HSPT Language Skills 3

Question 1

Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error?

Accepted Answer

The list of supplies are on the desk.

Answer

The team practices every afternoon.

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Each student brings a notebook.

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My friends enjoy the new game.

Question 2

Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?

Accepted Answer

The storm passed; the sky cleared quickly.

Answer

The storm passed; and the sky cleared.

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The storm passed; quickly.

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The storm; passed and cleared.

Question 3

Which word is the correct homophone for: "They left ____ books on the bus."?

Accepted Answer

their

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there

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they're

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thier

Question 4

Which sentence avoids a misplaced modifier?

Accepted Answer

I ate the cake covered in chocolate.

Answer

Covered in chocolate, I ate the cake.

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Covered in chocolate, the fork lifted the cake.

Answer

I ate covered in chocolate the cake.

Question 5

Which sentence is a run-on?

Accepted Answer

The bell rang we left class.

Answer

The bell rang, and we left class.

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When the bell rang, we left class.

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The bell rang; we left class.

Question 6

Choose the correctly spelled word.

Accepted Answer

definitely

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definately

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definatly

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definitley

Question 7

Which sentence uses the correct verb tense?

Accepted Answer

Yesterday she walked to school early.

Answer

Yesterday she walks to school early.

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Yesterday she will walk to school early.

Answer

Yesterday she walking to school early.