Grade 3 ELA Practice Test: Conjunctions and Compound Sentences
- Conjunctions and Compound Sentences
- 10 questions
- 15 minutes
You will choose conjunctions, find compound and complex sentences and combine short sentences. Tip: put a comma before and, but or or when it joins two complete sentences.
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Question 1
Which word is a conjunction?
Correct answer: C
A conjunction joins words or ideas, and and is one of the most common. Under is a preposition, quickly is an adverb and happy is an adjective.
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Question 2
Which word best completes the sentence? "I wanted to play outside, ____ it was raining too hard."
Correct answer: A
But shows a contrast: the speaker wanted one thing, but something stopped it. So would mean the rain was the result of wanting to play.
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Question 3
Which word best completes the question? "Would you like milk ____ juice with your lunch?"
Correct answer: B
Or is used to give a choice between two things. The question asks the person to pick milk or juice.
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Question 4
Which word best completes the sentence? "We stayed inside ____ it was too cold to go out."
Correct answer: D
Because tells the reason they stayed inside. Unless would mean they stayed inside only when it was not too cold, which makes no sense.
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Question 5
Which is a compound sentence?
Correct answer: C
A compound sentence is two complete sentences joined with a comma and a conjunction. "The bell rang" and "the students lined up" can each stand alone.
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Question 6
Sam likes soccer. His sister likes soccer too.
Which sentence best combines these two sentences?
Correct answer: B
Both people like the same thing, so you can join them with and: Sam and his sister like soccer. The verb changes to like because there are two people.
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Question 7
Lena wore her warm coat. It was cold outside.
Which sentence uses because to combine the ideas correctly?
Correct answer: A
The cold weather is the reason Lena wore her coat, so because goes before "it was cold outside." The other choices make the coat the cause of the cold.
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Question 8
Which is a complex sentence?
Correct answer: D
A complex sentence has a part that cannot stand alone, like "When the movie ended," joined to a complete sentence. The others are simple sentences.
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Question 9
Which sentence uses a comma correctly?
Correct answer: C
The comma goes right before the conjunction and, where the two complete sentences meet.
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Question 10
Which word best completes the sentence? "You may go to the park ____ you finish your homework."
Correct answer: A
After tells when you may go: first homework, then the park. Because would mean finishing homework is the reason, which does not fit the word may.
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