ELA Practice Test

Which word from the passage has the same vowel sound you hear in see?

• sense

• piece

• tissue

• threads

Read these sentences about the passage. Smells can be good. Smells can be bad. Which is the best way to put these sentences together?

• Smells can be good and can be bad.

• Smells can be good or bad.

• Smells can be good but bad.

• Smells can be good and be too bad.

Which word from the passage has the same vowel sound you hear in soup?

• touch

• good

• your

• food

How does the reader know "Gone Fishing" is a poem?

• It has characters.

• It contains sentences.

• It could really happen.

• It is arranged by stanzas.

Why did the author most likely write the poem?

• to persuade readers that fishing is fun

• to inform readers about how to catch a fish

• to tell readers about a lake two children discover

• to entertain readers with an experience two children share

The reader knows the poem is told from the first-person point of view because

• the speaker names a type of fish.

• the speaker is a part of the action.

• the speaker tells about a real place.

• the speaker is describing a family member.

Which word best describes how the speaker feels at the end of "Gone Fishing"?

• upset

• strong

• curious

• alarmed

"Gone Fishing" was mainly about

• trout splashing in a lake.

• children not catching a fish.

• a child not listening to a warning.

• a speaker giving orders to a brother.

Select the correctly spelled word to complete the sentence.

They ___________ armadillos are the most beautiful animal in the world.

• belive

• believe

• beleive

• beleave

Select the correctly spelled word to complete the sentence.

They believe armadillos are the most _________________ animal in the world.

• beautiful

• butiful

• beatiful

• beutiful