'1" ame Languag.e Test - TEST PREPARATION ------ - -- Read the passage and decide which type of mistake, if any, appears in each underlined section. Mark the letter of your answer. The Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann david Wyss, is an adventure story (I) for all ages. When these six people are shipwrecked on a tropical island (2) they must meet the challenge to survive. In fact, they succeed in creating a new life for themselfs. The family's active imagination helps it figure (3) (4) out ways to farm, build, and tame wild animals. Would love to live in their (5) treehouse. Action and adventures waits on every page. (6) 1. A Spelling 4. F Spelling B Capitalization C Punctuation D No mistake 2. F Spelling G Capitalization H Punctuation J No mistake ' . 3. A Spelling B Capitalization C Punctuation D No mistake Grammar and Writing Practice Book - G Capitalization H Punctuation J No mistake 5. A Missing sentence part B Verb tense C Subject-verb agreement D No mistake 6. F Missing sentence part G Verb tense H Subject-verb agreement J No mistake Units 1-2 153
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'1" ame
Languag.e Test -TEST PREPARATION ------ - --
Read the passage and decide which type of mistake, if any, appears in each underlined section. Mark the letter of your answer.
The Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann david Wyss, is an adventure story (I)
for all ages. When these six people are shipwrecked on a tropical island (2)
they must meet the challenge to survive. In fact, they succeed in creating
a new life for themselfs. The family's active imagination helps it figure (3) (4)
out ways to farm, build, and tame wild animals. Would love to live in their (5)
treehouse. Action and adventures waits on every page. (6)
1. A Spelling 4. F Spelling B Capitalization C Punctuation D No mistake
2. F Spelling
G Capitalization
H Punctuation
J No mistake ' .
3. A Spelling
B Capitalization
C Punctuation D No mistake
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G Capitalization H Punctuation J No mistake
5. A Missing sentence part B Verb tense
C Subject-verb agreement D No mistake
6. F Missing sentence part G Verb tense
H Subject-verb agreement J No mistake
Units 1-2 153
Name ST PREPARATION TE _ _ . ___ .,,..,. ____ _
Writing Test
Read the paragraph and answer questions 1-4.
(1) Tie a string around an apple, as though cutting it in half from top to . . h les to the first
bottom. (2) Then wrap the string around the apple at ng t ang
string and tie it at the top. (3) Do you know how to make a square knot? (4
)
Next, spread peanut butter over the outside of the apple. (5) Now ro~l the
delicious fruit in a bowl that you previously filled with birdseed until you
· · . · d (6) H your feeder can no longer see peanut butter through the birdsee . ang
by its string to a nail hammered into a tree trunk.
1. Which sentence should be left out of this
paragraph?
A Sentence I
B Sentence 3
C Sentence 4
D Sentence 6
2. Which sentence is the best revision of
sentence 5?
F Now roll it in birdseed until you can no
longer see· the peanut butter through the
birdseed.
G Now roll the apple in a bowl of birdseed
until it is covered.
H Cover the apple with birdse~d.
J Talce the apple and put it in birdseed and
cover it with birdseed.
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3. Which transition would be a good addition
to sentence 6?
A Before going farther,
B However,
C F~nally, ·*
D As a third step,
4. Which sentence · has the best voice and
mood to end this paragraph?
F We muSt do our best to assist our ,dear
feathered friends.
G Your difficult task has co~e to an end.
H I hope you enjoy watching the birds as
much _as I do.
J The birds will polish off every bit of this
feeder, except the string!
Gr~rnrnar and ,., . . . •vr1t1ng p
ractice Book
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Name . '4
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Language Test
Read the passage and decide which type of mistake, if any, appears in each underlined section. Mark the letter of your answer:
Many people consider Thomas Alva Edison to be the greatest inventer of (1)
all time. Not only did he perfect the light bulb, but he also sit up the first ' . (2)
electrical power company. What is more, he invents the phonograph and (3)
impr~ved the telegraph, the telephone, and motion picture technology. He
established a research laboratory and produced n,iost of him inventions from ' (4)
that laboratory. Amazingly, Edison obtained 1,093 United States patents-, ,.
· about one every two weeks of his working life. This record surprised even (5) . (6) .
Edison hisself.
1. A Spelling 4. F Prepositional phrase error
G Verb error . B Capitalization
C Punctuation
D No mistake
2. F Prepositional phrase error
G Pronoun.:antecedent error ·.
H Verb error
J No mistake
3. A Prepositional phrase error
B Verb error
C Pronoun-antecedent error
D No mistake
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H Possessive 'pronoun error
J No mistake
S. A Prepositional phrase error
B Pronoun-antecedent error
C Possessive pronoun error
D No mistake
6. F Subject-verb agreement error
G Reflexive pronoun error
H Possessive pronoun error
J No mistake
Units 3-4 155
1anie TEST PREPARATl~ J
Language Test
Read the passage and decide which type of mistake, if any, appears in each underlined section. Mark the letter of your answer.
----------------------------..,,,,.. It took ten years and six tries, but Steve Fossett wouldnt give up. On July
(l)
2, 2002, he became the first person around the world to pilot a balloon solo. (2)
This remarkable feat took 13 days, 8 hours, 33 minutes and it involved (3)
moving in the jet stream at speeds up to 200 miles per hour. Imagine doing
this task all alone and being able to sleep only for short periods. In all his (4)
attempts to circumnavigate, or travel around the world, Fossett faced the
most terrifyingest storms and other problems. Describing his feelings about (5)
his success, Fossett said, It's enormous relief and satisfaction." (6)
1. A Spelling 4. , F Comma error
B Capitalization
C Punctuation
D No mistake
2. F Double negative
G Misplaced modifier
H Conjunction error
J No mistake
3. A Conjunction error
·B Misplaced modifier
C Comma error -
D No mistake
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G Conjunction error
H Misplaced modifier
J No mistake
5. A Quotation error
B Comparative adjective error
C Conjunction error
D No mistake
6. F Quotation error
G Comma error
H Conjunction error
J No mistake
Units 5-6 15 7
Nan1e TEST PREPARATION
Writing Test
Read the paragraph and answer questions 1- 4.
(I) The 1883 eruption of the volcano on Krakatoa affected the world
profoundly. (2) It released four times the energy of the biggest human
made bomb. (3) Scientists think that Krakatoa had another major eruption
in A.D. 416 (4) The 1883 explosions were heard over a third of the Earth's
surface. (5) Shock waves from the explosions circled the Earth seven times,
and darkness fell on the area. (6) The most lasting effects resulted from
volcanic ash. (7) It encircled the globe. (8) For years, Earth's temperatures
were lowered as much as 1.2° Centigrade, and people observed. spectacular