TCAP Editing Practice ELA 5th Grade

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What is a subject-verb agreement?

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Subject-verb agreement means that the subject and verb in a sentence must match in number. For example, 'He runs' (singular) vs. 'They run' (plural).

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What is the correct form of the verb in this sentence: 'The team ___ winning.'

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The correct form is 'is'. The complete sentence is 'The team is winning.'

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What is a compound sentence?

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A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses joined by a conjunction, such as 'and' or 'but'. For example, 'I wanted to go for a walk, but it started to rain.'

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What is a run-on sentence?

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A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions. For example, 'I love to read I have many books.'

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What is the purpose of a comma in a sentence?

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A comma is used to indicate a pause between parts of a sentence, to separate items in a list, or to set off clauses.

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What is an example of a possessive noun?

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An example of a possessive noun is 'Sarah's book', which shows that the book belongs to Sarah.

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What is the difference between 'there', 'their', and 'they're'?

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'There' refers to a place, 'their' shows possession, and 'they're' is a contraction for 'they are'.

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What is an adjective?

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun. For example, in 'The tall building', 'tall' is the adjective describing 'building'.

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What is a synonym?

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A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning as another word. For example, 'happy' is a synonym for 'joyful'.

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What is an antonym?

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An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word. For example, 'hot' is an antonym of 'cold'.