Diagnostic Test
Skill Check A Compound Nouns Circle the compound noun
Skill Check B Common or Proper Label common or proper
Skill Check C: Pronouns and Antecedents Circle the pronouns and draw an arrow to its antecedant
Skill Check D Personal Pronouns Circle the Personal Pronouns
Skill Check E Demonstrative pronouns Circle the demonstrative pronouns and draw an arrow to the word to which each refers.
Skill Check A Compound Nouns Circle the compound noun
- The long jump and the shot put are on the first day.
- The high jump takes place on that day also.
- One event on the second day is the pole vault.
- A timekeeper records each athlete's time in the footraces.
Skill Check B Common or Proper Label common or proper
- The final event in the decatholon is the 1,500 meter run.
- In 1912, Jim Thorpe won a competition in Sweden.
- Daley Thompson of Great Britain was a two-time winner.
- Bob Mathias won several gold medals in the international competitions for the United States.
Skill Check C: Pronouns and Antecedents Circle the pronouns and draw an arrow to its antecedant
- The Greeks had the pentathlon in their competitions.
- There were pentathlons for men and women, but they didn't compete against each other.
- An athlete's poins in each event would be added to his total.
- Canada added a modern pentathlon to its track meets.
Skill Check D Personal Pronouns Circle the Personal Pronouns
- Do you know what events are in the the pentathlon?
- Two of them are fencing and swimming?
- I think cross-country is the most difficult.
- They also include a horseback-riding event in most pentathlons.
Skill Check E Demonstrative pronouns Circle the demonstrative pronouns and draw an arrow to the word to which each refers.
- The triathlon includes three events. These are very challenging.
- Thos are the participants in this event.
- That is a distance I cannot run.
- Many triathlons are held in Hawaii. That is a popular location.