WorksheetsUnit 2A Study Guide
Total questions: 2
Worksheet time: 11mins
In paragraph 7 the word belayer means --
person who cheers for climbers.
The person who controls the safety rope.
The highest point on the Indiana Jones Bridge.
A special type of knot used while climbing.
Which sentence from the story supports the idea that Katie believes she can cross the bridge?
There was also an amazing high-ropes course, and the Indiana Jones Bridge was the very highest part of it. (paragraph 3)
I had wanted to try it ever since we’d arrived. (paragraph 4)
I had wanted to try it ever since we’d arrived. (paragraph 4)
After I was belted into my too-tight harness, I started to climb. (paragraph 5)
Read the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the space provided. What is the main message in the story? Use text evidence to support your answer.
What are the most likely reasons that the author includes the information in paragraphs 5 and 6?
To describe the type of harness the author used
To explain how the author climbed the wooden pole
To show the author's feelings about trying the high-ropes course
To explain how to properly use safety equipment while climbing
To describe the scenery surrounding the high-ropes course
Jett is writing a paper about his vacation. Read the last three paragraphs of Jett’s paper and look for corrections he needs to make. Then answer the questions that follow.
My Best Vacation Ever
(1) We traveled with a group of people from my mom’s school to search for dinosaur fossils in south america. (2) “This is some vacation,” I complained on the first day. (3) My brother quickly agreed. (4) Every day we went with Mom to look for fossils. (5) The first six days we had no luck. (6) Then on the last day, my mom and I went hiking. (7) We didn’t expect to find anything. (8) We just wanted to climb some cliffs. (9) Near the campsite.
(10) While we were hiking, we saw something sticking up out of the dirt. (11) As we dug around, we found some little pieces of bone! (12) Mom started taking pictures, but I ran back to tell the others. (13) Everyone from the group came to look.
(14) We had found parts of a skeleton! (15) After some research, Mom and her friends realized that we had discovered the fossil of an animal that lived 240 million years ago! (16) Excitedly, Mom carefully placed the information about our amazing discovery in her book, "Unearthing the past." (17) The trip had just gotten a whole lot more exciting!
What change should be made in sentence 1?
Change group to groups
Change search to searched
Change dinosaur to Dinosaur
Change south america to South America
What is the correct way to write sentences 8 and 9?
We just wanted. To climb some cliffs near the campsite.
We just wanted to. Climb some cliffs near the campsite.
We just wanted to climb some cliffs near the campsite.
We just wanted to climb some cliffs, and near the campsite.
What change should be made in sentence 12?
Change Mom to mom
Change taking to take
Change but to so
Sentence 12 does not need to be changed.
What change should be made in sentence 16?
Change placed to place
Change amazing to amaezing
Change her to she
Change Unearthing the past to Unearthing the Past
