Pre/Post assessment 5th Grade ELA

Choose the correct correlative conjunctions.

Mrs. Henry enjoys ________ gardening __________ reading.

• neither/nor

• both/and

• either/but

• whether/nor

Which sentence uses the correlative conjunctions correctly?

• Both your brother or you have the same hair color.

• You can either go to the fair, or go to the movies.

• Not only did the teacher give me a test, but also a bad grade.

• Neither the girls or the boys is winning the attendance award.

Barefoot, The warm mud molds my feet.

• see
• hear
• touch
• taste

My brush strolled across the old woman's dry brittle hair.

• see
• smell
• touch
• taste

Animals that turn white to match the snow in winter is an example of ____________.

• learned behavior

• adaptation

• community

A dog that does a trick to receive a treat is showing a ___________.

• shelter

• adaptation

• learned behavior

Mr. Martinez was thinking about Juan, who had been late three times in the last two weeks. Mr. Martinez had hired him to help with deliveries. Customers were beginning to complain. Mr. Martinez glared at Juan as he came in the door.

Mr. Martinez is most likely_______.

• pleased with Juan

• angry at customers

• angry at Juan

• making lots of money

The children had emptied their desks and put everything but their books into a paper sack to take home. The bulletin boards were bare and the chairs stacked against the wall. The teacher gave the children report cards and hugs as they went out the door.

It is most likely _______.

• end of the first week of school

• beginning of summer vacation

• time for parent-teacher conferences

• time for afternoon recess