town. (7) The ants in his former city had not been fire ants.
What is the BEST way to revise sentences 6 and 7?
Daniel’s family had just moved to town, for the ants in his former city had not been fire ants.
Daniel’s family had just moved to town, but the ants in his former city had not been fire ants.
Family had just moved to town.
Daniel’s family had just moved to town nor the ants in his former city had been fire ants.
They can stays under the water for up to 15 minutes with one breath.
What change needs to be made, if any?
Change They to He
Change stays to stay
Change can to cans
No change needed
(15) Since they did not have objects to play with, these creative animals making their own toys out of air!
What change needs to be made in sentence 15?
Change making to make
Change did to doing
Change objects to object
Change animals to animal
Mi Lin and Josh dragged their broken bikes into the garage. (2) “I’m so sorry you broke your arm,” Mi Lin said. (3) “It’s not your fault,” Josh says. “I never should have tried that trick.
What change needs to be made in sentence 3?
Change it’s to its
Change says to said
Change says to say
No change is needed in sentence 3
She (is, are) going to the market.
is
are
During the meeting, John and Sarah discussed the project.
What is the pronoun?
the
Sarah
and
John
Neither the manager nor the employees ______ responsible for the error.
is
are
Which of these sentences is a compound sentence?
Although it was raining, we went out.
She likes tea, but he prefers coffee.
The sun is shining.
He runs fast.
The sun sets in the west, _______ the moon rises in the east.
but
and
or
