Reading Comprehension

The clown pulled silly faces to make the children laugh. The word silly means...

• funny

• bad

• tricky

• scary

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RL.8.4

The sentence below does not have any punctuation. Choose the option with the correct punctuation.

• i am a good runner.

• I am a good runner

• Im a good runner.

• I am a good runner.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

Emily has three dogs and two cats. They are all brown, but one of the dogs has spots. His name is Spot.

• Emily has three animals in total.

• Emily has more cats than dogs.

• All of Emily’s dogs have spots.

• None of these

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

Once Jane lifted her pen and made a start, writing the essay became easy.

If we change the start of the sentence to:

Writing the essay became easy........

• after starting.

• after lifting her pen.

• once Jane lifted her pen and made a start.

• once she lifted her pen and made a start.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.2D

The boy’s incorrigible behavior puzzled his sister.

The word incorrigible

in this sentence means:

• appalling

• reformed

• incurable

• frustrating

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RL.8.4

Choose the option which will best replace the underlined words in the sentence to make it correct.

She done it to quick, so it came out looking rough.

• done it too quickly

• quick

• did it too quickly

• did it to quickly

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CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

The sentence below does not have any punctuation. Choose the option with the correct punctuation.

one of these days said mary youll get into trouble

• One of these days, said Mary, you’ll get into trouble.

• “One of these days”, said Mary “you’ll get into trouble”

• “One of these days”, said Mary. “You’ll get into trouble.”

• “One of these days”, said Mary, “you’ll get into trouble.”

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CCSS.L.8.2A

We all love to win. However, we also have to know how to accept defeat.

If we change the above into a single sentence and begin:

We have to know how to accept defeat........

• however, we all love to win.

• but winning is better.

• so we can also love to win.

• even though we all love to win.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward

What does this sentence suggest?

• Heroes are transformed cowards.

• To be truly heroic, you first have to know the meaning of fear.

• Heroes are cowards in disguise.

• You can never be one or the other; it is always a combination of both.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

The sentence below does not have any punctuation. Choose the option with the correct punctuation.

whos going to fly qantas to sydney and use its special return offer

• who’s going to fly qantas to Sydney and use it’s special return offer?

• Who’s going to fly Qantas to Sydney and use its special return offer?

• Who’s going to fly Qantas to Sydney and use it’s special return offer?

• Whos going to fly Qantas to Sydney and use its special return offer.

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CCSS.L.8.2A