Reading CA2 Review

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

Deon barely saw the lizard dart towards him because of how fast it was.

• to run quickly

• to move slowly

• to be nice

• to scratch

Which 2 answer choices are true about fables?

• They are organized by chapters.

• The have many rhyming words.

• They often have animal characters.

• They are written to teach a lesson about life.

The author probably wrote this poem to...

• entertain the reader with a funny story

• explain how people on Mars dress

• inform the reading about the people on Mars

• persuade the reader to go to Mars

Which is an inference you could make about this sentence?

Erika sat at the table filled with presents and blew out the candles.

• It is Erika's birthday.

• The lights are out.

• She is wrapping presents.

Read the following passage and then answer the question.

Books lay in the middle of his floor. Several broken toys were shoved halfway under the bed, and dirty clothes were everywhere. Frank's parents kept telling him to clean his room, but it never seemed to get clean. In fact, if Frank did manage to clean part of it, the rest of the room just got messier. In one corner of the room was an old peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and an open bag of potato chips was thrown on the dresser.

• Frank's room was a mess.

• A peanut butter and jelly sandwich was in one corner of the room.

• Frank liked potato chips.

• Frank got in big trouble because his room was not clean.

Is the underlined section the cause or effect?

My soccer game was cancelled because of the rain.

• cause

• effect

What text feature do you see below?

• bold print

• heading

• photograph

• diagram

Look at the dictionary entry. Which meaning of the word raised is used in the sentence below?

Ms. Tupper has raised her dog Jewel since she was a puppy.

• meaning 1

• meaning 2

• meaning 3

• meaning 4

Look at the diagram. Which sentence could complete the diagram?

• There was a tornado

• There was a wildfire

• People had to fix their houses

• People had to go to the hospital

The caption explains -

• where the photograph was taken

• why the photograph was taken

• the age of the photograph

• who is in the photograph