7TH ELA tcap PRACTICE

Identify the purpose of a composition/ essay with

the following title: “The History of the Internet”

• persuasive / argument

• expository / informational

• narrative / author's point of view

• descriptive / author's account of an experience

Circle the letter for the topic sentence in the following paragraph:

a. Even big recording stars can have difficulty with their record labels. b. Take Prince, for example. c.The story is that he changed his name to a symbol in order to get out of a bad record contract. d. He continues to make music today in his recording studio in Minneapolis.

• a. Even big recording stars can have difficulty with their record labels.

• b. Take Prince, for example.

• c.The story is that he changed his name to a symbol in order to get out of a bad record contract.

• d. He continues to make music today in his recording studio in Minneapolis.

My cousin was accepted to a college in New York and is moving there in September.

• My cousin was accepted to a college in New York,and is moving there in September.

• My cousin was accepted to a college, in New York, and is moving there in September.

• My cousin was accepted to a college, in New York and is moving there in September.

• correct as is

Which of the following sentences uses the active voice?

• Several blocks were used by the children to make the tower.

• The children used several blocks to make the tower.

• To make the tower, several blocks were used.

• The tower was made using several blocks.

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• The sixty-three year old mobile uses twenty-four three-ounce weights.

• The sixty three year old mobile uses twenty-four three-ounce weights.

• The sixty-three year old mobile uses twenty-four three ounce weights.

• The sixty-three-year-old mobile uses twenty-four three-ounce weights.

Identify the type of order used in the follow-

ing paragraph: chronological order, order of importance, spatial order, or order of familiarity.

The carnival had so many different sights to see. First, we went to the Haunted Mansion. Then, we tried to win a prize on the midway. Finally, we rode the Ferris wheel while the sun was setting. After dark, we watched the fireworks from the dock.

• chronological order

• order of importanc

• spatial order

• order of familiarity

Identify the correct verb for the blank in the following sentence.

Neither the dentist nor her patients ever ______ the old magazines.

• reads

• read

Identify whether the following sentence is fact or opinion.

Sport fishing should be illegal.

• fact

• opinion

Identify the correct words for the blanks in the following sentence.

We have our mid-winter ______ starting next ______.

• brake, week

• brake, weak

• break, week

• break, weak

Identify the appropriate language to use for the following situation: a cover letter to a prospective employer

• formal

• informal