Georgia Milestone ELA

What is one ELA test-taking tip?

• Skip the writing question

• Throw the scratch paper away

• Take a nap

• Utilize the writer's checklist

The Joker came up with a terrifying plan.
What type of verbal is in red in the sentence above?

• gerund

• infinitive

• participle

• not a verbal

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

A gerund is

• to + verb

• -ing verb that acts as a noun

• a verb form that acts as an adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

The squirrel ran across the back yard, hoping the dog wouldn't catch it.

• participle

• infinitive

• gerund

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Read the sentence.

I would of answered the phone if I had heard it ringing.

Which revision corrects the error in this sentence?

• I would have answered the phone if I had heard it ringing.

• Hearing it ringing, I would of answered the phone.

• I would of answered the phone if I had been hearing it ringing.

• If I had heard it ringing, I'd of answered the the phone.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What do you do on DAY TWO of the ELA milestone? Check three.

• Multiple Choice/Drag and Drop

• Write a Constructed / Short Answer / RACECE Response

• Informative OR Argumentative Essay

• Narrative Response / Rewrite

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Even though my Dad hates Hockey; I can't get enough of it.

• Even though my Dad hates Hockey, I can't get enough of it.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

She suggested that we eat ice cream for breakfast.

• Indicative

• Imperative

• Subjunctive

• Conditional

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

What is a comma splice?

• The incorrect use of a comma to join two independent clauses.

• The correct use of a comma to join two independent clauses.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

An ellipsis is used to ___.

• shorten a quoted passage by omitting  words or phrases

• pause or hesitate in the middle of a sentence

• indicate an incomplete thought

• all answers are correct

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B