English Skills Test

1. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
   
   a)  Red buds showed on most all the trees, and a fuzzy greenness surrounded the branchs of the willows.
   b)  Pa and Molly were in such fine spirits, I found myself joining in the singing and fooling.
   c)  We stopped to watch a flock of turkeies so caught up in their courting gamees that they paid us no mind.
   d)  The gobblers spread their fancy tail feathers and strutted about, showing them off for the henes, who were more interested in looking for buges in the grass.
    
2. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
   
   a)  Pa stopped working on the ropees he was tying and gave me a long look.
   b)  Pa fidgeted with the reines, then he hitched the wagon to Job.
   c)  Ezra and Nathan's lifes were linked together over the experiences they had shared.
   d)  Orioles, blue jays, and finches flew about, gathering sticks and grasses for their nests, and even the shyest creatures-the raccoons, groundhogs, foxes and deer-were out sniffing the air and feeling the sun on their faces.
    
3. Choose the sentence that is NOT written correctly.
   
   a)  It's good to have Ezras hat, but I don't need it to remember him.
   b)  There were two rounded halves, held together by a clasp.
   c)  I spread my arms wide to take in the forest and the sky and Kansas and the whole world beyond.
   d)  If I could fiddle like Eli, I could tell the story better than with words, maybe, 'cause it seems to me life is like Eli's playing.
    
4. Choose the sentence that uses plurals and possessives correctly.
   
   a) Nathans pa wore a locket with his wife's hair inside.
   b) Two year's ago Nathan's ma died.
   c) The dog's were kept in the house to warn against strangers.
   d) Mama's medicine bag was full of herbs from all over the world.
    
5. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
   
   a) Nathans sister was named Molly.
   b) The guns bullets were no where to be found.
   c)  Molly's favorite game was hopscotch.
   d) The rabbit's were running and hiding in their burrows.
    
6. Choose the sentence that uses plurals and possessives correctly.
   
   a) The fiddlers' played all day long.
   b) The clop clop of Job's hooves soon lulled Nathan to sleep.
   c) There were tears streaming down folks's faces, and they didn't even know it.
   d) Mr. Whitefield made a speech and handed Eli the five-dollar gold piece that was this years prize.
    
7. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
   
   a) The hostilities' with the Shawnee had all but stopped.
   b) Congress had passed something they called the Removal Act.
   c) The Shawnees generosity was evident when they gave Daniel Boone moccasins' and a gun.
   d) Daniel Boone was ungrateful and wanted revenge on the Shawnees'.
    
8. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
   
   a) Eli was the bestest fiddle player in town.
   b) The Whitefield's store was the better in the whole territory.
   c) One of the best festivities was listening to Eli Tanner play his fiddle.
   d) Some were good, and some were pretty terribler than the others.
    
9. Choose the sentence that is NOT written correctly.
   
   a) The ground was warmer where the sun had thawed the ice a little.
   b) We took turns digging the frozen earth until we made a shallow grave.
   c) Nathan and Pa covered the grave with the bigest rockes they could carry.
   d) Even though Weasel was the meanest human around, he deserved a civilized burial.
    
10. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
    
    a) The Colin's twin aunts, Carolina and Georgia Whitefield, played the longest song I had ever heard.
    b) Hector Whynot's fiddle playing was best than Nathan's.
    c) Elis playing  was the longest and fastest of the night.
    d) When Eli finished, the town was the most quietest it had been all night.

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1. b
2. d
3. a
4. d
5. c
6. b
7. b
8. c
9. c
10. a