Free Printable Benchmark Review (Q2)

1.

A commercial selling a new Star Wars Lego toy.

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

2.

A flyer by a candidate running for town mayor.

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

3.

A menu for a Chinese restaurant

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

4.

The new Diary of A Wimpy Kid book

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

5.

A book of knock-knock jokes

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

6.

A newsletter from the school principal talking about the upcoming school year

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

7.

Directions to the local movie theater

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

8.

A comic strip

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

9.

An author always has only one purpose for writing?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What would the authors purpose be if they’re trying to make you laugh?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

11.

If the author wants you to vote for a certain person, what is their purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

12.

Which is not an author’s purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Statement

c)

Inform

d)

Entertain

13.

Once upon a time there was a lonely dragon who wished nothing more than to have a friend.

What would be the authors purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

14.

Basketball is the best sport ever. You should play it every chance you get. You should also watch it on tv. Basketball is the only sport that matters.

What is the authors purpose?

a)

Entertain

b)

Persuade

c)

Inform

15.

The Underground Railroad was a secret organization which helped slaves escape to freedom. Many slaves were able to escape because of the conductors and station masters. The northern states were free states and slaves were free once they arrived in the north. Secret codes and signals were used to identify the conductors and station masters.

a)

to Inform

b)

to Entertain

c)

to Persuade

16.

There are many fun things to do at the beach. Swimming is one thing that can be done at the beach. Snorkeling is another thing that can be enjoyed. Playing beach volleyball can be a lot of fun. It is also fun to look for shells. Some people simply like to sunbathe.
What is the main idea?

a)

There are many fun things to do at the beach.

b)

It is also fun to look for shells.

c)

Some people simply like to sunbathe.

d)

Going to the beach to swim can be fun.

17.

Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball. They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score. Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.
What is the main idea?

a)

They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.

b)

Soccer players learn how to dribble.

c)

They learn how to work together as teammates.

d)

Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

18.

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?

a)

Who is the main character?

b)

What is the main event?

c)

What is one important detail?

d)

What point is the author trying to make?

19.

A bat can fly at night or even with its eyes closed. But if you cover its ears, it can't fly very well. Bats make sounds that people can't hear. The bats find their way by listening to these sounds as they echo off things. Bats even locate insects to eat by following the sounds that bounce off the bugs. People use their eyes, but bats use their ears to know where they're going. This paragraph mainly tells:

a)

how bats use sound

b)

what things bats often eat as food

c)

how bats fly toward people

d)

how people can hear the sounds of bats

20.

I can't wait until this weekend! We’re going to my grandparents’ house and my entire family will be there. I will spend most of my time playing games with my cousins. We always have such a good time together! The day goes by so fast, and by the end we are all exhausted... but we still don’t want to leave!
What is the main idea?

a)

Weekends are times to travel.

b)

The author enjoys spending time with her family.

c)

The author's grandparents live far away.

d)

The author is sad to leave her cousins.

21.

Which sentence is a supporting detail that recycling is important?

a)

There are many landfills available for waste.

b)

Recycling paper saves trees from being cut down.

c)

Clean jars before recycling them.

d)

Separate your paper, cans, and glass jars before recycling.

22.

Key details give important information to support the main idea.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Read the following details and determine the main idea of the words.
-theater
-candy
-popcorn
-dark

a)

Playing at the park.

b)

Going to school.

c)

Playing a soccer game.

d)

Going to the movies.

24.

Perhaps one of the largest flowers grown is the sunflower. These giants grow up to 10 feet high. The flower itself is very large. It gets its name from the way it follows the sun. The face of the flower moves from east to west so that it is always facing the sun. The main idea is:

a)

To discuss large flowers.

b)

To describe the importance of the sunflower.

c)

To tell how the sunflower got its name.

25.

What is a main idea?

a)

The purpose of the passage

b)

A minor detail

c)

It is the same as the topic

d)

the most important idea about a topic that a particular text or paragraph conveys

26.

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.

a)

1st person POV

b)

2nd person POV

c)

3rd person POV

27.

She ran as fast as she could up the hill. Although she was hot and exhausted, she knew if she kept her pace, she would win the race.

a)

1st person POV

b)

2nd person POV

c)

3rd person POV

28.

Even though the class is loquacious, you must focus on the assignment so you can do well on the test. Your hard work will pay off in the end.

a)

1st person POV

b)

2nd person POV

c)

3rd person POV

29.

Ms. Arellano ran up the steep hill as fast as she could. Nothing could stop her as long as she kept her pace.

a)

2nd person POV

b)

3rd person POV

c)

1st person POV

30.

A type of narrative perspective in where the author uses pronouns like ''your" and "you."

a)

2nd person POV

b)

3rd person POV

c)

1st person POV

31.

She liked ice cream, but he liked cake. So they bought both.

a)

3rd person POV

b)

1st person POV

c)

2nd person POV

32.

Adrian was anxious when he got home from school Thursday afternoon. Ms. Arellano gave so much homework and he knew that his mom wouldn't let him play video games unless all of his homework was done.

a)

1st person POV

b)

2nd person POV

c)

3rd person POV

33.

What point of view uses the word
I?

a)

1st person POV

b)

2nd person POV

c)

3rd person POV

34.

What point of view uses the word
we?

a)

1st person POV

b)

2nd person POV

c)

3rd person POV

35.

What point of view uses the word
he?

a)

1st person POV

b)

2nd person POV

c)

3rd person POV

36.

What point of view uses the word
your?

a)

1st person POV

b)

2nd person POV

c)

3rd person POV

37.

Our class has to take FSA reading on Monday and Tuesday. We review every single day and I'd say we are prepared for the test.

a)

1st person POV

b)

2nd person POV

c)

3rd person POV

38.

They are a loquacious bunch but they are also kind and sweet. The class has gotten to know each other so well this school year. They are like family.

a)

2nd person POV

b)

3rd person POV

c)

1st person POV

39.

If you want to do well on your FSA reading and math, you need to focus and pay attention in class. You must do homework nightly and have a growth mindset.

a)

2nd person POV

b)

3rd person POV

c)

1st person POV

40.

Time flies by!

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

41.

I am as hungry as a bear!

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

42.

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

43.

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

idiom

44.

The sad student sat silently in the room.

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

idiom

d)

personification

45.

"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

46.

The dropped package skidded like an Olympic bobsled across the icy sidewalk.
What two things are being compared in this sentence’s simile?

a)

the package and the sidewalk

b)

the Olympics and the icy sidewalk

c)

the movement of the dropped package and a bobsled

d)

the way the package was dropped and the Olympics

47.

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

48.

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

simile

49.

Sally is the sun in my life

a)

Sally is yellow.

b)

Sally is standing on the roof.

c)

Sally is important to me.

50.

I'm dying to see that movie.

a)

I can wait a little longer.

b)

I don't want to see the movie.

c)

I'm excited about seeing the movie.

51.

The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky.

a)

The stars are expensive.

b)

The stars are not out tonight.

c)

The stars were bright and sparkling.

52.

I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.

a)

alliteration

b)

repetition

c)

idiom

d)

hyperbole

53.

Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not. Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.

a)

cause and effect

b)

compare and contrast

c)

chronological / sequence

d)

problem and solution

e)

descriptive

54.

The ice-cream shop around the corner from my house has the best ice-cream in the city. When you first walk inside, there is a long chrome counter with matching stools extending to alongside the far wall. Right where the counter stops, the booth seating begins. There are lots of old-timey knickknacks on the walls and chrome napkin holders on all the tables. My favorite part of the shop is behind the counter glass, where they keep all of the ice-cream flavors. A rainbow of delicious sugary flavors is kept cool and delicious behind the counter glass.

a)

cause and effect

b)

compare and contrast

c)

chronological / sequence

d)

problem and solution

e)

descriptive

55.

Freezer burn may have wasted more ice-cream than sidewalks. If you don’t know, freezer burn is when ice crystals form on the surface of ice-cream. These ice crystals can ruin the texture and flavor of the ice cream. But you can prevent freezer burn. Since freezer burn is caused when melted ice-cream is refrozen, rather than eating your ice-cream from the container as it melts, scoop your ice-cream into a bowl and put the container back in the fridge immediately. Doing this ought to help you solve your issues with freezer burn.

a)

cause and effect

b)

compare and contrast

c)

chronological / sequence

d)

problem and solution

e)

descriptive

56.

No one knows the true origin of ice-cream, but the first published ice-cream recipe appears in “Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts,” a cook book that was printed in London in 1718. Sometime around 1832, an African American confectioner named Augustus Jackson created multiple ice cream recipes and invented a superior technique to manufacture ice cream. Ice cream soda was invented around 1874, but the real breakthrough may have been at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, when the American ice-cream cone was unveiled!

a)

cause and effect

b)

compare and contrast

c)

chronological / sequence

d)

problem and solution

e)

descriptive

57.

Have you ever had an ice-cream headache? That’s when a painful sensation resonates in your head after eating something cold (usually ice-cream) on a hot day. This pain is produced by a nerve center in the roof of your mouth. The nerve center is overreacting to the cold by trying to heat your brain. Ice-cream headaches have turned many smiles to frowns.

a)

cause and effect

b)

compare and contrast

c)

chronological / sequence

d)

problem and solution

e)

descriptive

58.

It was the most beautiful banana split that I had ever seen. In the middle of the bowl, there were three scoops of ice-cream: chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. On top of the ice-cream were a banana and a thick web of chocolate and caramel sauces. A huge puff of whipped cream covered the sauces and a handful of crushed nuts dappled the whipped cream. On top of it all was a cherry, but I’ve never liked the soggy squish of cherries.

a)

cause and effect

b)

compare and contrast

c)

chronological / sequence

d)

problem and solution

e)

descriptive

59.

Which structure tells the order that events occur?

a)

Cause & Effect

b)

Problem & Solution

c)

Chronological Order

d)

Compare & Contrast

e)

Descriptive

60.

Key words are: problem, solution, resolution

a)

Problem & Solution

b)

Cause & Effect

c)

Chronological Order

d)

Compare & Contrast

e)

Descriptive

61.

Key words are: however, similarly, like, unlike

a)

Chronological Order

b)

Compare & Contrast

c)

Cause & Effect

d)

Problem & Solution

e)

Descriptive

62.

Key words are: because, if, when, so, as a result

a)

Cause & Effect

b)

Chronological Order

c)

Problem & Solution

d)

Compare & Contrast

e)

Descriptive

63.

Key words are: first, next, then, last, years, numbers

a)

Chronological Order

b)

Cause & Effect

c)

Problem & Solution

d)

Compare & Contrast

e)

Descriptive

64.

Tells what happened and why it happened.

a)

Compare & Contrast

b)

Problem & Solution

c)

Chronological Order

d)

Cause & Effect

e)

Descriptive

65.

Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not. Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.

a)

cause and effect

b)

compare and contrast

c)

chronological / sequence

d)

problem and solution

e)

descriptive

66.

The ice-cream shop around the corner from my house has the best ice-cream in the city. When you first walk inside, there is a long chrome counter with matching stools extending to alongside the far wall. Right where the counter stops, the booth seating begins. There are lots of old-timey knickknacks on the walls and chrome napkin holders on all the tables. My favorite part of the shop is behind the counter glass, where they keep all of the ice-cream flavors. A rainbow of delicious sugary flavors is kept cool and delicious behind the counter glass.

a)

cause and effect

b)

compare and contrast

c)

chronological / sequence

d)

problem and solution

e)

descriptive

67.

Freezer burn may have wasted more ice-cream than sidewalks. If you don’t know, freezer burn is when ice crystals form on the surface of ice-cream. These ice crystals can ruin the texture and flavor of the ice cream. But you can prevent freezer burn. Since freezer burn is caused when melted ice-cream is refrozen, rather than eating your ice-cream from the container as it melts, scoop your ice-cream into a bowl and put the container back in the fridge immediately. Doing this ought to help you solve your issues with freezer burn.

a)

cause and effect

b)

compare and contrast

c)

chronological / sequence

d)

problem and solution

e)

descriptive

68.

No one knows the true origin of ice-cream, but the first published ice-cream recipe appears in “Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts,” a cook book that was printed in London in 1718. Sometime around 1832, an African American confectioner named Augustus Jackson created multiple ice cream recipes and invented a superior technique to manufacture ice cream. Ice cream soda was invented around 1874, but the real breakthrough may have been at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, when the American ice-cream cone was unveiled!

a)

cause and effect

b)

compare and contrast

c)

chronological / sequence

d)

problem and solution

e)

descriptive

69.

Have you ever had an ice-cream headache? That’s when a painful sensation resonates in your head after eating something cold (usually ice-cream) on a hot day. This pain is produced by a nerve center in the roof of your mouth. The nerve center is overreacting to the cold by trying to heat your brain. Ice-cream headaches have turned many smiles to frowns.

a)

cause and effect

b)

compare and contrast

c)

chronological / sequence

d)

problem and solution

e)

descriptive

70.

It was the most beautiful banana split that I had ever seen. In the middle of the bowl, there were three scoops of ice-cream: chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. On top of the ice-cream were a banana and a thick web of chocolate and caramel sauces. A huge puff of whipped cream covered the sauces and a handful of crushed nuts dappled the whipped cream. On top of it all was a cherry, but I’ve never liked the soggy squish of cherries.

a)

cause and effect

b)

compare and contrast

c)

chronological / sequence

d)

problem and solution

e)

descriptive

71.

Which structure tells the order that events occur?

a)

Cause & Effect

b)

Problem & Solution

c)

Chronological Order

d)

Compare & Contrast

e)

Descriptive

72.

Key words are: problem, solution, resolution

a)

Problem & Solution

b)

Cause & Effect

c)

Chronological Order

d)

Compare & Contrast

e)

Descriptive

73.

Key words are: however, similarly, like, unlike

a)

Chronological Order

b)

Compare & Contrast

c)

Cause & Effect

d)

Problem & Solution

e)

Descriptive

74.

Key words are: because, if, when, so, as a result

a)

Cause & Effect

b)

Chronological Order

c)

Problem & Solution

d)

Compare & Contrast

e)

Descriptive

75.

Key words are: first, next, then, last, years, numbers

a)

Chronological Order

b)

Cause & Effect

c)

Problem & Solution

d)

Compare & Contrast

e)

Descriptive

76.

Tells what happened and why it happened.

a)

Compare & Contrast

b)

Problem & Solution

c)

Chronological Order

d)

Cause & Effect

e)

Descriptive

77.

Beverages such as juice, water, and soda will be provided at the party.

What does the underlined word mean?

a)

food

b)

party

c)

drinks

78.

You must eat nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables to stay healthy.

What does the underlined word mean?

a)

unhealthy

b)

healthy

c)

delicious

79.

The museum displayed ancient artifacts like jewlery, coins, and spears.

What does the underlined word mean?

a)

objects made by humans

b)

bodies of water

c)

natural objects

80.

My desk was messy and disorganized this morning, but now it is spotless.

Whatd does the underlined word mean?

a)

untidy

b)

smooth

c)

very clean

81.

The wooden toy looks fragile. However, it is sturdy and strong.

What does the underlined word mean?

a)

well-made

b)

bumpy

c)

weak

82.

Context Clues:

After getting caught in the rain, I came home drenched.

a)

Sad

b)

Angry

c)

Wet

d)

Dry

83.

Context Clues:

This recipe has many ingredients and rules. It is complex.

a)

Easy

b)

Sweet

c)

Difficult

d)

Smart

84.

It has been an extremely brutal summer with very hot temperatures.

a)

harsh

b)

windy

c)

gentle

d)

pleasant

85.

The robber tried to __________ the scene of the crime, but the police managed to catch him.

a)

select

b)

conceal

c)

organize

d)

flee

86.

At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages, like milk and ice tea.

a)

bread

b)

silverware

c)

drinks

d)

milk

87.

It rained all day. It was a gloomy day.
What does gloomy mean?

a)

sunny

b)

cloudy

c)

bright

88.

The broccoli was disgusting. We hid it under our plates. What is disgusting?

a)

delicious

b)

yummy

c)

gross

d)

green

89.

The ring on her finger was glimmering. What is glimmering?

a)

dull

b)

hard

c)

shiny

d)

bright

90.

There are small yellow flowers growing in the field by the school. Please be careful not to trample the flowers as you walk across the field. Watch each step you take so the school can keep these pretty flowers safe.

What does the word trample mean in this paragraph?

a)

pick up

b)

jump over

c)

step on

d)

throw down

Benchmark Review (Q2)

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 8hrs 49mins

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