SBAC Practice

Question 1

Find the preposition. I have always wanted to go to the moon.

Accepted Answer

to

Question 2

Find one of the two verbs in the sentence. I whistled as I walked past the graveyard.

Accepted Answer

whistled, walked

Question 3

Select the sentence that has a misplaced modifier.

Accepted Answer

They wandered around the store with shopping bags.

Question 4

Select the sentence that uses commas correctly.

Accepted Answer

My friends and I went to the new slow food restaurant.

Question 5

Find the adverb. The teacher smiled cheerfully at his students.

Accepted Answer

cheerfully

Question 6

Find the grammatically correct sentence.

Accepted Answer

Annie and her brothers are at school.

Question 7

Find the indirect object. The students appreciated their teacher with a Starbucks gift card.

Accepted Answer

Starbucks gift card

Question 8

Find the sentence that is grammatically correct.

Accepted Answer

While scaling the wall, Jerry broke his leg.

Question 9

Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

Accepted Answer

I love my awesome, brilliant teacher.

Question 10

Select the sentence that uses commas correctly.

Accepted Answer

Darin has always been a difficult, troubled child.

Question 11

Revise: The dishwasher, while on, was doing other chores.

Accepted Answer

The dishwasher was on while I was doing other chores.

Question 12

What part of speech is "the meatloaf?" At the dinner table, Candice passed the meatloaf.

Accepted Answer

direct object

Question 13

Identify the choice that is a grammatically correct sentence.

Accepted Answer

Delilah is going to get a haircut tomorrow.

Question 14

Find the dependent clause: Although he was hungry, the old man never complained about it.

Accepted Answer

Although he was hungry

Question 15

Find correct version: Grandma inhaling deeply, blew out all of the candles.

Accepted Answer

Inhaling deeply, Grandma blew out all of the candles.

Question 16

Which type of sentence is this? Sal volunteers at the local food pantry three times a week.

Accepted Answer

simple

Question 17

Identify the predicate . Orchids, pale and silvery, grew on the branches of trees.

Accepted Answer

grew on the branches of trees

Question 18

Find correct revision: Blowing through it, her hair was very tangled.

Accepted Answer

With the wind blowing through it, her hair was very tangled.

Question 19

What type of sentence is this? I skateboard to school whenever the weather is nice.

Accepted Answer

complex sentence

Question 20

Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence. The king lives in a large medieval castle.

Accepted Answer

in a large medieval castle

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