Name: ______________________ Class: _________________ Date: _________

Great Writing 1: Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs Unit 1: Sentence Basics

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete each sentence with the correct subject, verb, or object. You will
not use all the words.

coffee speak Maya pay runs classes They

1. I ________________ all of my bills online.

2. They drink ________________ every morning.

3. ________________ likes action movies.

4. Rashid ________________ five miles every day.

5. We take ________________ at the community college.

INSTRUCTIONS: Read the paragraph and complete the statements that follow.

(1) My best friend Anna is from Canada. (2) Anna is a hard-working mother. (3) She is busy every
day. (4) She has three children, and they are all boys! (5) Their names are Lucas, Simon, and Adam. (6)
Lucas and Simon are twins, and Adam is a baby. (7) All of the boys are energetic and happy. (8) Lucas
and Simon go to school every day. (9) The school is in the neighborhood. (10) Anna usually walks the
twins to school, and then goes to the park with Adam.

____ 6. Sentence 1 has the pattern: ________________________.

a. subject + be + adjective(s)
b. subject + be + noun(s)/noun phrase
c. subject + be + prepositional phrase

____ 7. Sentence 3 has the pattern: ________________________.

a. subject + be + adjective(s)
b. subject + be + noun(s)/noun phrase
c. subject + be + prepositional phrase

____ 8. Sentence 5 has the pattern: ________________________.

a. subject + be + adjective(s)
b. subject + be + noun(s)/noun phrase
c. subject + be + prepositional phrase

____ 9. Sentence 9 has the pattern: ________________________.

a. subject + be + adjective(s)
b. subject + be + noun(s)/noun phrase
c. subject + be + prepositional phrase

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Name: ______________________

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete each sentence with the correct preposition or time word. You will
not use all the words.

at daily every summer in on on Saturday twice a week

10. My brother goes to school ________________ the University of Oregon.

11. Our family takes a vacation ________________.

12. The Eiffel Tower is located ________________ Paris, France.

13. Jean sleeps until 10 o’clock ________________ mornings.

14. The fruit is ________________ the table.

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb “be.”

15. There ______ a grocery store next to the post office.

16. There ______ six colors in the South African flag.

17. There ______ three tigers in the zoo.

18. There ______ a time limit on the test—we have thirty minutes.

19. There ______ a beautiful park downtown.

Fill in the blank with the word that most naturally completes the phrase. You will not use all
the words.

common follow leader main reliable research tourist

20. a ________________ friend

21. the ________________ of a band

22. share a ________________ language

23. do ________________ for a paper

24. the ________________ event

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Great Writing 1: Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs, Fifth Edition Unit 1 Test

Name: ______________________

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the sentences with the best word in parentheses.

25. Can you help me ________________ (locate / location) your street on this map?

26. Samira has perfect ________________ (attend / attendance) in all of her classes.

27. Geology is the ________________ (science / scientific) study of Earth’s structure.

28. The specials at my favorite restaurant ________________ (vary / variety) every week.

29. What kind of music is ________________ (popular / popularity) in your country?

INSTRUCTIONS: Rewrite each sentence fragment as a complete sentence, using the

information in parentheses.

30. Angela from Chile. (is)

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31. They dinner at home. (eat)

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32. My watches TV every night. (friend)

_____________________________________________________________________

33. Me this evening. (call)

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INSTRUCTIONS: Unscramble the words and phrases to write complete sentences. Use correct
capitalization and punctuation.

34. Fowler Avenue / on / there is / an interesting museum

_____________________________________________________________________

35. on Sundays / my parents / go shopping

_____________________________________________________________________

36. at 6 o’clock / and his mother / eat dinner / Omar

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Name: ______________________

37. INSTRUCTIONS: Write 8–10 sentences about the city where you live now. Where is it? What
is the weather like? Explain what you can do there, and why you like it. Use at least two
vocabulary words or phrases presented in Unit 1.

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Answer Section

1. ANS: pay

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2. ANS: coffee

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3. ANS: Maya

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4. ANS: runs

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5. ANS: classes

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10. ANS: at

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11. ANS: every summer

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12. ANS: in

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13. ANS: on Saturday

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14. ANS: on

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15. ANS: is

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16. ANS: are

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17. ANS: are

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18. ANS: is

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19. ANS: is

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20. ANS: reliable

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21. ANS: leader

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22. ANS: common

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23. ANS: research

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24. ANS: main

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25. ANS: locate

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26. ANS: attendance

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27. ANS: scientific

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28. ANS: vary

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29. ANS: popular

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30. ANS:
Angela is from Chile.

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31. ANS:
They eat dinner at home.

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32. ANS:
My friend watches TV every night.

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33. ANS:
Call me this evening.

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34. ANS:
There is an interesting museum on Fowler Avenue.

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35. ANS:
My parents go shopping on Sundays.

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36. ANS:
Omar and his mother eat dinner at 6 o’clock.

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37. ANS:
Answers will vary.

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