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Diagnostic Test Number Two

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This is not a timed test. Test administrators may assist students in reading individual test items when necessary. However, too much assistance may alter test results. Use the email link at the bottom of this page to enter your answers for grading.

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201

1. Ted placed his parrots so they could (a. talk b. sit) to each other.

2. When we write we use our alphabet (a. letters b. numbers).

3. Our alphabet has ( a. 26 b. 32) letters.

4. Which letters are consonants? (h, i, j, k, l)

5. Which letters are vowels? (a, b, c, d, e)

Write the missing consonant.

6. ____at

7. ____og

8. ____irl

Write the missing vowel.

9. f__sh

10. c__r

202

Read the story.

Down the road went an old, old goat.

He stopped and looked.

There by the road was a blue boat.

Old, old goat took a bite.

No! No! Boats are not good to eat.

Down the road he went.

1. This story is about a (a. goat b. monkey c. horse).

2. The goat found a (a. yellow b. green c. blue) boat.

3. "Down the road" is a (a. phrase b. sentence).

4. What is the vowel in the word Old?

5. Every word must have a (a. number b. vowel).

6. Did the goat take a bite from the boat? (a. yes b. no)

7. "Boats are not good to eat." is a (a. phrase b. sentence).

Which consonant will complete these words

8. ____ig (c, l, p)

9. ____ook (b, d, m)

10. cu___ (j, p, w)

203

1. Many sentences put together make a (a. phrase b. sentence c. story)

2. We use sentences when we (a. read b. jump c. walk).

3. Every sentence begins with a (a. consonant b. vowel c. capital letter).

4. A capital letter is (a. big b. small c. little)

5. What letter should be capitalized in this sentence?

she can read the book.

6. What words have short vowel sound?

a. sit

b. see

c. fine

d. look

What are the beginning consonant blends in these words?

7. stop _____

8. drum _____

9. swim _____

10. tree _____

204

1. Which word is correct?

Sue and (a. i b. I) like to read.

2. Which group of words is a sentence?

a. Ann is my friend

b. A day of rest

3.-5. Which letters should be capitalized in this sentence?

john and billy went on vacation in august.

6. Which words have long vowel sounds?

a. cake _____

b. man _____

c. boat _____

d. frog _____

Find and write the ending consonant blends.

7. hand _____

8. tent _____

9. dust _____

10. ring _____

205

What mark belongs at the end of these sentences?

1. My name is Mark

2. What is your name

Write the words that should be capitalized in the sentence below.

3-6. i took my dog muff to school one tuesday in january.

What are the consonant digraphs?

7. chill

8. that

What are the consonant blends?

9. scream

10. strike

206

Write these words as contractions.

1. have not

2. will not

What are the consonant digraphs?

3. Sheep

4. Whale

5. Put these words in alphabetical order.

a. fish

b. bed

c. did

d. color

What are the r-controlled vowels?

6. girl

7. short

8. under

9. Put these sentences in order of events.

a. Jan read her book.

b. Jan found a book in the library .

c. Jan walked home from the library with her book.

10. The dictionary is in (a. ABC b. number) order.

207

Find and write the root or base word.

1. walking

2. jumped

What is the suffix?

3. sadly

4. darker

5. Read these sentences. Then tell what will happen next.

Jane lost her bike. She called her friend Linda.

a. Jane and Linda talked about their dolls.

b. Linda said whe would help look for the bike.

6. Listen for the oo sound in moon. Which word has the same sound?

a. book

b. balloon

c. good

Which word is correct?

7. The girls (a. ask b. asked) me to go.

8. I like (a. jump b. jumping) with my new rope.

9. Do you (a. know b. knew) her name?

10. Put these words in alphabetical order.

a. town

b. pigs

c. children

208

Find and write the root word.

1. singing _____

2. farmer _____

Find and write the suffix.

3. playful _____

4. tallest _____

Find and write the prefix.

5. unpack _____

6. dislike _____

Which words are spelled correctly?

7. a. show b. showe

8. a. brown b. broun

Put these words in alphabetical order.

9. a. back b. bone c. bill d. black

10. a. wonder b. well c. want d. where

209

1. Start with the word BOOK.

a. Change the B to L.

b. Change one O to C.

c. What is the new word?

Pick the correct word.

2. My book (a. is b. are) new.

3. Their books (a. is b. are) open.

Joey walked to the store.

4. In the above sentence the verb "walked" tells us that the action

a. took place in the past

b. is happening now

c. will happen tomarrow

5. Write a compound word using the small words "mail" and "box".

Match

6. ice ____

7. cat ____

8. dog ____

9. gem ____

a. sound of hard g.

b. sound of hard c.

c. sound of soft g.

d sound of soft c.

10. Find the homonyms.

a. eight

b. five

c. ate

d. live

210

This section tests the student's ability to recognize and pronounce 2nd level words that have been selected from standard word lists and vocabulary words in the I.H.S. textbooks. The student should read the list of words. As the student reads the words aloud, the test administrator should put a check mark by each word that the student mispronounces.

___our

___please

___myself

___town

___early

___send

___wide

___believe

___quietly

___carefully

___apartment

___ground

___summer

___kept

___mountain

___trap

___front

___mouth

___owl

___smell

Starting with the number 10, deduct one point for each word that is mispronounced. Enter the students total in the Section 210 - #10 textbox on the answer form.

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