Grammar Workshop Unit 1 Test

Grammar Workshop Unit 1 Test

Directions #1-8 : Select the sentence that show the correct use of capital lettters and end punctuation.

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Directions #9-14: Read the paragraphs, and look carefully at each underlined part. Select the answer choice that shows the correct use of capital letters and end punctuation. If the underlined part is already correct, fill in the circle for "Correct as is." 

     The high mountains of Peru are cold. The Incas could not grow corn [9] there but they could grow potatoes. How did those potatoes get to [10] Europe! the  early Spanish explorers of Peru brought them to Spain in the 1530s. What a success potatoes were at [11] first, wealthy people had parties just to try the new food.
     Then some questions arose. Did potatoes cause [12] disease, or did they poison the soil? For a while, many Europeans believed potatoes were dangerous. Fortunately, people got over such a silly idea. They planted potatoes [13] widely and soon the crop was plentiful. How important the new crop turned our to [14] be many Europeans had enough food for the first time.

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Identify each of the following sentences.

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The path a river takes.

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Buttercups are yellow flowers.

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The land alongside a river is its bank the surface on which it flows is its bed.

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You inhale oxygen you exhale carbon dioxide.

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What a beautiful butterfly that is!

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Do not climb the fence.

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Do you know why the sky is blue?

Identify if the bolded word or word phrase is the simple subject, complete subject, simple predicate, or complete predicate.

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The Redwood tree grows over 60 feet tall.

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A roadrunner dashes across the desert.

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The excited boy jumped up and down when he saw the ice cream truck.

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Conservationists care about wildlife

Identify if the following sentences are a simple, compound or complex sentence.

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Roses are red, and violets are blue.

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Although it is summer, you can make snowballs at Glacier National Park.

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The muscles in a cat's legs are very strong.

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Is the Loch Ness monster real, or is she a mythical creature?

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Grammar Workshop Unit 1 Test

The path a river takes.

Buttercups are yellow flowers.

The land alongside a river is its bank the surface on which it flows is its bed.

You inhale oxygen you exhale carbon dioxide.

What a beautiful butterfly that is!

Do not climb the fence.

Do you know why the sky is blue?

The Redwood tree grows over 60 feet tall.

A roadrunner dashes across the desert.

The excited boy jumped up and down when he saw the ice cream truck.

Conservationists care about wildlife

Roses are red, and violets are blue.

Although it is summer, you can make snowballs at Glacier National Park.

The muscles in a cat's legs are very strong.

Is the Loch Ness monster real, or is she a mythical creature?

Check out the pinball machine at the Franklin Institue before you leave Philadelphia.