Assessment

Name

Date

Read the directions and write answers independently.

1.

3.

Choose the correct punctuation to end the sentence.

2.

Choose the word that is the verb in this sentence.

Where did you put your coat___

The boy was very brave.

A. ?

A. boy

B. .

B. was

C. !

C. very

D. ,

D. brave

Choose the answer that describes this type of sentence.

4.

Please put the books on the shelf.

Choose the complete subject in this sentence.

The football team charged down the field.

A. exclamation A. football team

B. question

B. The football team

C. statement

C. The football team charged

D. command

D. charged down the field

5.

Choose the letter that shows the common nouns in the sentence.

6.

Choose the plural of the word “sheep.”

Mrs. Chase’s class walked to the park.

A. sheep

A. Mrs. Chase’s

C. sheepes

B. class, to

D. sheep’s

B. sheeps

C. class, park D. walked, park

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Assessment

Read the directions and write answers independently.

7.

Choose the singular possessive form of night to complete the sentence.

I had a terrible

8.

sleep.

Choose the correct form of is, are, was, or were to complete the sentence.

Yesterday my teacher a very good mood.

A. night’s

in

A. is

B. nights’

B. are

C. nights

C. was

D. night

D. were

9.

Choose the verb in the sentence.

10.

Choose the being verb in the sentence.

My neighbor was mowing his lawn early Saturday morning.

We are too tired to go to the movies tonight.

A. was

A. are

B. was mowing

B. too

C. mowing

C. tired D. go

11.

Choose the past tense of the verb go.

12.

A. go

Choose a pronoun to complete the sentence.

Connor and ____ were riding our bikes when it started to rain.

B. went C. will go

A. him

D. is going

B. us C. me D. I

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Assessment

Read the directions and write answers independently.

13.

15.

Choose a pronoun to replace the underlined words.

14.

After the movie, Sandy, Tina, and I bought some ice cream.

I’m so happy that the winning team was ours.

A. we

A. I’m

B. us

B. so

C. they

C. that

D. them

D. ours

Choose the article that best completes the sentence.

16.

There was island near Jamaica that we hoped to visit someday.

A. small B. biggest C. smaller

B. an

D. smallest

C. the Choose the adjectives in the sentence.

Choose an adjective to complete the sentence.

A turtle is ________ than its shell.

A. a

17.

Choose the possessive pronoun in the sentence.

18.

Choose the adverb in the sentence.

Little children like gentle pets.

We finally came home at midnight.

A. Little, children

A. finally

B. gentle, pets

B. came

C. Little, gentle

C. home

D. children, pets

D. midnight

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19.

Choose the adverb in the sentence.

20.

Birds build nests outside in the trees.

A. My brother, a talented violinist

also likes to play the drums.

A. build

B. My brother, a talented violinist,

B. nests

also likes to play the drums.

C. outside

C. My brother a talented violinist,

D. in

21.

Choose the letter that shows the correct abbreviations for the underlined words.

Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

also likes to play the drums.

22.

Which of the following is a synonym for the word begin? A. start

I live on North Willow Parkway, which is almost one mile from your house.

B. stop C. middle

A. N. Parkwy. mi

D. end

B. N. Pkwy. mi C. Nor. Pkwy. mis D. N. Parkwy. Mi

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Read the directions and write answers independently.

23.

Which of the following is an antonym for the word rich?

24.

A. wealthy

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

The wind was at there, their backs as they sailed on the ocean.

B. poor C. full

A. there

D. worthy

B. their C. they’re

25.

Choose the contraction for the underlined words.

The story does not have an ending yet. A. does’not B. don’t C. doesn’t D. does’nt

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