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Composing/
Writing Process
Students use skills to
write, draft, revise, edit,
and proofread.
My dad rides a
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bike.
Which two words can we put in the blank
to make the sentence more interesting?
Which of the following would be a
subheading in an outline about cars?
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Which is a complete sentence?
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You are writing about a vacation you just had. How will
you write it so the reader can picture what you saw?
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Read the sentence.
Read the sentence.
She loved War and Peace the most of all the books
she owned.
1. tires
2. The dog.
1. I read comic books in the car as we drove.
Since Amy forgot her books, she returned home, which caused her
to be late for school.
1. blue hat
2. boots
3. The dog ran.
2. The mountains were high and white with snow.
Which is another way to write this sentence?
2. gold car
3. sunflowers
4. Dog the street.
3. We ate a lot of good stuff and saw many things.
1. Down the street.
4. cats
3. good, soft
4. The highway was bumpy, and I got sick.
1. Amy forgot her books since she returned home, which caused
her to be late for school.
2. Amy returned home since she forgot her books, which caused
her to be late for school.
4. new, green
3. Amy forgot her school since she returned home, which caused
her to be late for books.
4. Amy forgot her home which caused her to be late for school,
since she returned her books.
Composition Structure
Students work with sentences
and paragraphs, use the correct
form for their writing, and
understand composition forms.
Read the sentence.
Read the poem.
Read the sentences.
Read the passage.
Once there was a little elf who wanted
to fly.
“Time to go,” my father said.
“Everyone get out of
.”
This sentence might be used to
Which word will best finish the poem?
You are invited to a birthday party for
Jesse. It will be held at 1402 Pine Street
from 2 - 4 PM on Wednesday, June 25th.
Soft gray clouds roll in
Large raindrops fall from the dark sky
White shells wash in with the waves
While rain pounds the surf.
1. tell about something you saw last
night.
These sentences would be used to write a
1. red
1. fairy tale.
2. begin a funny make-believe story.
3. school
2. party invitation.
1. short story
3. thank Aunt Mary for a birthday
present.
4. town
3. letter.
2. poem
4. book report.
3. nonfiction
Students show understanding
of basic sentence patterns,
phrases and clauses, word
forms, verb tenses, subjectverb agreement, and pronounantecedent agreement.
Punctuation
Students understand
appropriate end punctuation,
comma usage, and other
forms of punctuation.
Choose the missing word.
The dog
in the house.
2. is
3. are
4. were
Read the words.
1. What is your favorite river?
1. Of all the books she owned, she loved War
and Peace the most.
2. How are the Nile and Amazon rivers different?
2. War and Peace the most of all the books she
owned, she loved.
4. How many times has the Nile River flooded?
3. Where is the world’s longest river?
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The purpose of a thesis statement is to
The boy rode on his bike and races down the street.
1. entertain the audience.
Which kind of error is in the sentence?
2. support the topic with examples, quotations,
and facts.
1. sentence fragment
2. run-on sentence
3. nonparallel construction
3. provide background information on the topic.
4. announce the main idea of the paper.
4. faulty tense change
3. She owned War and Peace the most of all the
books she loved.
4. Of all the books she owned, the most War
and Peace she loved.
If you write about the marsupials of Australia,
which would you probably write?
These sentences form a paragraph. Which is the topic
sentence?
2. Use words in rhythmic patterns to create images.
1. a formal essay
3. Tell what happened in the order it happened.
2. an informal essay
1. Painting the window frames will take twice as much
time as painting the walls.
4. State your opinion and support it with facts or reasons.
3. a movie review
2. A good brush and an extension ladder are necessary.
4. a research report
3. The most time-consuming job in painting a house is
painting the trim.
What does the conclusion to a report do?
1. states what you plan to discuss in the writing
2. lists the sources used
3. focuses upon a specific supporting detail
4. leaves the reader with a clear understanding of
the report
Which of these sentences has correct parallel structure?
1. Susan likes baking chocolate chip cookies, to read,
and visiting with her friends.
2. Ron selected a hamburger, fries, and had a
chocolate milkshake for lunch today.
3. Andrea walks to school every day, rides her bike,
and plays with her puppy.
4. Sarah says her family is wonderful, she enjoys her
job, and that she is very happy.
4. The person who thinks the job is half done when the
walls are finished is in for a surprise.
Choose the correct pronoun for the
sentence.
Choose the best words to complete the
sentence.
The student wrote a report
our 16th president.
Greg is
Which preposition would best complete the prepositional
phrase?
his father, George.
1. me
1. tallest than
2. Carlos
2. taller from
1. in
3. him
3. taller than
2. from
4. I
4. tall than
3. about
Abraham Lincoln,
Choose the missing word.
The sun seems to rise
Which one of the sentences is written in past tense?
each day than it did the day before.
1. The students must read Chapter 2 for homework.
1. early
2. I read the end of the novel last night.
2. more early
3. I have been reading a novel a week.
3. earlier
4. Greg seems to be making progress.
4. most early
Which sentence uses the period correctly?
Read the sentence.
Identify the sentence that correctly uses quotation marks.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Yesterday was June 23 2004.
1. Mom said, “Go clean your room.”
1. No yesterday, the weather was clear and sunny.
Which mark(s) will punctuate the words
correctly?
2. We plant. seeds in our garden
Which punctuation mark is missing in
the sentence?
2. “What’s that? I asked.”
4. We plant seeds in our garden.
1. .
2. “ ”
2. ?
3. ’
3. ,
4. ?
4. !
Which of the following is not an adverbial clause?
1. The hike took us the most farthest we had been from
camp.
1. after we went to the movie
2. This project required less work than anyone had
anticipated.
3. after we climbed the mountain
3. The patient said she felt worse in the morning than at
night.
2. after school last night
4. after we completed our unit exam
Which sentence shows clear pronoun-antecedent
agreement?
1. We unpacked our books from the boxes and then
returned them to the office.
2. As soon as the monkeys left their cages, the janitors
cleaned them.
3. Right after the principal sent letters to the teachers,
she became alarmed.
4. The students and teachers left the building when
the fire alarm sounded in their ears.
1. We plant seeds in our garden
3. We plant seeds. in our garden
Which sentence is not correct?
4. We will have to walk further than we were told.
4. with
Do flowers bloom in the spring
1. ,
Which of the following would be the best research question?
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Proofread the sentence.
4. autobiography
forgot to bring my book.
1. am
1. State the idea and give examples or definitions.
Which genre is this passage?
2. bed
4. tell about a trip to a farm.
Basic Grammar
and Usage
How would you develop an idea into a poem?
Which shows another way to revise this sentence
so that the meaning is clear and unchanged?
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Your class just finished studying about rivers. Your teacher
has assigned you to write a research paper that further
explores rivers.
Which sentence uses the comma correctly?
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
2. No, yesterday the weather was clear and sunny.
1. Richard Joel, and Rita are all coming to my
house after school.
1. “Waldo, you must come inside now,” called his mother.
“Dinner is ready.”
3. “Mr. Ramirez said, Get in the car.”
3. No yesterday the weather was clear, and sunny.
2. We are going to the park to play, basketball.
4. “Dad,” I asked, “can I feed the fish?
4. No yesterday the weather, was clear and sunny.
3. Sherry and, Amanda will meet us there.
2. “Waldo, you must come inside now called his mother
Dinner is ready.”
4. That will make six, counting me, for two
three-person teams.
3. “Waldo, you must come inside now” called his mother,
“Dinner is ready.”
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
1. Pilar watch out for the bees in the garden.
2. It seems to us, Mr. Jones that the trip should be
canceled.
3. What are you going to do after practice tonight Tom?
4. If you ask me, Lorraine, this phone book is outdated.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
1. On Thursday Kathy does volunteer work,
reading to children, shelving books, and
contacting parents.
2. On Thursday, Kathy does volunteer work,
reading to children, shelving books, and
contacting parents.
3. On Thursday Kathy does volunteer work;
reading to children, shelving books, and
contacting parents.
4. “Waldo, you must come inside now,” called his mother
“Dinner is ready.”
4. On Thursday Kathy does volunteer work:
reading to children, shelving books, and
contacting parents.
Capitalization
Students can use beginning
capitalization, can properly
capitalize proper nouns and
adjectives, and can use other
forms of punctuation.
Which sentence has the capital letter in
the right place?
Read the sentence.
Read the sentence.
uncle bob helped me build a tree house.
1. The Fastest Runner
1. my Mom ran to the school.
My teacher gave the note to mrs. Begay to
take home.
2. the Fastest Runner
2. my mom ran to the School.
Which word needs a capital letter?
Which underlined word or words should
be capitalized?
3. my mom Ran to the school.
4. My mom ran to the school.
Which book title is capitalized correctly?
3. the fastest runner
4. The fastest Runner
Read the sentence.
Famous african artists’ paintings were displayed along with native
american wall hangings in the museum.
Which words should be capitalized?
1. teacher
1. uncle bob
2. note
2. helped
1. african, native, museum
2. african, native, american
3. mrs.
3. build
3. artists’, native, american
4. home
4. tree house
4. artists’, american, museum
Which sentence has the words capitalized correctly?
Which title is capitalized correctly?
Which sentence is not capitalized correctly?
In which sentence should the underlined word not
be capitalized?
1. He said, “The Tide is Coming In.”
1. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
1. Who is the present director of the FBI?
2. He said, “The Tide is coming In.”
2. Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening
3. He said, “the tide is coming in.”
3. The Blind Men and The Elephant
2. My grandmother told me about life during the
Depression.
2. Jeri’s favorite subject is Geometry.
4. He said, “The tide is coming in.”
4. Fairy Tales of India
3. We climbed Pikes Peak one summer.
3. Fred asked, “When do we eat lunch?”
4. The ship was traveling Southeast at ten knots.
4. Chard Island is a vacation resort in the Atlantic
Ocean.
1. Veronica likes to drink English tea with sugar.