WorksheetsBell ringer pre-assessment day 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
How do you know that this personal narrative has a first-person point of view?
The narrator knows Miss Sullivan.
The narrator refers to herself as "I".
The narrator refers to her mother.
The narrator learns to spell some verbs.
Which sentence best summarizes the passage?
Helen learns to spell words, but she did not know that they had meanings.
Helen was excited when she learned to spell the word doll.
Miss Sullivan used sign language to spell the words into Helen's hands.
Miss Sullivan was an excellent teacher for Helen.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word imitate in the fourth sentence of the passage. Which of these words would best replace imitate?
speak
give
crush
copy
Which inference can you most logically make, given the details in the passage?
Children at the Perkins Institution are smart.
Laura Bridgman is blind.
The narrator's mother is very proud.
The narrator is excited about learning.
Which of these is a reasonable prediction, given the details in the passage?
The narrator will move to the Perkins Institution.
Laura Bridgman will become the narrator's teacher.
The narrator will lose interest in learning words.
Miss Sullivan will continue to work with the narrator.
What was probably the greatest influence on the author as she wrote?
The time period in which she grew up.
The state of technology at the time.
Her relationship with her mother.
Her experience with disability.
Read the following sentence.
I was having difficulty extricating myself from the awkward situations.
The Latin prefix ex- means "out", "from", or "beyond." Given these definitions, what can you conclude is the meaning of extricating in the sentence?
Adjusting
Substituting
Removing
Inserting
Read the following sentence.
The inscription on the wall told the history of an ancient king.
The Latin root -scrib- or -scrip- means "to write." Given this definition, what can you conclude is the meaning of inscription in the sentence?
Curved figures
Reversed message
Written message
Picture message
What does the Greek prefix auto- mean in the word automotive?
Related to
Under
Self
Again
What does the suffix -y mean in the word lucky?
Against
Not
Without
Having
The Greek root -eth- means "character" or "custom." Which of these words does NOT come fro this root?
Ethical
Tether
Ethnicity
Ethics
What does the prefix trans- mean in the word transcontinental?
With
Wrong
Before
Across
The Latin root -mort- means "death." Choose the sentence in which the underlined word does NOT contain this root.
The knight couldn't slay the immortal creature.
The war hero was immortalized with a statue.
The soldier in the story was mortally wounded.
You need to apply more mortar between the bricks.
The suffix -ary means "related to" or "connected with." Which of these words does NOT show the meaning of this suffix?
Revolutionary
Dreary
Dietary
Budgetary
What is the meaning of the idiom to see eye to eye?
To feel confused
To work hard at a task
To become embarrassed
To agree with someone.
