Reading Skills Quiz for Grade 2

What is the main idea of a story?

• The most important point the author wants to convey

• The name of the main character

• The setting of the story

• The number of pages in the book

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

What are context clues?

• Hints in the text that help you understand the meaning of a word

• The title of the book

• The author's name

• The number of chapters in the book

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does it mean to retell story events?

• To write a new story

• To describe the events in the order they happened

• To draw a picture of the story

• To change the ending of the story

How can you recognize character traits?

• By looking at the pictures

• By reading about what the character says and does

• By counting the number of characters

• By reading the last page of the book

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

What is a prediction in reading?

• A guess about what will happen next in the story

• A summary of the story

• The author's biography

• The number of pages in the book

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.4A

What does it mean to make inferences?

• To read the author's mind

• To use clues from the text to understand something not directly stated

• To rewrite the story

• To draw a map of the story's setting

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is summarizing?

• Telling every detail of the story

• Giving a brief overview of the main points

• Writing a new ending for the story

• Listing all the characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the author's purpose?

• The reason why the author wrote the story

• The number of chapters in the book

• The title of the book

• The author's favorite color

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the theme or moral of a story?

• The lesson or message the author wants to convey

• The setting of the story

• The number of pages in the book

• The author's name

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

What does it mean to put words in alphabetical order?

• To arrange words based on the number of letters

• To arrange words based on the first letter of each word

• To arrange words based on their meaning

• To arrange words based on their color

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.4