TNReady ELA

Which is the best way to combine the simple sentences below to make a compound sentence?

• Kymica and her mom searched everywhere for the perfect shoes while they could not find them.

• Kymica and her mom searched everywhere for the perfect shoes, but they could not find them.

• Kymica and her mom searched everywhere for the perfect shoes, they could not find them.

• Kymica and her mom searched everywhere for the perfect shoes because they could to find them.

Which sentence uses the correct coordinating conjunction?

• John played football the whole day, yet it made him very happy.

• He did not have his breakfast, so he skipped his lunch.

• He wanted to play football, but it was raining hard.

• Summer stood first in her class, for her brother liked to sing.

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• "It is getting cold and you should take your jacket", said Kyla's mom.

• You have made such a beautiful painting, "Rita told Janet."

• "Can I have a chocolate please, Luke asked his mom."

• "You should eat the ice cream before it melts," said Mom to Tim.

Russ' dog was faithful.

Knowing the meaning of the suffix -ful helps the reader to understand that the word faithful means

• like faith

• one who has faith

• without faith

• full of faith

While they were at the beauty shop, Faye and Anne bought some new shampoo and conditioner.

What does the pronoun they refer to?

• Faye and Anne

• shampoo

• conditioner

• the beauty shop

Greg put the baby in her bed and tiptoed silently out of the nursery.

Which word in the sentence is an adverb?

• her

• nursery

• silently

• tiptoed

What does sail mean in the sentence above?

• to move across water

• a cloth used on a boat

• a special part of a boat

• when something is easy

Which of the following addresses is punctuated correctly?

• Cindy Matthew

  59 Third Ct.

  Oxford, MS 38655

• John Grinell

  23 Mammoth Avenue

  Ocoee, FL, 34751

• David Delp,

  1, E. Illinois St,

  Valley Stream, NY 11580

• Carol Mortimer

  836 Boston St.

  Erie, PA, 16506

The time and place in which a story takes place.

• Theme

• Genre

• Setting

• Character

The author's reason for writing; to persuade, inform, or entertain (PIE).

• Plot

• Author's Purpose

• Theme

• Resolution