WorksheetsWord Study STAAR Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 26mins
A homophone is a word...
has a word with the exact same spelling and meaning.
has a word with the same sound, but different spelling and meaning.
has a word with the same sound, but the same spelling.
has a word with the same sound and spelling, but with the same meaning.
Which of the following words have a closed syllable?
rabbit
listen
cocoa
butterfly
My ______ made cookies for my brother's birthday party.
aunt
ant
What is the meaning of the word "safe" in the following sentence?
Bennie put the money from the cash register into the safe.
Noun: A word yelled by the umpire when a baseball player makes it to home plate.
Noun: A metal box or container with a lock where people put valuable items.
Adjective: unharmed
Noun: A type of dance that you only do if your friends want to.
What correction needs to be made to the following sentence?
Shell go to the store after she leaves work.
Change "store" to "stores"
Change "Shell" to "She'll"
Change "leaves" to "leaf"
Change "go" to "goes"
An antonym for the word "clear"
dizzy
hurt
sheer
cloudy
"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"?
to ignore
to move by
to hit or throw a ball to a teammate in a game
to complete a class successfully
A synonym for the word "moist" is...
wet
firm
shiny
bright
Which of the following are NOT rhyming words?
dime
time
love
move
clerk
smirk
check
neck
The words at the bottom of a picture or photograph are called...
a map
a diagram
a caption
a flow chart
The purpose of a caption is to...
to define a word for the reader
inform the reader about the topic of the text
entertain the reader with a funny story
to give details about a picture or photograph
What correction needs to be made to the following sentence?
How many times have you been to Peter piper pizza.
Change "times" to "time"
Change "Peter piper pizza" to "Peter Piper Pizza"
Replace the period with a question mark.
Change "been" to "bean"
An antonym is a word
that means the opposite of another word
that means the same thing or a similar thing
that is a companion to another word
Which of the following words are correctly divided into syllables?
perm / a / nent
sylla / ble
kit / ten
fan / tast / ic
Which lines from this poem rhyme?
and carried it
outside to see
weeks ago
when everything outside was snow
and then our dog
decided he
and one by one they took them out
Blocks of text in a fiction or non-fiction texts are called
lines
paragraphs
sentences
stanzas
All of the following words have an open syllable EXCEPT:
pilot
soda
people
careful
Poems must have rhyming words.
True
False
Informational text must include a map.
True
False
What is the setting of a story?
the characters
the time and place
the events of the story
the genre of the story
What genre of fiction has characters that sound and act the way a person would?
realistic fiction
science fiction
non-fiction
folk or fairy tales
Which word has an open syllable?
motor
temper
kitten
borrow
A character is...
the time and place of the story
the events of the story
a person or animal in a story
the author of the story
Blocks of text in a poem are called
lines
paragraphs
sentences
stanzas
The plot of a story is...
the time and place of the story
the events of the story
a person or animal in the story
the author of the story
A narrative poem
tells a short story
is only about the reader's five senses.
has lines that make the reader laugh
doesn't have a defined structure
A homograph is a word that
sounds like another word with the same meaning
is spelled the same way as another word but the two word have different meanings
is spelled the same way as another word and sounds like the same word
sounds like another word with a different meaning
I'm carrying a basket full of goodies to my ______, sweet granny.
deer
dear
Which of the following are NOT rhyming words?
keep
sleep
purple
slurp
carry
merry
borrow
tomorrow
In an informational text, the title...
tells the reader what the story is about
introduces the topic
gets the reader interested in reading the text
helps the reader understand the text
The first paragraph in an informational text...
introduces the reader to the topic
gets the reader interested in the topic
gives the reader a lot of details
is the title of the text
What is this informational text feature called?
a diagram
an illustration
a caption
a photograph
What is this informational text feature called?
the title
a caption
a bold heading
a description
A bold heading in an informational text...
tells the reader what the story is about.
explains what is happening in a picture or photograph
tells the reader they can stop reading
tells the reader what the next section will be about
What is this informational text feature called?
the title
a caption
a bold heading
a photograph
What is an antonym for the word pretty?
beautiful
plain
ugly
lovely
What correction needs to be made to the following sentence?
Mia has five more brothers than his friend Steven.
Change "more" to "most"
Change "Mia" to "she"
Change "his" to "her"
There are no changes needed.
A synonym for the word harsh is...
smooth
polite
gross
rough
What is the author's purpose?
It's the reason the author has written the text.
It's the reason the reader has chosen the text to read.
I don't know what that means.
It is the author's goal to convince you to agree with his or her opinion.
All of the following are rhyming words EXCEPT...
bubbles
troubles
phone
tone
except
expect
kept
swept
Which of the following words are correctly divided into syllables?
nibb / le
cap / tain
pers / on
strand / ed
This informational text feature is called...
a caption
a diagram
an illustration
labels
The purpose of a diagram is to...
tell the reader what the picture is about
to help the reader remember the topic
to help the reader visualize what the text is describing
to make the reader feel important
Which of the following is NOT an informational text structure?
Problem/
Solution
Compare/
Contrast
Descriptive
Conflict/
Resolution
Cause / Effect
What is the reader's purpose?
It's the reason the author has written the text.
It's the reason the reader has chosen the text to read.
I don't know what that means.
It is the reader's favorite topic.
