ELA State Test Prep

What is main idea?

• The topic of a text.

• An idea that is main.

• Author's biography.

• Historical text.

What is the central message the author is trying to convey in the text?

• The author's shoe size

• The central message the author is trying to convey in the text.

• The best vacation spot

• The author's favorite color

What can you infer from the picture?

• It is snowing.

• They went swimming.

• They are at home.

• It is raining while they are at school.

The weather is _______ cold to be wearing only a T-shirt.

Which of the following homophones correctly completes the sentence?

• too

• to

• tue

• two

Which sentence has correct capitalization?

• George washington crossed the Potomac river.

• George Washington crossed the Potomac River.

• George Washington crossed the Potomac river.

• George Washington crossed the potomac river.

Read the sentences.

Dylan is brave. He isn't scared of anything.

How can a conjunction be used to combine these two sentences?

• Dylan is brave but isn't scared of anything.

• Dylan is brave yet isn't scared of anything.

• Dylan is brave, and he isn't scared of anything.

• Dylan is brave, nor isn't scared of anything.

How should the run-on sentence above best be written?

• Connor took his time, walking home from school, he got in trouble with his mom.

• Connor took his time walking home from school, he got in trouble with his mom

• Connor took his time walking home from school, so he got in trouble with his mom.

• Connor took his time, walking home from school so got in trouble with his mom.

Jeff's father was irate because Jeff didn't clean his room and then had a bad attitude all day long.

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

• happy

• angry

• not bothered

• tired

What is the theme?

• Be honest.

• Don't be greedy.

• Always share your things with others.

• Be respectful to others.

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• Kelly said Kim wants to play inside, not outside.

• Kelly said, "Kim wants to play inside, not outside.

• "Kelly said, " Kim wants to play inside, not outside.

• Kelly said, "Kim wants to play inside, not outside."