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WorksheetsVocabulary and Reading Comprehension Terms
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 40mins
What does predict mean? → _________.
To guess what will happen next.
To describe something in detail.
To remember something from the past.
To explain why something happened.
What does infer mean? → _________.
Use clues + knowledge to figure something out.
To guess randomly without any evidence.
To ignore information and make no conclusion.
To memorize facts without understanding.
What does summarize mean? → _________.
Tell the main points briefly.
Write a story in detail.
Ignore important information.
Describe every single event.
What does contrast mean?
Show differences.
Show similarities.
Make something bigger.
Describe a color.
What does compare mean? → _________.
Show similarities.
Show differences.
Describe a process.
List all items.
What is theme? → _________.
The message or lesson.
A character in the story.
The setting of the story.
The title of the story.
What do context clues help you do? → _________.
Figure out word meaning.
Write a story.
Draw a picture.
Solve math problems.
What is genre? → _________.
Type of story.
A kind of food.
A type of weather.
A type of animal.
A type of sport.
What is main idea? → _________.
What the text is mostly about.
The name of the author.
The number of paragraphs.
The setting of the story.
What is a supporting detail? → _________.
A detail that explains the main idea.
A title of the passage.
A summary of the story.
A character in the story.
What is a synonym? → _________.
A same-meaning word.
A word with opposite meaning.
A type of punctuation.
A proper noun.
What is an antonym? → _________.
An opposite word.
A similar word.
A long word.
A difficult word.
What is plot? → _________.
Events of a story.
The setting of a story.
The characters in a story.
The theme of a story.
What is setting? → _________.
Where and when the story happens.
The main character of the story.
The problem in the story.
The solution to the story.
What is a character trait? → _________.
A personality quality.
A type of animal.
A place to visit.
A kind of food.
What is mood? → _________.
The feeling of the reader.
The time and place of a story.
The main character's personality.
The author's purpose.
What is tone? → _________.
The author's attitude.
The story's setting.
The plot's climax.
The main character's name.
What is dialogue? → _________.
Characters talking.
A type of dance.
A kind of food.
A weather pattern.
A mathematical equation.
What is evidence? → _________.
Proof from the text.
A type of opinion.
A summary of the story.
A character's name.
What is a conclusion? → _________.
A decision based on clues.
A type of animal.
A mathematical equation.
A famous painting.
How to find main idea? → _________.
Ask 'What is this mostly about?'
Look for the longest word in the text.
Count the number of sentences.
Focus only on the first sentence.
What do titles/headings help with? → _________.
Predicting the topic.
Making the text longer.
Confusing the reader.
Adding pictures.
What is cause and effect? → _________.
What happens + why.
A type of story genre.
A mathematical equation.
A famous scientist.
What does a heading tell you? → _________.
What a section covers.
How long a section is.
Who wrote the section.
When the section was written.
What is a text feature? → _________.
Bold words, captions, charts.
Paragraphs, sentences, words.
Titles, authors, publishers.
Stories, poems, novels.
Why use text features? → _________.
To help readers understand.
To make the text longer.
To confuse the reader.
To add pictures only.
First step of summarizing? → _________.
Identify key points.
Write a conclusion.
Add supporting details.
Use complex vocabulary.
What makes a detail important?
It supports the main idea.
It is the longest sentence.
It uses difficult words.
It appears first in the text.
What if you don't understand? → _________.
Reread slowly.
Skip the question.
Ask someone else to do it.
Ignore it.
What is a fact? → _________.
Something provable.
An opinion.
A guess.
A prediction.
What is an opinion? → _________.
Belief or feeling.
Scientific fact.
Mathematical equation.
Historical event.
How to find author's purpose?
Look for clues (PIE).
Count the number of paragraphs.
Check for rhyming words.
Identify the genre only.
Why ask questions when reading? → _________.
To stay focused.
To finish quickly.
To memorize every word.
To avoid understanding.
What is visualizing? → _________.
Making a mental picture.
Reading aloud.
Writing notes.
Listening to music.
How to find theme? → _________.
Ask what lesson is learned.
Count the number of characters.
Identify the setting of the story.
List all the events in order.
How do characters show traits? → _________.
Actions and words.
By staying silent.
Through random events.
By ignoring others.
Why make connections? → _________.
To understand better.
To memorize facts only.
To ignore information.
To avoid learning.
Compare signal word? → _________.
Both / similar.
Opposite / different.
Cause / effect.
Sequence / order.
Contrast signal word?
However / unlike.
Because / since.
Moreover / additionally.
Therefore / thus.
What if you lose track? → _________.
Review what happened.
Ignore it and move on.
Ask someone else to do it.
Forget about it.
What is syllabication? → _________.
Breaking words into chunks.
Writing words backwards.
Counting the number of letters in a word.
Changing the meaning of a word.
What sound does a short vowel make? → _________.
A quick sound (a as in cat).
A long sound (a as in cake).
A silent sound (a as in walk).
A double sound (a as in apple).
What ends a closed syllable?
A consonant.
A vowel.
A prefix.
A suffix.
What vowel sound in a closed syllable? → _________.
Short vowel.
Long vowel.
Silent vowel.
Diphthong vowel.
What is a prefix? → _________.
Added to the beginning.
Added to the end.
A type of punctuation.
A synonym for suffix.
What is a suffix? → _________.
Added to the end.
Added to the beginning.
A type of punctuation.
A complete sentence.
Meaning of 'un-'?
Not.
Again.
Before.
With.
Meaning of 're-'? → _________.
Again.
Before.
Without.
Under.
Meaning of '-ful'? → _________.
Full of.
Empty of.
Less than.
Opposite of.
Meaning of '-less'? → _________.
Without.
With.
Full of.
Beside.
Clues a character is nervous? → _________.
Shaking, sweating.
Laughing loudly.
Sleeping peacefully.
Eating a big meal.
Singing happily.
Trait shown by trying hard? → _________.
Determination.
Laziness.
Indifference.
Carelessness.
Purpose of informational text?
To teach.
To entertain.
To confuse.
To persuade.
Lesson the story teaches? → _________.
Theme.
Plot.
Character.
Setting.
What helps define unknown words? → _________.
Context clues.
Dictionary definitions.
Synonyms only.
Word length.
What is a solution? → _________.
How a problem is fixed.
A type of food.
A kind of animal.
A place to live.
Why use captions? → _________
Explain pictures.
Decorate the page.
Make text longer.
Add colors.
Character change is called? → _________.
Development.
Stagnation.
Regression.
Imitation.
How to find narrator? → _________.
Who is telling the story.
Who is the main character.
Who is the author.
Who is the illustrator.
A surprising ending is a? → _________.
Plot twist.
Main character.
Setting.
Theme.
What does a silent e do to a vowel? → _________.
Makes it say its long sound.
Makes it silent.
Makes it say its short sound.
Makes it double.
What is the long A sound? → _________.
A like in 'cake'.
A like in 'cat'.
A like in 'car'.
A like in 'cap'.
What is the long I sound? → _________.
I like in 'kite'.
I like in 'sit'.
I like in 'bit'.
I like in 'kit'.
What is the long O sound?
O like in 'note'.
O like in 'not'.
O like in 'cot'.
O like in 'hot'.
What is the long U sound?
U like in 'cube'.
U like in 'cup'.
U like in 'bus'.
U like in 'put'.
What is the rule in CVC words?
The vowel is short.
The vowel is long.
The word ends with a vowel.
The word starts with a vowel.
What does the silent e change in 'hop' → 'hope'?
Short o becomes long o.
Short o becomes short a.
Short o becomes long e.
Short o becomes short u.
What does the silent e change in 'kit' → 'kite'?
Short i becomes long i.
Short i becomes short a.
Short i becomes long o.
Short i becomes long e.
How many syllables in a word with one vowel sound?
One syllable.
Two syllables.
Three syllables.
Four syllables.
How many syllables in 'remember'?
Three.
One.
Two.
Four.
What helps you read longer words?
Breaking into syllables.
Reading faster.
Skipping letters.
Guessing the word.
What is a vowel team?
Two vowels making one sound.
Two consonants making one sound.
A vowel and a consonant together.
A group of vowels and consonants.
Example of a vowel team?
ea in 'team'.
ck in 'duck'.
st in 'stop'.
nd in 'sand'.
What is an open syllable?
Ends in a vowel with a long sound.
Ends in a consonant with a short sound.
Has no vowels at all.
Is always a single letter.
What is a closed syllable?
Ends in a consonant, short vowel.
Ends in a vowel, long vowel.
Ends in a consonant, long vowel.
Ends in a vowel, short vowel.
What is a multisyllabic word?
A word with more than one syllable.
A word with only one syllable.
A word that is a noun.
A word that rhymes with 'cat'.
How many syllables in 'basket'?
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
How many syllables in 'information'?
Four.
Three.
Five.
Six.
What do you do if stuck on a long word?
Break it into syllables.
Skip the word entirely.
Guess the meaning without reading.
Ignore the word and move on.
In an open syllable, what sound does the vowel make?
Long sound.
Short sound.
Silent sound.
Schwa sound.
