Transcript ECA Practice Quiz - Language Conventions

ECA Practice Quiz:
Language Conventions
1) Which sentence lacks parallel
structure?
A) I suddenly felt nauseous, anxious, and like I
might vomit.
B) The teacher said she wanted to teach us to
read, write, and think.
C) Peyton searched for the football under the
deck, on the porch, and inside the toy chest.
D) The index is useful for many things such as
locating page numbers, defining key terms, and
finding short cuts.
2) Choose the sentence in which
quotation marks are used correctly.
A) "The Scarlet Ibis" is one of the best short
stories in our anthology.
B) "The Scarlet Ibis is one of the best short
stories in our anthology.“
C) "The Scarlet Ibis" is one of the best short
stories in our "anthology".
D) "The Scarlet Ibis" is one of the best "short
stories" in our anthology.
3) Which sentence demonstrates
correct use of capitalization?
A) The civil war enthusiast portrayed Robert E. Lee
at saturday's birmingham reenactment.
B) The Civil War enthusiast portrayed Robert E. Lee
at Saturday's Birmingham reenactment.
C) The civil war enthusiast portrayed Robert E. Lee
at saturday's Birmingham reenactment.
D) The Civil War enthusiast portrayed Robert E. Lee
at saturday's Birmingham reenactment.
4) Which sentence demonstrates
correct use of the apostrophe?
A) Who's driving to the conference?
B) He could'nt have made an A on that test.
C) It'l be a while before the bill is passed.
D) Why is'nt anyone ordering the lobster
bisque?
5) Which sentence demonstrates
correct use of the apostrophe?
A) The childrens' teacher found Ms. Andersons
car keys in the hallway.
B) The childrens teacher found Ms. Anderson's
car keys in the hallway.
C) The children's teacher found Ms. Andersons'
car keys in the hallway.
D) The children's teacher found Ms. Anderson's
car keys in the hallway.
6) Choose the sentence that has
CORRECT punctuation.
A) I am going to bring my lunch in a brown,
paper bag.
B) If you forget your sunscreen you'll probably
get burned.
C) It was Julia, not Karmen, who blocked the
winning goal at the soccer game.
D) My best friend, a star on the swim team will
probably swim some laps in the lake.
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