WorksheetsEnglish 9A EOC Practice
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Using the following passage to answer the question.
Imagine watching hundreds of thousands of bats swirl around you, swarming to form a large, black mass that flies off into the horizon. At Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, this scene is a regular occurrence. The caverns, located in a United States National Park, are home to around 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats that fly out into the night sky each evening at dusk to feed on nearby moths and insects, returning at dawn to their caves. The spectacle draws crowds from around the world into the Chihuahuan Desert, where the park is located.
What is the topic of this reading selection?
The nighttime sky
Moths and insects
Carlsbad Caverns and the bats that live there
The people who visit the Chihuahuan Desert
Using the following passage to answer the question.
Imagine watching hundreds of thousands of bats swirl around you, swarming to form a large, black mass that flies off into the horizon. At Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, this scene is a regular occurrence. The caverns, located in a United States National Park, are home to around 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats that fly out into the night sky each evening at dusk to feed on nearby moths and insects, returning at dawn to their caves. The spectacle draws crowds from around the world into the Chihuahuan Desert, where the park is located.
What would be a good title for this passage?
Carlsbad Caverns: A Bat's Paradise
Chihuahuan Desert: Where People Watch the Nighttime Sky
Blood-sucking Bats!
Mexico: The Enchanted Land
Using the following passage to answer the question.
Imagine watching hundreds of thousands of bats swirl around you, swarming to form a large, black mass that flies off into the horizon. At Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, this scene is a regular occurrence. The caverns, located in a United States National Park, are home to around 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats that fly out into the night sky each evening at dusk to feed on nearby moths and insects, returning at dawn to their caves. The spectacle draws crowds from around the world into the Chihuahuan Desert, where the park is located.
What point of view is the first sentence written in?
1st Person
2nd Person
3rd Limited
3rd Omniscient
Using the following passage to answer the question.
Imagine watching hundreds of thousands of bats swirl around you, swarming to form a large, black mass that flies off into the horizon. At Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, this scene is a regular occurrence. The caverns, located in a United States National Park, are home to around 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats that fly out into the night sky each evening at dusk to feed on nearby moths and insects, returning at dawn to their caves. The spectacle draws crowds from around the world into the Chihuahuan Desert, where the park is located.
What format is the passage written in?
Poetic
Persuasive
Informative
Narrative
Using the following passage to answer the question.
Imagine watching hundreds of thousands of bats swirl around you, swarming to form a large, black mass that flies off into the horizon. At Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, this scene is a regular occurrence. The caverns, located in a United States National Park, are home to around 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats that fly out into the night sky each evening at dusk to feed on nearby moths and insects, returning at dawn to their caves. The spectacle draws crowds from around the world into the Chihuahuan Desert, where the park is located.
What can you infer about the Carlsbad Caverns?
They are rather unimpressive.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is not very popular.
400,000 bats is an average number to see in the sky.
They must be caves which are an ideal place for bats to live.
Choose the verb phrase in the following sentence.
Students will always be confused about due dates.
Students
will be confused
will always be confused
about due dates
Choose the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.
The students had question about the test they were taking.
The students
had
about the test
were taking
Choose the noun phrase in the following sentence.
The sparking diamond ring was placed on the girl's left hand.
The sparkling diamond ring
The
on the girl's left hand
was placed
What kind of clause is bolded in the following sentence?
After he asked his question, he scampered off to the store.
Indpendent
Dependent
What kind of clause is bolded in the following sentence?
After he asked his question, he scampered off to the store.
Indpendent
Dependent
Choose the adverbial phrase in the following sentence.
Mike talked to the crowd that was surrounding him.
Mike
to the crowd
talked
that was surrounding him
Choose the participial phrase in the following sentence.
Crying like a little baby, Jim picked himself up off the ground.
crying like a little baby
Jim
picked
up off the ground
Choose the adjective in the following sentence.
Look at the beautiful sunset.
Look
at
sunset
beautiful
Identify the noun(s) in the following sentence.
The car barely missed the girl on the sidewalk.
The, the, the
car, girl, sidewalk
barely
missed
Identify the adverb in the following sentence.
The kid speedily dashed away from the teacher.
speedily
dashed
away from
kid, teacher
