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Diagnostic Test Number Three

Instructions to the Parents:


Section 1_______________________________________________________________

1. _____ Which group of words is a sentence?
a. Running fast.
b. Sue ran to school.
2. _____ Which group of words is a phrase?
a. Pretty yellow flowers.
b. Father planted a garden.
3. Tell if the vowel makes the (L) long or (S) short sound.
a. _____ band
b. _____ seek
c. _____ make
d. _____ trick
Which words should be capitalized in these sentences?

4-6. my friend is john smith. _____ _____ _____
7-8. we love jesus. _____ _____
9. What mark should this sentence end with?
Will you help me, Kathy _____
10. What are the silent letters?
a. knob _____
b. knee _____
c. catch _____

Section 2_______________________________________________________________

Match the phrases below to following sentences.
1. Jane walked _____
2. Does Bob like _____
3. The fish swims _____
a. in the lake.
b. to the park.
c. to ride his bicycle.

Choose the correct word.
4. _____ May I go (a. to b. two c. too)?
5. _____ Steve likes (a. to b. two c. too)?

Which words have the long vowel sound?
6. _____ _____ a. bath b. cage c. cone d. pin
7. _____ a. clean b. six c. push d. paid

she fell of the horse
8. In the sentence above, what word should be capitalized?_____
9. What mark should be placed at the end of the above sentence?_____

She read the book "little women".
10. Which words should be capitalized in the above sentence?_____ _____

Section 3_______________________________________________________________

Read theses words aloud

kindly
untrue
helping
rebuild
full
empty
small
little

Then match the numbers and letters.
1. _____ kind, true, help, build
2. _____ un, re
3. _____ ly, ing
4. _____ full, empty
5. _____ small, little

a. suffix
b. synonyms
c. root words
d. antonms
e. prefix
6. Put these words in alphabetical order. _____ _____ _____ _____
a. baseball
b. brook
c. bake
d. blow

7. "This" and "tongue" are the dictionary guide words for _____
a. prince
b. them
c. throw

Write the words that should be capitalized.
8-10. john's dog spot was born on christmas. _____ _____ _____
Section 4_______________________________________________________________

Read this sentence and match.
The angry lion growled loudly.
1. lion _____
2. growled _____
3. angry _____
4. loudly _____
a. adverb _____
b. adjective _____
c. verb _____
d. noun _____

5. Which word rhymes with plow? _____
a. fellow
b. cow
c. below

6. Listen to the oo sound in hook. Which word belwo has the same sound? _____
a. roof
b. fool
c. broom

7-10. Dictionaries help us to (List four correct answers.) _____ _____ _____ _____
a. spell a word
b. learn about George Washington
c. pronunce a word
d. find cities on a map
e. find the meaning of a word
f. identify parts of speech

Section 5_______________________________________________________________

1. kak' tus is the dictionary spelling for _____
a. cattle
b. candle
c. cactus
Read the following sentences.
Mother baked a cake. She cut a piece of cake for Peter. Peter put ice cream on his cake.

2. What do you think would happen next? _____
a. Peter would go out to play.
b. Peter would eat his cake and ice cream.
3. What is the main idea of the story? _____
a. baking a cake
b. a treat for Peter

How many syllables in these words (write a number).
4. ready _____
5. phone _____
6. owner _____

Write as plural words (more than one). Spell correctly.
7. city _____
8. house _____
9. Which words have the correct spelling? _____ _____
a. baught
b. caught
c. fite
d. might

10. Put the commas in this sentence (rewrite the sentence correctly).
Jim Jane and Billy started school on September 6 1993.
Section 6_______________________________________________________________

Select the correct word.
1. _____ The weather was (a. fir b. fear).
2. _____ The (a. air b. ear) smelled like flowers.
3. _____ Jane (a. weighs b. wieghs) 80 pounds.
4. _____ The corn is growing in the (a. feild b. field).

Match
5. author _____
6. illustrator _____
7. title _____
8. topic _____
a. name of a book or story
b. person who writes a book or story
c. what a book or story is about
d. person who draws pictures about book or story

9. Which words have the soft g sound? _____ _____
a. gentle
b. goat
c. magic
d. log

10. What is a story that rhymes? _____
a. paragraph
b. poem
c. play
d. parable

Section 7_______________________________________________________________

Write as plural words (more than one). Spell correctly.
1. party _____
2. knife _____
3. box _____
Ken chased me.
6. In the above sentence which word is a noun? _____
7. In the above sentence which word is a verb? _____
8. Tell whether the sentence below is (a. fact b. fiction) _____ .
My dog Spot baked a pie for me.

9. Put these sentences in order of events. _____ _____ _____ _____
a. It had fallen from its nest.
b. She saw a bird.
c. May was walking home from school.
d. She took in home and fed it.

Select the correct word.
10. Jane's desk is the (a. neat b. neatest) one in the room. _____

Section 8_______________________________________________________________

Read
Bobo is a funny clown because he knows how to make us laugh.
Bobo's coat is long and red, and his big hat is yellow.
We like to go to Bobo's show. We think he is very funny.

1. What is the main idea of this story? _____
a. Bobo is a funny clown
b. Bobo has a yellow hat.

2-3. What two details describe Bobo's coat? _____ _____
4. This is a (a. story b. poem c. drama). _____
5. How many paragraphs in this story? _____
a. one
b. two
c. three
6. In the sentence "We think he is very funny." the word think is a _____ .
a. verb.
b. noun.
c. adjective.
7. In the sentence "Bobo is a funny clown." the word funny is a _____ .
a. verb.
b. noun
c. adjective
8. Arrange these phrases in the order they were in the story. _____ _____ _____
a. hat is yellow
b. like to go th his show
c. makes us laugh
Read this Sentence:
The sun will shine every day.
9. What is the main verb in the above sentence? _____
10. What is the helping verb in the above sentence? _____

Section 9_______________________________________________________________

1. These words are classified. Which word does not belong? _____
a. car
b. table
c. bus
d. tractor
e. train

Select the adverb.
2. The horse is running slowly. _____
3. We looked everywhere for our caps. _____
Match
4. dictionary _____
5. encyclopedia _____
6. atlas _____
7. magazine _____
a. a group of short stories or topics
b. a book of maps
c. a book of word meanings
d. a book about many subjects

Dear Grandma,
Thank you for the football. I will take it to the park and play with may friends.
Love,
Joey

Read the above letter then match
8. Dear Grandma, _____
9. Love, _____
10. Joey _____
a. signature
b. greeting
c. closing

310_______________________________________________________________
Read
This section tests the student's ability to recognize and pronounce 3rd level words that have been selected from standard word lists and vocabulary words in the R.O.A. 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.
1. ___city
2. ___middle
3. ___moment
4. ___frightened
5. ___exclaimed
6. ___several
7. ___lonely
8. ___drew
9. ___since
10.___straight
11. ___guard
12. ___least
13. ___battery
14. ___meant
15. ___nibble
16. ___impossible
17. ___test
18. ___straighten
19. ___drown
20. ___police

Starting with the number 10, deduct one point for each word that is mispronounced. Enter the students total in the Section 310 - #10 textbox on the answer form.

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