Middle School

**Complete the sentences with the correct options:**

1. The teacher tells her students, who promise they ______ quietly for three hours, that she won't give extra assignments.

A. would study
B. studied
C. study
D. have studied
E. will study

2. During the 19th century, Charles Dickens ______ one of the most famous British novelists.

A. has become
B. became
C. becomes
D. had become
E. would become

3. I went to visit my friend and ____ her baby very carefully because she was a tiny baby.

A. hold
B. helded
C. holded
D. held

4. Even though Kenny was a great roommate, John hated ________ in the shower.

A. his to sing
B. him singing
C. his singing
D. his to be singing
E. him being singing

5. The Labradoodle is a mixed-breed dog that ____ hair instead of fur for warmth, making it a very attractive choice for allergic pet owners.

A. have
B. has
C. having

6. I ______ gotten to the hotel two hours ago, but my flight was delayed.

A. should have
B. should
C. should of

7. I ______ back to my office after I saw the rain.

A. walked
B. walk
C. am walking

**Word Choice: Choose the word that best fits the sentence**

8. Her nervousness had a profound ______ on her ability to play the piano. It _______ me too.

A. effect / affected
B. affect / effected
C. affect / affected
D. effect / effected

9. I work at my ____ store every evening.

A. mom and dad's
B. mom's and dad's
C. mom and dads
D. moms and dad's

10. Jeremy and Jack took their bikes with ___.

A. they
B. them
C. their
D. us

11. The ____ could not hold back the flood.

A. levee
B. levi
C. levy

12. For all ______, the test is over.

A. intensive porpoises
B. intents and purposes
C. intensive purposes

13. Law enforcement _________ his property after they discovered new evidence.

A. ceased
B. seized
C. seasoned

14. When I was young, I always took my teachers for ______.

A. granite
B. granted
C. granned

**Sentence Structure: Choose the best punctuation and capitalization for each sentence**

15. Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

A. I have taken notes on your book however I still have questions.
B. I have taken notes on your book, however I still have questions.
C. I have taken notes on your book; however, I still have questions.
D. I have taken notes on your book however; I still have questions.

16. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

A. Did you hear the Denver Broncos won the Monday Night Football game? The poor Kansas City Chiefs can never catch a break.
B. Did you hear the Denver broncos won the monday night football game? The poor Kansas City chiefs can never catch a break.
C. Did you hear the Denver Broncos won the Monday Night Football game? The poor kansas city chiefs can never catch a break.
D. Did you hear the denver Broncos won the Monday Night Football game? The poor kansas City Chiefs can never catch a break.

17. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

A. My favorite stores are Bloomingdale's and Macy's. My sister only shops at Nordstrom.
B. My favorite stores are Bloomingdale and Macy. My sister only shops at Nordstroms.
C. My favorite stores are Bloomingdales and Macys. My sister only shops at Nordstroms.
D. My favorite stores are bloomingdales and macy's. My sister only shops at nordstrom.

18. Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

A. I have shopped for clothes from old navy on the store's website.
B. i have shopped for clothes from Old Navy on the store's Website.
C. I have shopped for clothes from Old Navy on the store's website.
D. i have shopped for clothes from old navy on the store's website.

19. Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

A. On a cloudless night, I studied pisces, a constellation in the north sky.
B. on a Cloudless Night, i studied Pisces, a constellation in the North Sky.
C. On a cloudless night, I studied Pisces, a constellation in the North sky.
D. on a cloudless night, I studied pisces, a constellation in the north sky.

20. Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

A. Why don't we get together to watch the Academy Awards?
B. why don't we get together to watch the Academy Awards?
C. Why don't we get together to watch the academy awards?
D. why don't we get together to watch the academy awards?

21. Which sentence is correctly capitalized and punctuated?

A. In Spain, they take siestas.
B. In Spain they take siestas.
C. In spain, they take siestas.
D. In Spain, they take Siestas.