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WorksheetsELA Hodge-Podge
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 2hrs 48mins
You look across the street and notice your neighbor gas a sign in the yard. The Sign is red and white and says "For Sale By Owner." What do you infer from the sign?
Your neighbor just got new carpet.
Your Neighbor is moving.
Your Neighbor's dog had kittens.
You Neighbor is baking cookies.
Read the text.
"Please take your shoes off," Laura urged. Riley slid off her shoes and stepped into Laura's room. She looked at the orderly space, where everything matched, everything was in place, and everything was spotless.
Riley thought, I don't think Laura would like my room very much.
Based on the text, which sentence is more likely to be true?
Laura rarely asks friends over.
Riley's room is messy.
Riley's room is clean.
Read the text.
Rosa loves to see her uncle when he comes home from work. What colors did he get on himself today? Rosa always wonders. Yesterday, his shirt was covered with streaks of purple, and his hair and face were dotted with orange and blue. The day before that his hands had specks of yellow.
Based on the text, which sentence is more likely to be true?
Rosa's uncle likes to dye his hair.
Rosa's uncle is a painter.
Rosa's uncle is a fashion designer
Carl was listening to the radio. His foot was tapping and his fingers snapping.
Carl was most likely listening to __________.
the weather report
his favorite music
the news of the day
a talk show
Joan sat at the computer. She rubbed the back of her neck and sighed. She glanced at the clock and then went back to work.
Joan has most likely ________.
just started working
been working for a while
finished her work at last
been talking on the phone
The house had two broken windows. Weeds had grown up in the yard, and the paint had begun to peel on the sides of the house. One window faced the street, and through it one could see a room empty of furniture.
It is most likely that ___________.
a large family lives in the house
the house has been empty a while
a new family is moving in
the family is on vacation
Native Americans dried strips of meat, pounded it into a paste, and then mixed it with fat. Sometimes they added berries and sugar. Then they pressed it into small cakes. They called these cakes pemmican. Pemmican didn't spoil, and it provided lots of energy for people traveling or going hunting. Today explorers still carry and eat this food.
What is the passage mostly about?
who uses pemmican today
what can be put into pemmican
how pemmican was prepared by Native Americans.
why people eat pemmican today
The Maracanazo
In 1950, the last game of soccer's World Cup was played in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nearly two hundred thousand people squeezed into Rio's Maracanã stadium. Many expected the home team of Brazil to win easily. In one of the greatest upsets in soccer history, however, Uruguay won 2–1. Soccer is important in Brazil, and losing this game hurt Brazil's pride as a nation. Thus, the game came to be called the Maracanazo, meaning "the Maracanã blow." The word is still used to mean any game lost to a visiting team. Losing the 1950 World Cup had a lasting effect on the people of Brazil.
Brazilians were deeply upset by the loss of the 1950 World Cup.
The word Maracanazo means "the Maracanã blow."
Uruguay beat Brazil 2-1 in the final game of the 1950 World Cup.
What is the main idea?
What is the main idea?
I take care of my brother a lot. He is four years old. He likes to watch T.V. He likes to color. He likes to hear stories. He is usually a good boy.
The main idea is:
To tell about a family.
To tell about the brother.
To show why boys are good.
Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies. They nurse their babies. They protect them from danger. And they teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.
2. Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true?
The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?
using your own words
the summary has to be shorter than the text
copy the exact words from the text
Which best describes a summary?
a really long detailed piece of writing
the entire text told in your own words
only the main ideas and important details of a text
A summary...
must be really long
has to be in your own words
has to be copied straight from the book
When you summarize a book, you must
include only important ideas.
Include both important and interesting ideas.
include only interesting information
What is a summary?
When you tell the whole book.
When you tell the most interesting ideas of any text using your own words.
When you ask questions about a text.
When you tell the most important ideas of any text using your own words.
How do you spell (a) ? Do NOT capitalize any of the letters.
How do you spell (a) ? Do NOT capitalize any of the letters.
How do you spell (a) ? Do NOT capitalize any of the letters.
The (a) computer did not work.
The Summary of this passage is:
Summaries help me...
Understand what I'm reading
Include the key points of a text
Write about what I read
All of the above
When writing a summary for an INFORMATIONAL text, what is a good thing to include?
characters
details
theme
conflict
What is the author's purpose?
What is the author's purpose?
The Summary of this passage is:
The Summary of this passage is:
What is a genre?
a story
a category or type
fiction
nonfiction
What is fiction?
A story that is made-up and not real
A text that gives facts and information
What is non-fiction?
A story that is make believe and not real
A text that gives facts and information
A story that teaches a lesson or moral. This story usually contains animals as characters.
fable
nonfiction
realistic fiction
fairy tale
A story that is based on a real event in history but contains characters or events that are fictional.
realistic fiction
fantasy
historical fiction
humor
A story that is meant to make the reader laugh. It could be a comic or a story that contains funny events.
historical fiction
fable
nonfiction
humor
