Grammar Diagnostic

Which is a complete sentence?

• Because night fell.
• Jim ate the sandwich.
• On a tree-lined path.
• In our neck of the woods

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• In the dead of night. The van pulled up.
• Chuck would not, give Jaime the seat.
• Over coffee and toast, Kelly told me about her new job.
• Lemonade. My favorite drink.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Which sentence uses a conjunction correctly?

• I cannot play in the game until I practice more.
• I hid in the basement my brother was mad at me.
• Victor erased the answering machine message Nora would not find out.
• She scored a goal won the game.

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which red word(s) could be deleted without changing the meaning of this sentence:
Various different companies offer incentive plans to their employees.

• different
• incentive
• plans
• employees

Which green word is unnecessary:    Many experts consider the stained glass in that church to be the very best.

• experts
• stained
• that
• very

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Choose the best conjunction to combine these sentences:
We can ask directions. We can use a map.

• and
• but
• or
• because

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

If these four sentences were in the same paragraph, which would be the topic sentence?

• He was born in 1818.
• He was educated in the universities of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
• In 1852, he abandoned poetry and drama and devoted himself to fiction.
• Ivan Turgenev was a critically acclaimed Russian author.

Identify the type of organization used in the following paragraph:
When you enter the mansion, the great hall has three ornate doorways and a grand staircase. The doorway to the left leads to the kitchen area, the doorway to the right leads to the library, and the doorway straight ahead leads to the formal dining room. The staircase curves up to the second floor. 

• chronological order
• order of importance
• spatial order
• order of familiarity

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CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which of the following red words is considered a transition?
We did not catch any fish; as a result, we ate baked beans.

• did not
• any
• as a result
• baked

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1C

CCSS.W.9-10.2C

Which of the green words in the following paragraph is a transition?
A National Park Service employee annually inspects the famous Mount Rushmore National Memorial near Keystone, South Dakota. He uses ropes and harnesses to take a close look at the 60-foot granite heads of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. If he finds a crack, he coats it with a sealant, thereby preventing moisture from cracking it further.

• annually
• near
• and
• thereby