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WorksheetsCSET Multiple subjects Subtest 1(English MC)
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 32mins
What is the writer's plan for the revision process?
The goal of revising is to ensure that the ideas flow logically and that the writer's points are present with clarity.
The goal of revising is to make sure that there are no errors.
What would a cover letter best be used for?
To explain who the document is to
To explain the document enclosed
Question about a passage that describes a man's perception of a storm. The question asked what tone the passage was written (man would run to go look out the window)
exhilarating
enchanted
What can a student notice from a paper/ article that will make it appear unbiased?
The writer includes other points of view
The way the writer gathers and presents the information
structure of the paper
Which type of behavior is atypical for a second language?
sounding things out slowly
making the same mistake in both languages
What do you do with information from primary and secondary sources for a research paper?
Find information that was stated more than once in an article then use direct quotes from it
Compile information that is similar in each article, create topics, and outline supporting statements.
Which best explains why distinguishing phonemes in spoken words present a challenge for most children?
phoneme fluency
phonemic awareness
A passage in a bookstore- says you shouldn't put down a book because you have all this other stuff to do... life is like a river and is always changing... you won't put it down.
Question: What is the tone?
acceptance
frustration
A passage in a bookstore- says you shouldn't put down a book because you have all this other stuff to do... life is like a river and is always changing... you won't put it down.
Question: What is the meaning of the passage?
Encourage people to pick up a book and read
Your meaning of the book changes over time when you read it.
The main benefit of using computer representation is that such software enables a speaker to?
use it as a visual aid for both the speaker and the audience to track the lecturer's coverage
give multiple means of representation and fulfill UDL requirements
A base of a word that changes the entire word
adding "s" to a noun
adding "ment" to a verb
adding "ed" to a verb
adding "er" to an adjective
Passage about author bias:
Question- how is the author showing personal bias?
lack of evidence/ support
contradicts other authors
acknowledges other authors
picks a topic other authors disagree about
Question about good oral presentation using notes and outlines
tracking pauses between sentences
to apply to the setting and make it feel conversational
to help stay on track
What literacy device does this passage use?
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Personification
Allegory
Deborah question:
What style is the passage written?
Euphemism
Paradox
Allegory
Symbolism
Which passage needs a citation?
Kennedy said "_______"
90% of high school students said they take too many tests
A film (film is in italics)
If kids can make jokes and riddles this is because
phonetic awareness
lexical ambiguity
reading a lot of books/ text
During which stage of language acquisition would an ELL begin making opinions/ comments?
Intermediate fluency
Early start production
A teacher using Anne Frank ABOVE grade-level book and an AT grade level play during class. Which of the following statements accurately describes the research-based rationale for having students read an excerpt from the play in addition to reading a book
So all students have access to grade-level text
Using the play excerpt to help underachieving students better understand the reading
What advantage does an ELL student have if their primary language uses a similar alphabet?
Helps them understand the connection between print and reading
Visual discrimination
Already know the symbols and sound relationship
Will know some letters from English
What is the writer's first plan for the rough draft?
To get all of the prewriting ideas into print
To help form paragraphs
Which of the following paired words contain the same vowel phoneme?
bait, bite
hen, mean
weigh, ate
Which website talks about smoking diseases?
Cdc.gov
fda.gov
Which of the following examples best illustrates the appropriate use of pauses in a poetry reputation?
Taking cues from a poem’s punctuation to use pauses in a way that emphasizes the meaning
Pausing to the end of each line in a poem to highlight the poem’s structure
Using slight pauses between words in a poem to emphasize their sound while reading at n even pace
Which letters are articulated in the same way when said:
m/n
p/b
t/k
Then the king called to the coachman, and ordered him to get down from his seat and fetch him the wreath from the wolf's head. But the wolf heard the order and said: 'My lord and king, I will let you have the wreath, but I must have something in return.''What do you want?' answered the king. 'I will gladly give you rich treasure in exchange for it.'
'I do not want rich treasure,' replied the wolf. 'Only promise to give me the first thing that meets you on your way to your castle. In three days I shall come and fetch it.'And the king thought to himself: 'I am still a good long way from home, I am sure to meet a wild animal or a bird on the road, it will be quite safe to promise.' So he consented and carried the wreath away with him.
What type is it?
Fairy Tale
Allegory
Metaphor
Writing describing a woman, Deborah, a former soldier, and now a farmer’s wife, and her life, the husband had to do the work and she still longs to look over the hills and travel.
what kind of writing is it?
Writing from a textbook
Biography sketch
Encyclapedia
Then the king called to the coachman and ordered him to get down from his seat and fetch him the wreath from the wolf's head. But the wolf heard the order and said: 'My lord and king, I will let you have the wreath, but I must have something in return.''What do you want?' answered the king. 'I will gladly give you rich treasure in exchange for it.'
'I do not want rich treasure,' replied the wolf. 'Only promise to give me the first thing that meets you on your way to your castle. In three days I shall come and fetch it.'And the king thought to himself: 'I am still a good long way from home, I am sure to meet a wild animal or a bird on the road, it will be quite safe to promise.' So he consented and carried the wreath away with him.
what is the author trying to convey?
Foreshadowing
Allegory
Metaphor
The main benefit of using computer presentation software to enhance oral presentation is that such software enables a speaker to?
enhance learning
Visual aid
Question about whether or not to include lots of background information in an article:
Do readers have background knowledge on the topic
Is it interesting for the readers?
Someone wants to write into a newspaper and have their letter to the editor published in order to encourage readers to take action. Which should the writer know beforehand?
When it will be published and in what section
What previous knowledge and concerns readers already have
How often letters to the editor are published
What is the process of webbing for prewriting?
compare and organize ideas
layout the process
find relationships between ideas
Which capitalization is wrong?
In Australia, Summer is a long season.
Vice President Ward didn’t run for president.
Standard Capitalization
Mr. Bates took us to see the Capitol.
Outside the River looks beautiful
Mr. redwood is having a terrible day
What would a teacher notice first about a 3rd grader reading at an advanced level independently, but had difficulty comprehending a passage that was at level, so which of these answer choices is the cause of their difficulty?
Characterization
Background knowledge
language development
Which sentence requires structural analysis for someone to understand the
meaning of the word?
dehumanize
idiom
"New York at Night” by Amy Lowell, what literary device did she use
alliteration
personification
symbolism
Simile
A phoneme can best be described as the:
segregating syllables
Smallest distinctive speech sound within a spoken word
onset and rime
A question about good oral presentation using notes and or outline
Taking pauses between sentences
to help stay on track
to apply to the setting and make it feel conversational
For someone whose first language involves the alphabet (not English), how will it help when learning English
Help them understand the connection between print and reading
Will know the letters from English
already knows the symbols and sound relationship
A near horizon whose sharp jags
cut brutally in the sky
of leaden heaviness, and crags
of houses lift their masonry
ugly and foul, and chimnies lie
and short, outlined against the grey
of lowhung cloud. I hear the sigh
What kind of language?
metaphor
personification
simile
which is a compound sentence
I don’t like fishing, but I’ll go for the ride
I like vanilla ice cream.
The house over there is a bit run down and needs some help
Which sentence is the correct form of using an apostrophe?
The students' paper
I shouldnt' care who sees me
all the lie's are the same
Correct citation of an anthology?
Author Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year Published). Title of section. In Editor First Initial. Editor Middle Initial. Editor Last Name (Ed.), Anthology title (Volume number, edition info, or page #). City of Publication, State: Publisher.
Author. Title of source. Title of the container, Other contributors (names and roles), Version, Number, Publisher, Publication Date, Location of the source (such as URL or page range).
What determines the quantitative tool for the ability to read?
number for accurately pronounced words
Length of words and sentences
Rhetorical devices
What type of behavior is atypical for a second language learner?
second language learner learn slower than their non-English learning peers
they use the same learning approach when speaking their native and second language ()=
Making the same grammatical mistakes in both languages
In which of the following sentences does the syntax allow for two different interpretations?
I forgot to wind my watch before putting it on.
Everyday, before I go to work, I eat breakfast by myself.
I served the soup to the woman with the spoon.
Most clearly requires contextual analysis: pronunciation and meaning of multi-syllable words
Local guide answer
Jogging and walking at a rapid pace several times a day was found to be among the most beneficial form of exercise.
During language acquisition when does a student develop competency in English Oral Written communication?
Advanced Fluency
preproduction
speech emergance
What are set of words with the same root
talking, walking, salivating
description, inscribe, describe
outside, inside, exterior
Child using word bleeblee to ask for blanket family now calls blanket bleeble
dialect
idiolect
metaphor
“ I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids -- and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their imagination -- indeed, everything and anything except me.”
metaphor
simile
repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are in close proximity to each other.
allegory
alliteration
personification
What does having a student read out loud an unfamiliar passage show you
their ability to read sight words
their ability to decode
their ability to read
a skilled kindergartner would have a solid understanding of the alphabetic principle if they can:
State each letter of the alphabet
State most of the letters of the alphabet
State the beginning sounds of the alphabet
What should be done during the writing stage of Revision
Adding Supporting details
getting ideas
prewriting
How would a reader be able to verify if an informational text about a current political issue?
the author used a reliable source
in was on a major news station
it made sense
The key research feature of an educational website would fulfill the same function as which of the following sections of a textbook?
table of contents
index
references
Which of the following would be most effective when organized by increasing importance in an essay? Organizational approach in research: when to use?
What historians say are causes for the civil war
Negative effects of alcohol abuse in adolescents
Contributors to an ecosystem
Rhetorical strategies in advertising
Which word would be the easiest for a beginner speller to decode?
Universe
Napkin
Young
A saying that means something else
sarcasm
idiom
metaphor
What comes last in the development of comprehension in young adults?
sentence structure
main ideas
setting
What should a 2nd grader be able to do if they have phonemic awareness?
find rhyming words
sing the alphabet song
know the sounds of each letter
How does the usage of slang affect a passage?
gives personification
enhances the setting
shows dialect
