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WorksheetsLanguage Arts Comprehension
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which choice uses an apostrophe correctly?
a)
students work
b)
energy drink's for kids
c)
brother's and sister's
d)
someone else's phone
2.
How does this sentence need to be changed? Mrs. Guthrie, my Teacher, makes me write every day.
a)
Change Teacher to teacher
b)
Delete the second comma
c)
Change makes to making
d)
No change should be made
3.
Which answer is a true rule about using semicolons?
a)
to introduce a list
b)
to separate two independent clauses that are related
c)
to show ownership
d)
to make a word plural
4.
Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?
a)
Mom, may I please have dinner?
b)
I wonder when my Mom will let me out of my room.
c)
I don't understand why my Dad doesn't want to help me do my make up.
d)
My Grandmother is so mean!
5.
Which choice uses an apostrophe correctly?
a)
boring sentence's
b)
exciting books'
c)
homework packet's
d)
teacher's desk
6.
What does the word extraneous mean?
a)
extra movies
b)
extra, unnecessary information
c)
extra knee pads
d)
extra-needy children
7.
Which sentence uses the word "than" correctly?
a)
There is a lot more money in my account then I expected.
b)
There's much more to her than I thought there would be.
c)
I expected less homework then what she gave us.
d)
More boys are on the team then girls.
8.
What change should be made in this sentence?
Teaching kids and adults are what some people are called to do!
Teaching kids and adults are what some people are called to do!
a)
Change Teaching to Teachhing
b)
Change are to is
c)
Change adults to adult's
d)
It should not be changed.
9.
Which word is spelled correctly?
a)
profesion
b)
calcoolate
c)
simular
d)
different
10.
How does this sentence need to be changed? I grabbed the team's jerseys and brought their supplies to him.
a)
Change brought to bringing
b)
Change grabbed to grabed
c)
Change and to they
d)
Change him to them
11.
What change should be made in the following sentence? Florida is where I spend my summers and where some people lived year round.
a)
Insert a comma after and
b)
Change and where to it's also where
c)
Change lived to live
d)
Change year to yeer
12.
Which word is spelled correctly?
a)
privicy
b)
disterbing
c)
mathamatics
d)
custodian
13.
Which of the following is true about apostrophes?
a)
they are used to show how many calories are in something
b)
they are used to show where to capitalize something
c)
they are used to show ownership or a contraction
d)
they are used to show off my muscles
14.
Which one of these is a run-on sentence?
a)
Part of the team is really good at defense, the other part is great at offense.
b)
Since part of the team is really good at defense, the other part is great at offense.
c)
Part of the team is really good at defense, and the other part is great at offense.
d)
Part of the team is really good at defense; therefore, the other part is great at offense.
15.
What kinds of words should begin every body paragraph in an expository essay?
a)
FANBOYS
b)
Long words
c)
lower-case words
d)
Transitions
16.
Which one of the following sentences uses a semicolon correctly?
a)
It's perfectly ok; to make mistakes, it is proof that you are trying!
b)
It's perfectly ok to make mistakes; it is proof that you are trying!
c)
It's perfectly ok to make mistakes, it is proof; that you are trying!
d)
None of these uses a semicolon correctly
17.
Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?
a)
They're going to school.
b)
The kid's went to the mall.
c)
Those girls' shopped all day.
d)
All the boy's played football.
18.
What does the word clarity mean?
a)
to make something clear
b)
to clean something
c)
it's someone's name
d)
to finalize something
19.
Certain people have to travel to far away places, and it makes them tired. What should be changed to improve the clarity of this sentence?
a)
change travel to journey
b)
change places to areas
c)
change it to this journey
d)
change tired to sleep
20.
What kind of essay will you write on the STAAR test?
a)
personal narrative
b)
persuasive
c)
expository
d)
poetry
21.
Where would the topic sentence be located in an expository essay?
a)
in the first body paragraph
b)
in the introduction and conclusion
c)
in the second body paragraph
d)
in the introduction only
22.
What does expository mean?
a)
extra credit
b)
exceptional
c)
expect the best
d)
explain
23.
Which sentence is correct?
a)
That picture is prettier then the other.
b)
I would rather have a steak than a potato.
c)
If Macie doesn't want to go, than she should stay home.
d)
I like salad more then soup.
24.
What change should be made in this sentence? But now that Ish and I are both taller, I beleive I can beat him in basketball.
a)
Change Ish and I to Ish and me
b)
Delete the comma
c)
Change beleive to believe
d)
Change basketball to bball
25.
What change should be made in the following sentence? She listened to her favorite musical artists, sing their number one hit, and watched them on the stage.
a)
Delete both commas
b)
Change sing to sang
c)
Change them to it
d)
Change watched to washed
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