Main Idea and Genre
What genre of story tells about real life facts and gives information?
A. folktale
B. expository text
C. poetry
B. expository text
When you bake cookies, there are many steps. First, you have to measure all of your ingredients. Then, you have to put them in the bowl and mix them all together. After that, you put the cookie dough on the pan. Finally, you bake the cookies for ten minutes and let them cool. Enjoy!
What should be done first when making cookies?
A. measuring the ingredients
B. mixing the ingredients
C. putting the cookie dough onto a pan
A. measuring the ingredients
I was outside too long when it was cold, so now I am sick.
What is the cause in the sentence above?
A. I was outside too long
B. I am sick
What is the verb in the following sentence?
"I ran to the grocery store for some candy."
Ran
What does the word agreeable mean?
A. dark and scary
B. grateful
C. nice or pleasant
Some kinds of bats eat many different kinds of insects. Bats can eat up to 600 mosquitoes in an hour! They help us when they eat insects, because without them, there might be too many insects.
What is the main idea of the story above?
A. bats can eat up to 600 mosquitoes
B. bats eat many insects
C. there are too many insects
B. bats eat many insects
Today, Clara woke up at 8am and got dressed. After she got dressed, she brushed her teeth. Then, she ate cereal for breakfast before she left to go to her grandma's house. That night, she got to watch movies with her grandma.
What happened right after Clara brushed her teeth?
A. she went to her grandma's house
B. she ate cereal for breakfast
C. she watched movies with her grandma
B. she ate cereal for breakfast
My floor has mud on it because my dog ran into the house with dirty feet.
What is the cause in the sentence above?
A. my floor has mud on it
B. my dog ran into the house with dirty feet
B. my dog ran into the house with dirty feet
What is the verb in the following sentence?
"I have to go home after school."
Go
What does the word boomed mean?
A. shrank
B. grew
C. top
B. grew
Jonah woke up on his birthday and came out to see his whole living room decorated. For breakfast, he had his favorite pancakes and eggs. After breakfast, he got to open gifts that he really liked. Before the end of the day, he got to go to a trampoline park! Jonah had a great birthday.
What is the main idea of the story above?
A. Jonah opened a lot of gifts
B. Jonah went to a trampoline park
C. Jonah had a good birthday
Yesterday, John got to go to his grandma's house. Right when he got there, they played a board game and after that, they had a snack. At the end of the night, they watched a movie and then went to bed.
What happened first in the story?
A. they had a snack
B. they watched a movie
C. they played a board game
C. they played a board game
This morning, Sarah woke up late for school and rushed to get ready and leave. She left her homework and notebook on her table at home and left without them. When she got to school and went to turn in her homework, she realized that she didn't have it!
What is the cause of her not having her homework?
A. she rushed to get ready and forgot homework
B. she ate breakfast
C. she went to turn in her homework
A. she rushed to get ready and forgot homework
What does the suffix "-able" mean?
A. cannot do
B. the opposite
C. can do or able to do
What is an example of a vehicle?
A. a wheel
B. a ticket
C. a van
C. a van
On Saturday, Mary went for a hike in the woods. She wore overalls and a hat. She hiked 5 miles and saw many trees and birds. She took a break to eat a sandwich. Mary had fun, and wants to hike again tomorrow.
What is the main idea of the text above?
A. Mary ate a sandwich
B. Mary saw birds
C. Mary went on a hike
C. Mary went on a hike
When Harry does his laundry, he separates his clothes first, then puts them into the washing machine. After the washing machine, he puts them into the dryer. Once the clothes are done in the dryer, he folds them and puts them away.
What happens last when Harry does his laundry?
A. he separates his clothes
B. he puts them into the dryer
C. he folds them and puts them away
C. he folds them and puts them away
My grades went up because I studied my vocabulary words at home.
What is the cause of the grades going up?
A. I studied my vocabulary words at home
B. my grades went up
A. I studied my vocabulary words at home
If the word "affordable" means "able to afford" then what does the word believable mean?
A. false
B. able to believe
C. cannot believe
B. able to believe
Which option means almost the SAME as appreciate?
A. to thank someone
B. to tell the truth
C. to be mad
A. to thank someone
The solar system has eight planets that orbit the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The closest one to the Sun is Mercury and the farthest one is Neptune. Pluto is a dwarf planet that is even farther away than Neptune.
What is the author's purpose of the text above?
A. to entertain the reader
B. to inform the reader
C. to convince the reader
B. to inform the reader
What happens right after she packs her suitcase?
A. she gets snacks
B. she packs her car
C. she picks up her friends
B. she packs her car
Yesterday, I had my friends over and we baked a lot of treats. We ate our treats and then went to bed, but the next morning, my dad told us that we all had to clean the kitchen because we made a lot of dishes dirty.
What is the effect of them making a lot of dishes dirty?
A. baking a lot of treats
B. having friends over
C. dad telling them to clean the kitchen
C. dad telling them to clean the kitchen
What does the word acceptable mean?
A. able to be accepted
B. able to afford
C. not able to accept
A. able to be accepted
What does emigration mean?
A. to visit another place
B. to stay in the same place
C. to leave a country to live somewhere else
C. to leave a country to live somewhere else