Assessment

Name

Date

Read the directions and write answers independently.

1.

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

2.

Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence.

Sophie _____ to the football game with her sister last night.

Fred’s mother told him not to jump _____ the ladder.

A. go

A. off

B. goes

B. off of

C. went D. gone

3.

5.

Choose the correct conjunction to connect the two sentences.

4.

Choose the past form of the verb fly to complete the sentence.

Patricia was not very hungry, _____ she ate an entire pizza.

The birds _____ south when the first frost appeared.

A. and

A. fly

B. but

B. flying

C. or

C. flew

D. nor

D. flown

Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.

6.

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

A. The band held concerts in Kansas City Missouri last month.

Right now the girl with the puppies _____ waiting for her turn.

B. The band held concerts in Kansas City, Missouri last month.

A. am B. is

C. The band held concerts in Kansas City Missouri, last month.

C. are D. were

D. The band held concerts in Kansas City, Missouri, last month.

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out of 6 correct 1 of 7 K12 Language Skills Placement Assessment #3

Assessment

Read the directions and write answers independently.

7.

Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

8.

A. Her favorite book is Anne of Green Gables.

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

They were _____ about the play Hamlet in February.

B. Her favorite book is Anne of Green Gables.

A. taught

C. Her favorite book is “Anne of Green Gables.”

B. learned

D. Her favorite book is “Anne of Green Gables.”

9.

What emotion is expressed by the italicized interjection?

10.

A. Most of the new settlers in the West agreed that it had been a difficult journey.

What? You won the race? A. impatience

B. Bonnie turned West on Saratoga Street.

B. joy C. surprise

C. Uncle John moved to the west and settled in California.

D. sorrow

11.

Choose the sentence that is capitalized correctly.

Choose the sentence that is capitalized correctly.

12.

Which is an example of a prepositional phrase?

A. In greek mythology, apollo was thought to be the god of prophesy, music, and healing.

A. if you saw

B. In Greek Mythology, Apollo was thought to be the God of Prophesy, Music, and Healing.

C. quickly running

B. the little girl

D. to the beach

C. In Greek mythology, Apollo was thought to be the god of prophesy, music, and healing.

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out of 6 correct 2 of 7 K12 Language Skills Placement Assessment #3

Assessment

Read the directions and write answers independently.

13.

Choose the sentence that has an intransitive verb.

14.

Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

A. The audience watched the acrobat on the trapeze.

A. “I’ll make dinner” promised Mom “if you’re home by then.”

B. She drove to the nearest gas station.

B. “I’ll make dinner,” promised Mom “if you’re home by then.”

C. Did you hear that noise?

C. “I’ll make dinner,” promised Mom, “if you’re home by then.”

D. He dropped the books on the table.

D. “I’ll make dinner, promised Mom, if you’re home by then.”

15.

Choose the sentence that contains a compound predicate.

16.

A. Charlie usually dives or jumps into the pool.

The flood caused heavy damage to the couple’s new basement floor.

B. The flag has red stripes and white stripes.

A. flood B. basement

C. Patty rarely orders cheese or pepperoni pizza.

C. damage

D. The dogwood is the state flower and the state tree of Virginia.

17.

What does the italicized conjunction in the sentence below connect?

Which word in the sentence below is the direct object?

D. caused

18.

Posters and trophies filled her room.

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

Kay _____ her lost dog in the neighbor’s yard.

A. subjects

A. finded

B. verbs

B. found

C. direct objects

C. finding

D. sentences

D. find

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out of 6 correct 3 of 7 K12 Language Skills Placement Assessment #3

Assessment

Read the directions and write answers independently.

19.

Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence.

20.

Choose the sentence in inverted order. A. Under her bed was a pile of old shoes.

The children were whispering _____ themselves before the play began.

B. The new desk is too large for the small office. C. During the past year, many storms battered the old cabin.

A. among B. between

21.

Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

D. The telephone in the kitchen rings loudly.

22.

A. Ticklish Tom is a funny poem by Shel Silverstein.

A. Occasionally Lee and her friends have a picnic in the park.

B. Ticklish Tom is a funny poem by Shel Silverstein.

B. Shh! Our nieces and nephews are finally asleep.

C. “Ticklish Tom” is a funny poem by Shel Silverstein.

C. Did the police officer say, “stop”? D. Always check the thermometer before you go outside.

D. Ticklish Tom is a funny poem by Shel Silverstein.

23.

Choose the sentence that has an interjection.

Choose the sentence that is correctly capitalized.

24.

Which sentence is written correctly? A. Mrs. a. j. Gavrin lives in St. Petersburg, Russia.

A. “Swan, o swan, I see thy graceful neck” is the third line of the poem.

B. mrs. A. J. Gavrin lives in st. petersburg, Russia.

B. “Swan, O swan, I see thy graceful neck” is the third line of the poem.

C. Mrs. a. j. Gavrin lives in st. Petersburg, Russia.

C. “Swan, o Swan, I see thy graceful neck” is the third line of the poem.

D. Mrs. A. J. Gavrin lives in St. Petersburg, Russia.

D. “Swan, O Swan, I see thy graceful neck” is the third line of the poem.

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out of 6 correct 4 of 7 K12 Language Skills Placement Assessment #3

Assessment

Read the directions and write answers independently.

25.

Choose the answer that correctly changes the italicized adjective to an adjectival phrase.

26.

Choose the sentence that does not contain a prepositional phrase. A. The rocks slid down the hill.

The Spanish students bought souvenirs at the museum.

B. Up to the sky the balloon soared. C. He went out and fed the birds.

A. The students from Spain bought souvenirs at the museum.

D. She walked into the department store.

B. The students bought souvenirs from Spain at the museum. C. The students bought souvenirs at the museum in Spain.

27.

Which answer correctly combines these sentences?

28.

Choose the sentence that is written correctly. A. “I want to go home,” screamed the frightened child!

Sheila wants to go to the library. Frank wants to go to a museum.

B. “I want to go home?” screamed the frightened child.

A. Sheila wants to go to the library and museum with Frank.

C. “I want to go home!” screamed the frightened child.

B. Sheila and Frank want to go to the library and museum.

D. “I want to go home” screamed the frightened child.

C. Sheila wants to go to the museum, and Frank wants to go to the library. D. Sheila wants to go to the library, and Frank wants to go to the museum.

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out of 4 correct 5 of 7 K12 Language Skills Placement Assessment #3

Assessment

Read the directions and write answers independently.

29.

Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

30.

A. On May 3, 1992, my older sister was born.

A beautiful butterfly flew above the treetops.

B. On May 3, 1992 my older sister was born.

A. beautiful B. butterfly

C. On May 3 1992, my older sister was born.

C. flew

D. On May 3 1992 my older sister was born.

31.

Choose the word that the adverbial phrase in the sentence modifies.

Choose the word that the adjectival phrase in the sentence modifies.

D. treetops

32.

Look at the underlined verb in the sentence. Is it transitive or intransitive?

Several actors in the play forgot their lines.

She put sprinkles on her ice cream sundae.

A. several

A. transitive

B. actors

B. intransitive

C. forgot D. lines

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out of 4 correct 6 of 7 K12 Language Skills Placement Assessment #3

Assessment

Name

Date

Read the directions and write answers independently.

33.

35.

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

34.

Is the sentence in natural or inverted order?

If my sister would _____ me, I would wear her sunglasses every day.

Tulips and roses grew in the flower garden.

A. leave

A. natural

B. let

B. inverted

Look at the italicized phrase in the sentence. Is the phrase adjectival or adverbial?

36.

The stripes on the wallpaper were blue and red. A. adjectival

Choose the sentence that is typed correctly. A. The last book that Shelby read was The Lord of the Rings. B. The last book that Shelby read was The Lord of the Rings. C. The last book that Shelby read was The Lord of the Rings.

B. adverbial

D. The last book that Shelby read was “The Lord of the Rings”.

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out of 4 correct out of 36 correct 7 of 7 K12 Language Skills Placement Assessment #3