GMAS Study Guide Items 26-35 Review

Which form of the verb correctly completes the sentence?

Roger ____ when suddenly he heard a knock on the door.

• is reading

• was reading

• will be reading

• has been reading

In which sentence are the adjectives ordered correctly?

• Ted’s mother drove a tiny old car.

• Melissa lived in a blue large house.

• Henry listened to a French tall man singing.

• There was a copper strange handle on Cliff’s door.

Which sentence shows correct use of a prepositional phrase?

• I dropped the ball, and it rolled in the creek.

• The rain came down of the sky like a waterfall.

• Paula pulled the rock out of the water and dried it.

• The young parrot left its cage and flew out from the house.

In which sentence is the underlined word used correctly?

• All the students brought their books to school.

• The extra work helped improve my grades to.

• Everyone went to Daniela’s party accept for Roland.

• There is nothing better then cold ice cream on a hot day.

Which sentence uses correct punctuation?

• Jenna asked her father “Who is your favorite singer?”

• Jenna asked her father? “Who is your favorite singer?”

• Jenna asked her father . “Who is your favorite singer?”

• Jenna asked her father, “Who is your favorite singer?”

Which sentences use would, could, and should correctly?

• We would try to find the person who owns this dog. We should put up signs, and hopefully the dog’s owner could see them.

• We should try to find the person who owns this dog. We could put up signs, and hopefully the dog’s owner would see them.

• We could try to find the person who owns this dog. We would put up signs, and hopefully the dog’s owner should see them.

• We would try to find the person who owns this dog. We could put up signs, and hopefully the dog’s owner should see them.

Read the story that a student is writing.

Yesterday, two zookeepers visited my school to give a presentation. They told us facts about many kinds of animals. Then one of the zookeepers brought out a surprise from behind a 456 curtain. It was a real-life version of our school mascot—an eagle. I couldn’t believe it. By the end of the presentation, I had a new interest in eagles.

Which sentence should end with an exclamation point to help show the narrator’s excitement?

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

• sentence 5

• sentence 6

Read the paragraph.

In soccer, the goalie must defend the goal. The entyre team depends on the goalie to do this. It is a problem if the goalie stops paying attention to the game.

Which word is misspelled?

• defend

• entyre

• problem

• attention

Read the sentences from a student's story. Complete the sentence by choosing the MOST precise language.

Jyi and Aunt Carmen hiked through the woods in search of animal tracks. Amazingly, only two minutes into their hike, _____.

• they saw a bunch of rabbit footprints all over the place

• they noticed what looked like rabbit footprints on the ground

• they were greeted by several tiny rabbit footprints along the trail

Read the sentences from a student's story. Complete the sentence by choosing the MOST precise language.

As Jyi imagined what the rabbit might look like, ______. Jyi turned her head to look and saw a gray rabbit with a while, fluffy tail! The rabbit lifted its head and sniffed the air. As Jyi laughed, the rabbit scooted away into the cover of the woods.

• she knew there was probably something hiding in the grass nearby

• she sensed a creature watching her from the tall, breezy grass to her right

• she felt there was some sort of animal sitting the grass next to her