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Beach Park
7th Grade Language Usage
Mastery Test
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Question #1:
Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A. Sue's appointment is with Dr Brown on Nov 5.
B. Sue's appointment is with Dr. Brown on Nov. 5.
C. Sue's appointment is with Dr. Brown on Nov 5.
D. Sue's appointment is with Dr Brown on Nov. 5.
Question #2:
Which type of sentence should end with an exclamation
mark?
A. exclamatory
B. imperative
C. declarative
D. interrogative
Question #3:
Choose the correct end mark for this sentence.
Do you know what absolute chronology is
A. !
B. ?
C. .
Question #7:
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. Stephen, do you know what an optical
telescope is?
B. Stephen do you know what an optical telescope
is?
Question #8:
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. Kepler, a brilliant German mathematician,
found that planets traveled in ellipses.
B. Kepler, a brilliant, German mathematician,
found that planets traveled in ellipses.
Question #9:
Correctly write and punctuate this group of words.
Yours truly
Question #10:
Correctly write and punctuate this group of words.
January 19 1898
Question #4:
Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?
A. Mr Heinrich Schliemann found the site of Troy.
B. Mr. Heinrich Schliemann found the site of Troy?
C. Mr. Heinrich Schliemann, found the site of Troy.
D. Mr. Heinrich Schliemann found the site of Troy.
Question #11:
Is this statement true or false?
Question marks should always be put outside the
quotation marks.
A. true
B. false
Question #5:
Write the postal abbreviation for this state.
Connecticut
Question #12:
Is this statement true or false?
Periods and commas should always be placed inside
quotation marks.
A. false
B. true
Question #6:
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. Campers, sailors, and explorers use the North
Star to find their directions.
B. Campers, sailors, and explorers, use the North
Star to find their directions.
Question #13:
Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A. Allen said, "That auditors should not issue a
report until the audit is completed."
B. Allen said that auditors should not issue a
report until the audit is completed.
Beach Park
7th Grade Language Usage
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Question #14:
Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A. Many candidates said "Adequate funding for
education at all levels was the top issue."
B. Many candidates said adequate funding for
education at all levels was the top issue.
Question #19:
Which mark should appear after the capitalized word?
When you go to the store, buy the following items for
ME cabbage, carrots, and apples.
A. :
B. C. ( )
D. ;
Question #15:
Choose the title that should be placed in quotation
marks.
A. Major General (person's title)
B. Where the Red Fern Grows (book title)
C. The Tell-Tale Heart (short story title)
Question #20:
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. Limners were portrait painters who traveled
from settlement to settlement.
B. Limners were portrait (painters who traveled
from settlement to settlement).
Question #16:
Write this sentence using correct punctuation.
That book was written ninety eight years ago.
Question #17:
Which mark should appear after the capitalized word?
Louise Nevelson's travels in Mexico influenced her
early work in terra COTTA baked clay that is painted
with a fine glaze).
A. )
B. (
C. :
D. Question #18:
Which mark should appear after the capitalized word?
Nevelson also designed interiors of BUILDINGS her
work is displayed all over the world.
A. ;
B. :
C. D. No punctuation is needed.
Beach Park
7th Grade Language Usage
Mastery Test
Answer Key
1. B -Sue's appointment is with Dr. Brown on Nov. 5.
2. A -exclamatory
3. B -?
4. D -Mr. Heinrich Schliemann found the site of Troy.
5. CT
6. A -Campers, sailors, and explorers use the North Star to find their directions.
7. A -Stephen, do you know what an optical telescope is?
8. A -Kepler, a brilliant German mathematician, found that planets traveled in ellipses.
9. Yours truly,
10. January 19, 1898
11. B -false
12. B -true
13. B -Allen said that auditors should not issue a report until the audit is completed.
14. B -Many candidates said adequate funding for education at all levels was the top issue.
15. C -The Tell-Tale Heart (short story title)
16. That book was written ninety-eight years ago.
17. B -(
18. A -;
19. A -:
20. A -Limners were portrait painters who traveled from settlement to settlement.