Language Arts STAAR Review

Identify the preposition in the sentence below.
The kitten was hiding under the table.

• kitten

• table

• hiding

• under

Identify the conjunction in the sentence below. I want to watch a movie, but I also want to read my book.

• watch

• but

• read

• book

Identify the underlined type of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

The wind howled through the trees and woke me up.

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence below.

• near the ocean

• saw a group

• we saw

• the ocean

Identify the VERB in the sentence below. The snake slithered across the road slowly.

• slithered

• slowly

• across

• road

Identify the correlative conjunctions in the sentence below.

We can either go to the movies, or go shopping.

• We, go

• or, go

• to, movies

• either, or

What does the underlined IDIOM mean in the sentence? Their plea for a swimming pool fell on deaf ears.

• to disregard or not listen

• someone lost their hearing

• to fall in the swimming pool

• to fall on your ear

Identify the HELPING VERB in the sentence below. We will try to win the championship game on Saturday.

• will

• win

• try

• game

Use CONTEXT CLUES to figure out the meaning of the underlined word.

The water was so frigid I had goosebumps when I got out.

• cold

• warm

• windy

• smooth

Is the verb in the past, present, or future tense?

will swim

• past

• present

• future