Benchmark Review 1-9

Read this sentence.

Katherine was cool inside her house, but she stepped outside into an oven.

What does the metaphor mean in this sentence?

• A. The temperature outside is hot.

• B. The temperature inside her house is cool.

• C. Katherine will bake something to eat outside.

• D. Katherine is going to an outdoor kitchen.

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

Read this sentence.

The sun is like the king of the solar system, and the planets are his people who surround him.

What does the sentence say about the sun?

• A. It is at the center of the solar system.

• B. It heats the solar system.

• C. It limits the forces of the solar system.

• D. It makes many things in the solar system.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which of these sentences contains a spelling error?

• A. A scientist sets up an experament to test the cause and effect of something,

• B. Besides having a lot of knowledge, a scientist must have a good imagination.

• C. A scientist may explore the causes behind natural events.

• D. When looking for an explanation, a scientist first gathers information.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Read the following sentence.

People that enjoyed the first movie will like the second one even more.

Which word should be used in place of that?

• A. who

• B. which

• C. whom

• D. what

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1A

Read sentence 2.

My family and I went on a trip to crater of diamonds state park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.

What is the correct way to capitalize the underlined words?

• A. Crater of Diamonds State Park

• B. Crater Of Diamonds State Park

• C. crater of diamonds State Park

• D. Crater of Diamonds state park

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

My family came unwilling to have fun digging in the ground.

Which word is the BEST replacement for the word unwilling?

• A. prepared

• B. unready

• C. gratefully

• D. quickly

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

After about an hour of digging, I saw a brown, tiny, round stone the size of a freckle.

What is the correct way to write the underlined phrase?

• A. a tiny, round, brown stone

• B. a round, tiny, brown stone

• C. a brown, round, tiny stone

• D. a round, brown, tiny stone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Read sentence 12.

For a diamond to shine, it has to be cut and unformed.

Which word is the correct replacement for the word

unformed?

• A. shaped

• B. sold

• C. damaged

• D. painted

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

John worked with a plane to smooth the sides of a writing desk. Swish, swish . . . wood shavings drifted to the floor like snowflakes.

Now read this dictionary entry.

Which meaning of the word plane is used in paragraph 7?

• A. definition 1

• B. definition 2

• C. definition 3

• D. definition 4

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C