Read the sentence.
The boy was eager to open his birthday present.
What does eager mean?
A. excited and ready
B. nervous and worried
C. tired and sleepy
D. angry and upset
A. excited and ready
Which word has the same prefix as unhappy?
A. unable
B. teacher
C. replay
D. hopeful
A. unable
Read the sentence.
The fox was clever enough to find a way out of the trap.
Which word has the closest meaning to clever?
A. smart
B. quiet
C. kind
D. fast
Which word is spelled correctly?
A. disapear
B. dissappear
C. disappear
D. disapearr
C. disappear
Which word has a closed syllable?
A. me
B. robot
C. cat
D. rain
C. cat
Read the sentence.
The path through the forest was narrow, so only one person could walk through at a time.
What does narrow mean?
A. very long
B. not very wide
C. very difficult
D. easy to find
B. not very wide
Which word has the same vowel pattern as hope?
A. hop
B. home
C. house
D. happy
B. home
Read the sentence.
The students worked together to construct a model bridge.
What does construct mean?
A. destroy
B. build
C. carry
D. measure
B. build
Which word contains a vowel team that makes the long /ō/ sound?
A. boat
B. hot
C. rock
D. stop
A. boat
Which word has the same syllable pattern as sunset?
A. rabbit
B. bedroom
C. banana
D. remember
A. rabbit
Read the sentence.
The teacher gave the students a brief explanation before beginning the activity.
What does brief mean?
A. confusing
B. short
C. difficult
D. loud
B. short
What does the prefix re- mean in the word rewrite?
A. not
B. before
C. again
D. unde
C. again
Read the sentence.
The puppy was enormous compared to the other puppies.
Which word is an antonym for enormous?
A. huge
B. giant
C. tiny
D. heavy
C. tiny
Which word is divided correctly into syllables?
A. win-dow
B. wind-ow
C. wi-ndow
D. win-do-w
A. win-dow
Read the sentence.
The students misunderstood the directions and completed the assignment incorrectly.
What does the prefix mis- mean in misunderstood?
A. before
B. again
C. wrongly
D. together
C. wrongly
Read the sentence.
The tiny bird was reluctant to leave its nest.
What does reluctant most likely mean?
A. excited to
B. unsure about
C. ready to
D. unable to
B. unsure about
Which word contains a three-letter consonant blend?
A. splash
B. ship
C. chair
D. phone
A. splash
Which sentence uses the word bright to mean intelligent?
A. The bright sun warmed the playground.
B. Ava wore a bright yellow dress.
C. Marcus is a bright student who solves difficult problems.
D. The flashlight was bright in the dark room.
C. Marcus is a bright student who solves difficult problems.
Which word is spelled correctly?
A. hopful
B. hopefull
C. hopeful
D. hopfull
C. hopeful
Which word is divided correctly into syllables?
A. in-ter-est-ing
B. int-er-est-ing
C. in-teres-ting
D. inte-rest-ing
A. in-ter-est-ing
Which word best completes the sentence?
The glass vase was very ________, so Maya carried it carefully.
A. fragile
B. cheerful
C. enormous
D. noisy
A. fragile
Read the sentence.
The children were carefully walking across the icy sidewalk.
Which two smaller words can be found inside carefully?
A. care + full
B. careful + ly
C. car + efully
D. care + fully
D. care+fully
Which word best completes the sentence?
The scientist made a ________ after carefully studying the results.
A. conclusion
B. celebration
C. direction
D. collection
Read the words.
jumping
running
swimming
hoping
Which word has a different spelling pattern when -ing is added?
A. jumping
B. running
C. swimming
D. hoping
D. hoping
Which word contains a suffix that changes the word happy into a word that describes the state of being happy?
A. happier
B. happiest
C. happily
D. happiness
C. happily