TCAP Grammar

Which of the following best completes the analogy?

Skyscraper is to city as tree is to ________.

• leaves

• society

• forest

• desert

Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence?

The sunglasses helped ease ________ stage fright.

• he

• his

• himself

• him

Which pronoun in the passage does not agree in number with its antecedent?

Have you ever watched a sporting event on television? If so, you were able to follow along during the game because of a sportscaster. When a sportscaster is announcing during a game, he gives a play-by-play description of what is happening. Sportscasters also give additional information about the players that he thinks fans might want to know. Fans can watch the game and they know the sportscaster will inform them about all the behind-the -scenes information. Sportscasters help people at home enjoy the game like they are watching it in person.

• he/sportscaster

• he/sportscasters

• they/Fans

• it/game

Which pronoun in the passage is unclear?

Voices in the Choir

A choir is usually divided into four groups of singers, depending on their voice ranges. Sopranos and altos sing in the higher ranges. Tenors and basses sing in the lower ranges. Sometimes, a woman will sing tenor if her voice is low enough. Good choir directors will make the best use of their singers' voices. The best choir performance takes place when all of the voices blend toghether into one voice. Listening to it can be a wonderful experience.

• their

• her

• their

• it

Which change, if any is needed to the underlined text?

March 20 2018

• March, 20, 2018

• March 20, 2018

• March, 20 2018

• No change

How would you correct the underlined part of the sentence?

My teacher Mrs. Anderson is a client at your pet clinic.

• My teacher, Mrs. Anderson,

• My teacher, Mrs. Anderson

• My teacher Mrs. Anderson,

• My, teacher, Mrs. Anderson,

Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text? 

My teacher Mrs. Anderson is a client at your pet clinic and she told me you are looking for volunteers to feed and play with the animals.

• pet clinic, and, she

• pet clinic and, she

• pet clinic, and she

• no change

Read the lines from "Concert in My Garden."

"Silence woke me this morning,

tapped me on the shoulder

as I stretched and yawned."

• to illustrate that the speaker in the poem is woken up gently by her silent surroundings

• to suggest that complete silence makes it hard for the speaker in the poem to sleep

• to explain that the speaker in the poem likes her surroundings to be silent while sleeping

• to suggest that silence can immediately wake the sleeping speaker in the poem.

Benjamin Franklin's Fascination with Electricity
adapted from the National Parks Service

     Benjamin Franklin was fascinated by electricity and gave a lot of his time after he retired to study its properties. Some of his research resulted in "tricks" that he used to amuse others. For example, he made a charged metal spider that moved like the real thing. He discovered new ways to generate, store, and turn on electricity. His design of lightning rods helped prevent untold numbers of structural fires throughout the world.
     His famous kite experiment occurred in June 1752. Franklin asked his son William to fly a kite to which he had attached a wire on top and a key at the end of a string. Ultimately, the kite gathered an electric charge from a storm cloud. Franklin was then able to collect some of the charge and compare it to the electricity he had created in other experiments. He did not mention the experiment until October, four months after it took place, at which point Franklin did not clarify that he had conducted the experiment himself—an issue that has caused some people to doubt Franklin's story.

How does the author support the claim that some people doubt Franklin's famous kite experiment?

• The author explains that Franklin did not ever indicate that he had conducted the experiment himself.

• The author describes how Franklin's lightning rods helped prevent untold numbers of structural fires around the world.

• The author states that Franklin asked his son William to fly the kite.

• The author details how some of Franklin's research resulted in "tricks" that would amuse people.

Read the paragraph.
     

(1) It was a pleasant Sunday morning, and Felix, his brother Tom, and their dad woke up early to go hiking in a nearby forest. (2) Although it was a bright, hot, and sunny day, there was a cool wind blowing through the forest, and the tall trees provided enough shade for them to hike comfortably. (3) Following their map, they reached a stream they needed to cross to enter another part of the forest. (4) After hiking for a while, they spotted a wooden suspension bridge they thought the bridge was not strong enough to take their weights.

Which sentence is a run-on and should be written as two sentences?

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4