4th 9 Weeks Grammar CBA Review

Connor wants to provide a better sentence to introduce the ideas in his paragraph about friends. Which of these could replace sentence 1 and provide a more effective topic sentence?

(1) It's important to be a good friend. (2) This makes it easy to share parts of their life with the other person. (3) For example, if both like drawing or Legos, then they can do that together and share their creations. (4) Sometimes sharing parts of your life is simply telling the other person what is going on in your life and keeping in touch. (5) Friends who relate to each other can give each other advice during good and bad times!

• A lot of friends have things in common.

• You can find friends all around you.

• Friends like to do stuff together.

• Good friends are hard to find.

Connor wants to add another detail to help build the ideas in his paragraph. What sentence could be added after sentence 2 to add to the main idea of this paragraph?

(1) Showing you care about the other person’s happiness is another important part of being friends. (2) Sometimes people do nice things to put a smile on their friends’ faces. (3) Another common way to make your friends happy is to make them laugh. (4) Sometimes, when they are down, just showing you care is enough to make them feel better.

• That's why I have a lot of friends.

• You can make a friend anywhere you go.

• Don't worry about doing nice things for anyone else.

• One thing you can do is ask them to play after school.

Trotted is not the right word in the sentence below. What word could replace trotted in this sentence?

The figure skater trotted along the ice as she practiced before her competition.

• ran

• scooted

• glided

• climbed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What transition should be added to the beginning of sentence 2?

(1) Faye did not feel well when she got home. (2) She will not go to school tomorrow.

• Next,

• However,

• Therefore,

• Suddenly,

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What change, if any, should be made in the sentence below?

The best book that I've read this year is called tiger rising.

• Change best to most best

• Change tiger rising to Tiger Rising

• Change I've to Ive

• Insert a comma after year

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change, if any, should be made in the sentence below?

Yesterday, my friend hits a home run at our game.

• Change hits to hit.

• Change at to it happened at

• Change our to are

• Change friend to freind

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

What change, if any, could be made to the sentence below?

The picture's hanging on the wall were beautiful.

• Change hanging to hanged

• Change was to were

• Change picture's to pictures

• Change beautiful to beautifully

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence below?

Cats make great pets because they are easy to take care of they purr when they're happy, and they don't need to go on walks.

• Change Cats to Cat's

• Insert a comma after of

• Change they're to their

• Insert a comma after pets

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change, if any, can be made in the sentence below?

Students at Wolman Elementary always use her strategies.

• Change her to their

• Change Wolman Elementary to wolman elementary

• Change strategies to strategys

• Change Students to Student's

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

What change, if any, should be made in the sentence below?

I was confused why my sister got more birthday gifts then me.

• Change sister to Sister

• Change then to than

• Change was to were

• Change more to most

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G