WorksheetsRoald Dahl (STAAR 2017 Passage)
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 33mins
How was Dahl's career at the oil company similar to his military carrer?
Both carrers gave Dahl experience as a spy.
Both carrers put Dahl in dangerous situations.
Both carrers required Dahl to have excellent writing skills.
Both carrers presented Dahl with opportunities to learn new skills.
In paragraph 5, the word endless means-
nearing the end
able to end
without end
after the end
The author included the information about Dahl becoming a father to explain-
what types of stories Dahl most enjoyed writing
how Dahl's children helped him improve his stories
when Dahl decided to become a writer
why Dahl was inspired to write children's literature
The photographs of two of Dahl's books after paragraph 3 are included most likely to-
suggest they were the first stories written by Dahl
encourage the reader to buy the books that Dahl wrote for his daughters
show which book Dahl wrote while he was a spy
show examples of Dahl's books that the reader may recognize
The author organizes the selection by-
listing Dahl's accomplishments as a writer
comparing Dahl's life as a fighter pilot to his life as a writer
describing Dahl's life from his childhood through his adulthood
explaining how Dahl's kob as the Shell Oil Company led to new discoveries
Which sentence from the selection bets shows that Dahl was a daring person?
While Dahl may best be known as an author of famous children's books, he also had an intersting life unrelated to writing.
Before he started writing, he traveled to other countries, flew fighter planes, and worked as a spy.
Dahl soon learned that Africa has many new things to see.
The mustery stories were quite popular.
Complete the sentence with the correct there, their, they're.
_________having a party, and they invited us.
There
Their
They're
Complete the following sentence with the correct use of there, they're, or their.
We need a way to get _____________.
their
there
they're
Complete the following sentence with the correct there, they're, or their.
Can they pick us up in ________car?
there
their
they're
Complete the following sentence with the correct there, they're, or their.
Our friends are over______________.
there
their
they're
Complete the following sentence with the correct there, they're, or their.
_______glad we're coming too.
there
they're
their
