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3rd Grade Language Proficient Practice Test 4



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

 1. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Basic Sentence Patterns—RIT 201-210
Which is a complete sentence?
a.
The money stolen from the largest bank in town.
c.
Two or three miles down the highway at the traffic light.
b.
The road leads to the state assembly building.
d.
Because she waited too long to call for help.
 

 2. 

Which sentence is incomplete?
a.
He arrived about 5:00.
c.
Only a part of the sentence.
b.
We should have left by now.
d.
The car was swerving.
 

 3. 

Which is a compound sentence?
a.
Ted and Louise are brother and sister.
c.
He and she are good friends.
b.
My sister will represent our club.
d.
Jane and Sharon sing, and they dance.
 

 4. 

The flower is fragrant.
Which is the basic English pattern of the sentence?
a.
noun-linking verb-adjective
c.
noun-verb-noun
b.
noun-linking verb-noun
d.
oun-verb-adverb
 

 5. 

Which two sentences have the same meaning?
A) In the kitchen the family was busy.
B) The family busied others in the kitchen.
C) The others busied the family in the kitchen.
D) The family was busy in the kitchen.
a.
B and C
c.
A and B
b.
A and D
d.
C and D
 

 6. 

While I was walking in the alley, ________________________________.
Which phrase will make this fragment a complete sentence?
a.
with my hands in my pockets.
c.
a black cat crossed my path.
b.
giggling to myself.
d.
on the way to the library.
 

 7. 

Which sentence is NOT a complete sentence?
a.
The dog ran across the road.
c.
In the community choir.
b.
My brother plays the trumpet.
d.
She is a good singer.
 

 8. 

The two main parts of a sentence are:
a.
subject and predicate
c.
subject and noun
b.
predicate and direct object
d.
object and verb phrase
 

 9. 

traveled to see the concert
What sentence part is needed to form a complete sentence?
a.
nothing, it is already complete
c.
an object for the main verb
b.
a subject for the main verb
d.
an adjective to complete the linking verb
 

 10. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Irregular Verb Forms—RIT 201-210
Three weeks ago my dog ________ away.
Choose the best missing word.
a.
runs
c.
has run
b.
ran
d.
has ran
 

 11. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Negative Forms Correctly—RIT 201-210
Which sentence is written correctly?
a.
She doesn’t have no money.
c.
She doesn’t have any money.
b.
She hasn’t no money.
d.
She never has no money.
 

 12. 

Which sentence is written in Standard English?
a.
Cecilia hasn’t no extra time this term.
c.
We didn’t tell Grant anything about the surprise.
b.
Holly will not show Cami none of her sketches.
d.
Don’t say nothing about the dance to Martin.
 

 13. 

________ ever ride your bicycle on that road.
Choose the best missing word to complete the sentence.
a.
Don’t
c.
Can’t
b.
Didn’t
d.
Wouldn’t
 

 14. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Noun Forms—RIT 201-210
1. Which of the following is a plural noun?
a.
gorilla
c.
man
b.
fences
d.
dress
 

 15. 

That is Sharon’s book.
Sharon’s is what part of speech?
a.
noun
c.
adjective
b.
verb
d.
adverb
 

 16. 

Which pair of nouns has the correct plural form?
a.
story – story
c.
alphabet – alphabet
b.
woman – women
d.
man – mans
 

 17. 

Six dogs with rawhide bones followed Jeff into the trees.
Which underlined word is NOT a plural noun?
a.
dogs
c.
Jeff
b.
bones
d.
trees
 

 18. 

The ________ were solved by the detective and the policeman.
Choose the best missing word.
a.
mysteries
c.
mysterys
b.
mystery
d.
mystrys
 

 19. 

Which word pair has a possessive noun?
a.
can’t wait
c.
haven’t ever
b.
Todd’s car
d.
it’s foot
 

 20. 

Choose the correctly written sentence.
a.
The crowd is growing restless.
c.
Each class were in the auditorium.
b.
The team have arrived on time.
d.
The group are watching the movie together.
 

 21. 

Basic Grammar and Usage—Use Pronoun Forms—RIT 201-210
In which sentence is a pronoun NOT used correctly?
a.
“Hand her them books,” she said.
c.
The usher escorted him to his chair.
b.
They copied their notes for other students.
d.
Two of the girls put on skirts.
 

 22. 

Everyone except ________ went on the trip.
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
a.
us
c.
they
b.
we
d.
she
 

 23. 

Which two sentences are correctly written?
A) There going to the movies.
B) Their on there way to the store.
C) They could not keep their appointment.
D) They’re going over there to work.
a.
A and B
c.
B and C
b.
C and D
d.
A and D
 

 24. 

My father opened his present first. He felt he couldn’t wait any longer.
Which word means the same as the underlined word?
a.
couldn’t
c.
father
b.
longer
d.
present
 

 25. 

Lindsay and Danielle found ________ lost in the shopping center.
Choose the best missing word.
a.
theirselves
c.
themselves
b.
herself
d.
themself
 



 
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