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Welcome to . . . Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

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A: went

C: park

B: Lisa

D: school

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In the sentence below, which word is the simple subject?      My friend Lisa went to the park after school.

B: Lisa

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A: too

C: tow

B: two

D: toe

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The word in bold print should be changed to which word below?

 Tim asked if he could go to.

A: too

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A: The students visited the Art Museum.

C: The teachers and students visited the Art Museum.

B: The entire school visited the Art Museum.

D: The Art Museum was visited

by the teachers and students.

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Which sentence contains a compound subject?

C: The teachers and students visited the Art Museum.

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A: Ruth

C: reads her book

B: Ruth sits by the fire and reads

D: sits by the fire and reads her book

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Ruth sits by the fire and reads her book.

Which is the compound predicate in this sentence?

D. Sits by the fire and reads her book

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A: kitten

C: happily

B: jumped

D: running

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Which word is an adverb?

C: happily

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Congratulations!

You’ve ReachedYou’ve Reached

the $1,000the $1,000

Milestone!Milestone!

Congratulations!Congratulations!

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A: The teachers and students went to the park and ate lunch.

C: My favorite animals on the farm are cows and horses.

B: Jake and Ryan used to be best friends, but Jake moved.

D: The boys and girls won the county track meet and basketball game.

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Which sentence contains a simple subject?

C

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A: at the end of the game

C: tossed their hats and balloons

B: the parents and children

D: into the air and cheered

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What is the compound subject in this sentence?

At the end of the game, the parents and children tossed their hats and balloons

into the air and cheered.

B: The parents and children

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A: his puppy

C: a loud cry

B: the young boy

D: the distance

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What is the subject of this sentence?

A loud cry was heard in the distance as the young boy searched desperately for

his lost puppy.

B: The young boy

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A: beagle

C: pretty beagle

B: jumped on the couch

D: jumped

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What is the simple predicate in this sentence?

The pretty beagle jumped on the couch.

D: jumped

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A: Tellus Museum

C: week

B: class

D: the

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Which is a proper noun?

Our class went to the Tellus Museum last week.

A: Tellus Museum

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Congratulations!

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the $32,000the $32,000

Milestone!Milestone!

Congratulations!Congratulations!

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C: a, an, the D: his, her, our

A: First, next, last B: Also, however, meanwhile

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Which transition words are used to describe the order in which things happen?

A. first, next, last

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D

A

C

B

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Which sentence should be removed from the paragraph below?

A. My new kitten is very playful. B. He enjoys chasing a ball. C. He sleeps on my bed. D. He loves batting a string.

C. He sleeps on my bed.

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C: The children ate peanut butter

and jelly for lunch.

D: The football team listened carefully to

the coach before the game.

A: The children ran down the driveway after the ice cream man.

B: The teachers entered the classroom, turned on the lights, and waited for the students to arrive.

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Which sentence contains a compound predicate?

B.

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C D

A B

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Which sentence in the paragraph below should be removed because it repeats an idea?

A. My new kitten is very playful. B. He enjoys chasing a ball. C. He loves chasing his tail. D. He likes to play.

D

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C D

A B

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Which sentence in the paragraph below should be removed because it doesn’t support

the main idea?

A. Summer is the best season of the year. B. We ice skate sometimes. C. Swimming is fun because it’s hot. D. We have a long vacation.

B

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