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7th Grade Language Basic Practice Test 6



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Types of Clauses—RIT 201-210
Before you leave for the game, you must clean your room.
Choose the best interpretation of this sentence.
a.
You don’t have to clean your room.
c.
You may clean your room after the game.
b.
You must clean your room.
d.
If you want to go to the game, you must clean your room first.
 

 2. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Types of Phrases—RIT 201-210
1. Those birds might have been resting in our garage.
            A                      B                    C              D
Which underlined word or words is a prepositional phrase?
a.
A
c.
C
b.
B
d.
D
 

 3. 

Choose the underlined phrase that tells “which”.
a.
By the time I finish my chores, it will be time to go.
c.
Before noon we’d already eaten lunch.
b.
The dress with the long sleeves is my favorite one.
d.
Look under the blankets for the pajamas.
 

 4. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use/Distinguish Verb Tenses—RIT 201-210
Which sentence indicates an event that is in the future?
a.
We had pizza for lunch last Friday.
c.
We will be going on a field trip next week.
b.
Today we are practicing division.
d.
We stayed up until midnight last night.
 

 5. 

The wind has driven the cattle to find shelter.
Which choice means nearly the same as the underlined verb?
a.
has thrown
c.
has blown
b.
has shown
d.
has forced
 

 6. 

Yesterday, Jason and Ellen ________ to school together.
Choose the correct verb.
a.
walk
c.
walks
b.
walked
d.
walking
 

 7. 

Kids throwing rocks ________ all the windows in that shack.
Choose the correct verb.
a.
has broken
c.
have broken
b.
have broke
d.
has breaked
 

 8. 

Identify which cluster of verbs is in the present tense.
a.
bring, eat, fly
c.
dragged, ate, gav
b.
knew, drew, flew
d.
blown, begun, chosen
 

 9. 

She ________ to see the doctor for hours.
Choose the correct verb phrase.
a.
have been waiting
c.
has been waiting
b.
has been waited
d.
have been waited
 

 10. 

Capitalization—Capitalize Pronoun “I”--RIT 191 - 200
1. Which of the following sentences is not capitalized correctly?
a.
I won the race.
c.
Sally and i ate lunch together.
b.
Mom said I forgot to call.
d.
I saw a shooting star.
 

 11. 

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?
a.
i think i’ll call her.
c.
I believe I’ll have a cookie.
b.
she answered My letter.
d.
She said i’m late
 

 12. 

Capitalization—Capitalize Proper Nouns and Adjectives--RIT 191-200
1.
We crossed the mississippi river on a warm tuesday.
Which words should be capitalized?
a.
mississippi, warm
c.
mississippi, river, tuesday
b.
river, warm, tuesday
d.
crossed, warm
 

 13. 

I enjoyed reading the novel call of the wild by Jack London.
Which words in the book title should be capitalized?
a.
call, the
c.
of, the
b.
call,wild
d.
of, wild
 

 14. 

Which of the following is a proper noun?
a.
girl
c.
beth
b.
lady
d.
woman
 

 15. 

If the poem “Lady of the Lake” is capitalized correctly, which of the following is also capitalized
correctly?
a.
“Hound of the Valley”
c.
“Teacher of the animals”
b.
“boy of the Wildnerness”
d.
“memory of the trees”
 

 16. 

Which of the following is a proper noun?
a.
pumpkin
c.
my friends
b.
her mirror
d.
Sandy Turner
 

 17. 

Which of the following is capitalized correctly?
a.
My family loves campbell’s soup.
c.
Maria bought a Hershey’s candy bar.
b.
Do you have the new nintendo game?
d.
We bought new crayola crayons.
 

 18. 

Identify the sentence below that is capitalized correctly.
a.
Gerry loves chinese food.
c.
We listened to spanish music at school.
b.
My mother can speak French and German.
d.
My father bought an american car.
 

 19. 

Which of the following sentences is capitalized correctly?
a.
My soccer team is the Cleveland Cougars.
c.
My sister plays for the cleveland cats.
b.
We won a game against the Denver darts last week.
d.
Last year’s winners were the magic miners.
 

 20. 

Capitalization—Use Beginning Capitalization--RIT 191-200
Which sentence is correct?
a.
Trudy went to the store for her mother to buy eggs and milk.
c.
nate always wanted to fly helicopters when he grew up.
b.
tricia raced down the street to greet the ice cream man at his stand on the corner.
d.
ahad sat quietly in the movie while other around him roared with laughter.
 

 21. 

dear sue,
             how was the party? I wish I could have been there. I miss you.
                                                                                      love,
                                                                                              Cindy
Which underlined words should be capitalized?
a.
dear, how, there
c.
dear, party, love
b.
dear, how, love
d.
dear, how, party
 

 22. 

Jean asked, “where did the girls put my keys?”
Which underlined word should be capitalized?
a.
keys
c.
where
b.
girls
d.
asked
 

 23. 

Which sentence is written correctly?
a.
all the children wanted to pet the cute, warm, cuddly kitten.
c.
many children screamed with laughter when the little cat meowed.
b.
the kitten was terrified at first when fifteen children ran to pet it.
d.
Two children in the class eventually became the kitty’s caretakers.
 

 24. 

my dog is a golden retriever and she loves water. you should see susie dive for rocks! down under the surface she goes, and up she comes with a nose full of water and a huge rock in her mouth!
Which words should be capitalized?
a.
my, you, susie, down
c.
susie, down, nose, water
b.
my, nose, rock, mouth
d.
my, you, susie, water
 

 25. 

liza and bobby looked forward to visiting their grandparents. grandma ruth and grandpa john lived in
the country and had lots of farm animals. they were really excited about the horses.
Which words should be capitalized?
a.
liza, bobby, grandparents, grandma ruth, grandpa john
c.
liza, grandparents, country, animals, they
b.
liza, bobby, grandma ruth, grandpa john, they
d.
liza, bobby, grandparents, they, horses
 

 26. 

as the young boy sauntered down the street, he yelled, “buy your newspaper from me!”
Which words should be capitalized?
a.
as, street
c.
as, buy
b.
as, boy
d.
as, newspaper
 

 27. 

When writing a direct quotation, which word or words are always capitalized?
a.
all of the nouns
c.
the last word in the quotation
b.
all important words
d.
the first word in the quotation
 



 
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