WorksheetsUnit 4 Summative
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 57mins
What is the author’s purpose for writing this?
The sun is a huge ball of gases. It has a diameter of 1,392,000 km. It is so huge that it can hold millions of planets inside it. The Sun is mainly made up of hydrogen and helium gas. The surface of the Sun is known as the photosphere. The photosphere is surrounded by a thin layer of gas known as the chromospheres. Without the Sun, there would be no life on Earth. There would be no plants, no animals and no human beings. As, all the living things on Earth get their energy from the Sun for their survival.
To persuade
To inform
To entertain
What is the author’s point of view here?
Meat is good for you.
Do not eat animals.
Everyone should eat cows.
No one cares about cows.
What is the author’s purpose for this picture?
To persuade
To Inform
To Entertain
What were the consequences of the operator's actions?
The ship hit the iceberg.
Nothing bad happened.
Passengers’ messages were not sent out.
The captain knew about the iceberg.
Choose the option that best describes why the operator told the Californian’s radio to “shut up”.
The operator’s were too busy sending messages from passengers.
The operator were playing a joke on the Californian.
The operator did not care about the warning from the Californian.
Which part from the text describes why the ship was still “full steam ahead”?
But Titanic’s operator was too busy sending messages from passengers.
The ship was so well built, perhaps Captain Smith believed it was unsinkable.
That night the air temperature began to drop.
There was no moon out and nothing to see but blackness.
What is the central idea of the passage below?
Because lambs are sometimes eaten by coyotes, ranchers may hunt or trap the coyotes. However, killing coyotes may upset nature's balance. Scientists have found a way to protect sheep without killing coyotes. Coyotes are fed lamb meat treated with a drug. When they eat the meat, they get sick. Later, coyotes won't even go near lambs. They'll hunt rabbits instead.
Why coyotes prefers rabbits to lambs.
Why killing coyotes upsets nature’s balance.
How scientists protect sheep from coyotes.
Read the following paragraph. Which sentence in the passage contains the central idea of the paragraph?
(1) The first U.S. zoo opened in Philadelphia in 1874. (2) Visitors were thrilled to see animals from all over the world. (3) The zoo had six giraffes, an elephant named Jennie, and many colorful birds. (4) It also had some animals from Australia. (5) People were amazed at the kangaroos, wombats and dingoes.
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 3
Sentence 5
It is snowing. Your friend Justina is coming to a sleepover. She texts you that she's on her way but will be late. What is the BEST inference you could make?
Justina is doing her homework.
Justina is babysitting her brother.
Traffic is slow due to the weather.
Justina can’t come to your house.
Ben is auditioning for a part in the school play. He's been fine all day, but right before the audition he says he feels sick. You might infer that Ben __________.
Is allergic to peanuts.
Is happy about the play.
Never gets sick.
Is nervous about the audition.
Using the evidence below, which is the best claim?
Topic: Should students have to pay to play after school sports?
Evidence: Schools have lost money in their yearly budgets and had to cut extracurricular activities.
Pay to play will allow schools to offer the activities that students want.
Students should not have to pay to play school sports because many families won’t be able to afford it.
Students should pay to play school sports because it is their obligation to support the school.
Students should pay to play school sports because schools are having to make tough decisions based on smaller budgets.
Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:
Middle school students should be required to wear uniforms.
When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.
At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendance rates went up, and behavior problems went down.
A student reported, “Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence.”
School uniforms can be ordered online.
Identify the type of figurative language underlined in the following sentence: “The restless children were hopping about like kernels in a corn popper.”
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
Identify the type of figurative language underlined in the following sentence:
“I tell her of my father’s great herd, and how they would graze each day, walking for miles, the sun in our bones, the grass whispering its shy music.”
Personfication
Metaphor
Symbolism
Alliteration
Which of the following is an example of an alliteration?
Tony ran like a cheetah.
“Bang,” the race started.
The muffin man called my name.
The dog dug a deep, dark hole.
What type of text structure is shown in the passage below?
Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not. Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.
Cause and effect
Compare and contrast
Chronological/Sequential
Description
What type of text structure is shown in the passage below?
No one knows the true origin of ice-cream, but the first published ice-cream recipe appears in “Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts,” a cook book that was printed in London in 1718. Sometime around 1832, an African American confectioner named Augustus Jackson created multiple ice cream recipes and invented a superior technique to manufacture ice cream. Ice cream soda was invented around 1874, but the real breakthrough may have been at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, when the American ice-cream cone was unveiled!
Problem and solution
Cause and effect
Description
Chronological/Sequential
Which of the following words have a POSITIVE connotation? (Choose 2)
Gaudy
Responsible
Argumentative
Ice Cream
Courageous
Which of the following words have a NEGATIVE connotation? (Choose 2)
Young
Cheap
Stubborn
Brave
Unique
What is the DENOTATION of the word responsible?
having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone, as part of one's job or role.
untrusting, unaccountable, feckless, untrustworthy, carefree, freewheeling
positive
negative
Which sentence uses capitalization correctly?
for our family vacation, we went to South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia
For our family vacation, we went to South Carolina, florida, and Georgia.
For our family vacation, we went to South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia.
For our family vacation, we went to South carolina, Florida, and georgia.
