Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Sentence
Structure
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He ________ to see the movie
for months.
Choose the correct verb phrase.
a. | have been
waiting | c. | has been
waiting | b. | has been waited | d. | have been waited |
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Precise word
choice
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Which two sentences have the
same meaning?
A) In the class students listened to their teacher.
B) The students had
class.
C) The teacher listened to the class.
D) The teacher spoke as students
listened.
a. | B and C | c. | A and B | b. | A and D | d. | C and D |
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After I laughed at the show,
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Which phrase will make this fragment a complete
sentence?
a. | with my
football. | c. | I called my
friend. | b. | waling to the fridge. | d. | on the way to school. |
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Brandon is especially proud of
his T-Rex toy.
What does “especially” mean in this sentence?
a. | rather | c. | extremely | b. | not | d. | sort of |
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Which sentence is written
correctly?
a. | He can’t hit no
balls. | c. | He can’t hit any
balls. | b. | He can’t hit none balls. | d. | He can’t never hit no
balls. |
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Which sentence is written in
Standard English?
a. | Andrew hasn’t got no
sense. | c. | Some people will not allow us to
have fun. | b. | Perry will not allow none of them to see the
show. | d. | He don’t say nothing but what he
wants. |
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________ go to the show this
week.
Choose the best missing word to complete the sentence.
a. | Don’t | c. | Can’t | b. | Didn’t | d. | Wouldn’t |
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Choose the correctly written
sentence.
a. | The team is becoming
successful. | c. | The team were
becoming successful. | b. | The team are becoming successful. | d. | The team be becoming successful. |
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The other team
thwarted us from making a
goal.
Which choice means nearly the same as the underlined verb?
a. | helped
us | c. | threw at
us | b. | blocked
us | d. | asked us |
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That is Sharon’s
book.
Sharon’s is what part of speech?
a. | noun | c. | adjective | b. | verb | d. | adverb |
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Plurals
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Which pair of nouns has the
correct plural form?
a. | story –
storys | c. | alphabet –
alphabetize | b. | woman – women | d. | child – childs |
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Seven men ran a marathon with their tennis
shoes in order to benefit the children..
Which underlined word is NOT a plural
noun?
a. | men | c. | marathon | b. | shoes | d. | children |
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Noun
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Which word pair has a
possessive noun?
a. | won’t
do | c. | songs | b. | deer’s hiding place | d. | mine |
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Pronoun
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In which sentence is a pronoun
NOT used correctly?
a. | She were going to get a
cookie. | c. | The author gave a
copy of her book to the school. | b. | They never used their agenda. | d. | Many of the boys went out for
football. |
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All of ________ want to
go.
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
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My grandfather loved to
fish. He always seemed to
catch more than anyone else.
Which word means the same as the underlined
word?
a. | the
speaker | c. | grandfather | b. | I | d. | pronoun |
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Carlene and Howard
found_________ in a different state.
Choose the best missing word.
a. | theirselves | c. | themselves | b. | herself | d. | themself |
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Susan asked that a new deck be
built. _________ might consider what _______ asked for.
Choose the pronouns
that will correctly complete the sentence.
a. | Her, us | c. | She, you | b. | You, him | d. | You, her |
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Nate and Terri worked together
last year. The office staff bought ______ a Christmas gift.
Choose the best missing word
to complete the sentence.
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Main
Idea
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Before you can win the prize,
you must hit all of the bottles over.
Choose the best interpretation of this sentence.
a. | You don’t have to knock over
anything. | c. | You get a prize
then you knock over bottles. | b. | You have to knock over bottles. | d. | If you want to win the prize you must knock over
bottles. |
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