SRI Practice

A digger is a big machine. It can dig big holes. A digger has a leg. The leg keeps the digger steady when it digs. A digger has an arm with two parts. They are the boom and the dipper. A bucket is at the end of the arm. The boom and dipper move the bucket. The bucket digs into the ground.

The machine is made to move ____________.

• rain

• people

• dirt

• money

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Long ago there was a land with no king. The people needed a ruler to bring peace. Their only hope lay in a sword that was trapped in a rock. Only the true king could pull that sword from the stone. The sword was called Excalibur. And the boy who finally freed it was called Arthur. On that day, the kingdom of Camelot was born.

Arthur ________ the sword.

• made

• burned

• took

• disliked

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

The word "civilizations" describes an advanced society in which people have developed a system of writing and excel in the arts. They have built temples, monuments, and palaces. They have used science and technology to master their natural environment. They have government and laws to regulate human life.

Civilizations are marked by advanced __________.

• accomplishments

• disasters

• conditions

• subjects

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

As good an actor as Lionel was, he couldn't have pretended the fear that drained the color from his face. Claud, Mary Anne, and I huddled close to one another. They looked pale as Lionel. I was feeling a little faint and weak in the knees myself.

We were all _________.

• frightened

• patient

• lonely

• excited

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

When we got back to the keelboat, both Mr. Audubon and I sketched the terns. He was much pleased with what I did and told me so. He said that my sketch had spirit and excellent proportion. That sends me to bed tonight in a fine humor. It's rare that I get a compliment from the great John James Audubon!

I felt ________.

• hungry

• proud

• tired

• scared

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

Insects are much stronger than humans- for their size! An ant can lift a crumb 50 times as heavy as itself. If you were as strong, you could carry a ton of bricks.

Insects are _______.

• ugly

• powerful

• smart

• annoying

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

President Wright looked at her husband for counsel. But Mr. Wright was still in shock, drifting from one wrecked table to another. "All my careful work ruined," he said, shaking his head in disbelief.

He was ______.

• alert

• helpful

• upset

• listening.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

When he came by the high-jump pit where we were sitting, we all stared. That was where he had fallen. But he kept going, still slow, maybe even ten minutes for the quarter-mile. Once he could have run it in fifty-three seconds. He stared straight ahead, a hundred percent concentration, as if it were the conference championship or something.

He was _______.

• determined

• happy

• first

• brief

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RF.2.4C

CCSS.RL.2.1

Our city is recycling. We still put garbage in the garbage can- orange peels, chicken bones, the food we don't eat. But we keep empty glass bottles in a separate box. Aluminum cans and foil are kept separate, too. When we put the cans and bottles at the curb, we pile old newspapers beside them. We flatten our cardboard boxes and pile them next to the newspapers.

We _____ the things to recycle.

• crush

• purchase

• arrange

• weigh

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

Every so often I'd stand at the dry riverbank and gaze at the men scrambling after gold. They swung picks in great arcs. Shovel loads of the earth flew. Tents had sprung up along the bluffs like mushrooms after a rain. An army of men! And more rushing in from every directions.

The men were looking for _______.

• treasure

• snow

• animals

• food

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RL.5.1