Spectrum reading grade 7

Read this excerpt from "their finest hour": Let is therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British empire and its commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, "this was their finest hour.

What is the rule about subjects joined by and?

Choose the correct possessive pronoun to use in place of the highlighted word (s). I like my brothers' shirts. A. our B. their C. theirs D. mine

Which statement is true about editing and proofreading?

Read this excerpt from "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."[H]e would grab that other dog jest by the j'int of his hind leg and freeze to it-not chaw, you understand, ...

Which sentence is written correctly? A. After the game was finished, the team leap for joy, celebrating its victory. After the game was finished, the team had leap for joy, celebrating its victory.

Which of the following is a fragment? a. The dancer floated across the stage. b. The rams locked horns, and the tourists watched them from far away. c. The canoe with the blue stripes. d. The truth can be unpleasant.

Which of the following is a characteristic of poetic license? Select one: a. imaginary words b. lowercase letters c. misspelled words d. precise rules

Which statement compares two elements? A. I feel like Shakespeare's sonnets take too much concentration. I prefer his plays because you can really get lost in them. B. I prefer music with an easy beat, like reggae.

There, on a sunny peninsula in southern Europe, surrounded by the clear blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea, ideas and principles were forged that still shape our modern world.