Grade 5 Understanding Assessment

What is the main idea of a passage?

• The lesson the author wants to teach

• The most important point the passage talks about

• A small detail in the passage

• The name of the passage

Which of the following is an example of a theme?

• The lion chased the deer.

• Hard work leads to success.

• Sam has a dog named Bruno.

• The blue car is faster than the red one.

Which resource should you use to find the meaning of a word?

• Atlas

• Dictionary

• Thesaurus

• Almanac

If you want to find a synonym for the word “happy,” which book should you use?

• Encyclopedia

• Thesaurus

• Dictionary

• Biography

What is the purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?

• To end the paragraph

• To introduce the main idea

• To add a fun fact

• To give an example

Hot is to cold as dry is to ___.

• Warm

• Wet

• Snowy

• Hard

What does the idiom “Break a leg” mean?

• To injure someone

• To have bad luck

• To wish someone good luck

• To dance

What is the past tense of "run"?

• Running

• Ran

• Runs

• Runned

Choose the correct sentence.

• The boy and his dog plays outside.

• The boy and his dog play outside.

• The boy and his dog playing outside.

• The boy and his dog is playing outside.

Identify the sentence in future tense.

• I write a story.

• I wrote a story.

• I will write a story.

• I am writing a story.