1. ELA CST Prep #3! Mrs. Slim, your Teacher-Librarian, found these questions at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/css05rtq.asp Start quiz! For more prep, go to www.ilovelibraries.com! Click on the blue buttons!

2. 1.If Howard had not believed in himself and his play—if he had not persevered until failure became success—he might of given up and pursued a different career. What is the correct way to revise the underlined words in this sentence? he might of give up and pursue a different career. he might have given up and pursued a different career. he might give up and pursue a different career.

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5. 2. He went to the University of California and then to Harvard after he got well, where he earned a master’s degree. What is the best way to rewrite the sentence to improve the placement of modifiers? After he got well, he went to the University of California and then to Harvard, where he earned a master’s degree. He went to the University of California and then to Harvard, where he earned a master’s degree after he got well. He went after he got well to the University of California and then to Harvard, where he earned a master’s degree.

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8. 3. Which word is spelled incorrectly? frequently prominent traviled

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11. 4. When Josephine was ten years old, her mother was moving the family west to Los Angeles, California. moved had moved will move What is the correct way to rewrite the underlined part of the sentence to maintain consistent verb tense?

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14. 5. In 1862, she moved north to San Francisco where her reputation as a poet took off. grew larger surpassed flourished Which word or words best replace the underlined words in the sentence to create a more precise meaning?

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17. 6. When a student types the final draft of her report, what line spacing should she use? double line spacing 1.5 line spacing single line spacing

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20. 7. Young children love it when they have your full attention, and they listen to your every word which is why mentoring is so important. word. Which is why Leave as is. word, which is why Which is the correct way to punctuate the underlined part of the sentence?

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23. 8. It is in early childhood that children begin to form their own opinions about school and begin to illicit the input of peers. peers their own illicit Which underlined word in the sentence is used incorrectly?

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26. 9. She also was publishing a daily syndicated newspaper column, hosted her own radio program, and lectured throughout the country. was published publishes published Which is the best way to rewrite the underlined part of the sentence using correct grammar?

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29. 10. In places where the water has evaporated, limestone has formed again creating unusual and exotic shapes. formed again: creating formed again, creating formed again; creating What is the correct way to write the underlined words?

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31. Excellent! Remember to eat right and get a good night’s sleep on test days (and every day)!