EOG Review 5/1-5/5

John is a boy scout. VS John was a boy scout.

Jill sees a bird. VS Jill saw a bird.

The dog runs fast. VS The dog ran fast.

Each of these opposing sentences shows a change from a verb in the present tense to a verb in the _____ tense.

Answer explanation

Pay close attention to the verb tense (Present, Past, or Future) as you read. It can help you determine the story's setting OR see a change in the setting (Example: Flashback)

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1D

John is a boy scout. VS He was a boy scout.

Jill sees a bird. VS She saw a bird.

The dog runs fast. VS It ran fast.

In each of the opposing sentences a noun in the first sentence is replaced by its matching _____ in the second sentence.

Answer explanation

An author will never use a pronoun (Examples: He, She, It, We, They, Us, etc.) without using the noun it replaces first. Use this knowledge to improve your reading comprehension.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

My friend is sometimes hasty when he does his homework. He does it too quickly and is careless.

The word hasty can be figured out using several types of clues. The tone of the two sentences tells us that the author considers being hasty a _____ quality.

Answer explanation

Since you know "hasty" is something negative, you would not choose an answer such as "focused" as its meaning.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

My friend is sometimes hasty when he does his homework. He does it too quickly and is careless.

Another type of clue to help us figure out the meaning of hasty is its function/purpose in the sentence. Here, it is used to _____ my friend "when he does his homework."

Answer explanation

Since you know that "hasty" describes the friend, you wouldn't choose an answer like "computer" which is something you might use (Action verb) during homework.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

My friend is sometimes hasty when he does his homework. He does IT too quickly and is careless.

What is IT in the second sentence?

Answer explanation

Not understanding what "it" is can cause you not to connect "hasty" and its meaning in the second sentence.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

My friend is sometimes hasty WHEN he does his homework. He does it too quickly and is careless.

WHEN is a signal word indicating the sentence's structure is a _____. WHEN shows that he is doing his homework at the same time he is hasty.

Answer explanation

"When" can signal sequence or cause and effect. When I run, my stomach hurts. (Cause and Effect). I was sleeping when Bill was working. (Sequence meaning at the same time or while).

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

My friend is sometimes hasty when he does his homework. He does it too quickly and is careless.

The second sentence give us a definition of hasty. He does his homework _____. This makes him hasty.

Answer explanation

Careless is not a synonym of hasty. It is an effect.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What did Jackie Robinson do that allowed him to block out (ignore) the names he was called while playing baseball?

To answer this question you must see a _____ relationship between what Jackie did and the result he got when he did it.

Answer explanation

If you just read words and don't read actively, you are going to miss a lot of clues that will improve your comprehension.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

1. I heard Mrs. Jones ask me to stop talking. I was confused since I wasn't, so I asked her why she thought I was talking.

2. Jimmy looked confused when Mrs. Jones asked him to stop talking. He politely asked her, "Why do you think I'm talking?"

These 2 examples show the same event, but from different _____.

Answer explanation

Two different characters or people who witnessed the same event will often disagree about what they saw or heard. In other words, they have different points of view.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is the most likely reason Jessica pretends not to see Carl when he walks by?

What reading skill does this question ask you to use to get the correct answer?

Answer explanation

If a question uses a word or phrase such as most likely, best, major, etc., you are being asked to make a logical choice (inference) when more than one answer might seem correct.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1