Name: _________________________________
8. _____Which sentence has an interjection in bold
1.______ Which sentence has a noun in bold letters?
a. Lulu likes to eat chocolate cookies with soda.
b. Lulu likes to eat chocolate cookies with soda.
c. Lulu likes to eat chocolate cookies with soda.
d. Lulu likes to eat chocolate cookies with soda.
2.______ Which sentence has a verb in bold letters?
a. These cookies taste like maple syrup.
b. These cookies taste like maple syrup.
c. These cookies taste like maple syrup.
d. These cookies taste like maple syrup.
3. ______Which sentence has a pronoun in bold letters?
a. Bob walks Sparky everyday because he loves his
dog.
b. Bob walks Sparky everyday because he loves his
dog.
c. Bob walks Sparky everyday because he loves his
dog.
d. Bob walks Sparky everyday because he loves his
dog.
4. _____Which sentence has an adjective in bold letters?
a. Wow! The yellow flowers die quickly in the heat.
b. Wow! The yellow flowers die quickly in the
heat.
c. Wow! The yellow flowers die quickly in the
heat.
d. Wow! The yellow flowers die quickly in the
heat.
5. ______Which sentence has an adverb in bold letters?
a. Sparky eats his pasta slowly to savor the flavor
of the sauce.
b. Sparky eats his pasta slowly to savor the flavor
of the sauce.
c. Sparky eats his pasta slowly to savor the flavor of
the sauce.
d. Sparky eats his pasta slowly to savor the flavor of
the sauce.
6. ____Which sentence has a preposition in bold letters?
a. Lola carries her iPod with her on the subway.
b. Lola carries her iPod with her on the subway.
c. Lola carries her iPod with her on the subway.
d. Lola carries her iPod with her on the subway.
7. _____Which sentence has a conjunction in bold
letters?
a. Lulu and Lola love to bake peanut butter muffins.
b. Lulu and Lola love to bake peanut butter muffins.
c. Lulu and Lola love to bake peanut butter
muffins.
d. Lulu and Lola love to bake peanut butter muffins.
letters?
a. Ew! I hate pickles and peanut butter!
b. Ew! I hate pickles and peanut butter!
c. Ew! I hate pickles and peanut butter!
d. Ew! I hate pickles and peanut butter!
9. _____Which sentence has an article in bold letters?
a. A parrot cannot smile with a cracker in its mouth.
b. A parrot cannot smile with a cracker in its mouth.
c. A parrot cannot smile with a cracker in its mouth.
d. A parrot cannot smile with a cracker in its mouth.
10. _____Which sentence has a dependent clause in
bold letters?
a. While she was in her yoga class, Lola stood on
her head.
b. While she was in her yoga class, Lola stood on
her head.
c. While she was in her yoga class, Lola stood on
her head.
d. While she was in her yoga class, Lola stood on
her head.
11. _____Which sentence has an independent clause in
bold letters?
a. When the rains come, Farmer Joe likes to dance
in the fields.
b. When the rains come, Farmer Joe likes to dance
in the fields.
c. When the rains come, Farmer Joe likes to dance
in the fields.
d. When the rains come, Farmer Joe likes to dance
in the fields.
12. _____Which sentence has the simple subject in bold
letters?
a. BooBoo is a blue dog who likes to eat peanut
butter cups.
b. BooBoo is a blue dog who likes to eat peanut
butter cups.
c. BooBoo is a blue dog who likes to eat peanut
butter cups.
d. BooBoo is a blue dog who likes to eat peanut
butter cups.
13. _____Which sentence has the complete predicate in
bold letters?
a. Sydney eats eyeball soup for breakfast.
b. Sydney eats eyeball soup for breakfast.
c. Sydney eats eyeball soup for breakfast.
d. Sydney eats eyeball soup for breakfast.
14. _____Which sentence is a simple sentence?
a. The boy in the blue sneakers.
b. Lulu, with pink hair.
c. Booboo has blue fur.
d. To the grocery store.
15. _____Which sentence is a compound sentence?
a. Jack waters the flowers and the trees.
b. Mary and Lola like to watch fish swim.
c. Hello Kitty and Gerty the Fish are cute.
d. Lulu bakes pastries, and Lola bakes cakes.
16. _____Which sentence is a complex sentence?
a. When BooBoo tells a joke, everyone laughs.
b. Jack and Booboo play catch everyday.
c. Lulu walks, but Lola runs.
d. The moon is in the sky.
17. _____Which sentence is a compound-complex
sentence?
a. When the rain comes, Lulu wears a coat, and
Lola wears goulashes.
b. Mary went to the store to buy eggs, chocolate,
and a teddy bear.
c. EmmyLou practices karate.
d. Johnny and Lulu raced to the park, and Lulu won.
18. _____Which sentence shows correct comma use?
a. Finally, BooBoo ate his vitamins.
b. Finally BooBoo, ate his vitamins.
c. Finally BooBoo ate, his vitamins.
d. Finally BooBoo ate his, vitamins.
19. _____Which sentence shows correct comma use?
a. Mary surfs on Wednesdays, Lola swims.
b. Mary surfs on Wednesdays, and Lola swims.
c. Mary surfs on Wednesdays and Lola swims.
d. Mary surfs on Wednesdays Lola swims.
20. _____Which sentence shows correct comma use?
a. When the eyeball soup, was served the dinner
guests smiled.
b. When the eyeball soup was served the dinner
guests smiled.
c. When the eyeball soup was served, the dinner
guests smiled.
d. When, the eyeball soup was served the dinner
guests smiled.
21. _____Which sentence shows correct comma use?
a. Jack the winner of the race, got a trophy made of
cheese.
b. Jack the winner of the race, got a trophy, made of
cheese.
c. Jack, the winner of the race, got a trophy made of
cheese.
d. Jack, the winner of the race got a trophy made of
cheese.
22. _____Which sentence shows correct comma use?
a. Finnegan brought gum, pickles, milk, and jelly to
the picnic.
b. Finnegan brought, gum pickles milk and jelly to
the picnic.
c. Finnegan brought gum pickles milk and jelly to
the picnic.
d. Finnegan brought gum, pickles milk and jelly to
the picnic.
23. _____Which sentence shows correct comma use?
a. Lola take the garbage out now.
b. Lola take the garbage, out now.
c. Lola, take the garbage out now.
d. Lola take, the garbage out now.
24. _____Which sentence is correct?
a. Lola wants to go to the store, Lola wants to go to
the beach.
b. Lola wants to go to the store and Lola wants to go
to the beach.
c. Lola wants to go to the store; Lola wants to go to
the beach.
d. Lola wants to go to the store: Lola wants to go to
the beach.
25. _____Which sentence is correct?
a. Lolas pants were in the washing machine.
b. Lolas’ pants were in the washing machine.
c. Lola’s pants were in the washing machine.
d. Lolas pant’s were in the washing machine.
26. _____Which sentence is correct?
a. I want pizza said Mary.
b. I want pizza, said Mary.
c. “I want pizza,” said Mary.
d. “I want pizza” said Mary.
27. _____Which sentence is correct?
a. One of the girls want cake for lunch.
b. One of the girls wants cake for lunch.
28. _____Which sentence is correct?
a. JoJo or the dogs catch the Frisbee.
b. JoJo or the dogs catches the Frisbee.
29. _____Which sentence is correct?
1. Everybody should bring their book to class.
2. Everybody should bring them book to class.
3. Everybody should bring her book to class.
30. _____Which sentence is correct?
a. I went to the concert and sung.
b. I went to the concert and sing.
c. I went to the concert and sang.
d. I went to the concert and singing.
 Writing Diagnostic

Choose TWO of the following topics and write a well-developed paragraph for each. Be sure to label your responses
with the letter that corresponds to the prompt you have chosen.

A. Think about a friend who has been an important part of your life. How did you become friends with this person?
Think about when you met, what you did, and how your friendship grew. Write a story about this friendship. Give
enough details to tell the reader about this friendship.
B. A change in the weather can be wonderful. Sometimes we are surprised at how a snowy, rainy, windy, or sunny
day can change the way we feel. The weather can bring chances for fun, creativity, time alone, time with your
family, or something out of the ordinary. Write a story about a day in which the weather made the day special for
you.
C. All of us have a favorite place where we get to do what we want. It could be an indoor place, an outdoor place, or
even an imaginary place. What is your favorite place? Write a story about what you get to do in your favorite
place.
D. Think about people you know or have met. Choose ONE person who has made a big difference in your life. Write
about that person AND describe his or her positive effect on your life.
E. Choose a vivid time from your childhood. Narrate the events related to the childhood memory that you've chosen
so that your readers will understand why the event was important and memorable.
F. Think of a time when you achieved a personal goal. Tell your readers about the story of how you met your goal.
Be sure that your readers understand why the goal is important to you.
G. Think about an event in your life that seemed bad but turned out to be good. Tell the story of the event that you
experienced and help your readers understand how an event that seemed negative turned out to have valuable
consequences.
H. Describe a personal ritual that you, your friends, or your family have. Narrate the events that take place when you
complete your ritual so that your readers understand the steps that the ritual includes and why you complete them.
I. Choose a time when you did something that took a lot of nerve, a time when you didn't follow the crowd or a time
when you stood up for your beliefs. Think about the details of the event and write a story that tells about what
happened and why you chose to do what you did.
J. Suppose you woke up one morning to find that (everyone had disappeared, there was no electricity, telephones
stopped working, the world had run out of gasoline, the Earth had left its orbit, etc.). Write a narrative for future
generations of what life is like with this sudden change.