WorksheetsELA Benchmark 1 Practice
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 51mins
You want to learn about baseball players from the past. Which book should you pick?
A Kid's Guide to Playing Baseball
Baseball's Golden Years: The Fantastic 40s
ABCs of the New York Yankees
Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia
You are writing a report about dragonflies. Which note would you put in the section called "A Dragonfly's Diet?"
A dragonfly's eyes take up most of the head.
People in Indonesia like to eat dragonflies for a snack.
Dragonflies don't sting and generally don't bite people.
Dragonflies usually feed on mosquitoes and midges.
You are writing a report about volcanoes. Which note would you put in the section called "Volcano Record Breakers?"
A cone volcano has straight sides and tall, steep slopes.
The place with the most volcanic activity is on one of Jupiter's moons.
The word volcano comes from the name Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
Magma chambers can be found deep underground.
It's almost that time of year. Children get into costume and walk around the neighborhood. They ring doorbells. They beg for treats. When you think about it, trick or treating is kind of a weird thing. Where did it come from anyway?
What source would give you more information to add to this report?
a story called Clifford Goes Trick-or-Treating
a chapter called "History" in the book All About Halloween
A dictionary entry for "treats"
a magazine article called "Halloween Decorations"
Philo Taylor Farnsworth had an idea. It would shape the rest of his life. He was just 14 years old. Farnsworth wanted to be an inventor. He dreamed up his own idea to make a television. He figured out how to make it work while he was plowing a potato field.
What source would give you more information to add to this report?
a book called Potato Harvester
a thesaurus entry for the word "television"
A chapter called "TV" in the book Famous Inventors
a magazine article called "Why do we Dream While Sleeping?"
(1) Now I can grow my own green bean plant. (2) My grandfather loves to grow plants. (3) He raises vegetables and fruits, and he takes great care of all of them. (4) Last week, Grandpa gave me some green bean seeds.
What change correctly organizes the paragraph?
moving sentence 3 after sentence 4
moving sentence 1 after sentence 3
moving sentence 2 after sentence 4
moving sentence 1 after sentence 4
(1) It was late at night, but Kevin could not fall asleep. (2) His bed was inside a giant camping tent. (3) Just outside the tent were the fields of Africa, filled with wild animals. (4) He could not sleep because he was very scared.
What change correctly organizes the paragraph?
moving sentence 4 before sentence 2
moving sentence 3 before sentence 1
moving sentence 4 before sentence 3
moving sentence 2 before sentence 1
Grandpa grew up in a city. When he was a boy, his dad owned a clothing store. Grandpa walked to and from school alone. After school, his friends often played baseball on the streets nearby.
Which sentence below adds more descriptive detail about the setting?
He had never been to the country before.
His teacher gave him a lot of homework.
His dad made enough money to buy him a baseball mitt.
He lived in a tall, brown apartment building with few windows.
Bobby loves doggies. But he doesn’t have his own doggy. Bobby’s dad picks out a puppy to give Bobby. He sneaks up behind him and gently lowers the puppy in Bobby's lap.
Why did the author decide to add this sentence to the conclusion of the story:
Bobby yelps with joy!
The conclusion informs the reader that Bobby will not care for his puppy.
The conclusion shows that Bobby is excited about his new puppy.
The conclusion explains that Bobby will build a fence for the puppy.
Today, we make butter a little differently than long ago. _______, cow’s milk goes into big cans that spin the milk. The cream at the top is heated to kill germs. The cooled cream goes into a metal churn that spins the cream. Soon, butter forms. Salt is added, and the butter is churned again.
Which word best fills in the blank?
After
First
Then
Last
Which sentence is appropriately capitalized?
We walked all they way to the Art museum on harring Street.
Liv drove to Walker's Bookstore to buy the book Turkey Trouble.
Today in Science we learned about Marie curie and Albert Einstein.
I saw an exciting Movie called Robots And humans.
Which sentence is appropriately capitalized?
Ricky and his sister like to eat at Carolina Chicken.
We are going to see a movie with Trey and kendall.
My favorite book is called Charlotte's web.
Jordan planted Carrots and Corn in his garden.
Which sentence is written correctly?
The geese are flying south for the winter.
The geese am flying south for the winter.
The geese is flying south for the winter.
The geese are fly south for the winter.
Which sentence is written correctly?
The new student could not find his desk, so his asked the teacher.
The new student could not find their desk, so he asked the teacher.
The new student could not find their desk, so he asked they teacher.
The new student could not find his desk, so he asked the teacher.
Which word is spelled incorrectly?
The nois from the fire alarm scared me.
scared
alarm
nois
from
