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Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 3hrs 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After the game we went out for pizza.

How should the sentence be changed?

a)

after, the game we went out for pizza.

b)

After the game, we went out for pizza.

c)

After the game we went, out for pizza.

d)

After the game we went out for, pizza

2.

Although we won the game I was not satisfied with my performance.

How should this sentence be changed?

a)

"Although we won the game" I was not satisfied with my performance.

b)

Although we won the game. I was not satisfied with my performance

c)

Although we won the game, I was not satisfied with my performance.

3.

this year spring arrived early in april.

a)

This year, Spring arrived early in April.

b)

This Year spring Arrived early in April.

c)

this year SPring arrived ealy in Aprile.

4.

1. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?

a)

Delete the comma

b)

Change that to it

c)

Change grabed to grabbed

d)

No change should be made.

5.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 13?

a)

Change are to our

b)

Change brought to brung

c)

Change Grinning to Grining

d)

No change should be made in sentence 13.

6.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 24?

a)

Sentence 24 should not be changed.

b)

Delete the comma after Mom

c)

Change me to I

d)

Change looked to looking

7.

How should sentence 28 be changed?

a)

Change your to you’re

b)

Change attention to atention

c)

Change ingredients to ingredient’s

d)

Sentence 28 should not be changed.

8.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 30?

a)

Change This to Which

b)

Change save to safe

c)

Change later to latter

d)

No change needs to be made in sentence 30.

9.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 33?

a)

Insert a comma after planned

b)

Delete but

c)

Change she knew to they knew

d)

No change should be made in sentence 33.

10.

What is the correct way to write sentences 35 and 36?

a)

Besides, I don’t think we would have laughed nearly as hard if our cookies had been just perfect.

b)

Besides, I don’t think. That we would have laughed nearly as hard if our cookies had been just perfect.

c)

Besides, I don’t think that we would have. Laughed nearly as hard if our cookies had been just perfect.

d)

Sentences 35 and 36 are written correctly in the story.

11.

How should sentence 3 be changed?

a)

Change Coach to coach

b)

Change bored to borred

c)

Insert a comma after practice

d)

Sentence 3 should not be changed.

12.

What change needs to be made in sentence 9?

a)

Change little to littel

b)

Change the comma to a period

c)

Insert a comma after catching

d)

Change good to well

13.

What is the correct way to write sentence 13?

a)

I wanted to take it off my dad. Who kept telling me that I would get used to it.

b)

I wanted to take it off, and my dad kept telling me. That I would get used to it.

c)

I wanted to take it off, but my dad kept telling me that I would get used to it.

d)

The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

14.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 18?

a)

Change It was to It is

b)

Delete and

c)

Change desided to decided

d)

Sentence 18 does not need to be changed.

15.

How should sentence 25 be changed?

a)

Change kept to keeped

b)

Delete the comma after hand

c)

Change and to I

d)

Change picked to pick

16.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 34?

a)

Change I had moved to moving

b)

Change finally to finely

c)

Change pitchers to pitcher’s

d)

Sentence 34 does not need to be changed.

17.
(18) Before long, the bear cub was surronded by fire. (19) He could not get around the flames or run through them, either. (20) The only way to go was up. (21) He climbed to the top of a tree, and there, he was trapped.
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 18?
a)
Change surronded to surrounded
b)
Change Before long to Later on
c)
Change by to bye
d)
No change needed.
18.
 (1) Smokey the Bear is a well-known character. (2) He has been a symbol of fire safety since the 1940s. (3) You have probably heard his famous saying. (4) Only you can prevent wildfires." 
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?
a)
Change prevent prevint
b)
Insert quotation marks at the beginning of the sentence
c)
Change you to your
d)
Sentence 5 should not be changed.
19.

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:

"First you do your homework, than you can play on your phone," the exasperated mother replied.

a)

Change than to then

b)

Change your to you're

c)

Change mother to Mother

d)

Change replied to replyed

20.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 10?

a)

change taked to took

b)

change sums to somes

c)

change the period after people to a question mark

d)

make no change

21.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 8?

a)

change made to maked

b)

change subjects to subjects'

c)

change taxs to taxes

d)

make no change

22.
__ a nice day.
a)
Its
b)
It's
23.
__ a fine bunch of pups.
a)
They're
b)
Their
c)
There
24.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Jim is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
b)
Jim is very bold and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
c)
Jim, is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
d)
Jim is very bold, and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
25.
What are the directions asking you to do?
a)
Revise
b)
Edit
c)
Write to a prompt
26.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?
a)
Change the comma to a question mark
b)
Delete the quotation marks afte the comma
c)
Change eagerly to eager
d)
Make no change
27.
What change should be made in sentence 13?
a)
Change the comma after lumps to a period
b)
Change instructed to instructing
c)
Change stired to stirred
d)
No change should be made to sentence 13
28.
Which sentence is correct?
a)
On Tuesday we go to grocery shopping.
b)
Tuesday we go to grocery shopping.
c)
On Tuesday we go grocery shopping.
d)
We on Tuesday go grocery shopping.
29.
Which sentence is correct?
a)
There were three erasers in Jessicas desk.
b)
There were three eraser's in Jessica's desk.
c)
There were three eraser's in Jessicas desk.
d)
There were three erasers in Jessica's desk.
30.
Which sentence is correct?
a)
My mom and dad didn't think that it would snow today.
b)
My Mom and Dad didn't think that it would snow today.
c)
My mom and dad didnt think that it would snow today.
d)
My Mom and Dad didnt think that it would snow today.
31.
Which sentence is correct?
a)
My family goes to the beech every summer in July.
b)
My family gose to the beach every summer in july.
c)
My family goes to the beach every Summer in july.
d)
My family goes to the beach every summer in July.
32.
Fix this sentence: My favorite color red.
a)
My favorite color are red.
b)
My favorite color red.
c)
My favorite color is red.
d)
My favorite color were red.
33.
How do you make this sentence longer: I have pets.
a)
I have two, small, white fluffy dogs and a cat that likes to sleep all day.
b)
I have pets.
c)
I have 3 pets.
d)
I have pets.  They are nice.  I like them.
34.
Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
a)
The neighbors bought a red, rubber ball for their niece.
b)
The students read a funny, entertaining book after school.
c)
The child ate the most deliciously, juicy peach for her snack.
d)
The strangely, quiet man seemed to be thinking about what to say.
35.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

a)

Insert up after dresses me

b)

Change close to clothes

c)

Insert a comma after close

d)

No change should be made.

36.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?

a)

Change chose to choosed

b)

Change my to mine

c)

Capitalize the lion king

d)

No change should be made.

37.

How should sentence 9 be changed?

a)

Change become to be comes

b)

Change a to an

c)

Change jungle to Jungle

d)

Delete the word it

38.

What is the correct way to write sentences 16 and 17?

a)

I like to climb to the top of the vines and look out over the jungle below.

b)

I like to climb to the top of the vines, and look out. Over the jungle below.

c)

I like to climb, to the top, of the vines and look out over the jungle below.

d)

Sentences 16 and 17 are correct

39.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 27?

a)

Change I to Me

b)

Change won to one

c)

Change the period to a question mark

d)

Sentence 27 does not need to be changed.

40.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 29?

a)

Change has to have

b)

Change escape to excape

c)

Change tree to Tree

d)

No change should be made.

41.

What is the prompt?

a)

Many children want to become doctors, firefighters, or veterinarians when they grow up.

b)

Think about what you want to become when you grow up.

c)

Write about a job you would like to have when you become an adult. Explain why you would like to have that job.

d)

There is no prompt

42.

What would you brainstorm for this prompt?

a)

A job you would like to have as an adult and why

b)

Children want to be doctors and why

c)

Growing up and why you need a job

d)

Children want to be firefighters and why

43.

What does an introduction include?

a)

Restated topic sentence

b)

Just a topic sentence

c)

A lead and a topic sentence

d)

Just a lead

44.

(1) The statues at the Cathedral in Paris, france look so realistic. (2) We stood there in amazement at the beauty and talent used to create them.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?

a)

change statues to statue

b)

change france to France

c)

add a comma after statues

d)

make no change

45.

(1) Many of the statues on the Cathedral are really watersprouts that help the building. (2) They are made of stone and quickly drained rain off the roof.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

a)

change quickly to quikly

b)

change drained to drain

c)

change They to Their

d)

make no change

46.

(1) Too much water on a roof can cause damage. (2) The statues are there to protect the building. (3) This is one reason they were created.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 1 and 2?

a)

Too much water on a roof can cause damage the statues actually protect the building.

b)

Since too much water on a roof can cause damage, the statues are there to protect the building.

c)

Too much water on a roof, it can cause damage, so the statues, they actually protect the building.

d)

Until too much water on a roof can cause damage, the statues actually protect the building when too much water can cause damage.

47.

(1) People also like the statues because they are crafted so beautifully. (2) They are thought of as art. (3) This art is considered as to be from the Romanesque period.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?

a)

change beautifully to beautiful

b)

change statues to statue

c)

add a comma before because

d)

make no change

48.

(1) The French Cathedrals statues look so real that they should be in museums. (2) If you ever go to Paris, be sure to see the statues and art throughout the city.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?

a)

Change Cathedrals to Cathedral's

b)

Change statues to Statues

c)

Change look to will look

d)

make no change

49.

(1) The statues are old pieces of art. (2) They are so old that they rimind people of the history of France. (3) They show that things humans create can last a long time. (4) This is one more reason the statues are so loved.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

a)

add a comma after the second they

b)

change rimind to remind

c)

change history to History

d)

make no change

50.

What change needs to be made in this sentence?

I went to school to pick up materials, and i saw my teacher Miss. Luna

a)

change Miss. Luna to Miss. luna

b)

change i to I

c)

change school to School

d)

make no change

51.

What change if any need to be made to this sentence?

My mom named me sarah because that is her favorite name.

a)

change My to my

b)

change name to Name

c)

change sarah to Sarah

d)

make no change

52.

What change if any need to be made to this sentence?

I can speak Spanish, French, and english fluently.

a)

change I to i

b)

Change Spanish to spanish

c)

change english to English

d)

make no change

53.

What change if any needs to made needs to be made to this sentence?

The new boy in school is named after his dad Roy

a)

change new to New

b)

change school to School

c)

change Roy to roy

d)

make no change

54.

What change if any needs to be made to this sentence?

My favorite time of year is Winter, but I also like summer.

a)

change Winter to winter

b)

change year to Year

c)

Change summer to Summer

d)

make no change

55.

On friday I want to go to the movies and eat lots of popcorn and candy.

a)

change movies to Movies

b)

change friday to Friday

c)

change candy to Candy

d)

make no change

56.
What does it mean to contrast?
a)
To tell what is alike and what is the same.
b)
To tell what is different.
c)
To tell what is the same.
d)
To tell what is alike and what is different.
57.

What does it mean to compare?

a)

To tell what is alike and what is different.

b)

To tell what is the same.

c)

To tell what is different.

d)

To tell what is not alike.

58.

Which graphic organizer can be used for comparing and contrasting?

a)

Timeline

b)

Venn Diagram

c)

Flowchart

d)

T-Chart

59.

What does the --R-- in RACE stand for?

a)

Restart

b)

Restate

c)

Resume

d)

Rewrite

60.

What does the --A-- in RACE stand for?

a)

Actually

b)

Antecedent

c)

Answer

d)

Accept

61.

What does the --C-- in RACE stand for?

a)

Cite

b)

Cycle

c)

Correct

d)

Certain

62.

What does the E in RACE stand for?

a)

Example

b)

Examination

c)

Evidence

d)

Explanation

63.

How does the C in RACE help in answering writing prompts?

a)

Create an outline

b)

Collaborate with others

c)

Consult a dictionary

d)

Cite evidence

64.

What does the A in RACE stand for?

a)

Answer

b)

Analysis

c)

Association

d)

Action

65.

What does the R in RACE stand for?

a)

Reveal

b)

Restate

c)

Reiterate

d)

Recall

66.

Find the mistake in the quote below.


The text says, The boy walked down the street with a worried look on his face (Doe, 3).

a)

There is no introduction

b)

There are no quotation marks

c)

There is no citation

67.

What phrase do you use to cite text evidence?

a)

According to Mr. Sampson

b)

According to Mrs. Carter

c)

According to the doctor

d)

According to the text

68.

How would you restate the question, "How did backpacks change over the years?"

a)

Backpacks have changed over the years by

b)

Why have backpacks changed over the years

c)

Did backpacks change over the years

d)

Should backpacks change over the years

69.

You should include this phrase for which part of RACE?

In the passage, the author says,

a)

Cite

b)

Explain

c)

Restate

d)

Answer

70.

You would use this phrase for which part of RACE?

This quote demonstrates...

a)

Restate

b)

Answer

c)

Explain

d)

Cite

71.

When copying a piece of evidence from a text, there should be what around the evidence?

a)

Colons

b)

Parenthesis

c)

Quotation Marks

d)

Commas

72.

Which sentence is an example of C in R.A.C.E for an article asking why bees are important?

a)

Bees are important for many reasons.

b)

Bees are important because they help the environment.

c)

According to the text, "bees help pollinate flowers".

d)

This means that bees help flowers grow so the world can be more beautiful.

73.

The underlined portion is an example of which RACE strategy element?


Question: What is the theme?


The theme is love your neighbor. I know this because the text says "she learned that she needed to be nice to everyone." This quote shows that she learned that it's important to be kind to everybody- which is the same as loving your neighbor.

a)

Restate

b)

Answer

c)

Cite

d)

Explain

74.

If a question about an article on Legos asked: Why are Legos so popular?

Which answer would be the C in your response?

a)

Legos are popular because you can build many things and they come in a lot of cool colors.

b)

Legos are popular for many reasons.

c)

In the text it says, "One reason they are so popular is because they can be shaped into anything you want".

d)

This shows a good reason why Legos are so popular.

75.

Which part of the RACE strategy is underlined below?


Question : What is the theme?


The theme is love your neighbor. I know this because the text says "she learned that she needed to be nice to everyone." This quote shows that she learned that it's important to be kind to everybody- which is the same as loving your neighbor.

a)

Restate

b)

Answer

c)

Cite

d)

Explain

76.

How would you restate the question, "Why was Michael motivated to get a good grade?"

a)

So he would get on the A honor roll.

b)

Michael was motivated to get a good grade because...

c)

He was motivated to get a good grade because...

d)

Michael was motivated...

77.

What does the "E" stand for in RACE?

a)

Explain the question

b)

Expect a response

c)

Engage the reader

d)

Explain your evidence

78.
Which letter includes two options:  you can add a quote or paraphrase?
a)
R
b)
A
c)
C
d)
E