Grade 5: Writing (2003 VDOE Released Items)

Which of these is in the wrong place on Natalie's web?
1. The city pool
2. This past summer
3. You taught me to swim well.
4. How to jump off the diving board safely
How can sentences 1 and 2 best be combined?
1. I am writing to you I want to thank you for being my swimming teacher this summer.
2. I am writing to you thank you for being my swimming teacher this summer.
3. I am writing to thank you for being my swimming teacher this summer.
4. I am writing to you this summer I want to thank you for being my swimming teacher.
How is sentence 6 best written?
1. I thought that the other kids the ones in the class that they would all be able to swim better than I could.
2. To swim better than I could, I thought that the other kids in the class they would all be able to do that.
3. I thought that the other kids in the class would all be able to swim better than I could.
4. The other kids in the class I thought that they would all be able to swim better than I could.
Which of these sentences says the same thing twice?
1. I was so excited when I saw the sign about lessons at the city pool at the beginning of the summer.
2. When we started swimming lessons, I was pretty worried at the beginning.
3. Since we were having so much fun, I forgot to be afraid.
4. After a few weeks, I was feeling pretty good about swimming.
In sentence 12, what is a shorter way to write without any help from anyone else without changing the meaning?
1. not helping anyone
2. not helping
3. away from others
4. by myself
In sentence 13, we was should be written --
1. we is
2. we had been
3. we were
4. as it is
In sentence 20, My friends and I should be written --
1. My friends and me
2. Me and my friends
3. My friends and myself
4. as it is
In sentence 21, you learned us, should be written --
1. you teachs us!
2. you taught us.
3. you teached us.
4. as it is
In sentence 22, Betsys' house. should be written --
1. Betsy's house.
2. Betsys house.
3. betsy's house.
4. as it is
Jason decides to write about his visit to the Natural History Museum. Which of these would best help him write his report?
1. Make a drawing of the outside of the Natural History Museum
2. List things he did and saw at the Natural History Museum
3. Write a letter to someone at the Natural History Museum
4. Ask his friends if they would like to go to the Natural History Museum
Which of these sentences does not belong in Jason's report?
1. Sentence 4
2. Sentence 10
3. Sentence 16
4. Sentence 18
How can sentences 8 and 9 best be joined without repeating information?
1. The dinosaurs had machines inside them, but the machines made the dinosaurs move and make noise.
2. Machines inside the dinosaurs made them move and they made the dinosaurs make noise.
3. Machines inside the dinosaurs made them move and make noise.
4. The dinosaurs had machines and these machines that were inside them made them make noise.
In sentence 13, what is a shorter way to write The thing I liked the most without changing the meaning?
1. A good thing
2. A neat time
3. My best idea
4. My favorite part
Which sentence says the same thing twice?
1. I thought it would be boring and not very interesting.
2. I thought there would be many exhibits that visitors could look at but not touch.
3. The movie showed how our planet has changed because of different kinds of weather.
4. The other computers had games that visitors play.
In sentence 20, tried to guess what they were. should be written --
1. tryed to guess what they was.
2. tried to guess what they was.
3. tryed to guess what they were.
4. as it is
In sentence 21, said, I think it is a grasshopper. should be written --
1. said, "I think it is a grasshopper.
2. said, I think it is a grasshopper."
3. said, "I think it is a grasshopper."
4. as it is
In sentence 27, weight to show my teacher should be written --
1. wait to show my Teacher
2. wait to show my teacher
3. weight to show my Teacher
4. as it is
In sentence 30, wasn't what I had expected should be written --
1. wasnt' what I had expected
2. wasnt what I had expected
3. was'nt what I had expected
4. as it is
In sentence 31, had not never seen should be written --
1. had never seen
2. had not never ever seen
3. had not ever saw
4. as it is
In sentence 32, my aunt wants to take should be written --
1. my aunt wanted to take
2. my aunt want to take
3. my aunt will wants to take
4. as it is

Grade 5: Writing (2003 VDOE Released Items)

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2003 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Education; Permission to Use Granted by VDOE; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2003 Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Education; Permission to Use Granted by VDOE; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved.
No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.