5th Grade Language Proficient Practice Test 7

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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Composing and Writing Process—Prewriting Skills—RIT 201-210
When would you use formal language in writing?

a.	recipe, thank you note, grocery list	c.	prescription, note card, outlines
b.	informational essay, research paper, business letter	d.	friendly letter, personal narrative, character sketch

You are writing a paragraph about how to make chocolate chip cookies.
What form of writing would you use?

a.	informational essay	c.	narrative paragraph
b.	persuasive paragraph	d.	expository paragraph

You broke a window with a baseball. From whose point of view would you tell about it?

a.	the owner of the house	c.	the neighbor who saw it
b.	your own	d.	your parents

Read the following topics.
Paint brushes             Water colors
Art class                      Charcoal pencils
Pen and ink                 Easels
Which would be the main topic in on outline?

a.	Water colors	c.	Pen and ink
b.	Charcoal pencils	d.	Art class

Composing and Writing Process—Use Editing and Proofreading Processes—RIT 201-210
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

a.	I read “Box Step” in Frederick Barthclure’s short story collection, Moon Deluxe.	c.	Did you read “Elevator Man” in the “New Yorker”?
b.	I read the sports section in the “New York Times”.	d.	Did you see the article Hurricane in Time Magazine?

Which letter closing is punctuated correctly?

a.	Later—	c.	Regrettably.
b.	See ya’ dude!	d.	Truly yours,

Which address is capitalized correctly?
A. Ms. Sylvia Smith, Chair
O.F.F. Incorporated
933 Livingston AVE.
Twin Falls, ID 82112

B. Mrs. Jenny Lewis, Director
Valley assisted Living
p.o. box 37
Beaver Creek, OR 97016

C. Guido Allende, Prop.
Guido’s Place
2731 west Placer st.
Longview, wa 98625

a.	Ms. Sylvia Smith, Chair O.F.F. Incorporated 933 Livingston AVE. Twin Falls, ID 82112	c.	Guido Allende, Prop. Guido’s Place 2731 west Placer st. Longview, wa 98625
b.	Mrs. Jenny Lewis, Director Valley assisted Living p.o. box 37 Beaver Creek, OR 97016	d.	Johnny West, Supervisor Williams Machinery 97 Ninth St. Detroit, MI 32126

My friend who is a N.Y Yankees fan has tickets to the season’s opening game.
After which word or words should you place a comma?

a.	fan,	c.	friend, fan,
b.	tickets,	d.	who, fan,

Composing and Writing Process—Drafting and Revising Skills—RIT 211-220
Which sentence is correctly worded?

a.	He needed milk and bread because Dan went to the store.	c.	Milk and bread Dan needed because he went to the store.
b.	Dan went to the store because he needed milk and bread.	d.	Because Dan needed the store he went to bread and milk.

10.

Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?

a.	Students in that English class write many essays.	c.	A student with six classes are going to be busy.
b.	The crowd from the game are walking out of the stadium.	d.	Her class with twenty students are supposed to ride in that little van.

11.

The bite of a Hobo spider is venomous. They rarely cause death.
Which word would be used to combine these sentences into a complex sentence?

a.	because	c.	although
b.	therefore	d.	since

12.

Which sentence uses an infinitive phrase for emphasis?

a.	I like to eat ice cream with chocolate sauce.	c.	To read for pleasure is a goal of serious students.
b.	We were tardy to class.	d.	We took a break to buy a snack from the vending machines.

13.

Which group of words form a subordinating clause?

a.	Before the annual homecoming game,	c.	Before the forbidding office door,
b.	Before you may meet your friends,	d.	Before our entire senior class,

14.

Identify the sentence with the misplaced modifier.

a.	When I was a baby, my mother taught me to drink from a cup.	c.	I read a story in my literature book about a man who took care of sick animals.
b.	The teacher complimented the students at the beginning of class.	d.	Karen made cookies for the scout troop that had chocolate chips.

15.

Before you go to the game, you must clean your room.
I’ll give you ten dollars, if you do a good job.
Which word would you use to combine these sentences?

a.	therefore	c.	after
b.	but	d.	when

16.

Read the following paragraph.

Which sentence tells why the two teams were playing?

a.	1	c.	3
b.	2	d.	4

17.

Which one would be the best conclusion for an essay about your first driving experience?

a.	After that experience I drove the car into the garage. I turned the key off and went into the house.	c.	It had been a nail-biting experience. I had narrowly escaped demolishing the garage door and customizing my dad’s classic 1965 Mustang.
b.	Thank you for reading my essay. I enjoyed telling my story.	d.	At the end of the day I was happy. I had driven a car.