Worksheets4th grade Milestones Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins
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Class
Date
1.
Scrabble is a game that provides hours of challenging fun for you and your friends. In this game you use your letters to build new words from words already on the game board. Scrabble is a fun way to learn new words and meanings.
What is the main idea of the passage?
What is the main idea of the passage?
a)
Scrabble is challenging and fun.
b)
Scrabble is a good game for Scrabble is a good game for building vocabulary.
c)
It takes skill to play a good game.
d)
Scrabble can take hours to play.
2.
For years scientist have wanted to know the spider's secret. The threads of spider webs are so tiny, yet so strong. How can these threads be so strong? Now scientists have found out. The inside of the spider's thread is soft. It helps the web stretch without breaking. The outside of the web is hard and strong. This paragraph mainly tells:
a)
who makes thread soft
b)
how spiders make strong thread
c)
how scientists make strong thread
d)
why spiders spin webs
3.
What is the Author's Purpose?
A fictional story about my childhood adventures.
A fictional story about my childhood adventures.
a)
Factual
b)
Entertain
c)
Inform
d)
Persuade
4.
You are reading a story about 3 talking pigs...Fiction or Non-Fiction?
a)
Fiction
b)
Non-Fiction
5.
An INFORMATIONAL text
a)
is fiction
b)
is nonfiction
c)
could be either
6.
Benjamin Franklin invented many things that made life easier in the late 1700's. He invented the lightning rod that saved many homes from fires. He also invented the Franklin stove. The stove could heat a room better than a fireplace and saved people a lot of fuel. He also invented a special kind of glasses called bifocals. This new kind of glasses helped people to read better.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
a)
Benjamin Franklin thought reading was important.
b)
Benjamin Franklin was not afraid of fire.
c)
A Franklin stove can heat a whole room.
d)
Benjamin Franklin was a great inventor.
7.
What does the word preferred mean in the sentence below?
The children preferred the turkey sandwich to the peanut butter sandwich.
The children preferred the turkey sandwich to the peanut butter sandwich.
a)
asked for
b)
liked better
c)
prepared for
d)
showed no intrest
8.
What does the word nourishing mean in the sentence below?
We ate a nourishing lunch before competing in the game.
We ate a nourishing lunch before competing in the game.
a)
huge
b)
light
c)
powerful
d)
healthful
9.
Which sentence is an opinion?
a)
Movies are fun to watch.
b)
Movie posters tell about a movie.
c)
Moviemakers leave things out of a frame
d)
Some movies deal with people and their problems
10.
a person or think in a work of literature
a)
rhythm
b)
genre
c)
character
d)
setting
11.
the evens that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of the story
a)
simile
b)
drama
c)
meter
d)
plot
12.
The child looked bewildered when he couldn't find his mother.
a)
excited
b)
happy
c)
confused
13.
Basketball is a popular sport. The game got its start over a hundred years ago. In 1891, Dr. James Naismith was a teacher. He wanted a new game for his students to play. He came up with an idea. The new game would let his students play inside during the cold winter. Players would throw a soccer ball into two peach baskets. That is how the game came to be known as basketball. Dr. Naismith's first game had thirteen rules. Some of the rules have changed, but others remain the same. For example, a player could not run with the ball in 1891. Today, players still cannot run while holding the ball. They can run while dribbling the ball.
What is the passage mostly about?
What is the passage mostly about?
a)
The history of basketball
b)
How to play basketball
c)
The most popular sport
d)
How sports rules have changed
14.
Basketball is a popular sport. The game got its start over a hundred years ago. In 1891, Dr. James Naismith was a teacher. He wanted a new game for his students to play. He came up with an idea. The new game would let his students play inside during the cold winter. Players would throw a soccer ball into two peach baskets. That is how the game came to be known as basketball. Dr. Naismith's first game had thirteen rules. Some of the rules have changed, but others remain the same. For example, a player could not run with the ball in 1891. Today, players still cannot run while holding the ball. They can run while dribbling the ball.
Which detail helps the reader understand what it was like to play basketball in 1891?
Which detail helps the reader understand what it was like to play basketball in 1891?
a)
Players would throw a soccer ball into two peach baskets.
b)
Today, players still cannot run while holding the ball.
c)
He wanted a new game for his students to play.
d)
The game got its start over a hundred years ago.
15.
Basketball is a popular sport. The game got its start over a hundred years ago. In 1891, Dr. James Naismith was a teacher. He wanted a new game for his students to play. He came up with an idea. The new game would let his students play inside during the cold winter. Players would throw a soccer ball into two peach baskets. That is how the game came to be known as basketball. Dr. Naismith's first game had thirteen rules. Some of the rules have changed, but others remain the same. For example, a player could not run with the ball in 1891. Today, players still cannot run while holding the ball. They can run while dribbling the ball.
Which detail tells why basketball was invented?
Which detail tells why basketball was invented?
a)
The new game would let his students play inside during the cold winter.
b)
Some of the rules have changed, but others remain the same
c)
For example, a player could not run with the ball in 1891.
d)
That is how the game came to be known as basketball
16.
Under which heading might you find information on Will’s childhood chores?
a)
Hard Work at Home
b)
Early Fame
c)
Movie Magic
d)
How He Does It
17.
This type of writing considers similarities and differences.
a)
description
b)
compare & contrast
c)
order & sequence
d)
cause & effect
18.
Students who are frequently absent often have lower average grades than those who have good attendance. When they are out of the classroom, students do notget to see a teacher’s lessons. Even if they attend extra help, it’s usually much shorter and less detailed than the actual lesson. In addition, frequently absent students often miss tests or other assignments and don’t always make up the work.
a)
problem & solution
b)
order & sequence
c)
compare & contrast
d)
cause & effect
19.
Something that can be proven is called?
a)
opinion
b)
fact
c)
protagonist
d)
plot
20.
Your personal beliefs
a)
theme
b)
foreshadowing
c)
fiction
d)
opinion
21.
A description under a picture is called what?
a)
Key Word
b)
Title
c)
Heading
d)
Caption
22.
This
is an example of a ___________?
a)
Index
b)
Table of contents
c)
Chart/Graph
d)
Caption
23.
Located in the back of the book this feature gives the definitions of important vocabulary words?
a)
Captions
b)
Index
c)
Glossary
d)
None of the above
24.
This feature list topics and gives you the page number to navigate to the information. Found in the front of the book.
a)
Index
b)
Table of contents
c)
Glossary
d)
Diagram
25.
This is an example of ____________ text feature? NOTICE THE LABELS added to the picture.
a)
Index
b)
Table of contents
c)
Glossary
d)
Diagram
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