Reading Stand Alone Questions Part 3

Read the sentence.

After many days of raining, the submerged roads made it difficult to drive.

Based on the sentence, the word submerged means —

• floating in water

• covered with water

• warned others

• easily seen

A dictionary is different from a thesaurus because it is —

• found in the back of most textbooks

• mainly used to find the meaning of a word

• a word reference material

• used to find synonyms for words

A glossary is different from a dictionary because it is —

• used to give the meaning of a word

• examples of words that can replace a certain word

• a word reference material

• found in the back of most textbooks

Read the sentence.

When the ladies hats flew off their head into the wind, they scurried to catch them.

In this sentence, the ladies hats should be written —

• the ladies's hats

• the ladie's hats

• the ladies' hats

• as it is

Read the sentence.

Grace has to refill her three dog's' food bowls every day after school. In this sentence, dog's' food bowls should be written —

• as it is

• dogs' food bowls

• dogs's food bowls

• dogs food bowls

If Jacob runs out of room on the line, how would he divide the word "understand"?

• underst-and

• under-stand

• u-nderstand

• und-erstand

Which is the correct use?

The students need to bring (there, they're their) notebooks to class.

• there

• they're

• their

Which is used correctly?

(You're, your, yore) the fastest runner in the class.

• You're

• Your

• Yore

Which is used correctly?

You can find the answer by looking over (their, there, they're).

• their

• there

• they're

Which is used correctly?

I am (to, too, two) tired to walk any further.

• to

• too

• two