Are the sentences short, long, simple, complex in Annabel Lee?

What happens after the raven flies into the speaker’s room in “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe? Arrange the events in the correct order.

A _______ agrees to help an immigrant become a citizen.

Read the passage Please to tell a little pilgrim what does the line reveal about the speaker? A. She is a holy person B. She feels insignificant C. She is a poet D. She is an educated person

Hrothgar was Beowulf's uncle.
a. True
b. False

1. Suppose you're writing a letter and you recall a word you'd like to use, but you don't know how it's spelled. If you wanted to look up the word in a dictionary, you should use any of the following techniques except A. looking up the word as you think it's spelled.
B. writing the word the way you think it's spelled to jog your recall.
C. using the first letter of the word and searching through all the entries under that letter.
D. looking up a related word that you can spell in search of clues.


2. What type of sentence is used to give a command?
A. Declarative B. Exclamatory C. Interrogative D. Imperative


3. Homophones are words that

A. sound different but have the same meanings.
B. are spelled differently but have the same meanings.
C. sound alike but have different meanings.
D. are spelled alike but have different meanings.

4. What do you need to know in order to look up a word in the dictionary?

A. How to pronounce the word B. The first few letters of the word
C. What part of speech the word is D. How many syllables the word has

5. Which of the following pairs of words are homophones?
A. Blight and bright B. Brake and break C. Dessert and desert D. Right and correct

6. Each one of the following words ends in est. Which one is spelled correctly?
A. Sweettest B. Flattest C. Sillyest D. Bigest

7. Which one of the following sentences contains a spelling error?
A. Joshua could give no good reason for his absence.
B. Evelyn was not familiar with the procedure.
C. Every autumn we visit a quaint inn near Boston.
D. What would you like for desert?


8. What is one way to turn this fragment into a complete sentence? While the choir director was out of the room.

A. Put an exclamation mark at the end
B. Add another subject to the sentence
C. Remove the word while
D. Take out the prepositional phrase

9. What kind of fragment is "near the computer"?
A. Independent clause B. Predicate C. Subordinating conjunction D. Prepositional phrase

10. Which one of the following words has the suffix -ing added correctly?
A. Talking B. Findding C. Hopeing D. Stoping

11. Which of the following is an example of a declarative sentence?

A. Job hunting is incredibly depressing right now!
B. Hand me that towel before I drop this wet bowl.
C. Precisely when were you going to tell me that?
D. My favorite television show has been renewed.

12. Eugenie walked into the kitchen with a big smile on her face. Her parents, brother, and sister were already at the table. "Good morning to the world!" she said. "Tim, hand me the orange juice. What does everyone have planned for today?"

What type of sentence is "What does everyone have planned for today?"
A. Exclamatory B. Imperative C. Interrogative D. Declarative

13. What is the purpose of the following sentence? I think it would be best to study the problem carefully.
A. It raises a question. B. It makes a statement. C. It shows strong emotion. D. It gives a command.

14. Eugenie walked into the kitchen with a big smile on her face. Her parents, brother, and sister were already at the table. "Good morning to the world!" she said. "Tim, hand me the orange juice. What does everyone have planned for today?"

Which sentence is an example of an imperative sentence?
A. Eugenie walked into the kitchen with a big smile on her face.
B. "What does everyone have planned for today?"
C. "Tim, hand me the orange juice."
D. Her parents, brother, and sister were already at the table.

15. In which sentence is a homophone used correctly?
A. Karen's new dog had flees.
B. How many ours do we have to wait?
C. The old miner was lost in the dessert.
D. If you ask me, there's no hobby like fishing.

16. What type of sentence tends to express a strong emotion?
A. Interrogative B. Declarative C. Exclamatory D. Imperative

17. Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
A. Niether B. Hieght C. Friend D. Foreign

18. Which of the following words has to be spelled differently if you're adding a suffix?
A. Enjoy B. City C. Child D. Safe

19. Which one of the following is a run-on sentence?

A. I'm not a fan of wrestling, but Leslie is.
B. I would talk to Frank if I knew him, but people don't ever talk to him.
C. Jerry told me he likes June, but Hank likes Julie better.
D. I think Frank might be too busy he likes to make people think he's smart.

20. Which of the following is a complete sentence?

A. Although Henry was unusually tall.
B. Since she was hungry, she had a snack.
C. Because I had not slept for two nights.
D. Even when the temperatures improved.

Read the summary of “The Beginnings of the Maasai.”In “The Beginnings of the Maasai,” the daughter of the Maasai explains the relationship between the Maasai and their sky god Enkai. She explains how a volcanic eruption sent Enkai and the cattle into the sky. In order to save the cattle, Enkai created a giant tree that allowed them to walk back to earth. Then, Enkai entrusted Neiterkob, the narrator’s father, and his tribe to care for the cattle. As a result, the cattle are sacred to the Maasai, and the Maasai maintain a close connection with Enkai.

Is this an effective summary of the story?