Sample Assessment Questions ELACC.3.L.1.i

(This is not meant to be printed off and given as a test…this document is to give you ideas of how this standard might be assessed. Please use these as an example when you are developing your own formative assessments. Remember formative assessments are to be given throughout the teaching of a standard to help you guide your instruction based on students needs. A good formative assessment should have a mix of multiple choice as well as open ended.)

Read the following sentences. Check the box marked “simple” if it is a simple sentence.

Check the box marked “compound” if it is a compound sentence. Check the box marked

“complex” if it is a complex sentence.

1. We have to go to bed when the clock chimes ten o’clock.

❑Simple ❑Compound ❑Complex

2. Jennifer liked William’s friend, and she also liked his cousin.

❑Simple ❑Compound ❑Complex

3. The big brown dog ran after the blue and red ball.

❑Simple ❑Compound ❑Complex

4. James and Eve rode their bicycles after they ate lunch.

❑Simple ❑Compound ❑Complex

5. The teacher and the principal met in the hall near the library.

❑Simple ❑Compound ❑Complex

6. Many brave soldiers fought in the war, and they received medals.

❑Simple ❑Compound ❑Complex

7. The drummers played a long time, but the piano players stopped early.

❑Simple ❑Compound ❑Complex

8. Before the queen rode in the parade, she gave a speech.

❑Simple ❑Compound ❑Complex

9. After midnight the ghosts will come out of the haunted attic.

❑Simple ❑Compound ❑Complex

10. She dropped the pan and the plate, but she held on to the spoon.

❑Simple ❑Compound ❑Complex

Identify these sentences by choosing (a) Simple, (b) Compound or (c) Complex

1 / /
The training rooms of these college athletes smell of grease and gasoline.
/ A) / simple
/ B) / compound
/ C) / complex
2 / /
Their practice field is a stretch of asphalt, and their heroes make a living driving cars.
/ A) / simple
/ B) / compound
/ C) / complex
3 / /
Their tools are screwdrivers and spanners rather than basketballs and footballs.
/ A) / simple
/ B) / compound
/ C) / complex
4 / /
This new brand of college athlete is involved in the sport of auto racing.
/ A) / simple
/ B) / compound
/ C) / complex
5 / /
Most of the students are engineering majors, and they devote every minute of their spare time to their sport.
/ A) / simple
/ B) / compound
/ C) / complex
6 / /
Although the sport is new, it has already attracted six collegiate teams in the Southeast.
/ A) / simple
/ B) / compound
/ C) / complex
7 / /
The students work on special cars designed for their sport.
/ A) / simple
/ B) / compound
/ C) / complex
8 / /
The cars are called Legends cars, models of Fords and Chevys from 1932 to 1934, and they are refitted by the students with 1200 cc motorcycle engines.
/ A) / simple
/ B) / compound
/ C) / complex
9 / /
Although their usual speed ranges from 50 to 90 miles an hour, Legends cars can move up to 100 miles an hour on a straightaway.
/ A) / simple
/ B) / compound
/ C) / complex
10 / /
The Saturday morning races of the competing teams have attracted as many as 3,500 fans, but the students concede they are no threat to the nation's fastest growing sport of stock car racing.
/ A) / simple
/ B) / compound
/ C) / complex
1. / 1.During last night's game, the bases were loaded, and Bob hit a grand slam.
A. / Simple sentence
B. / Compound Sentence
C. / Complex Sentence
D. / Compound-Complex Sentence
2. / 2. If you distribute the ballots, I will count them.
A. / Simple sentence
B. / Compound Sentence
C. / Complex Sentence
D. / Compound-Complex Sentence
3. / 3. Barbara and Joanne whispered and giggled all night.
A. / Simple sentence
B. / Compound Sentence
C. / Complex Sentence
D. / Compound-Complex Sentence
4. / 4. John went to school today, but James remained at home.
A. / Simple sentence
B. / Compound Sentence
C. / Complex Sentence
D. / Compound-Complex Sentence
5. / 5. We decided to go fishing and camp out at the lake.
A. / Simple sentence
B. / Compound Sentence
C. / Complex Sentence
D. / Compound-Complex Sentence
6. / 6. Those clouds promise rain, so we should hurry up and leave before we get caught in a flash flood.
A. / Simple sentence
B. / Compound Sentence
C. / Complex Sentence
D. / Compound-Complex Sentence
7. / 7. Since we had only gone a mile from camp, we decided to return before dark.
A. / Simple sentence
B. / Compound Sentence
C. / Complex Sentence
D. / Compound-Complex Sentence
8. / 8. After the tornado hit, my house was completed destroyed.
A. / Simple sentence
B. / Compound Sentence
C. / Complex Sentence
D. / Compound-Complex Sentence
9. / 9. This summer our vacation should be both exciting and restful.
A. / Simple sentence
B. / Compound Sentence
C. / Complex Sentence
D. / Compound-Complex Sentence
10. / 10. Older television sets had tubes; the newest models, which take less space, are digital televisions.
A. / Simple sentence
B. / Compound Sentence
C. / Complex Sentence
D. / Compound-Complex Sentence