Grade 11 Student Quarterly EQT Guide
Quarters 1 and 3
2011-2012
Mechanics and Usage1.31 Recognize subject-verb agreement with the following:
· Singular and plural subjects, including compound subjects (Note: Compound subjects will include those joined by or with the second element singular or plural.)
· Compound in form, singular in meaning
· Plural in form, singular in meaning
· Regular and inverted order
· Collective nouns, when correct verb depends on the rest of sentence
· Sentences with intervening phrases
· Indefinite pronouns as subjects
· Correlative conjunctions
1.71 Identify effective use of voice.
· Active voice
· Passive voice
1.81 Determine the correct use of modifiers.
· Dangling modifiers
· Misplaced modifiers
Note: Modifiers may be words, phrases, or clauses (adjectives and adverbs).
3.11 Correct run-on sentences, sentence fragments, and comma splices.
3.21 Correct sentences that lack internal parallelism.
· Correlative conjunctions immediately before the parallel term
· Parallel grammatical form of words, phrases, and clauses in a series
4.21 Demonstrate the correct use of commas.
· With items in a series
· With direct address, appositives, and parenthetical expressions
· With conventional uses (dates, letters, and addresses)
· After introductory adverbial clauses
· With quotation marks
· Before coordinating conjunction in compound sentence consisting of two independent clauses
· With subordinate clauses
Mechanics and Usage
4.31 Demonstrate the correct use of semicolons and colons.
· Semicolon to separate elements in a series in which one element in the series is already separated by commas
· Semicolon in a compound sentence with no conjunction
· Semicolon before a conjunctive adverb
· Colon to introduce a list within a sentence, Bible chapter and verse, time format, and greeting in a business letter
4.41 Demonstrate appropriate use of quotation marks and underlining (italics).
· Quotation marks in direct quotations, including broken quotations
· Quotation marks to indicate titles
· Underlining to indicate titles / Reading and Literature
1.12 Identify supporting details.
· Identify details that support main idea(s) in one or more passages.
2.12 Identify main idea.
· Recognize the main idea in a paragraph or passage(s).
Note: Main idea may include topic, subject, theme, central thought or message,
lesson or moral, thesis, and author’s
purpose and/or point of view.
2.22 Draw conclusions to determine author intent.
· Draw conclusions based on information in one or more passages.2.32 Determine cause and effect.
· Infer the cause(s) or effect(s) stated or implied in a passage.4.12 Determine word meaning through the use of context clues.
· Apply advanced knowledge of context clues and structural analysis to determine word meaning.
5.11 Determine logical progression and completeness of paragraphs with the following:
· Introductory sentences
· Concluding sentences
· Sequence of events or details
· Transitional words
· Irrelevant and/or redundant sentences
Grade 11 EQT PRACTICE TEST for 1st and 3rd Quarters
DIRECTIONS: Read each question below and answer each on your answer sheet. Think about what you are doing.
Do not write on this practice test.
1. Select the sentence that uses subject-verb agreement correctly.
A. A stunt person for action movies undergo vigorous training for dangerous scenes.
B. Ferocious fistfights look real in a film.
C. Actors and actresses has been trained to perform various stunts for movies.
D. Neither cameras nor sound equipment are inexpensive in the film industry.
2. Select the sentence that uses subject-verb agreement incorrectly.
A. Special effects in a movie are referred to as FX.
B. The director and the crew must plan the action scenes very carefully.
C. Spielberg was once paid six million dollars for directing a movie.
D. Either Bill or the boys plans to attend the scary movie tonight.
3. Select the sentence that uses subject-verb agreement correctly.
A. Some of the players eats spaghetti before every game.
B. Each of the pets are fed separately.
C. None of the tomatoes is red.
D. All of the trees were infested with beetles.
4. Select the sentence that uses subject-verb agreement correctly.
A. On the wall are the photographs.
B. Here is the keys.
C. The turtle, I think, have the best chance of winning.
D. The package sent were smashed in the mail.
5. Select the sentence that uses subject-verb agreement incorrectly.
A. My money is in my purse.
B. Twelve dollars is the price of the ticket.
C. Macaroni and cheese is my favorite meal.
D. Exxon Oil Company employ thousands of people.
6. Select the sentence that uses commas incorrectly.
A. When you’ve gone to this school for a while you’ll know, your way around, too.
B. After we claim our first football victory, we’ll celebrate at Ruby Tuesday’s.
C. I had a spare set of keys with me; if I hadn’t, I would have had to walk home.
D. After I had locked the car door, I remembered that the keys were still in the ignition.
7. Select the sentence that uses commas correctly.
A. In fact Emily Dickinson, is my favorite poet.
B. Incidentally I won’t be home, for supper.
C. It’s too late, to call I believe.
D. You are, I hope, planning to arrive on time.
8. Select the sentence that uses commas incorrectly.
A. Will the United States ever become as densely populated as Great Britain, or Japan?
B. In most countries of the world, you will find the familiar products of American industry.
C. When Dad left for work, the house was in perfect order.
D. You, Rickie, need to listen to what I am going to tell you.
9. Select the sentence that uses commas correctly.
A. Innsbruck, Austria is one of the most beautiful towns in Europe.
B. Of course, a whale is a mammal not a fish.
C. Well, Maria you need to start unpacking and get this place straightened and cleaned up.
D. “Help me with the unpacking,” Maria demanded.
10. Select the sentence that uses semicolons and/or colons incorrectly.
A. Here is my phone number; call me if you need me.
B. We need more volunteers; we must finish on time.
C. We have the same birthday; so we should have a big celebration.
D. Stop running; you are going to fall.
11. Select the sentence that uses semicolons and/or colons correctly.
A. The pilot practiced his skills repeatedly, consequently; he was ready to fly alone.
B. The pilot practiced his skills repeatedly; consequently, he was ready to fly alone.
C. The pilot practiced his skills repeatedly; and was therefore ready to fly alone.
D. The pilot practiced his skills repeatedly, and therefore; he was ready to fly alone.
12. Select the sentence that uses semicolons and/or colons correctly.
A. We drove through Wolf, Wyoming; Salt Lake City, Utah; Reno, Nevada; and DesMoine, Iowa.
B. We drove through: Wolf, Wyoming; Salt Lake City, Utah; Reno, Nevada; and DesMoine, Iowa.
C. We drove through Wolf; Wyoming; Salt Lake City; Utah; Reno; Nevada; and DesMoine; Iowa.
D. We drove through; Wolf, Wyoming; Salt Lake City, Utah; Reno, Nevada; and DesMoine, Iowa.
13. Select the sentence that uses semicolons and/or colons incorrectly.
A. She won the race easily; in fact, she set a new state record for the event.
B. The men’s locker room is closed until further notice; you will have to use the men’s rest room.
C. My grandparents arrived early; so my parents were embarrassed by the condition of our house.
D. Bring the following items to class: paper, a pen, a pencil, and a ruler.
14. Select the sentence that uses quotation marks and/or underlining correctly.
A. After reading the poem “Go Down, Death,” Jason asked, “Is that personification?”
B. Connor read the newspaper article Underage Drinking is an Epidemic in the Mobile Register.
C. “John Proctor shouted I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”
D. “The Crucible,” a long play, examines the dangers of uncontrolled fear.
15. Select the sentence that uses quotation marks and/or underlining correctly.
A. My favorite novel by Willa Cather is “My Antonia.”
B. Every afternoon after school, Lena watches the old television series “I Love Lucy.”
C. This past summer, I traveled throughout Germany and France and saw numerous paintings in some famous art museums, but my favorite painting was “Self Portrait” by Rembrandt.
D. The President flies on Air Force One.
16. Select the sentence that uses quotation marks and/or underlining correctly.
A. My friend called and asked, “What should we do today”?
B. “I don’t know” I said “But I can’t stay out too late.”
C. “Can you come over in the afternoon.” “My friend asked.”
D. “Sure,” I said, “and I’ll bring a movie and some popcorn.”
17. Select the sentence that uses quotation marks and/or underlining incorrectly.
A. We have to read chapter 14, which is titled “After World War II,” for class tomorrow.
B. Did you read “Winter Dreams,” a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
C. I enjoy reading my “Newsweek” magazine each week.
D. The title of that Neil Young song is “Tell Me Why.”
18. Select the sentence that is a run-on.
A. The daffodils looked delicate as they swayed on their long stems.
B. Mark read Farewell to Manzanar with a tremendous sense of guilt for his own country.
C. Zora Neal Hurston’s best-known novel is about an independent African-American woman; it is Their Eyes Are Watching God.
D. The child opened the box, her hands were trembling as she did so.
19. Select the sentence that is a complete sentence.
A. Lily rushed to help the victims, she had witnessed the auto accident only minutes before.
B. Edgar Allan Poe was poorly paid for his writing and he died penniless.
C. As Jill wandered along the seashore, she found a conch shell that had washed up on the sand.
D. Ricardo looking at me with his face etched in pain and then he told me his sad tale.
20. Select the sentence that is a fragment.
A. Swim with me across the pool.
B. And ran down to the corner and across the highway at top speed.
C. Go to Gulf Shores, Alabama, during June.
D. Frank likes soft rock, and I like thrash metal.
21. Select the sentence that uses modifier(s) correctly.
A. Trying to finish the plans, the late start did not stop Albert from staying on schedule.
B. While watching the clouds cover the sky, I kept hoping that it wouldn’t rain.
C. The loud noise scared us coming from the attic.
D. Listening to the phone message, the dog was barking so loudly I couldn’t hear.
22. Select the sentence that uses the modifier(s) correctly.
A. Every part is thoroughly tested that goes into a plane.
B. The book was about the traditions of the Aborigines that I read last week.
C. In the school lunchroom, I found a ticket for Friday’s football game.
D. My father has been urging me to become a dentist every day.
23. Select the sentence that uses the modifier(s) incorrectly.
A. While watching the film, Carl munched on his popcorn.
B. Buried under sleet and snow, I tried to shovel the sidewalk.
C. While I jogged throughout my neighborhood, I had to dodge several barking dogs.
D. Martha and Jerry, while working on their research projects in the library, were called to the office.
24. Select the sentence that contains an error in parallel structure.
A. To learn how to ride a bicycle is easier than to learn how to drive a car.
B. Joe brought the hot dog and buns, Jake brought the mustard and ketchup, and Julie brought the soft drinks and ice.
C. She is the most conniving, devious, and dishonest person I know.
D. Frank is outspoken and forthright, and being truthful is what he is, too.
25. Select the sentence that uses parallelism correctly.
A. On their vacation in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, the Bakers fished, biked, and went hiking.
B. On their vacation in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, the Bakers went fishing, rode bikes, and went hiking.
C. On their vacation in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, the Bakers fished, biked, and hiked.
D. On their vacation in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, the Bakers fished, did some biking, and went hiking.
26. Select the sentence that uses parallelism correctly.
A. Senator Garvey delivered his speech with poise and logically.
B. While visiting my aunt in Montgomery, I helped her can pole beans, freeze corn, and make blackberry jelly.
C. When I finished my research paper, I proofread it, edited it, and rewriting parts of it is what I did, too.
D. My chores include doing the laundry, to clean my room, and mowing the lawn.
27. Select the sentence that uses the active voice.
A. We rushed outside to see what all of the commotion was about.
B. That iron sculpture was created by a local artist.
C. A gift certificate to McDonald’s was given to me as a Christmas present.
D. The poetry and essay exhibit was put together by the English teachers.
28. Select the sentence that uses the passive voice.
A. The journalist elicited information from a vital source.
B. All of the mirrors gave the restaurant the illusion of depth.
C. I am reading the most exciting part of the story right now.
D. The lights were turned out when the movie started.
29. Read the paragraph. Select the sentence that BEST serves as a topic sentence.
Peeking around the edge of the door and not letting go of my mother’s hand, I saw a huge room. The little desks were in the middle and faced a big desk. Who would be sitting at that enormous thing? There were posters on the wall representing things I knew to be letters and numbers, but there seemed to be so many. How would I possibly learn all those things? Along one wall was a shelf with games and books. Would anyone join me in playing those games? Would I ever really be able to read all of those books? I suddenly realized that the great big world can be very scary.
A. This is a paragraph about someone’s first day of school.
B. Michael is going to tell you about his first day in kindergarten.
C. I looked forward to starting school, but on that first day, I started to feel a little anxious.