English/Language Arts 8 Name: Instructions: Copyright 2000-2002 Measured Progress, All Rights Reserved
: English/Language Arts 8 1. Which is a complete sentence? A. Cool bike helmet. B. When he rides his bike. C. Jacob wears his cool helmet. You and I can buy ice cream after school. 2. What is the compound subject of the sentence? A. can buy B. ice cream C. You and I 3. Which of the following is a telling (declarative) sentence? A. Look at the way it is snowing. B. Are any of those brownies left? C. That dog doesn t look like it has a home. 4. Which is the BEST way to make one sentence? Kim met Jill. They met at the store. A. Kim met Jill at the store. B. Kim met the store and Jill. C. Kim and Jill, they met at the store. 2
: English/Language Arts 8 5. What is the correct spelling of the picture? A. cloud B. clawd C. clowd I invited my cousins, my brother, my sisters, and my friends to my birthday party. 6. Which is a naming word that means ONLY one? A. cousins B. brother C. friends 7. Which sentence has two actions? A. The food and games at the party were lots of fun. B. By the end of the race, everyone was tired. C. Stefen searched and found every face in the picture. 3
: English/Language Arts 8 1. I put them in a pot of dirt and watered them every day. 2. I bought a package of seeds at the store. 3. Soon they grew into beautiful flowers. 8. Which is the BEST order for the three sentences above? A. 2, 1, 3 B. 2, 3, 1 C. 3, 1, 2 The baseball game is July 19 1999. 9. What punctuation mark is needed after July 19? A.. (period) B., (comma) C. - (hyphen) 10. Tell what kind of sentence each of the sentences below is. I love this play! You must practice your lines for the play. 4
: English/Language Arts 8 Her sister is only three. Melissa is seven. 11. Which is the BEST way to make one sentence out of the two sentences above? A. Melissa and her sister are ten. B. Melissa is seven her sister is only three. C. Melissa is seven, but her sister is only three. The school bus picked up Molly and Ben. 12. What does this sentence do? A. It asks a question. B. It tells someone something. C. It commands someone to do something. 13. Which is the BEST way to combine these two sentences into one sentence? I woke up. I ate breakfast. A. I woke up but I ate breakfast. B. I woke up after I ate breakfast. C. I woke up, and then I ate breakfast. Dad likes cake. Mom likes cake, too. 14. Which is the BEST way to combine these two sentences into ONE sentence? A. Dad and Mom like cake. B. Dad and Mom like two cakes. C. Dad likes cake, Mom likes cake. 5
: English/Language Arts 8 Jamielearned how to tie her shoes yesterday. 15. Which underlined word is the simple subject of this sentence? A. Jamie B. learned C. shoes I the ball. 16. Which word correctly completes the sentence? A. threw B. threew C. through 17. What is the simple subject in the sentence? Jeremy fell off the sliding board. A. Jeremy B. fell C. board 18. Which word in the sentence is a noun? Big dogs run fast. A. big B. dogs C. run 6
: English/Language Arts 8 Daddy brought ice cream to Danny and me. 19. Which word could be used in place of the underlined words? A. they B. we C. us Grab that big tadpole before it gets away! 20. Which word in this sentence is an adjective (describing word)? A. Grab B. big C. away 21. Read the story below. One sentence does NOT belong. Write the sentence that does NOT belong in the story. Tell why it does not belong. My sister and I went to the ice cream store. There were so many interesting flavors for sale. I fell on the ice last winter. They sell chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream cones. It was a hard decision. I chose chocolate, and my sister picked strawberry. 7
: English/Language Arts 8 Mrs. Martin loves to whistle. 22. Which word is the action word in this sentence? A. Martin B. loves C. whistle 8