Fast ELA Practice

According to the excerpt from "Bridge to Terabithia," why is Terabithia not an ordinary place?

• It is a place where the rulers of Terabithia come only at times of great sorrow or joy.

• It is a place where children go to play every day.

• It is a place that is disturbed by the Spirits.

• It is a place where Leslie and the narrator eat crackers and dry fruit every day.

According to Passage 2, how did Thomas Jefferson’s travels around the world affect the foods he ate?

• by teaching him to like foods he did not like before

• by introducing him to foods unfamiliar to most Americans

• by showing him different ways of storing and keeping food

• by encouraging him to prepare his favorite foods in new ways

Fill in the bubble before one sentence from Passage 1 that helps explain why Jess changed his mind about the forest.

• "Oh, but it is," she said.

• "But you don't have to be scared. It's not haunted with evil things."

• I used to think this place was haunted," Jess had confessed to Leslie the first afternoon he had revved up his courage to bring her there.

• It was the stillness that had always frightened him before, but this time it was like the moment after Miss Edmunds finished a song, just after the chords hummed down to silence.

• "How do you know?"

In Passage 2, what does the author mean by saying the roses "were like little trees"? (paragraph 11)

• The rosebushes have thick trunks.

• The rosebushes are tall enough to climb.

• The rosebushes have large, long branches.

• The rosebushes are more leaves than flowers.

What is an adverb?

• A word that describes a noun

• A word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb

• A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that shows action

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The snow is a white blanket.

• She is as brave as a lion.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• He is a shining star.

What is the main theme of the poem 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost?

• A) The importance of choices in life

• B) The beauty of nature

• C) The inevitability of fate

• D) The passage of time

Which sentence uses the correct form of the verb 'to be'?

• A) She are going to the store.

• B) They is playing soccer.

• C) He am reading a book.

• D) We are having dinner.

Identify the metaphor in the following sentence: 'Time is a thief that steals our moments.'

• A) Time is a thief

• B) Steals our moments

• C) Is a thief

• D) Our moments

What is the function of a conjunction in a sentence?

• A) To describe a noun

• B) To connect words or groups of words

• C) To express an action

• D) To modify a verb