Language Arts Weekly Challenge (Mar. 2 - Mar. 11, 2011) - CRCT Practice

Due to the technical difficulties of the blog the last few days, this week's challenge will be extended and due next Friday, March 11th.

The painters was working hard to complete the job before it got much hotter.

1. Which change should be made to correct the sentence above?

A. Change it to he.
B. Change was to were.
C. Change much to more.
D. Change hard to harder.

The farmers lost most of their crops because of the drought.

2. What is the simple predicate in this sentence?

A. farmers
B. lost
C. crops
D. drought

Startled by a loud sound, the rattlesnake shook its tail in a noisy warning.

3. Which words in the sentence are modifiers?

A. loud, sound, tail
B. loud, noisy, warning
C. startled, loud, noisy
D. loud, shook, noisy

What is the highest building in New York City?

4. In the sentence above, which part of speech is the underlined word?

A. verb
B. pronoun
C. preposition
D. conjunction

5. Which is the proper way to punctuate the sentence below?

She said, I'm going to the post office and the library.

A. "She said," I'm going to the post office and the library.
B. She said, I'm going to the post office and the library."
C. "She said, I'm going to the post office and the library."
D. She said, "I'm going to the post office and the library."