Name: Date: 1. Harry grabbed his guitar and went to John's house. Which is the subject of the sentence? A. Harry B. guitar C. John's D. house 2. What change should be made to the sentence below? There is five boys in our class. A. change There to Their B. change is to are C. change boys to boy D. change our to hour 3. Which group of words is a complete sentence? A. Walked to school. B. The people cheered loudly. C. The lions in the woods. D. Her sharpened pencil in her hand. 4. Does a tree grow new leaves each year Which punctuation mark belongs at the end of the sentence? A.! B.. C.? D., 1
5. We had a birthday party for my mom on December 14 2000. The sentence is missing a comma. The missing comma belongs after A. birthday. B. party. C. December. D. 14. 6. How can the capitalization be corrected in the sentence below? My Sister attends Fischer Elementary School. A. use a small letter s in Sister B. use a small letter f in Fischer C. use a small letter e in Elementary D. use a small letter s in School 7. I took my dog when I walked two the store. Which of the underlined words is NOT used correctly in the sentence? A. my B. when C. two D. store 8. Which of the underlined words in the sentence below is NOT an adjective? Chris really wanted to go to the movies with his best friend. The movie was supposed to be good and scary. A. really B. best C. good D. scary 2
9. Which is a complete sentence? A. Beth winning a science contest. B. Her prize: a set of science books. C. Beth entered the science contest twice. D. Beth, who had never won anything before. 10. What does the underlined word it in the sentence mean? A bear's thick coat protects it from the cold winter winds and cold temperatures. A. bear B. coat C. winter D. winds 11. My sister loves to go to the mall, but i think shopping is boring. Which word in the sentence should be capitalized? A. sister B. mall C. i D. shopping 12. Which is a simple sentence? A. Mary plays the trumpet, and Bob sings. B. You can stay here, or you can go next door. C. You may have all the cereal that you can eat. D. I am going to school, but Charles is staying home. 3
13. The boys promised that them would take care of the dog. Which pronoun should be used in place of the underlined word? A. they B. their C. those D. they're 14. How many of bread should I get at the store? Which word belongs in the blank? A. loafs B. loafes C. loafse D. loaves 15. The boys goes to the gym together every day. Which word should replace the underlined word to make the sentence correct? A. go B. goed C. gone D. going 16. Once upon a time, a boy had a great adventure Which punctuation change corrects this sentence? A. Take away the comma. B. Add a period after adventure. C. Add a question mark after time. D. Add quotation marks around great. 4
17. Alex bringed his new watch to school today. Which word should replace the underlined word to make the sentence correct? A. bring B. brang C. brung D. brought 18. The cat was sleepping in the warm sunshine. Which underlined word is not spelled correctly? A. cat B. sleepping C. warm D. sunshine 19. What is the subject in the sentence below? The dog ran into the house and straight to the bedroom. A. ran B. house C. dog D. bedroom 20. There was a great story on the television show named night watch yesterday. Which underlined word or words in this sentence should be capitalized? A. story B. television show C. night watch D. yesterday 5
Answer Key 1. A) Harry 2. B) change is to are 3. B) The people cheered loudly. 4. C)? 5. D) 14. 6. A) use a small letter s in Sister 7. C) two 8. A) really 9. C) Beth entered the science contest twice. 10. A) bear 11. C) i 12. C) You may have all the cereal that you can eat. 13. A) they 14. D) loaves 15. A) go 16. B) Add a period after adventure. 17. D) brought 18. B) sleepping 19. C) dog 20. C) night watch 6