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Writing Skills: Diagnostic Pretest name:
PUNCTUATION
‘Multiple Choice: Choose the correct sentence for
each of the following.
1,
Choose the correct sentence:
A. like to go to the movies
B. | like to go to the movies.
C. [like to go to the movies?
Choose the correct sentence:
A. Do you believe Tupac is stil alive
B, Do you believe Tupac's still alive.
€. Do you believe Tupac is still alive?
Choose the correct sentence:
A. After finishing the long test we were
allowed to play a game!
B. After finishing the long test, we were
allowed to play a game!
Choose the correct sentence:
A. Because | was late to class, | got a
lunch detention,
B, Because | was late to class | got 2
lunch detention,
Choose the correct sentence:
A. My favorite musician is Psy, but | am
also a big fan of 2Chainz!
B, My favorite musician is Psy but | am
also a big fan of 2Chainz!
Choose the correct sentence:
‘A. My mom put me on punishment so |
can’t go to the party this weekend.
B, My mom put me on punishment, 501
can’t go to the party this weekend.
7. Choose the correct sentence:
A. The students drawings were so great
that the teacher hung them in the
hallways.
B. The student’s drawings were so great
that the teacher hung them in the
hallways,
. The students’ drawings were so great
that the teacher hung them in the
hallway.
8. Choose the correct sentence:
A. Kia's bike was stolen last weekend.
B._Kias bike was stolen last weekend.
Decide if each of the following sentences are
punctuated correctly (C) or not correctly (N).
Example:
N__ Marcus, went, to, the rec center
yesterday.
9, Julia's mom yelled Do the dishes
before you go outside!
10. Yang said, “I want to bring treats
to class tomorrow!
. “1am going to win tickets to the
Justin Bieber concert” Sari told all of her
friends.
12. “I would rather go to the Beyonce
concert anyway,” D.J. told her.
13. Jillian is bringing bananas
lemonade and cookies to the picnic.14, Zaina needs to finish her chores
do her homework and call her grandma
this weekend.
15, Don’t forget to turn in your
homework before you leave class!
16. Sometimes | feel lke | cant ever
do anything right.
17. Yes | would like to go on the field
trip next week.
18. In addition, | would like to borrow
two dollars to pay for it
19. | hate riding the school bus there
are never enough seats.
20. My little brother's birthday is this
weekend; he is turning two.
‘SENTENCE FORMATION
21. Choose the correct sentence:
A. My grandma who lives in Chicago.
B. The dog peed on the carpet.
C. Running and jumping and skipping
around.
D. The person that scores the most
points during first quarter.
22. Choose the correct sentence:
A. Camping scares me because of all the
wild animals,
B, Not afraid of anything at all but bears.
C. Mymom, who wanted to take our
family camping
D. Glad my dad said, “No way!”
23, Choose the correct sentence’
A. Before | lost my temper yesterday.
B. After dinner, | played video games for
two hours,
C. Because of the floods and tornados in
Alabama,
D. Since no one is going to help me on
my homework,
24, Choose the correct sentence:
A. While the rest of the class watched a
movie.
B. Because | didn’t feel good and went
to the nurse’s office.
C. After lunch, I started feeling better.
D. Not going to eat onions again!
CAPITALIZATION:
Decide if each of the following sentences are
punctuated correctly (C) or not correctly (WN).
25. | Hate when people try to tell me
what to do.
26. Jose is good at Soccer and
Basketball, but he needs to work more on
Football
27. before | came to Battle Creek, |
didn’t like school.
28, School is one of my favorite
places in the world now!
29. Someday, i hope that Jackie Chan
will visit our school.
30. Before i die, | would like to meet
him or another movie star.31 However, | would like to choose
‘a new mascot for battle creek.
32. We should be known as the
Battle Creek Bears.
33. My teacher said, “that is a great
idea!”
34. My mom said, “Bears are
boring!”
GRAMMAR:
35. Choose the correct sentence:
A. Is we ever going to finish this test?
B. Are we ever going to finish this test?
36. Choose the correct sentence:
A. We was getting so bored in 2" hour!
B. We were getting so bored in 2™ hour!
37. Choose the correct sentence:
A, Students from Ms. Hart’s class work
very hard on their writing.
B. Students from Ms. Hart’s class works
very hard on their writing.
38. Choose the correct sentence:
‘A. He likes to read but not write!
B. He like to read but not write!
39, Choose the correct sentence:
A. He walk right past the 20 dollar bill
on the ground yesterday.
B, He walked right past the 20 dollar bill
on the ground yesterday.
40. Choose the correct sentence:
A. Catching Fire coming out this
November!
B. Catching Fire is coming out this
November!
41. Choose the correct sentence:
A. The corner store doesn’t have no
Takis in stock anymore.
B. There are no more chances to sign up
for after-school sports.
C. There wasn’t nobody to help me
figure out my locker on Monday.
42. Choose the correct sentence:
‘A. don't have no pencils for class today.
B. Nobody remembered no homework
that was due!
. Ihave no more warnings for tardies!
43. Choose the correct sentence:
A. | did good in first hour today!
B. | did well in first hour today!
44. Choose the correct sentence:
A. He ran quickly down the basketball
court.
B. He ran quick down the basketball
court.
45. Choose the correct sentence:
‘A. The boy couldn't believe its luck when
he found the 100 dollar bill!
B. The boy couldn't believe his luck
when he found the 100 dollar bill!46. Choose the correct sentence:
A. The students at Battle Creek should
always have his binders in every class.
B, The students at Battle Creek should
always have their binders in every class.
47. Choose which of the underlined words
are spelled correctly:
‘A. [cannot go to they're game this
weekend because of my tournament.
B. I cannot go to there game this
weekend because of my tournament.
C. I cannot go to their game this
weekend because of my tournament.
48, Choose which of the underlined words
are spelled correctly:
A. Summer is to short!
B, Summer is two short!
C. Summer is too short!
49, Choose which of the underlined words
are spelled correctly:
‘A. Were are you going this weekend?
8, Where are you going this weekend?
C. Wear are you going this weekend?
50, Choose which of the underlined words
are spelled correctly:
‘A. All familys are welcome at the picnic.
B. All families are welcome at the pic
C. All familes are welcome at the picnic.
51. Choose which of the underlined words
are spelled correctly:
‘A. try to catch some candy as the
parade marches by.
B. | try to catch some candy as the
parade marchs by.
C. Itry to catch some candy as the
parade march’s by.
ic.
52. Choose which of the underlined words
are spelled correctly:
A. I caught a few mices in our classroom
and named them!
B. I caught a few mouses in our
dlassroom and named them!
. leaught a few mice in our classroom
and named them!
53. Choose which of the underlined words
are spelled correctly:
A. like to go shopping at the MOA.
B. like to go shoping at the MOA.
54, Choose which of the underlined words
are spelled correctly:
A. 1am hopping my mom will buy me
some new shoes
B. 1am hoping my mom will buy me
some new shoes.
55, Choose which of the underlined words
are spelled correctly:
‘A. Now that we have wrapped up this,
test, let's do something fun!
B, Now that we have wraped up this,
test, let’s do something fun!