WorksheetsISIP Comprehension Practice
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is one result of volunteering?
You help others without being too concerned about helping yourself.
You can earn money while helping others.
You can spend more time working at a computer and watching TV.
You help others and help yourself at the same time.
Service to others is the payment you make for your space here on Earth.
What did the character mean by this statement?
Volunteering is a required human service.
Service to others is the only payment accepted for membership in a community.
Membership in a community comes with responsibility.
Membership in a community must be paid for by working at community centers.
An editor makes a book better by. . .
suggesting changes and making corrections.
telling the printer how to sell the book.
changing the art on the book cover.
stating exactly what the people want to hear.
The reader is important because. . .
only the reader can tell the editor how to fix the story.
the author tells the reader which books to read.
only popular books are bought by readers.
without readers, there would be no need for books.
According to the passage, insects are stronger than humans. How might a reader disagree with this "fact"?
by pointing out that giant beetles are much bigger than other types of insects
by showing that many insects are afraid of people
by pointing out that humans will always be able to lift much more than insects
by stating that it is difficult to find information about insects on the Internet
What is the effect of not getting a recess break?
Kids' brains have trouble learning.
Kids grow stronger and healthier.
Kids spend less time on reading and math.
Kids' social skills improve.
Why might some schools' leaders want to get rid of recess?
Recess is not necessary for kids who play sports.
Recess takes away from classroom time
Recess causes behavior problems.
Recess lowers kids' scores on tests.
What kind of sentence tells the main idea of a paragraph?
supporting detail
example sentence
topic sentence
transition sentence
What is a main idea?
the central point of a piece of writing
the most interesting detail in a book
the information that supports the topic sentence
the punctuation used in a paragraph
What does infer mean?
use a dictionary to find the answer
note what you know
make a guess based on what you read
play with your dog
Where or when something takes place
setting
plot
main idea
compare and contrast
A lesson, message, or moral of a text
setting
tone
theme
simile
Who does the theme (moral, lesson) apply to?
all characters
just the main character
no specific characters, it can apply to everyone, even myself
Just me.
If the author wants to "convey" something to you, then the author is trying to
make me understand their ideas or feelings
not tell me anything at all
tell me the main idea
tell me the theme
When you identify the best title of a passage, how do you choose?
You want to include the best title for the entire passage, not just a title with specific details (the title should NOT give the story away)
only choose the title that has specific details from the passage
only choose the title that has nothing to do with the passage
only choose the title that mentions characters
