SRI Practice Test

Jaz has a secret. She wants to tell a friend. She gets close. She cups her hands to her mouth. Quietly, she tells the news.

She _________.

• whispers

• stands

• waves

• skips

Sam plays with his dog. His name is Spot. He throws the ball to Spot. Spot brings it back.

Spot ________ it.

• reads

• catches

• rides

• walks

The birds fly across the sky. They fly over the tall trees. They look small in the air.

They are ______.

• near

• high

• glad

• last

Amelia Bedelia turned and went into the kitchen. She put some of this and a lot of that into a big pot. She put the pot on the stove. "There," she said. "I'll surprise them."

She was ______.

• cooking

• sleeping

• running

• crying

They were busy most of the afternoon. Her hair fell down into her eyes. Her back hurt from bending over.

She was _______.

• tired

• honest

• sorry

• scared

Some animals hibernate. They go into a deep winter sleep. Some people say that bears don't really hibernate. Bears can wake up. They wake up if you bother them. So if you see a sleeping bear, shhhhh!

Be _____ around these animals.

• clean

• quiet

• funny

• helpful

Toads can survive in the water. Their bodies are built to swim. But they prefer a dry, grassy field.

Toads like to live on _____.

• mountains

• streets

• rivers

• land

When the boys came home, she begged them to teach her what they had learned that day. But they didn't want to talk about school or learning. They only wanted to wrestle with her and tease her. The Thomas children thought Deborah was odd, even a little crazy. Why did she care so much about school? Why did she ask so many questions?

They thought Deborah was _______.

• shy

• weird

• forgetful

• shy

"Oh, yes," Mom went on. "It seems that there is a skateboard contest this Saturday. And it seems that Jordy Shepherd is going to be in it. In fact, he's become quite the seventh grade champion."

He is going to _______ this weekend.

• compete

• lose

• work

• watch

Ships going to Europe had to go by the Bahama Islands. There the pirates waited. Pirates would board the Spanish ships and take the gold.

The gold was ______.

• ruined

• buried

• stolen

• worthless