Common Core: 1st Grade English Language Arts : Common Core: 1st Grade English Language Arts

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Example Questions

Example Question #9 : Use Frequently Occurring Adjectives: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.1.1.F

Select the adjective from the sentence below:

Drew is angry today. 

Possible Answers:

Drew

today

is

angry

Correct answer:

angry

Explanation:

An adjective describes a noun.

"Angry" is describing Drew. 

Example Question #10 : Use Frequently Occurring Adjectives: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.1.1.F

Select the adjective from the sentence below:

Brooke is tired today. 

Possible Answers:

today

is

tired

Brooke

Correct answer:

tired

Explanation:

An adjective describes a noun.

"Tired" is describing Brooke. 

Example Question #81 : Common Core: 1st Grade English Language Arts

Select the adjective from the sentence below:

He drove the small car. 

Possible Answers:

the

He

small

drove

Correct answer:

small

Explanation:

An adjective describes a noun.

"Small" is describing the car. 

Example Question #82 : Common Core: 1st Grade English Language Arts

Select the adjective from the sentence below:

Megan is excited because it is Friday. 

Possible Answers:

Friday

because

excited

is

Correct answer:

excited

Explanation:

An adjective describes a noun.

"Excited" is describing Megan. 

Example Question #1 : Use Frequently Occurring Conjunctions: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.1.1.G

Fill in the blank with the correct conjunction.

The grass is tall __________ green. 

Possible Answers:

but

so

and

or

Correct answer:

and

Explanation:

Conjunctions put words and sentences together. 

"And" connects words that go together. "Tall" and "green" both go together when describing grass, so "and" is the correct conjunction. 

"But" connects words that are opposite or different. 

"Or" connects choices. 

"So" connects something that happened because of something else. 

Example Question #2 : Use Frequently Occurring Conjunctions: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.1.1.G

Fill in the blank with the correct conjunction.

The car is both small ___________ red. 

Possible Answers:

and

or

so

but

Correct answer:

and

Explanation:

Conjunctions put words and sentences together. 

"And" connects words that go together. 

"But" connects words that are opposite or different. 

"Or" connects choices. 

"So" connects something that happened because of something else. 

Small and red go together to tell us about the car. So "and" is the correct answer. 

Example Question #3 : Use Frequently Occurring Conjunctions: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.1.1.G

Fill in the blank with the correct conjunction.

You can have either apples _______ pears? 

Possible Answers:

and

so

but

or

Correct answer:

or

Explanation:

Conjunctions put words and sentences together. 

"And" connects words that go together. 

"But" connects words that are opposite or different. 

"Or" connects choices. 

"So" connects something that happened because of something else. 

"Either" tells us it's a choice. "Or" is the correct answer. 

Example Question #81 : Common Core: 1st Grade English Language Arts

Fill in the blank with the correct conjunction.

We can drink either milk _______ water.  

Possible Answers:

so

or

but

and

Correct answer:

or

Explanation:

Conjunctions put words and sentences together. 

"And" connects words that go together. 

"But" connects words that are opposite or different. 

"Or" connects choices. 

"So" connects something that happened because of something else. 

"Either" tells us it's a choice. "Or" is the correct answer. 

Example Question #5 : Use Frequently Occurring Conjunctions: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.1.1.G

Fill in the blank with the correct conjunction.

The dog is both brown _________ black. 

Possible Answers:

so

and

or

but

Correct answer:

and

Explanation:

Conjunctions put words and sentences together. 

"And" connects words that go together. 

"But" connects words that are opposite or different. 

"Or" connects choices. 

"So" connects something that happened because of something else. 

Black and brown go together to tell us what color the dog is. So "and" is the correct answer. 

Example Question #6 : Use Frequently Occurring Conjunctions: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.1.1.G

Fill in the blank with the correct conjunction.

The apple is red _______ round. 

Possible Answers:

and

but

so

or

Correct answer:

and

Explanation:

Conjunctions put words and sentences together. 

"And" connects words that go together. 

"But" connects words that are opposite or different. 

"Or" connects choices. 

"So" connects something that happened because of something else. 

Red and round go together to tell us about the apple. So "and" is the correct answer. 

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