Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Writing
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Which word is spelled
correctly?
a. | fertil | c. | preference | b. | advertisemant | d. | excellance |
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2.
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He
the answer to the question.
Which word belongs in the blank and is spelled
correctly?
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3.
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Are you
with the calculator?
Which word belongs in the blank and is spelled
correctly?
a. | through | c. | threw | b. | throgh | d. | threow |
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4.
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I love swimming in the
river.
What is the closest synonym to replace the underlined
word?
a. | lake | c. | sea | b. | ocean | d. | stream |
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She lives on in my
corner.
What is the closest synonym to replace the
underlined word?
a. | highway | c. | street | b. | apartment | d. | tree house |
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She looked
sad.
What is the best antonym to replace the underlined
word?
a. | sullen | c. | indifferent | b. | depressed | d. | happy |
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7.
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Which word is NOT spelled
correctly?
a. | calculator | c. | helmet | b. | sleight | d. | simplecity |
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8.
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Which word is NOT spelled
correctly?
a. | junior | c. | vacaunt | b. | ceiling | d. | neighbor |
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9.
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Which line contains a spelling
error?
a. | boxs, churchs,
buzzs | c. | autos, gazebos,
tacos | b. | cellos, solos, stereos | d. | typos, torsos, bravos |
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10.
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Which word contains a spelling
error for the plural form?
a. | knifes | c. | enemies | b. | theses | d. | duos |
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The afternoon sun beat down on us as we played on the
monkey bars.
The underlined words are:
a. | nouns | c. | adjectives | b. | verbs | d. | adverbs |
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Which set of comparative
adjectives is NOT written correctly?
a. | fat - fatter
-fattest | c. | hot -
hotter -hottest | b. | kind - kinder - kindest | d. | safe - safer - saferest |
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The angry judge overruled the
attorney.
Which of the underlined words is an adjective?
a. | angry | c. | overruled | b. | judge | d. | attorney |
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a. | short | c. | very short | b. | shortest | d. | shorter |
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15.
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Which one of the following
words could function as an adjective in a sentence?
a. | encourage | c. | encourages | b. | encouraged | d. | encouraging |
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16.
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Which sentence is NOT written
correctly?
a. | The band played
good. | c. | She runs very well; we think she
could win the track meet. | b. | This candy is good. | d. | How well do you know your
classmates? |
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He walked very stiffly on his
crutches as he crossed the ice.
Which of the following pairs function as adverbs in the
sentence?
a. | the ice | c. | as he | b. | on his | d. | very stiffly |
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The saintly little dog moved slowly as the baby
grabbed his ears.
Which underlined word is an adverb?
a. | little | c. | slowly | b. | dog | d. | ears |
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Which sentence is NOT written
correctly?
a. | Brandon often runs around the
house. | c. | Cindy plays eager on the
swings. | b. | Ethan is busy looking for his next meal. | d. | Neville never seems to stop
crying. |
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Which sentence shows a
superlative adverb?
a. | Rob built the cabinet very
carefully. | c. | Tasha slept
quietly by the fire. | b. | Brian works much more quickly than most. | d. | Compared to other students, Mike works the most
carefully. |
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The clown leapt in the air, and
did a somersault.
Which is the basic English pattern of the sentence?
a. | noun-verb-adverb | c. | noun-verb-verb | b. | noun-verb-noun | d. | noun-linking verb-adjective |
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The miners began digging a tunnel and
then built a rail system to carry coal out of the ground
Which underlined word is the subject of the
sentence?
a. | miners | c. | tunnel | b. | digging | d. | coal |
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They hoped for a victory, but
they were disappointed.
The sentence is a _________.
a. | simple
sentence | c. | complex
sentence | b. | compound sentence | d. | compound-complex sentence |
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Which is a complete
sentence?
a. | Although I really like the color
green. | c. | Because I never
tried. | b. | Since you left your shoes at my house. | d. | Because you are so nice, I want to give you a
gift. |
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25.
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Which is NOT a complete
sentence?
a. | Do you know who he
is? | c. | Sam loves to write
stories. | b. | Sounding the alarm. | d. | Mindi is having another baby. |
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