Multiple Choice PSSA Review (3rd Grade ELA)

In the Beginning

100

What do you call a word part (or set of letters) that comes before a root word and changes the meaning of the root word?

A. suffix

B. prefix

C. antonym

B. prefix

200

Knowing the meaning of the prefix un- helps the reader know that unhappy means

A. full of happy

B. more happy

C. not happy

C. not happy

300

Knowing the meaning of the prefix mis- helps the reader know that misspell means

A. to spell the wrong way

B. to spell correctly

C. the daughter of Mr. Pell

A. to spell the wrong way

400

Knowing the meaning of the prefix pre- helps the reader know that preheat means

A. to turn off

B. to warm up before 

C. to warm up after

B. to warm up before

500

Knowing the meaning of the prefix non- helps the reader know that nondairy means 

A. something that contains dairy

B. something that is dairy

C. something that does not contain dairy

C. something that does not contain dairy

In the End

100

What do you call a word part (or set of letters) that comes after a root word and changes the meaning of the root word?

A. suffix

B. prefix

C. synonym

A. suffix

200

Knowing the meaning of the suffix -ful helps the reader know that joyful means

A. sad

B. full of joy

C. unhappy

B. full of joy

300

Knowing the meaning of the suffix -able helps the reader know that lockable means

A. able to be locked

B. not able to be locked

C. unlocked 

A. able to be locked

400

Knowing the meaning of the suffix -ly helps the reader know that quickly means

A. in a slow way

B. faster than

C. in a fast way

C. in a fast way

500

Knowing the meaning of the suffix -er helps the reader know that a teacher is

A. someone who learns

B. someone who instructs

C. someone who studies

B. someone who instructs

Mind Your Grammar!

100

What is a person, place, thing, or idea?

A. a verb

B. an adjective

C. a noun

C. a noun

200

What is an action word?

A. a verb  

B. an adjective 

C. a noun

A. a verb

300

What is a word that describes a verb?

A. an adjective

B. an adverb

C. a pronoun

B. an adverb

400

What is a word that describes a noun?

A. an adjective  

B. an adverb 

C. a pronoun

A. an adjective

500

What is a word that can replace a noun?

A. an adjective  

B. an adverb 

C. a pronoun

C. a pronoun

You're a Poet & You Know It, Figuratively Speaking

100

When a word has the same ending sound as another word, we say those words

A. rhythm

B. rhyme

C. alliterate

B. rhyme

200

Which is usually not a characteristic of poetry?

A. rhythm and rhyme

B. stanzas

C. paragraphs

C. paragraphs

300

What do you call a word that resembles the sound it describes?

A. synonym

B. onomatopoeia 

C. homonym

B. onomatopoeia 

400

Figurative language that compares two unlike things as though they are alike (not using like or as) is a

A. metaphor

B. simile

C. antonym

A. metaphor

500

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of 

A. onomatopoeia 

B. literal language

C. nonliteral language

C. nonliteral language

Why do they do that?

100

The reason an author writes a text is the

A. theme

B. author's purpose

C. main idea

B. author's purpose

200

If the author wrote the text to make you laugh, we say the author's purpose was to

A. persuade

B. inform

C. entertain

C. entertain

300

If the author wrote a text to teach the reader about something, the author's purpose was to

A. persuade

B. inform

C. entertain

B. inform

400

If the author wrote the text to try to make you think, do, or buy something, the author's purpose was to 

A. persuade  

B. inform 

C. entertain

A. persuade

500

The author's purpose for writing the story "The Three Little Pigs" was to 

A. persuade the reader to eat more pork

B. inform the reader about the danger of wolves

C. entertain the reader with a story about pigs

C. entertain the reader with a story about pigs