Comprehension
What causes the air in a hurricane to spiral?
A. the heat of the sun
B. the rotation of the earth
C. the ebb and flow of tides
D. the condensation of moisture
What is B. the rotation of the earth?
What does the word whirling mean in the sentence below?
The hurricane's whirling winds are very destructive.
A. dangerous
B. huge
C. spinning
D. strong
What is A. dangerous?
What change should be made in the sentence below?
If you're going to the mall, I will go their too.
A. change you're to your
B. change mall to maul
C. change their to there
D. change too to two
What is C. change their to there?
The definition of a noun.
What is "A person, place, or thing."?
This term means close to an exact amount.
What is "estimate"?
How do the photos help the reader understand the ideas in the article?
A. They show important weather scientists.
B. They show important weather instruments.
C. They show the destructive effects of hurricanes.
D. They show the differences between a hurricane and a tsunami.
What is B. They show important weather instruments.
What does the word ancient mean in the sentence below?
Ancient artists created paintings of animals on cave walls.
A. from long ago
B. from another country
C. having advanced ideas
D. having little talent or skill
What is A. from long ago?
What change should be made in the sentence below?
I want to by a new fan because the old one broke.A. change to to too
B. change by to buy
C. change new to knew
D. change one to won
What is B. change by to buy?
What is a verb?
What is "A word that expresses an action or state of being."?
Compare.
600,849_____398,989
What is "greater than"?
Which graphic feature in the article is MOST helpful in showing the reader how a hurricane forms?
A. the map
B. the photo
C. the diagram
D. the satellite image
What is C. the diagram?
What does the word registered mean in the sentence below?
The air temperature was registered on the thermometer.
A. erased
B. heated
C. hidden
D. recorded
What is D. recorded?
What change should be made in the sentence below?
He was so hungry that he ate the hole pizza instead of just one piece.
A. change so to sow
B. change ate to eight
C. change hole to whole
D. change piece to peace
What is C. change hole to whole?
Name the singular and plural pronouns in the first person.
What is singular: I, me, my, mine and plural: we, us, our, ours?
Estimate.
185,239
+491,059
Which of these is MOST responsible for improvements in the prediction of hurricanes?
A. airplanes
B. anemometers
C. hygrometers
D. satellites
What is D. satellites?
What does the word suddenness mean in the sentence below?
The storm arose with great suddenness.
A. quickness
B. rainfall
C. strength
D. windiness
What is A. quickness?
What change should be made in the sentence below?
It makes sense to change clothes if your going to be playing in the woods.
A. change sense to cents
B. change clothes to clothes
C. change your to you're
D. change be to bee
What is C. change your to you're?
Name the singular and plural pronouns in the second-person.
What is singular and plural: you, your, yours?
Estimate.
709,032
-249,136
What is "500,000"?
What kind of text structure does the sentence below show?
The low-pressure area acts as a chimney - warm air is drawn in at the bottom, rises in a column, cools, and spreads out. As the air rises and more is drawn in, the storm grows.
A. cause-and-effect
B. order of important
C. problem-and-solution
D. compare-and-contrast
What is A. cause-and-effect?
Which word means the OPPOSITE of the word useless in the sentence below?
The broken bicycle is now useless.
A. damaged
B. dusty
C. repaired
D. useful
What is A. damaged?
What change should be made in the sentence below?
Next week our class is going to rite stories about fish and other sea creatures.
A. change week to weak
B. change our to hour
C. change rite to write
D. change sea to see
What is C. change rite to write?
Name the singular and plural pronouns in the third-person.
What is singular: he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its and plural: they, them, their, theirs?
Pike National Forest located in California has a total area of 871,495 acres. What is the area to the nearest thousand?
What is "871,000"?