ELA Fast Test Prep

What should you do in the opening sentence of a writing response after reading the text?

• Start your opening sentence with "Well..."

• Restate the question in your opening answer

• Get right into the details with your opening sentence

• Start your opening sentence with "This is what they did..."

Read the sentence.

The weather is _______ cold to be wearing only a T-shirt.

Which of the following homophones correctly completes the sentence?

• too

• to

• tue

• two

Which sentence has correct capitalization?

• George washington crossed the Potomac river.

• George Washington crossed the Potomac River.

• George Washington crossed the Potomac river.

• George Washington crossed the potomac river.

Read the sentences.

Dylan is brave. He isn't scared of anything.

How can a conjunction be used to combine these two sentences?

• Dylan is brave but isn't scared of anything.

• Dylan is brave yet isn't scared of anything.

• Dylan is brave, and he isn't scared of anything.

• Dylan is brave, nor isn't scared of anything.

How should the run-on sentence above best be written?

• Connor took his time, walking home from school, he got in trouble with his mom.

• Connor took his time walking home from school, he got in trouble with his mom

• Connor took his time walking home from school, so he got in trouble with his mom.

• Connor took his time, walking home from school so got in trouble with his mom.

Jeff's father was irate because Jeff didn't clean his room and then had a bad attitude all day long.

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

• happy

• angry

• not bothered

• tired

What is the theme?

• Be honest.

• Don't be greedy.

• Always share your things with others.

• Be respectful to others.

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• Kelly said Kim wants to play inside, not outside.

• Kelly said, "Kim wants to play inside, not outside.

• "Kelly said, " Kim wants to play inside, not outside.

• Kelly said, "Kim wants to play inside, not outside."

Which of these words is a proper noun?

• tree

• cat

• Bob

• her

How is a story told in first person point of view?

• the narrator is in the story and uses words like I.

• the narrator is not in the story.

• the narrator sounds like the author.

• the plot is developed slowly.