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Sixth Grade (Grade 6) Grammar Questions

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Grade 6 Capitalization
Which sentence uses capitalization correctly?
  1. The town where I live, located east of Memphis, is typical of others found in western Tennessee.
  2. The town where I live, located East of Memphis, is typical of others found in Western Tennessee
  3. The town where I live, located east of Memphis, is typical of others found in Western Tennessee
Grade 6 Capitalization and Punctuation
Choose the sentence with correct punctuation.
  1. Our labors in life-learning, earning, and yearning-are also our reasons for living.
  2. Our labors in life, learning, earning, and yearning) are also our reasons for living.
  3. Our labors in life - learning, earning, and yearning - are also our reasons for living.
  4. Our labors in life learning, earning, and yearning are also our reasons for living.
Grade 6 Commas CCSS: CCRA.L.2, L.6.2
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
  1. “It is important Chelsea, that you wash your hands.”
  2. “It is important, Chelsea, that you wash your hands.”
  3. “It is important, Chelsea that you wash your hands.”
  4. “It is important, Chelsea, that you, wash your hands.”
Grade 6 Apostrophes
Which sentence uses apostrophes correctly?
  1. Soap do'esnt allow germs to multiply and spread.
  2. Follow the doctor's advice and you won't get sick this year.
Grade 6 Fragments and Run-ons
Grade 6 Commas CCSS: L.6.2a
Where should you insert a comma (or commas) in the following sentence?

My doctor who I've been seeing since I was born is going to retire.
  1. After "My doctor"
  2. Before "since I was born"
  3. Around "who I've been seeing since I was born"
  4. Before "is going to retire"
Grade 6 Capitalization
Which sentence uses capitalization correctly?
  1. Because mr. Welles used a real american town in New jersey as the setting for the broadcast, it caused people to panic.
  2. Because Mr. Welles used a real American town in New jersey as the setting for the broadcast, it caused people to panic.
  3. Because Mr. Welles used a real American town in New Jersey as the setting for the broadcast, it caused people to panic.
Grade 6 Prefixes and Suffixes
The prefix "trans" means across; change or beyond and the Latin word root "mit" means send. What does word transmit mean?
  1. to change from one state or position to another
  2. go beyond or rise above
  3. to send away
  4. to send across; to broadcast
Grade 6 Root Words
What is the base word of misguided?
  1. guided
  2. mis
  3. guide
  4. misguide
Grade 6 Prefixes
Grade 6 Adverbs
The little girl smiled happy at her family.

The words smiled happy should be changed to
  1. smiled happily.
  2. smiled happiness.
  3. happy smiled.
  4. no change
Grade 6 Combining Sentences CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.9-10.1
Choose the best way to combine the two sentences.

John lived on a farm.
He had a horse of this own that he loved to ride.
  1. John he had a horse of his own on the farm where he lived.
  2. John lived on a farm, and he had a horse of his own that he loved to ride.
  3. John loved to ride his horse on the farm.
  4. John loved to ride his horse he loved, and they lived on a farm.
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