Benchmark Review

Read the sentences from the passage. Research the subject, write interview questions, tape-record interviews, and transcribe responses. What does transcribe mean?

• interpret

• listen to

• shorten

• write out

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What type of information would most help the viewers understand the artifacts and documents in the display?

• a state map

• a recent photograph of the lake

• a student's history textbook

• a timeline of the area’s history

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Read the sentence. Before going on the trip, Kathleen and her mother had stuffed their suitcases full of clothes and snacks. Which is the best revision of the underlined part of this sentence?

• Kathleen and her mother stuffed their suitcases full of clothes and snacks

• Kathleen and her mother are stuffing their suitcases full of clothes and snacks

• Kathleen and her mother have stuffed their suitcases full of clothes and snacks

• Leave as is.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Read the sentence. Usually, Peter carefully saved and managed his money. He spent $70 on a toaster. How could the second sentence be revised to clarify the author’s ideas?

• During the icy winter last year, he spent $70 on a toaster.

• He was always doing things like spending $70 on a toaster.

• It was quite unexpected, then, when he spent $70 on a toaster.

• This pattern continued last week, when he spent $70 on a toaster.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

The shortened form of a longer word is called a clipped word. The word burger, for example, is a clipped form of the word hamburger. Which word has a clipped form that is often used in its place?

• acrobat

• auditorium

• atmosphere

• advertisement

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Read the sentence. Aunt May has to visit a sick friend and then drop off her dry cleaning and then stop at the store. How should the sentence best be written?

• After visiting a sick friend and dropping off her dry cleaning, Aunt May has to stop at the store.

• Aunt May has to visit a sick friend and she also has to drop off her dry cleaning and stop at the store.

• Visiting a sick friend and dropping off her dry cleaning and stopping at the store are what Aunt May has to do.

• Aunt May has to do some things involving a sick friend and her dry cleaning and stopping at the store.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Read the sentence. The four companies’ products earned people’s praise and admiration. What is the correct way to write the underlined word?

• companies

• companys’

• company’s

• Leave as is.

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Read the sentence. Gerald’s grandfather was pleased by the children’s behavior. What change, if any, should be made to the sentence to use the active voice?

• The children’s behavior pleased Gerald’s grandfather.

• Gerald’s grandfather has been pleased by the children’s behavior.

• Gerald’s grandfather had been pleased by the children’s behavior.

• Leave as is.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

The shortened form of a longer word is called a clipped word. The word burger, for example, is a clipped form of the word hamburger. Which word has a clipped form that is often used in its place?

• airport

• factory

• apartment

• gymnasium

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Read the sentence. On the news, the reporter talked about how the city had just made a wider road. How could this sentence be rewritten to express the ideas more clearly?

• On the news, the city recently widened the road, according to the reporter.

• The news reporter discussed how the city recently widened the road.

• The reporter talked about how the city had widened a road on the news.

• The city recently widened the road according to the reporter on the news.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10