Testing Review

Which of the following sentences contrasts two ideas?

• Groundhogs have been plentiful in Pennsylvania since colonial times, but coyotes only began to arrive around 1930.
• Groundhogs came to Pennsylvania first; many years later, coyotes arrived.
• There are many types of wildlife in Pennsylvania, for example, coyotes and groundhogs.
• Coyotes have lived in Pennsylvania since around the 1930s; also, groundhogs live in the statee

Read the sentence.
Most of the teams have finished _________ tryouts for the season.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?

• its
• their
• his
• theirs

Read the sentences.
The wind blew harder as Jana skied down the hill.  By the time she reaches the bottom, she felt very cold.
Which word in red should be changed to correct an error?

• blew
• skied
• reaches
• felt

Read the sentence.
The startled deer looked up it ran into the thicket.

• The startled deer looked up, and it ran into the thicket.
• The startled deer looked up, it ran into the thicket.
• The startled deer looked up and it ran into the thicket.
• The startled deer looked up, it ran. Into the thicket.

Read the sentence.
If you're allowed to play in my rock banned, I'll ask my mom to pick you up for the next practice.
What change needs to be made to correct the error?

• change you're to your
• change allowed to aloud
• change banned to band
• change I'll to aisle

Read the sentence.
Many parks around  the state now _________ campgrounds.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?

• including
• include
• included
• includes

Read the sentence.
The daisies and ferns in the meddow glisten in the morning dew.
Which word in red is spelled incorrectly?

• daisies
• ferns
• meddow
• glisten

Read the sentence.
Arun read the book wrote a report and gave a presentation about it.
Which is the correct way to punctuate the sentence?

• Arun read the book, wrote a report, and gave a report about it.
• Arun read the book wrote a report, and, gave a presentation about it.
• Arun read the book, wrote a report and gave a presentation, about it.
• Arun read the book wrote a report, and gave a presentation about it.

Read the sentence.
Our class is going to visit Harrisburg, which is the capitol of Pennsylvania.  We can choose whether to eat lunch by the river or in the park.
What change needs to be made to correct the error?

• change capitol to capital
• change choose to chews
• change whether to weather
• change or to ore

Which sentence has end punctuation that shows strong feeling?

• There's a spider crawling on the leaf?
• There's a spider crawling on the leaf.
• There's a spider crawling on the leaf...
• There's a spider crawling on the leaf!