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WorksheetsFSA Reading Prep
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 48mins
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Class
Date
1.
This feature explains what the illustration/photograph is.
a)
Glossary
b)
Index
c)
Table of contents
d)
Caption
2.
This feature informs the reader of important words/vocabulary found within the paragraph.
a)
Glossary
b)
Bold words
c)
Captions
d)
Table of contents
3.
This feature is usually found at the top of a page and explains what the paragraph is about?
a)
Table of contents
b)
Diagram
c)
Index
d)
subheading
4.
Important words are usually?
a)
Circled
b)
Bold print
c)
in the table of contents
d)
lowercase words
5.
This is an example of ____________ text feature?
a)
Index
b)
Table of contents
c)
Glossary
d)
Diagram
6.
What is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Heading
b)
Picture
c)
Caption
d)
Bold Word
7.
What is the purpose of these subheadings?
a)
To help the
reader understand
the author’s opinion
b)
To help the
reader visualize the
information
c)
To help the
reader find the main
ideas in each
section
d)
To help the
reader place events
in order
8.
The text feature in the yellow box is called a(an)
a)
caption
b)
diagram
c)
timeline
d)
sidebar
9.
The sad student sat silently in the room.
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
idiom
d)
personification
10.
The wind whistled through the trees during the storm.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
idiom
11.
The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
12.
Fall Fridays feel fantastic.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
13.
What is an idiom?
a)
A bird?
b)
A device used to confuse the reader.
c)
A word or phrase that does not mean what it says.
d)
A group of words that begin with the same sound.
14.
Which detail from the passage explains why the girl was upset? What does the word detail mean?
a)
a fact
b)
to add detail
c)
to account for
d)
right from the text; a piece from the text that support or help explain answers
15.
Which stanza from the poem best describes the bear? What does the word describes mean?
a)
to tell/show with written words; use facts or details
b)
to back up your answer
c)
to write what something means
d)
to talk about
16.
Which detail from the passage explains why animals play? What does the word explains mean?
a)
to give the best answer
b)
to make clear or understandable to others
c)
to prove a point
d)
right from the text
17.
What is the main idea of the passage? What does main idea mean?
a)
the author's point of view
b)
the author's most important idea
c)
the details the author used
d)
the author's purpose for writing
18.
Include explicit information from the passage. What does explicit mean?
a)
using your schema
b)
an opinion
c)
your point of view
d)
clear, right from the text
19.
The CAUSE is the ___________
a)
Why
b)
What
20.
The EFFECT is the ____________
a)
Why
b)
What
21.
Lesson: Cause and Effect
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
22.
Name the red part of the sentence.
Mom cooked dinner because we were all hungry.
Mom cooked dinner because we were all hungry.
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
23.
Name the red part of the sentence.
Due to the upcoming storm, we put our bikes in the garage.
Due to the upcoming storm, we put our bikes in the garage.
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
24.
Name the red part of the sentence.
Bailey could not find her slipper because her new puppy buried it in the yard.
Bailey could not find her slipper because her new puppy buried it in the yard.
a)
Cause
b)
Effect
25.
What is the cause in this sentence?
Since I got straight A's, my parents took me out to dinner.
Since I got straight A's, my parents took me out to dinner.
a)
My parents took me out to dinner
b)
I got straight A's
c)
no
d)
nah
26.
Policeman sometimes use dogs to help them in their line of work. Dogs have a good sense of smell. this makes them useful in tracking down outlaws. Dogs can also help find stolen goods.
CAUSE: Dogs have a good sense of smell.
What was the EFFECT?
CAUSE: Dogs have a good sense of smell.
What was the EFFECT?
a)
They are good at stealing.
b)
They work for outlaws.
c)
They can track down outlaws.
27.
Jessica wanted to be a dancer. She knew that dancers must work every day. She took dance lessons every Tuesday. She practiced a few hours each day.
EFFECT: Jessica practiced every day.
What was the CAUSE?
EFFECT: Jessica practiced every day.
What was the CAUSE?
a)
She worked hard on Tuesdays.
b)
She took lessons every day.
c)
She wanted to be a dancer.
28.
What is the meaning of the word nonsense?
a)
not full of sense
b)
full of sense
c)
a person who senses
29.
My shoes keep coming ________ and it's making me trip.
a)
retied
b)
mistied
c)
untied
30.
They scratched the doors with the claws on their _______________.
a)
feet
b)
feets
c)
foots
31.
"Don't worry," said the man. "Several ________ come every day to look at puppies."
a)
familys
b)
families
c)
familyes
32.
Many people work at ______________.
a)
Fulton street school
b)
Fulton street School
c)
Fulton Street School
33.
All of the _________ like Mrs. Brown.
a)
childs
b)
children
c)
childrens
34.
Read the sentence from the passage.
I love the game so much that I asked for a basketball for my birthday when I was still in preschool.
What does the word preschool suggest about the narrator?
I love the game so much that I asked for a basketball for my birthday when I was still in preschool.
What does the word preschool suggest about the narrator?
a)
He asked for a basketball in the evening.
b)
He asked for a basketball in the morning.
c)
He asked for a basketball when he was older.
d)
He asked for a basketball when he was very young.
35.
Which word has the same prefix as found in preschool?
a)
preheat
b)
president
c)
pressing
d)
schoolhouse
36.
Read the lines below. Which sentence is the cause?
"Squanto worked hard for peaceable relations between Native Americans and these newcomers. As a result, he helped save them from war."
"Squanto worked hard for peaceable relations between Native Americans and these newcomers. As a result, he helped save them from war."
a)
As a result, he helped save them from war.
b)
Squanto worked hard for peaceable relations between Native Americans and these newcomers.
c)
As a result.
d)
There is no cause.
37.
Read the sentence from the article.
Gorges welcomed him as a dependable friend, whom he had known and trusted for a long time. What does the word dependable mean?
Gorges welcomed him as a dependable friend, whom he had known and trusted for a long time. What does the word dependable mean?
a)
can be trusted
b)
trusting of others
c)
cannot be trusted
d)
cannot trust others
38.
What is the best definition of THEME?
a)
A universal truth, moral, or idea that the author wants to express.
b)
The location and time of the story
c)
The events that occur in the story
d)
The author's reason for writing a story
39.
What is the theme of this story?
a)
Necessity is the mother of invention.
b)
Don't steal.
c)
Respect your elders.
d)
Slowly but surely wins the race.
40.
One summer's day, a merry Grasshopper was dancing, singing and playing his violin with all his heart. He saw an Ant passing by working hard to store food for the winter. “Come and sing with me instead of working so hard,” said the Grasshopper “Let’s have fun together.” “I must store food for the winter,” said the Ant,“ and I advise you to do the same.” “Don’t worry about winter, it’s still very far away,” said the Grasshopper, laughing at him. But the Ant wouldn’t listen and continued to work. When winter came, the starving Grasshopper went to the Ant’s house and humbly begged for something to eat. “If you had listened to my advice in the summer you would not now be in need,” said the Ant. “I’m afraid you will have to go without supper,” and he closed the door.
What is the theme?
What is the theme?
a)
share with your neighbor
b)
work before you play
c)
be respectful
d)
don't be greedy
41.
Which of these would be a good example of theme in a story?
a)
math is difficult
b)
If you cheat at school, you are a bad person.
c)
pets make people happy
d)
respect for others
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