Grade 5 ELA Practice Test: Conjunctions, Prepositions and Interjections
- Conjunctions, Prepositions and Interjections
- 10 questions
- 15 minutes
You will choose conjunctions and correlative pairs, find prepositional phrases and punctuate interjections. Tip: with neither/nor, the verb agrees with the noun closest to it.
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Question 1
Which word in this sentence is an interjection? "Wow, that roller coaster is tall!"
Correct answer: A
An interjection is a word that shows strong feeling and is not connected grammatically to the rest of the sentence. Wow shows surprise.
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Question 2
Which pair of words best completes the sentence? "You can have ____ pizza ____ tacos for dinner, but not both."
Correct answer: C
Either/or offers a choice of one of two things, which matches "but not both." Both/and would contradict the end of the sentence.
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Question 3
Which pair of words best completes the sentence? "____ my brother ____ my sister likes spinach, so we never cook it."
Correct answer: B
Neither/nor means not one and not the other, which explains why they never cook spinach. Both/and would need the verb like, and either/nor is not a correct pair.
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Question 4
Which word best completes the sentence? "Not only did Jada win the race, ____ she also set a school record."
Correct answer: A
The correlative pair is not only ... but also. The other words do not pair with not only.
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Question 5
Which word best completes the sentence? "Both the coach ____ the players were proud of the season."
Correct answer: D
Both always pairs with and. That is also why the verb is were: the subject is two groups.
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Question 6
Which word is a subordinating conjunction in this sentence? "Although the test was hard, Malik finished early."
Correct answer: B
Although begins the part of the sentence that cannot stand alone and connects it to the main idea, "Malik finished early."
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Question 7
The cat hid beneath the porch during the storm.
Which prepositional phrase tells WHEN?
Correct answer: C
During the storm tells when the cat hid. Beneath the porch is also a prepositional phrase, but it tells where.
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Question 8
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Correct answer: D
A mild interjection at the start of a sentence is followed by a comma. No comma belongs between I and the verb forgot.
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Question 9
Which word is used as a conjunction in this sentence? "I wanted to go to the fair, yet I stayed home to finish my project."
Correct answer: B
Yet joins two complete sentences and shows a contrast, much like but. It is a coordinating conjunction here.
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Question 10
Which word best completes the sentence? "I can't decide ____ to join the art club or the chess club."
Correct answer: C
Whether ... or is used to talk about a choice you are deciding on. "Decide either to join" and "decide neither to join" are not correct English.
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