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Vocabulary
Comprehension 1
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Grammar
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What does the word destruction mean in the sentence below? The community fought against the destruction of the old buildings.
What is tearing down?
100
What opinion does the author express in the story?
What is B.J.'s life was as uneventful as other dogs' lives?
100
The details about the various articles in issue two of the Dog Newspaper show that reader that the author...
What is was aware of her publication's faults?
100
What is the base word for the word happier?
What is happy?
100
Which of these words is a preposition in the sentence below? The teacher asked some of the students to meet before class.
What is of?
200
What does the word required mean in the sentence below? The teachers told their students that they were required to prepare a science fair project.
What is obliged?
200
How does the author give more information about the characters at the beginning of the passage?
What is inserting a flashback to explain where B.J. came from?
200
Which of these sentences from the passage states a fact? a. "The next issue was even worse." b. "B.J. still had not done anything newsworthy." c. "Issue number three was a publishing disaster." d. "Less than one month after its launch, the Dog Newspaper went out of business."
What is D. "Less than one month after its launch, the Dog Newspaper went out of business."
200
Which base word will change its spelling when the ending -er is added? a. bright b. deep c. early d. green
What is C. early?
200
Which of these words is a preposition in the sentence below? I remembered everything except the keys to my house?
What is to?
300
What does the word career mean in the sentence below? Jamar wanted to select a career in which he could use his writing skills and talent.
What is job?
300
Which statement from the passage states a main idea of the passage? a. "He slept with them in foxholes." b. "He helped search rubble for signs of life." c. " As the soldiers fought to protect the free world, B.J. did his duty too." d. "While in Germany, his unit went into a town that had recently been bombed."
What is C. " As the soldiers fought to protect the free world, B.J. did his duty too."
300
Read this sentence from the passage. I believed my writing career was over. Which word from the sentence above indicates that this is an opinion?
What is believed?
300
Which word correctly completes the sentence below? If the pavement had more ice than any other place, it was the _________________ a. icest b. icierest c. iciest d. icyest
What is C. iciest?
300
Which group of words is a prepositional phrase? a. took short naps b. under his window c. watched and waited d. walked quietly away
What is B. under his window?
400
What does the word formula mean in the sentence below? The formula for creating the special flavor is a closely guarded secret?
What is recipe?
400
Which detail supports the main idea that B.J. was showered with loving attention? a. Uncle Bill got to keep B.J. b. The author read aloud to B.J. c. B.J. was flown to Minneapolis. d. B.J. destroyed the gingerbread house.
What is B. The author read aloud to B.J.
400
Which sentence from the passage states a fact? a. "I need exciting plots, unique information, and fresh insights." b. "What was in it for them? Except for the first issue, not much." c. "He lived to be sixteen, a good long life for an orphaned puppy who entered the world during a wartime bombing." d. " B.J. took one more plane ride, from Minneapolis to Fresno, California, where my parents moved shortly after I got married."
What is D. " B.J. took one more plane ride, from Minneapolis to Fresno, California, where my parents moved shortly after I got married."
400
Which word correctly completes the sentence below? Of the two mice, the brown one is ______________. a. smaler b. smaller c. smallerest d. smallr
What is B. smaller?
400
What is the function of the preposition inside in the sentence below? My mother moved some of her plants inside because she expected cold weather. a. conveys time b. conveys location c. conveys purpose d. conveys ownership
What is B. conveys location?
500
What does the word edition mean in the sentence below? My dad read this morning's edition of the newspaper.
What is version?
500
Read this sentence from the passage. The gingerbread house was absolutely breathtaking. Which word in the sentence above shows that is is an opinion?
What is breathtaking?
500
Which statement best expresses one of the main ideas of the entire passage? a. Having multiple owners is unhealthy for a dog. b. A newspaper about dogs could never be successful. c. Dull material will eventually cost a writer his or her audience. d. Dog owners should create more exciting lives for their dogs.
What is C. Dull material will eventually cost a writer his or her audience.
500
Which word has the suffix -est correctly added? a. happyest b. smartest c. thinest d. wideest
What is B. smartest?
500
What is the function of the preposition toward in the sentence below? The map says we should next walk toward the small tree. a. conveys time b. conveys purpose c. conveys direction d. conveys ownership
What is C. conveys direction?