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Third Grade ELA Comprehensive Test

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the people or animals in a story

a)

setting

b)

characters

c)

climax

d)

idiom

2.

where and when the story takes place

a)

characters

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

metaphor

3.

What HAPPENS in the story

a)

plot

b)

setting

c)

beginning

d)

theme

4.

description of a character's personality

a)

theme

b)

message

c)

trait

d)

mood

5.

a saying that cannot be taken literally

a)

idiom

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

onomatopiea

6.

a problem or struggle

a)

conflict

b)

major

c)

suffix

d)

prefix

7.

the moral or message of a story

a)

theme

b)

central idea

c)

setting

d)

conflict

8.

Tells what the text is MOSTLY about

a)

setting

b)

central or main idea

c)

theme

d)

resolution

9.

summarizing a story using only the important events

a)

recount or retell

b)

main idea

c)

blah blah blah

d)

What are you talking about Mrs. McCurdy?

10.

language that helps the reader picture parts of the story

a)

details

b)

figurative language

c)

compare and contrast

d)

sequence

11.

a comparison using like or as

a)

Boom

b)

idiom

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

12.

To find the ways that two things are SIMILAR

a)

theme

b)

compare

c)

contrast

d)

looking at it

13.

to find the ways that two things are different

a)

simile

b)

contrast

c)

compare

d)

metaphor

14.

A saying that cannot be taken literally

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

simile

15.

Giving human qualities to a non living item

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

16.

a type of text structure that puts events in order

a)

description

b)

sequence

c)

compare and contrast

d)

cause and effect

17.

a word part at the end of a word that changes its meaning

a)

huh?

b)

suffix

c)

prefix

d)

What?

18.

the repeating of beginning sounds

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopiea

19.

a paragraph in a poem is called a...

a)

rhythm

b)

paragraph

c)

stanza

d)

line

20.

The 3rd graders at Moore Elementary are going on a once

in a lifetime field trip. They will get to see Mickey Mouse

and a beautiful castle. All of the students can’t wait to

ride on all of the rides.


What can you infer about where the student's are going on their field trip?

a)

They are going to the zoo.

b)

They are going to the aquarium.

c)

They are going to Disney World.

d)

They are visiting their state's capital.

21.

Andrew's favorite subject in school involves using lots of numbers. He loves to solve equations and often uses a calculator.


What is Andrew's favorite school subject?

a)

Science

b)

Reading

c)

History

d)

Math

22.

Read the line from the drama.

"The birds migrated to someplace warm."

What is the meaning of the word migrated as it is used in the drama?

a)

lived for a long time

b)

enjoyed the summer weather

c)

traveled from one place to another

d)

planned to ask others

23.

Read the directions.

1. First, put soil in a flowerpot until it is half full.

2. Next, add about tweunty flower seeds.

3. Cover the seeds with an inch of soil.

4. Your seeds are ready to grow.


Which underlined word is spelled wrong?

a)

half

b)

tweunty

c)

inch

d)

ready

24.

Read the sentence.

The sun __________ very bright to us yesterday because there were no clouds in the sky.


Which verb or verb phrase completes the sentence?

a)

is looking

b)

looks

c)

will look

d)

looked

25.

Which form of the verb BEST completes the sentence?

Last May, Rita ___________ a soccer team.

a)

will join

b)

joins

c)

has joined

d)

joined

26.

Which title is capitalized correctly?

a)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

b)

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

c)

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

d)

Charlie And the Chocolate Factory

27.

When there is dialogue in a story, where do the quotation marks go?

a)

At the beginning and end of what a person says

b)

At the beginning of what a person said

c)

At the end of what a person said