Mastering Writing Conventions Part 2

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• My favorite colors are blue, green and yellow.

• My favorite colors are blue, green, and yellow.

• My favorite colors are blue green, and yellow.

• My favorite colors are, blue, green, and yellow.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'My favorite colors are blue, green, and yellow.' because it properly uses a comma before 'and' in a list of three items, following standard punctuation rules.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Choose the sentence that uses correct capitalization.

• My brother and I went to the park on saturday.

• My brother and I went to the Park on Saturday.

• My brother and I went to the park on Saturday.

• My Brother and I went to the park on Saturday.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'My brother and I went to the park on Saturday.' because 'Saturday' is a proper noun and should be capitalized, while 'park' is a common noun and should remain lowercase.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Identify the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.

• The group of students are going on a field trip.

• The group of students is going on a field trip.

• The group of students were going on a field trip.

• The group of students has going on a field trip.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'The group of students is going on a field trip.' because 'group' is a collective noun that takes a singular verb. The other options incorrectly use plural verbs or incorrect verb forms.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Select the sentence that uses the correct form of the verb.

• She run every morning before school.

• She runs every morning before school.

• She running every morning before school.

• She ran every morning before school.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'She runs every morning before school.' because 'runs' is the proper third-person singular form of the verb 'run' in the present tense.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• After the game, we went to the restaurant, and had dinner.

• After the game we went to the restaurant and had dinner.

• After the game, we went to the restaurant and had dinner.

• After the game we went, to the restaurant and had dinner.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'After the game, we went to the restaurant and had dinner.' It properly uses a comma after the introductory phrase, while the other options either lack necessary commas or misuse them.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Choose the sentence that correctly uses a suffix.

• The quickness of the response was surprising.

• The quickful of the response was surprising.

• The quickment of the response was surprising.

• The quickation of the response was surprising.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'The quickness of the response was surprising.' because 'quickness' is a valid word formed by adding the suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'quick', indicating a state or quality.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Identify the sentence with correct punctuation.

• "Can you believe it?" she asked.

• "Can you believe it she asked?"

• "Can you believe it, she asked?"

• "Can you believe it" she asked?

Answer explanation

The correct choice is "Can you believe it?" she asked. It properly uses a question mark to end the quoted question and maintains correct punctuation for the dialogue.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Select the sentence that uses correct grammar.

• He don't like to play soccer.

• He doesn't like to play soccer.

• He not like to play soccer.

• He isn't like to play soccer.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'He doesn't like to play soccer.' It uses the proper contraction for 'does not,' while the other options contain grammatical errors.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Which sentence is correctly capitalized?

• We visited the empire state building in New York.

• We visited the Empire State Building in New York.

• We visited the Empire state building in New York.

• We visited the empire State Building in New York.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'We visited the Empire State Building in New York.' because 'Empire State Building' is a proper noun and should be fully capitalized, while 'empire' and 'state' should not be capitalized when used separately.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Choose the sentence that uses the correct form of the adjective.

• She is the more talented of the two sisters.

• She is the most talented of the two sisters.

• She is the talentedest of the two sisters.

• She is the talented of the two sisters.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'She is the most talented of the two sisters.' This is because 'most' is used for the superlative form when comparing more than two items, while 'more' is incorrect for just two.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept