LANGUAGE Capitalization For each item, black out the number of the word that needs to be capitalized. If no word needs to be capitalized, black out the “N” for “None.” 1 yesterday I read an interesting 1 2 3 4 5 N 2 article about norilsk, Russia. The 1 2 3 4 5 N 3 article said that norilsk is 1 2 3 4 5 N 4 in siberia, at the foot 1 2 3 4 5 N 5 of the Putoran mountains. There 1 2 3 4 5 N 6 are large amounts of natural 1 2 3 4 5 N 7 resources in norilsk, which are 1 2 3 4 5 N 8 shipped to the city of 1 2 3 4 5 N 9 karanoyarsk by way of the 1 2 3 4 5 N 10 yenisei River. It is very 1 2 3 4 5 N 11 cold there and temperatures have 1 2 3 4 5 N 12 reached -63° f. Snow covers 1 2 3 4 5 N 13 the ground about 260 days 1 2 3 4 5 N 14 a year. i can’t imagine 1 2 3 4 5 N 15 living some place that cold. 1 2 3 4 5 N Page 11 Copyright © 2018 by Academic Excellence, Inc. All rights reserved.
LANGUAGE Punctuation Please provide the correct punctuation below. “Over there ” said Hwin, pointing with her nose to the far side of the circle. “And I wish youd come and talk to him. There’s something wrong, I cant get a word out of him. They strolled across and found Bree lying with his face towards the wall, and though he must have heard them coming he never turned his head or spoke a word. “Good morning Bree, said Aravis. “How are you this morning ” Bree muttered something that no one could hear Excerpt from The Horse and His Boy, C. S. Lewis Page 12 Copyright © 2018 by Academic Excellence, Inc. All rights reserved.
LANGUAGE Punctuation Please provide the correct punctuation below. Dear Grace Wow I cant believe its been two months since I last saw you! I asked my mom when we could visit again, and she said, Well we will have to see how everyone’s feeling. Joel Josiah and Nathan have been sick. Yesterday Sarah my neighbor brought over her hamsters. Sarahs hamsters are the cutest! Have you ever seen a hamster Write back soon! Sincerely Jane Page 13 Copyright © 2018 by Academic Excellence, Inc. All rights reserved.
LANGUAGE Usage and Structure In Items 1-20 below, decide if each statement is written in standard English. If the statement is in standard English, fill in answer space T. If it is not in standard English, fill in answer space F. 1 I have never seen a elephant. T F 2 These cherries are good. T F 3 The bicycle was a present for they. T F 4 I had already eaten the cake. T F 5 Singing along with her friends and loving every minute. T F 6 Diana and Peter is waiting for us. T F 7 That mountain is the taller of the three. T F 8 Cory drive a red truck. T F 9 Alex had drew a picture for his sister. T F 10 The new books are for you and he. T F 11 I think I am faster then you. T F 12 We girls enjoyed the movie. T F 13 Thomas and them are going fishing. T F 14 The dogs is loud. T F 15 The bird flew faster and faster. T F 16 When the train had finally arrived at the station. T F 17 She makes her own breakfast. T F 18 A box and a newspaper is by the door. T F 19 You can’t hardly feel the wind. T F 20 The kids who played outside was hungry. T F In Items 21-22 below, decide if the original sentence is transformed correctly. If it is transformed correctly, mark T for True. If it is not transformed correctly, mark F for False. It is snowing. 21 The statement above can be transferred into a question which asks, T F “Is it snowing?” 22 The statement above can be transferred into a negative statement which reads, T F “It was not snowing.” Page 14 Copyright © 2018 by Academic Excellence, Inc. All rights reserved.
LANGUAGE Usage and Structure Read Items 1-4 below and choose the answer that best describes each preceding group of words. All punctuation marks have been intentionally removed from these items. 1 Wendy makes beautiful paper flowers 2 Max and Ronny are playing with their puppy compound sentence complex sentence compound sentence sentence fragment complex sentence simple sentence sentence fragment none of these simple sentence none of these 3 Because it is very cold outside 4 After our last vacation in Orlando Florida compound sentence compound sentence complex sentence complex sentence sentence fragment sentence fragment simple sentence simple sentence none of these none of these Read Items 5-8 below and choose the best answer. 5 Put the papers on the desk. 6 The horse is very . The part underlined above is In the above sentence, the blank must be filled with a verb a conjunction an adverb a prepositional phrase a verb a relative clause a determiner none of these an adjective none of the above 7 I want to play outside, but it is too cold. 8 The inflectional morpheme ending -er is added to The part underlined above is adjectives a preposition nouns a conjunction verbs an article adverbs an appositive none of these none of these Page 15 Copyright © 2018 by Academic Excellence, Inc. All rights reserved.
LANGUAGE Spelling For each group of words below, fill in the space next to the word that is spelled wrong. If none of the words is spelled wrong, fill in the space next to the words “none of these.” shallow governer torch timeing ivory unlucky patch foggy croud clothing furniture newspaper advice hopeless calm doctor none of these none of these none of these none of these shave visitor jiant angry jeans ignore cupcake apple crush crain stick little avode coast pencil marbel none of these none of these none of these none of these possible feast racoon another grasp sudden carpenter thunder comik betray curve incorect quiet troble wrapped remember none of these none of these none of these none of these dangerus wobble hopefuly candle railroad understand cousin absent breakfast consonant wonder hammer sunnier shuvel smiled impatient none of these none of these none of these none of these nerse pearl geese disturb decided movement border aslepe except tommorrow husband enormous displayed staircase thousand hockey none of these none of these none of these none of these spare interest attention through address airport frendship tonight achieve celebration rhyme beauty squere sugested daughter cotage none of these none of these none of these none of these Page 16 Copyright © 2018 by Academic Excellence, Inc. All rights reserved.