IREAD Practice Test 1 Section 2

IREAD Practice Test 1 Section 2

3rd Grade

14 Qs

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IREAD Practice Test 1 Section 2

IREAD Practice Test 1 Section 2

Assessment

Quiz

English

3rd Grade

Hard

Created by

Lauryn Davis

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14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Most penguins live in a land of snow and ice. They have feathers, wings, and a beak like other birds. But they are different in two important ways. Penguins cannot fly. A penguin body is too heavy. Its wings are small, flat, and stiff. The feet of a penguin are made for swimming, not walking. Penguins look funny as they waddle across land. If they want to move quickly on land, they flop down on their bellies and slide. In the water they use their webbed feet to help them swim. The way penguins use their wings in different, too. They use their flat, stiff wings as flippers to help them swim swiftly through the cold water. They swim as well as the fish, seals, and whales. When a penguin is hungry, it dives into the ocean and hunts for food. Penguins eat shrimp like animals called krill. They also eat squid and fish. Penguins lay eggs like all birds. Some kinds of penguins make a nest of pebble. One kind holds the egg on its feet. The penguin covers the egg with a flap of skin to keep it warm. Penguin chicks are covered with fluffy feathers when they hatch. Both the mother and father penguin feed the baby. When the chick grows adult feathers, it will go to the ocean to get its own food.

Which of these sentences from the passage does NOT tell how penguins move.

Penguins look funny as the waddle across land.

If they move quickly on land, they flop on their bellies and slide.

Some kinds of penguins make a nest of pebbles.

In the water, they use their webbed feet to the help them swim.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Most penguins live in a land of snow and ice. They have feathers, wings, and a beak like other birds. But they are different in two important ways. Penguins cannot fly. A penguin body is too heavy. Its wings are small, flat, and stiff. The feet of a penguin are made for swimming, not walking. Penguins look funny as they waddle across land. If they want to move quickly on land, they flop down on their bellies and slide. In the water they use their webbed feet to help them swim. The way penguins use their wings in different, too. They use their flat, stiff wings as flippers to help them swim swiftly through the cold water. They swim as well as the fish, seals, and whales. When a penguin is hungry, it dives into the ocean and hunts for food. Penguins eat shrimp like animals called krill. They also eat squid and fish. Penguins lay eggs like all birds. Some kinds of penguins make a nest of pebble. One kind holds the egg on its feet. The penguin covers the egg with a flap of skin to keep it warm. Penguin chicks are covered with fluffy feathers when they hatch. Both the mother and father penguin feed the baby. When the chick grows adult feathers, it will go to the ocean to get its own food.

The author writes that penguins use their flippers "to help them move SWIFTLY through the cold water." Which of these words means the same as SWIFTLY?

carefully

quickly

slowly

safely

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Most penguins live in a land of snow and ice. They have feathers, wings, and a beak like other birds. But they are different in two important ways. Penguins cannot fly. A penguin body is too heavy. Its wings are small, flat, and stiff. The feet of a penguin are made for swimming, not walking. Penguins look funny as they waddle across land. If they want to move quickly on land, they flop down on their bellies and slide. In the water they use their webbed feet to help them swim. The way penguins use their wings in different, too. They use their flat, stiff wings as flippers to help them swim swiftly through the cold water. They swim as well as the fish, seals, and whales. When a penguin is hungry, it dives into the ocean and hunts for food. Penguins eat shrimp like animals called krill. They also eat squid and fish. Penguins lay eggs like all birds. Some kinds of penguins make a nest of pebble. One kind holds the egg on its feet. The penguin covers the egg with a flap of skin to keep it warm. Penguin chicks are covered with fluffy feathers when they hatch. Both the mother and father penguin feed the baby. When the chick grows adult feathers, it will go to the ocean to get its own food.

The word krill means:

penguin eggs

a type of fish

shrimp like animals

penguin babies

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Most penguins live in a land of snow and ice. They have feathers, wings, and a beak like other birds. But they are different in two important ways. Penguins cannot fly. A penguin body is too heavy. Its wings are small, flat, and stiff. The feet of a penguin are made for swimming, not walking. Penguins look funny as they waddle across land. If they want to move quickly on land, they flop down on their bellies and slide. In the water they use their webbed feet to help them swim. The way penguins use their wings in different, too. They use their flat, stiff wings as flippers to help them swim swiftly through the cold water. They swim as well as the fish, seals, and whales. When a penguin is hungry, it dives into the ocean and hunts for food. Penguins eat shrimp like animals called krill. They also eat squid and fish. Penguins lay eggs like all birds. Some kinds of penguins make a nest of pebble. One kind holds the egg on its feet. The penguin covers the egg with a flap of skin to keep it warm. Penguin chicks are covered with fluffy feathers when they hatch. Both the mother and father penguin feed the baby. When the chick grows adult feathers, it will go to the ocean to get its own food.

Which of the following is a true fact about penguins?

Penguins are not good swimmers.

Penguins are exactly like other birds.

Penguins use their wings to help them swim.

Penguins are only raised by their mothers.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following words from the passage has a suffix, and only a suffix, underlined?

swiftly

walking

cannot

covered

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Most penguins live in a land of snow and ice. They have feathers, wings, and a beak like other birds. But they are different in two important ways. Penguins cannot fly. A penguin body is too heavy. Its wings are small, flat, and stiff. The feet of a penguin are made for swimming, not walking. Penguins look funny as they waddle across land. If they want to move quickly on land, they flop down on their bellies and slide. In the water they use their webbed feet to help them swim. The way penguins use their wings in different, too. They use their flat, stiff wings as flippers to help them swim swiftly through the cold water. They swim as well as the fish, seals, and whales. When a penguin is hungry, it dives into the ocean and hunts for food. Penguins eat shrimp like animals called krill. They also eat squid and fish. Penguins lay eggs like all birds. Some kinds of penguins make a nest of pebble. One kind holds the egg on its feet. The penguin covers the egg with a flap of skin to keep it warm. Penguin chicks are covered with fluffy feathers when they hatch. Both the mother and father penguin feed the baby. When the chick grows adult feathers, it will go to the ocean to get its own food.

Why can't a penguin fly?

They do not have wings.

They weigh too much.

They would rather swim.

They are too tall.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Most penguins live in a land of snow and ice. They have feathers, wings, and a beak like other birds. But they are different in two important ways. Penguins cannot fly. A penguin body is too heavy. Its wings are small, flat, and stiff. The feet of a penguin are made for swimming, not walking. Penguins look funny as they waddle across land. If they want to move quickly on land, they flop down on their bellies and slide. In the water they use their webbed feet to help them swim. The way penguins use their wings in different, too. They use their flat, stiff wings as flippers to help them swim swiftly through the cold water. They swim as well as the fish, seals, and whales. When a penguin is hungry, it dives into the ocean and hunts for food. Penguins eat shrimp like animals called krill. They also eat squid and fish. Penguins lay eggs like all birds. Some kinds of penguins make a nest of pebble. One kind holds the egg on its feet. The penguin covers the egg with a flap of skin to keep it warm. Penguin chicks are covered with fluffy feathers when they hatch. Both the mother and father penguin feed the baby. When the chick grows adult feathers, it will go to the ocean to get its own food.

Which of the following is NOT true about penguin chicks?

They hatch from eggs.

They are fed by both the mother and father.

They care covered in feathers.

They must find their own food as soon as they are born.

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