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Day Before STAAR

Total questions: 101

Worksheet time: 5hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does it mean to visualize when you read?

a)

to state the cause and effect

b)

to create a picture in your mind as you read

c)

to make predictions as you read

d)

to summarize what you read in your own words

2.

When there is a conversation between 2 or more people it is called

a)

plot

b)

summary

c)

evidence

d)

dialogue

3.

This type of poem is intended to make the reader laugh

a)

homorous

b)

free verse

c)

narrative

d)

lyrical

4.

This type of poem tells a story. It has characters, setting, and plot...

a)

Humorous

b)

Free Verse

c)

Narrative

d)

Lyrical

5.

This type of poem doesn't follow the rules. The lines do not rhyme...

a)

Humorous

b)

Free Verse

c)

Narrative

d)

Lyrical

6.

This type of poem has musical rhythm. They are usually about personal feelings and emotions.

a)

Humorous

b)

Free Verse

c)

Narrative

d)

Lyrical

7.

Which is an example of sensory language?

a)

with great big trusting eyes

b)

those things upon my back

c)

the clicking of her high heels on the hallway tile

d)

where hills are wide

8.

The overall message or lesson of a story is called

a)

theme

b)

main idea

c)

supporting details

d)

connections

9.

The reason an author writes something is called the...

a)

author's imaginaton

b)

author's background

c)

author's purpose

d)

author's predictions

10.

Part of a passage is called a ...

a)

passage

b)

section

c)

story

d)

statement

11.

In the story, the author emphasizes the importance of -

What does the word emphasize mean?

a)

Make important or stand out

b)

To suggest

c)

To compare

d)

A statement that cannot be proven

12.

Paragraph 17 is important to the plot because -

What does plot mean?

a)

Main problem in the story

b)

Lesson learned in the story

c)

Events that make up a story

d)

The most intense part of the story, or the turning point in the story.

13.

Which sentence best foreshadows what happens at the end of the story?

What does foreshadow mean?

a)

The message of the story

b)

Clues that help the reader to figure out what will happen later in the story.

c)

When a reader uses text clues plus their background knowledge to draw a conclusion.

d)

The author's attitude toward the text.

14.

What can the reader conclude abut the narrator from this sentence?

What does conclude mean?

a)

To suggest, hint, infer

b)

To make a judgement or an opinion by reasoning

c)

Using clues to uncover the meaning of an unknown word

d)

Random guess

15.

The author presents events in chronological order to -

What is chronological order?

a)

Comparing and Contrasting

b)

Describing

c)

The order in which events occur, from first to last

d)

The steps in a process or event

16.

Which sentence from the selection conveys the idea that people were beginning to follow Big Bird's story?

What does convey mean?

a)

To form a mental picture

b)

To suggest or infer

c)

To collect clues to make an inference.

d)

To show, make known, express

17.

Based on the information in the article, what can the reader infer about the contest?

What does infer mean?

a)

The author's attitude toward the story

b)

When a reader uses text evidence plus what they already know to draw a conclusion

c)

The main problem of the story

d)

A factual statement found in the text

18.

The author organizes paragraph 9 in a compare and contrast pattern to illustrate -

What does illustrate mean?

a)

Paint

b)

To hide

c)

Instructions

d)

To show or explain

19.

How does Catalina's observation of the telescope advance the plot of the story?

What does advance mean?

a)

To move forward

b)

To show

c)

To stop

d)

To guess

20.

The story's third person point of view helps the reader -

What is third person point of view?

a)

Told from the point of view of one of the characters in the story - uses pronouns like I, me, my, we, us

b)

When the reader is part of the story - uses pronouns like you and your

c)

The narrator exists outside the story - uses pronouns like he, she, they, them

d)

It's not important.

21.

What topic is addressed by the author in the story?

What does addressed mean?

a)

To guess

b)

To give attention to

c)

To speak or write to someone

d)

To number of the house a person lives in

22.

The sheep roamed in the field and ate grass all day and night

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

23.

What is this question asking you?

a)

a. The main idea of the story

b)

b. Sequence of Events

c)

c. To summarize the BME

d)

d. The lesson that we learn in the story

24.

What lines in this poem rhyme?

a)

a. lines 5 and 6

b)

b. lines 6 and 7

c)

c. lines 6 and 8

d)

d. lines 7 and 8

25.

Where should you go back and read to find your answer?

a)

a. the beginning of the story

b)

b. the last paragraph of the story

c)

c. the middle and end of the story

d)

d. the beginning and middle

26.

What does the word fortunate mean?

a)

a. wise

b)

b. lucky

c)

c. happy

d)

d. proud

27.

What is this question asking you to find?

a)

a. the main idea

b)

b. the best summary

c)

c. context clues

d)

d. the definition of paragraph 8

28.

What would you do to find out what paragraph 8 was mostly about?

a)

a. Go back and find the beginning middle and end of the story

b)

b. Go back and read the whole story again

c)

c. Go back to paragraph 8, find repeated words

d)

d. Find the order of events of the story

29.

Answer the following question

a)

a. F

b)

b. G

c)

c. H

d)

d. J

30.

What text feature do you see below?

a)

a. timeline

b)

b. diagram

c)

c. bold print

d)

d. heading

31.

What number on the diagram shows where you can get water to drink?

a)

a. 2

b)

b. 3

c)

c. 4

d)

d. 5

32.

Which number on the diagram shows the children pumping water?

a)

a. 1

b)

b. 3

c)

c. 5

d)

d. 7

33.

Which of the following are rhyming words?

a)

A. flast/flapped

b)

B. last/fly

c)

c, past/last

d)

d. outside/watched

34.

What is this question asking you to find?

a)

a. What happened before Jenny and Beth agreed not to fight

b)

b. After Jenny and Beth agreed not to fight

c)

c. Before Jenny imagines herself as a movie actress

d)

d. What happened before she entered the contest

35.

What does the word grateful mean?

a)

a. Full of rudeness

b)

b. Without gratitude

c)

c. Full of gratitude

d)

d. Without rudeness

36.

Which of the following is a synonym for the word scattered?

a)

a. Found

b)

b. Buried

c)

c. Spread

d)

d. carried

37.

I was able to preview the movie before it actually came out in theaters. What does -pre mean?

a)

a. not

b)

b. before

c)

c. again

d)

d. without

38.

People won't judge you if you be yourself and act kindly towards others.

a)

a. Meaning 1

b)

b. Meaning 2

c)

c. Meaning 3

d)

d. Meaning 4

39.

When you come to a question for which you don't know the answer, what should you do?

a)

Don't move until you answer it.

b)

Take a guess and keep going

c)

Mark it and come back to it.

d)

Write a list of facts that you do know.

40.

When you come to a multiple choice question you don't know the answer to, what can you do first?

a)

Organize your thoughts in a list.

b)

Take a guess and move on.

c)

Double check all your answers.

d)

Cross off the choices you know are wrong.

41.

Why should you eat breakfast on test day?

a)

So you will not have to study.

b)

So you can think clearly.

c)

So you will know all the answers.

d)

So you will not be nervous.

42.

What should you do if you don't understand the test directions?

a)

Ask the teacher to explain them to you.

b)

Guess at what they mean and get started.

c)

Re-read them six times.

d)

Put your head down.

43.

What should you do the night before testing?

a)

Stay up late on snapchat

b)

Go to bed early and get a goodnight sleep

c)

Eat a lot of junk food

d)

Play video games all night

44.
What are you allowed to do after you complete your test?
a)
Read a book
b)
Listen to music
c)
Leave the room and go outside
d)
Talk to your neighbor
45.
What can the teacher help you with during the test?
a)
nothing
b)
Directions
c)
Answering a question
d)
Explaining the question
46.

The new place was so big that he was able to expand the size of the building and make it bigger

a)

a. F

b)

b. G

c)

c. H

d)

d. J

47.

The sheep roamed in the field and ate grass all day and night

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

48.

What is this question asking you?

a)

a. The main idea of the story

b)

b. Sequence of Events

c)

c. To summarize the BME

d)

d. The lesson that we lean in the story

49.

What lines in this poem rhyme?

a)

a. lines 5 and 6

b)

b. lines 6 and 7

c)

c. lines 6 and 8

d)

d. lines 7 and 8

50.

Where should you go back and read to find your answer?

a)

a. the beginning of the story

b)

b. the last paragraph of the story

c)

c. the middle and end of the story

d)

d. the beginning and middle

51.

What does the word fortunate mean?

a)

a. wise

b)

b. lucky

c)

c. happy

d)

d. proud

52.

What is this question asking you to find?

a)

a. the main idea

b)

b. the best summary

c)

c. context clues

d)

d. the definition of paragraph 8

53.

What would you do to find out what paragraph 8 was mostly about?

a)

a. Go back and find the beginning middle and end of the story

b)

b. Go back and read the whole story again

c)

c. Go back to paragraph 8, find repeated words

d)

d. Find the order of events of the story

54.

Answer the following question

a)

a. F

b)

b. G

c)

c. H

d)

d. J

55.

What text feature do you see below?

a)

a. timeline

b)

b. diagram

c)

c. bold print

d)

d. heading

56.

What number on the diagram shows where you can get water to drink?

a)

a. 2

b)

b. 3

c)

c. 4

d)

d. 5

57.

Which number on the diagram shows the children pumping water?

a)

a. 1

b)

b. 3

c)

c. 5

d)

d. 7

58.

Which of the following are rhyming words?

a)

A. flast/flapped

b)

B. last/fly

c)

c, past/last

d)

d. outside/watched

59.

What is this question asking you to find?

a)

a. What happened before Jenny and Beth agreed not to fight

b)

b. After Jenny and Beth agreed not to fight

c)

c. Before Jenny imagines herself as a movie actress

d)

d. What happened before she entered the contest

60.

What does the word grateful mean?

a)

a. Full of rudeness

b)

b. Without gratitude

c)

c. Full of gratitude

d)

d. Without rudeness

61.

Which of the following is a synonym for the word scattered?

a)

a. Found

b)

b. Buried

c)

c. Spread

d)

d. carried

62.

I was able to preview the movie before it actually came out in theaters. What does -pre mean?

a)

a. not

b)

b. before

c)

c. again

d)

d. without

63.

People won't judge you if you be yourself and act kindly towards others.

a)

a. Meaning 1

b)

b. Meaning 2

c)

c. Meaning 3

d)

d. Meaning 4

64.

What happens if you don't find your answer choice?

a)

Look at your work and try it again

b)

Choose the closest answer

c)

Give up

65.

What should you do before you ask to submit your test?

a)

Take a nap

b)

Check over some of your answers

c)

Check over ALL of your answers

d)

cry

66.

Are you going to try your best?

a)

maybe

b)

yes

c)

no

67.
(1) I was sad to go home from the Christmas party. (2) As we drove up to our house, though, I am excited to see that my dad put up our Christmas lights and wreaths!
What is the best way to REVISE this sentence 2?
a)
As we drove up to our house, though, I was excited to see that my dad had put up our Christmas lights and wreaths. 
b)
As we drove up to our house, though, we was excited to see that my dad had put up our Christmas lights and wreaths.
c)
As we drove up to our house, though, I be excited to see that my dad had put up our Christmas lights and wreaths.
d)
As we drive up to our house, though, we was excited to see that my dad had put up our Christmas lights and wreaths.
68.
The dessert has hot sand, cactus, and rocks everywhere. 
What change, if any, needs to be made to this sentence?
a)
delete the comma after cactus
b)
change everywhere to every  where
c)
change dessert to desert
d)
make no change
69.
The teacher was helpfull and showed the student how to work the difficult math problem. 
What change, if any, is needed in the sentence above?
a)
add a comma before and 
b)
change helpfull to helpful
c)
insert a comma after difficult
d)
no change is needed
70.
20 million people almost visit Disney World each year.
What is the correct way to write the sentence above? 
a)
20 million people visit Disney World almost each year. 
b)
Almost 20 million people visit Disney World each year. 
c)
20 million people visit Disney World each year, almost. 
d)
No change is needed
71.
Mom surprised us all when she declared, "let's all go get pizza!"
a)
Delete the quotation marks
b)
Change let's to Let's
c)
Remove the comma after declared
d)
The sentence is correct.
72.
Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.
a)
Change knew to new
b)
Change thrown to threw
c)
Change theirselves to themselves
d)
No change is needed.
73.
The Pledge of Allegiance is an important part of our monday morning assembly.
a)
Change important to more important
b)
Change an to a
c)
Change monday to Monday
d)
The sentence is correct
74.
Why did the little puppy dog lick its sore paw.
a)
Change its to it's
b)
Change sore to soar
c)
Change puppy to puppey
d)
Change the period to a question mark
75.

(1)One day at school I invited my friend over to spend the night. (2) Next, I ask my football coach if I could have the day off. (3) My friend and I will have a wonderful time. What transition word could BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 3?

a)

First

b)

Suddenly

c)

Lastly

d)

Once

76.

How can you change hero to a plural noun?

a)

herois

b)

heros

c)

heroes

d)

heroyes

77.

How can you make picture into a plural noun?

a)

picturees

b)

pictureis

c)

picturs

d)

pictures

78.

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?


Grandma nonny was a very special lady.

a)

change lady to Lady

b)

change Grandma to grandma

c)

change nonny to Nonny

d)

no change needed

79.

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?


My favorite book in the entire world is harry potter.

a)

change harry potter to Harry Potter

b)

change harry potter to Harry potter

c)

change harry potter to harry Potter

d)

no change needed

80.
Choose the best conjunction to join the sentence pair.
We can ask directions. We can use a map. 
a)
and
b)
but
c)
or
d)
because
81.
The following sentence pair should be combined to make a better sentence. Which is the best revision? 
The bicycle tire is flat. The bicycle tire is on the bike. 
a)
The bicycle tire is on the bike and the bicycle tire is flat.
b)
The flat bicycle tire is on the bike.
c)
On the bike, the bicycle tire there is flat.
d)
The tire on the bicycle is flat.
82.
Choose the best conjunction to combine the sentence pair: We can drive to San Francisco. We can take an airplane. 
a)
and
b)
but
c)
or
83.
Identify the correct verb for the blank in the following sentence: Laura and her friend ______________ for their trip in one hour.
a)
left
b)
leave
c)
is leaving
d)
leaves
84.
Identify the correct verb for the blank in the following sentence: We, the entire student body, ____ the school colors to remain blue and red. 
a)
wants
b)
want
c)
wanting
d)
wanted
85.
Which of the following is a complete sentence?
a)
Because night fell
b)
Jim ate the sandwich.
c)
On a tree-lined path.
d)
In our area of the city.
86.
Which sentence is correct?
a)
Their chasing their dog into their house.
b)
They're chasing their dog into their house.
c)
They're chasing their dog into they're house.
d)
Their chasing their dog into they're house.
87.

What Logo Is This?

a)

KFC

b)

Gucci

c)

Doritos

d)

Justice

88.

What Logo Is This?

a)

McDonald's

b)

Krispy Kreme

c)

Walmart

d)

Disney

89.

What Logo Is This?

a)

Kohl's

b)

Sprite

c)

Dunkin Donuts

d)

Dairy Queen

90.

What Logo Is This?

a)

Arby's

b)

CocaCola

c)

Justice

d)

MLB

91.

What Logo Is This?

a)

Kohl's

b)

Sonic

c)

Lay's

d)

Beats

92.

What Logo Is This?

a)

Kohl's

b)

AMC

c)

Pizza Hut

d)

Android

93.

What Logo Is This?

a)

Dunkin Donuts

b)

MLB

c)

YouTube

d)

Baskin Robbin's

94.

What Logo Is This?

a)

NASA

b)

PlayStation

c)

Skittles

d)

Beats

95.

What Logo Is This?

a)

Samsung

b)

Nickelodeon

c)

Walmart

d)

Hardee's/Carl's Jr

96.

What Logo Is This?

a)

Walmart

b)

Hallmark

c)

Justice

d)

Goodwill

97.
a)

Internet Explorer

b)

Mozilla Firefox

c)

Chrome

d)

Safari

98.
a)

RAM

b)

DOGE

c)

Mercedes

d)

BMW

99.
a)

T mobile

b)

Temps

c)

AT&T

d)

Tesla

100.
a)

Hampton inn

b)

Hyatt

c)

Holiday inn

d)

Hilton

101.
a)

Beats

b)

BIT.LY

c)

Brades

d)

Buttercup

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