ELA State Test Questions

What is the best way to answer vocabulary questions?

• Guess

• Cross out bad answers

• Plug the word into the provided sentence/paragraph

• Look for root words

In order to pass your ELA IA1, you will have to read passages and then answer questions based on the passage. What is a good strategy for answering these types of comprehension questions?

• Read the passage carefully, take notes, and refer back to the passage when answering the questions

• Guess the answers without reading the passage

• Skip the passage and only read the questions

• Read the passage once and answer the questions from memory

After reading a passage, what is the best strategy to make sure you answer the comprehension question correctly?

• Skip the question

• Guess the answer

• Reread the passage multiple times, and eliminate answers that are obviously wrong as you read through the passage

• Ask someone else for the answer

Sometimes you have to answer more than answer choice on a test. Be sure to look carefully at the direction in the question to make sure you know to do this. What is one way to make sure you are reading questions carefully?

• Skip the question and come back later

• Read the question multiple times

• Answer the question based on your gut feeling

• Ask your friend for the answer

The sky was overcast with dark clouds, making it look like rain, and Timmy grabbed his umbrella just in case. Based on context clues, what does overcast mean?

• Bright and sunny

• Filled with dark clouds

• Clear with no clouds

• Hot and humid

What is the best way to make inferences based on a text you read?

• By focusing only on the parts of the text that you find interesting

• By reading the text quickly and making assumptions

• By skipping parts of the text and guessing the meaning

• By analyzing the text, understanding the context, and drawing conclusions

What context clues help you understand what decipher means in this sentence? The archaeologist carefully examined the ancient artifact, hoping to decipher the inscriptions that were etched into the weathered stone.

• The archaeologist's careful examination of the artifact

• The weathered state of the stone

• The ancient age of the artifact

• The inscriptions etched into the stone

What would be the best introductory sentence to this paragraph?

• Martin Luther King Jr. once gave a very famous speech.

• Martin Luther King Jr. had lots of achievements.

• Martin Luther King Jr. was a remarkable civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the American civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s.

• The March on Washington was a huge Civil Rights event that took place in 1963.

If a story is missing a strong beginning, how can you write a strong beginning to the story?

• By introducing the main characters and setting

• By writing the end of the story first

• By skipping the beginning and starting from the middle

• By adding more dialogues in the beginning

What is a great way to write a conclusion to something you've written?

• Summarize the main points and tie them back to your introduction

• Repeat the introduction word for word

• Introduce a new idea or concept

• Ignore the conclusion, it's not important