ELA test prep3

ELA test prep3

Multiple Choice

A student is writing a research report about ways some organizations are helping cheetahs to survive. Which research question would provide the most useful information?

• How many cheetahs are left in the world?

• What is being done by others to protect cheetahs?

• How do cheetahs protect themselves from danger?

• What has caused the population of cheetahs to go down?

Multiple Select

A student is writing a report about the parts of mountain bikes. Read the paragraph headings from a source. Which paragraphs most likely have information for the report? Choose two answers.

• Building a Mountain Bike

• Features of a Mountain Bike

• Being Safe on a Mountain Bike

• Top Two Mountain Bikes of the Year

• Choosing the Best Mountain Bike Trails

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. Monday is Labor Day so students will not be in school. Where should a comma be placed to correct the sentence?

• after Monday

• after Day

• after so

• after students

Multiple Choice

Read a student’s paragraph about orangutans.

_________ These giant apes live in trees most of the time, and they can move from branch to branch easily. They swing through the trees using their long arms, long fingers, and toes. Some male orangutans have an arm span of about 7.5 feet. Their hands and feet are like human hands and feet because they have an opposable thumb and a big toe for grasping objects.

What is the best topic sentence for the paragraph?

• Orangutans have special features to help them survive.

• Orangutans prefer the forests on the island of Borneo

• Orangutans are similar to humans in many ways.

• Orangutans live in Southeast Asia.

Multiple Choice

Read the sentences. Circle the word that correctly completes the last sentence. Barry was disappointed. He wanted to play baseball, but all his friends were busy. Because he did not want to waste the beautiful summer day, ( I / he / they ) decided to go swimming instead.

• I

• he

• they

Multiple Select

A student made a plan for a research report. Read the plan and the directions that follow.

Research Report Plan Topic: Grand Canyon

Audience: fourth-grade students

Purpose: to inform

Research Question: How did the Grand Canyon form?

Which sources would most likely have information for the report? Choose two answers

• a travel video showing views of the Grand Canyon

• a book called Cut by River: The Making of the Grand Canyon

• a link titled “Wildlife in the Grand Canyon” on a national park website

• a personal essay called “My Adventure Trip to the Grand Canyon”

• a magazine article titled “Rocks and Rivers in the Creation of the Grand Canyon”