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Word Study STAAR Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A homophone is a word...

a)

has a word with the exact same spelling and meaning.

b)

has a word with the same sound, but different spelling and meaning.

c)

has a word with the same sound, but the same spelling.

d)

has a word with the same sound and spelling, but with the same meaning.

2.

Which of the following words have a closed syllable?

a)

rabbit

b)

listen

c)

cocoa

d)

butterfly

3.

My ______ made cookies for my brother's birthday party.

a)

aunt

b)

ant

4.

What is the meaning of the word "safe" in the following sentence?

Bennie put the money from the cash register into the safe.

a)

Noun: A word yelled by the umpire when a baseball player makes it to home plate.

b)

Noun: A metal box or container with a lock where people put valuable items.

c)

Adjective: unharmed

d)

Noun: A type of dance that you only do if your friends want to.

5.

What correction needs to be made to the following sentence?

Shell go to the store after she leaves work.

a)

Change "store" to "stores"

b)

Change "Shell" to "She'll"

c)

Change "leaves" to "leaf"

d)

Change "go" to "goes"

6.

An antonym for the word "clear"

a)

dizzy

b)

hurt

c)

sheer

d)

cloudy

7.

"Other students slowed down as the passed Max and Keisha in the hallway, looking at their strange clothing."

What is the correct definition of the word "passed"?

a)

to ignore

b)

to move by

c)

to hit or throw a ball to a teammate in a game

d)

to complete a class successfully

8.

A synonym for the word "moist" is...

a)

wet

b)

firm

c)

shiny

d)

bright

9.

Which of the following are NOT rhyming words?

a)

dime

time

b)

love

move

c)

clerk

smirk

d)

check

neck

10.

The words at the bottom of a picture or photograph are called...

a)

a map

b)

a diagram

c)

a caption

d)

a flow chart

11.

The purpose of a caption is to...

a)

to define a word for the reader

b)

inform the reader about the topic of the text

c)

entertain the reader with a funny story

d)

to give details about a picture or photograph

12.

What correction needs to be made to the following sentence?

How many times have you been to Peter piper pizza.

a)

Change "times" to "time"

b)

Change "Peter piper pizza" to "Peter Piper Pizza"

c)

Replace the period with a question mark.

d)

Change "been" to "bean"

13.

An antonym is a word

a)

that means the opposite of another word

b)

that means the same thing or a similar thing

c)

that is a companion to another word

14.

Which of the following words are correctly divided into syllables?

a)

perm / a / nent

b)

sylla / ble

c)

kit / ten

d)

fan / tast / ic

15.

Which lines from this poem rhyme?

a)

and carried it

outside to see

b)

weeks ago

when everything outside was snow

c)

and then our dog

decided he

d)

and one by one they took them out

16.

Blocks of text in a fiction or non-fiction texts are called

a)

lines

b)

paragraphs

c)

sentences

d)

stanzas

17.

All of the following words have an open syllable EXCEPT:

a)

pilot

b)

soda

c)

people

d)

careful

18.

Poems must have rhyming words.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Informational text must include a map.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What is the setting of a story?

a)

the characters

b)

the time and place

c)

the events of the story

d)

the genre of the story

21.

What genre of fiction has characters that sound and act the way a person would?

a)

realistic fiction

b)

science fiction

c)

non-fiction

d)

folk or fairy tales

22.

Which word has an open syllable?

a)

motor

b)

temper

c)

kitten

d)

borrow

23.

A character is...

a)

the time and place of the story

b)

the events of the story

c)

a person or animal in a story

d)

the author of the story

24.

Blocks of text in a poem are called

a)

lines

b)

paragraphs

c)

sentences

d)

stanzas

25.

The plot of a story is...

a)

the time and place of the story

b)

the events of the story

c)

a person or animal in the story

d)

the author of the story

26.

A narrative poem

a)

tells a short story

b)

is only about the reader's five senses.

c)

has lines that make the reader laugh

d)

doesn't have a defined structure

27.

A homograph is a word that

a)

sounds like another word with the same meaning

b)

is spelled the same way as another word but the two word have different meanings

c)

is spelled the same way as another word and sounds like the same word

d)

sounds like another word with a different meaning

28.

I'm carrying a basket full of goodies to my ______, sweet granny.

a)

deer

b)

dear

29.

Which of the following are NOT rhyming words?

a)

keep

sleep

b)

purple

slurp

c)

carry

merry

d)

borrow

tomorrow

30.

In an informational text, the title...

a)

tells the reader what the story is about

b)

introduces the topic

c)

gets the reader interested in reading the text

d)

helps the reader understand the text

31.

The first paragraph in an informational text...

a)

introduces the reader to the topic

b)

gets the reader interested in the topic

c)

gives the reader a lot of details

d)

is the title of the text

32.

What is this informational text feature called?

a)

a diagram

b)

an illustration

c)

a caption

d)

a photograph

33.

What is this informational text feature called?

a)

the title

b)

a caption

c)

a bold heading

d)

a description

34.

A bold heading in an informational text...

a)

tells the reader what the story is about.

b)

explains what is happening in a picture or photograph

c)

tells the reader they can stop reading

d)

tells the reader what the next section will be about

35.

What is this informational text feature called?

a)

the title

b)

a caption

c)

a bold heading

d)

a photograph

36.

What is an antonym for the word pretty?

a)

beautiful

b)

plain

c)

ugly

d)

lovely

37.

What correction needs to be made to the following sentence?

Mia has five more brothers than his friend Steven.

a)

Change "more" to "most"

b)

Change "Mia" to "she"

c)

Change "his" to "her"

d)

There are no changes needed.

38.

A synonym for the word harsh is...

a)

smooth

b)

polite

c)

gross

d)

rough

39.

What is the author's purpose?

a)

It's the reason the author has written the text.

b)

It's the reason the reader has chosen the text to read.

c)

I don't know what that means.

d)

It is the author's goal to convince you to agree with his or her opinion.

40.

All of the following are rhyming words EXCEPT...

a)

bubbles

troubles

b)

phone

tone

c)

except

expect

d)

kept

swept

41.

Which of the following words are correctly divided into syllables?

a)

nibb / le

b)

cap / tain

c)

pers / on

d)

strand / ed

42.

This informational text feature is called...

a)

a caption

b)

a diagram

c)

an illustration

d)

labels

43.

The purpose of a diagram is to...

a)

tell the reader what the picture is about

b)

to help the reader remember the topic

c)

to help the reader visualize what the text is describing

d)

to make the reader feel important

44.

Which of the following is NOT an informational text structure?

a)

Problem/

Solution

b)

Compare/

Contrast

c)

Descriptive

d)

Conflict/

Resolution

e)

Cause / Effect

45.

What is the reader's purpose?

a)

It's the reason the author has written the text.

b)

It's the reason the reader has chosen the text to read.

c)

I don't know what that means.

d)

It is the reader's favorite topic.