Vocabulary and Comprehension Quiz

I had to handle the vase gingerly.

• carefully

• firmly

• quickly

• roughly

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

His father used just one match to ignite the charcoal pieces.

• glow and then die

• extinguish flame

• flickering light

• catch fire

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Peter tried to start the campfire, but it just sputtered.

• made roaring sounds

• made popping sounds

• made rustling sounds

• made whooshing sounds

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

My brother is painstaking in his preparations to go hiking.

• careful

• easy

• hurtful

• thoughtless

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Choose the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word: ar as in sparks.

• alert

• borrow

• dirty

• perhaps

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The word below that contains the same r-controlled vowel sound as the word mystery is —

• before

• circus

• tardy

• morning

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Select the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word: or as in storm.

• store

• start

• stir

• star

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The campfire crackled as it burned through the night.

• made popping sounds

• made sizzling sounds

• made hissing sounds

• made booming sounds

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Choose the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word: er as in her.

• bear

• herd

• heart

• hair

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word: ir as in bird?

• fire

• fur

• stir

• star

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A