ELA*3rd Six Weeks Review

What type of sentence is this- Because the team practiced, they won the basketball game.

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do.
• Since I was absent, on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do.
• Since, I was absent on Tuesday I have a lot of make-up work to do.
• Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot, of make-up work to do.

What is the best way to rewrite the sentence? Since the Christmas light show were so amazing I want to go again.

• Since the Christmas light show were so amazing, I want to go again.
• Since the Christmas light show was so amazing I want to go again.
• The Christmas light show was so amazing.
• Since the Christmas light show was so amazing, I want to go again.

Choose the correct way to rewrite the following sentence- pick TWO

• We will decorate the house with Christmas lights when dad gets home.

• We will decorate the house with Christmas lights, when dad gets home.

• When dad gets home, we will decorate the house with Christmas lights.
• When dad get home, we will decorate the house with Christmas lights

Which sentence is a complex sentence?

• Although sentence structure can be confusing, she now understood it well.
• My favorite style of food is home style cooking and Tex-Mex.
• The circus came to town and tickets were cheap, so I decided to go with my friend.
• I went home, Mom was there.

Which sentence is a complex sentence?

• Shelly and I went home and took a nap.
• We should leave while the getting is good.
• Tom took his ball and went home.
• Janie cried for the ball, but she didn’t get her way.

Punctuate the following sentence correctly- When your father gets home I will explain how the window was broken

• comma after home
• comma after broken
• No change needed

Find the subordinating conjunction in this sentence: After she did 20 laps at the pool, Kathy was exhausted.

• After
• at
• was
• exhausted

Find the subordinating conjunction in this sentence: I was practicing my calligraphy as my mother was cooking dinner.

• my
• as
• was
• cooking

Find the subordinating conjunction in this sentence: Although Brenda struggled in math, she found the tutoring was improving her skills significantly.

• in
• although
• her
• significantly