Reading Spring Benchmark Review

What change should be made in sentence 6?

(6) We went to the store to get candy tacos, and chips.

• Change went to go

• Change candy to Candy

• Delete the comma after tacos

• Insert a comma after candy

Answer explanation

This sentence was listing items that were bought at the store. You will need commas to list items in a series.

What change needs to be made in sentence 12?

(12) I wrote a letter to my mom that was titled "our Vacation".

• change wrote to write

• change mom to Mom

• change was to were

• Change "our Vacation" to "Our Vacation"

What change needs to be made in the sentence?

The grand canyon is located in the United States.

• Change grand canyon to Grand Canyon

• change located to locate

• change United States to united states

• No change needs to be made

What change needs to be made in the sentence below?

Let's ride our bikes to Mikes house to play basketball.

• change our to hour

• change Let's to Lets

• change Mikes to Mike's

• no change needs to be made

What is the MOST effective way to revise sentence 8?

• Loudly, children played inside the gym with equipment like soccer balls, hula hoops, and basketballs.

• Inside the gym children play loudly with equipment like soccer balls, hula hoops, and basketballs.

• Children play inside the gym with equipment like soccer balls, hula hoops, and basketballs loudly.

David wants to add a more descriptive word than "it" in his story. What word should replace "it" in the sentence below?

(10) I love playing basketball against my friend Sam. (11) When we play it, we have a great time!

• basketball

• stuff

• make

• again

Which sentence should Antonio add to the conclusion of his paper that is titled "The Texas State Fair"?

• That is the end of my story.

• And many kids love going there every year.

• The Texas State Fair continues to be the most popular fair in Texas!

• You should go because I love it!

The suffix -ly in the word loudly helps the reader understand that loudly means -

• in a loud way

• to be loud again

• able to be loud

• to be loud in the past tense

The rain kissed the sides of my face as it fell down.

The figurative language in the sentence above helps the reader by -

• to suggest that it is raining hard outside

• to describe rain that can't be seen

• to emphasize that the rain is lightly coming down

• to emphasize why it is raining

Which sentence shows that the passage is in first person point-of-view?

• I am so tired today.

• Joel wants to come over and play video games.

• They ran around the school all day.

• It will start to snow any minute.