WorksheetsUnit 1 Test Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 26mins
Microchips provide the power for wristwatches. They are also the brains in our computers, and they control robots. These chips are used in video games and space shuttles. They make our cameras, radios, and televisions small and light. What is the story mainly about?
How computers work.
How microchips are used.
Why televisions are so small.
What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?
What is one important detail?
Who is the main character?
What is the main event?
What point about the topic is the author trying to make?
What is a topic?
The writer's opinion about the text.
The supporting detail.
The retelling of a story.
The general subject of a text.
Select the detail that DOES NOT support the main idea that education is important.
Education can lead to success in life.
It helps you understand the world.
Education causes problems.
You make smarter choices in life if you're educated.
Select the supporting detail that doesn't fit.
Main Idea: Reading class is really interesting.
It's my least favorite class.
Sometimes we do dramatic readings of the text that are super engaging.
Our teacher gives us new ways to look at things.
We learn interesting facts from the things we read.
Last week we went camping.
first person
third person
The Perez family are moving into their new house tomorrow.
first person
third person
We must really hurry up or we will be late. I hate being late!
first person
third person
What is the POV? "I ran up a steep hill. I was very hot and exhausted. It was a long race, but I was in the lead. I knew if I could keep my pace I would be able to win the race."
First Person POV
Second Person POV
Third Person POV
What detail is likely to be revealed ONLY from the POV being used?
"I ran up a steep hill. I was very hot and exhausted. It was a long race, but I was in the lead. I knew if I could keep my pace I would be able to win the race."
The character ran up a hill.
The character was in the lead.
The character was exhausted.
What detail is likely to be revealed ONLY from the POV being used?
Time travel is exhausting. It took me 200 million years to realize that. Well, actually it only took me a few seconds, but I first realized it about 200 million years ago. That was the first time that I traveled through time. "Try it!" said the mad scientist. "History needs you," he told me. I went with my gut.
The mad scientist said, "Try it!"
The character time travels.
The character went with his gut.
Time travel is exhausting. It took me 200 million years to realize that. Well, actually it only took me a few seconds, but I first realized it about 200 million years ago. That was the first time that I traveled through time. "Try it!" said the mad scientist. "History needs you," he told me. I went with my gut.
What is the point of view?
First person
second person
Third person limited
Third person omniscient
True or False: Words can have positive, negative, or neutral connotations.
True
False
Which of the sentences below uses words with positive connotations?
My aunt Janey is mature and experienced.
My aunt Janey is ancient and outdated.
Which has the more positive connotation (feeling)?
hyperactive
energetic
Which has the more positive connotation (feeling)?
nosey
curious
Megan, a bold resourceful photographer, recently published breathtaking photographs of the Grand Canyon.
Where should a comma be added in this sentence?
The frustrated overwhelmed writer sat at his antique desk for hours attempting to complete the final draft of his novel.
between antique and mahogany
between overwhelmed and writer
no comma needed
between frustrated and overwhelmed
Does this sentence have coordinate adjectives?:
The two tall women were fishing.
Yes
No
Kayla finally arrived at the park.
What are the adverbs in the sentence?
Traffic began moving more slowly.
Traffic and began
more and slowly
What words do the adverbs modify?
Traffic began moving more slowly.
Traffic modifies began; began modifies traffic
slowly modifies moving; more modifies slowly
What word does the adverb MODIFY?
Kayla finally arrived at the park.
Kayla
A dependent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence.
True
False
The family dog chewed on the leg of the coffee table.
Independent Clause
Dependent Clause
After Amy sneezed all over the chicken salad.
Independent Clause
Dependent Clause
Adam smashed the spider.
Independent Clause
Dependent Clause
Because her best friend Giselle insisted on gossiping during their study session the night before.
Independent Clause
Dependent Clause
Who ate handfuls of bran flakes with his bare hands.
Independent Clause
Dependent Clause
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Whenever lazy students whine, Ms. Kubal throws chalk erasers at their heads.
Whenever lazy students whine Ms. Kubal throws chalk erasers at their heads.
Repetition in a poem or any text creates...
emphasis (showing it's important)
nothing, it's useless
What can you infer about Troy from this statement?
Tim looked out the window. The house looked so lonely. Tim's father put the last suitcase in the trunk and started up the car. Thor, his dog, put his head on Tim's lap, like he understood how Tim was feeling. "It's okay, Thor," he said. "Dad says we will like California."
What is happening?
Tim is sad because his dog doesn't have a house to live in.
Tim is taking Thor to live with his grandmother.
Tim is taking a trip to visit people he doesn't know.
Tim is moving to California with his family.
