PreTest

The sentences below all use coordinating conjunctions to show relationships between ideas. Match each sentence to the type of relationship shown.

2, 3, 1

Match the punctuation marks with the correct sentence.

? , !, .

Match each colon function with the sentence in which it is demonstrated.

A list, an explanation, direct quotation

Which verb form would complete the sentence correctly so that the subject and verb agree? A tall woman carrying a basketful of bananas down the street.

A tall

Read the following sentence: First you put flour and salt in the bowl. Where should the writer add a comma to this sentence?

After First,

Which of the following sentences correctly punctuates the date?

December 3, 2013, was my first day in the United States.

Choose words from the word bank to correctly complete the following sentences.

Good, well, bad, badly

Which of the following sentences should end in a question mark?

I wo

Choose the correct punctuation marks to complete each sentence.

It was easy to find the union leader in the crowd: she wore a bright red hat. They asked protesters to bring the following items to the march; signs, megaphones, and water bottles.

Which choice correctly completes the sentence? _____ findings will be published next month.

Its findings will be published next month.

Read the short paragraph below: 1I sat in my favorite chair and thought carefully about the question at hand. 2I needed to resolve this question soon by reaching a decision and acting on it. 3Should I continue to live at home or should I live on my own?! 4All I could see clearly was that each of the two options had many pros and cons.5Finally, I decided that I would leave the answer up to fate. 6I tossed a coin! Which sentence has the wrong end punctuation mark?

Should I continue to live at home, or should I live on my own?!

Read this sentence: The crowd was settled down when we got there, but they were rowdy all morning. Which of the following edits best corrects the error in subject-verb agreement?

The crowd was settled down when we got there, but they were rowdy all morning.

Read the following sentence: The red-haired boy took a last look around him and then raced daringly down the steep hill. Which of the words in the sentence is an adverb, and which word does that adverb modify (or describe)?

The red-haired

Which of the following sentences needs quotation marks?

The weather forecaster said, "that today would be the hottest day of the summer."

Read this paragraph, which contains a sentence fragment error: The rain had been falling steadily for almost two days. Roads were flooding, and travel had become dangerous. There was a small leak in the roof. Water in the basement. It seemed like staying at home and keeping an eye on the basement was the best option for the weekend. Which of the following portions of the paragraph is a fragment, and how should it be corrected?

Water in the basement ; Water dripped into the basement.

Read the two sentences below: When the rainy season does not come, crops fail due to drought. Animals die because their watering holes dry up. Which of the following correctly uses coordination to logically combine these two sentences?

When the rainy season does not come, crops fail due to drought, and animals die because their watering holes dry up.