Instructions to the Parents:
This test covers materials typically presented through the end of the fourth grade.  It is recommended that you print a copy of this test. Then read each item to your child. Record their responses on paper then submit the student responses when the test is completed.   This is not a timed test. 
 

a.  Sue paid the cashier and took her groceries home

b.  She shopped for groceries.

c.  She stood in line with her cart full of groceries.

d.  Sue went to town so she could go grocery shopping.

1.  Place these sentences in order of events.  _____  _____  _____  _____ 

2.  The main idea of this story is _____ .

a.  standing in line

b.  going to the grocery store.

c.  keeping busy

 

3.  Who is the main character of the story?_____ 

 

4.  Which group of words is a phrase? _____ 

a.  Pat ran home

b.  asks a question

 

5.  Which group of words is a sentence? _____ 

a.  she went to school

b.  likes school

 

6.   In what order should a written report be completed? _____  _____  _____  _____ 

a.  writing the report

b.  research

c.  note taking

d.  outline

 

7.  In what order would these words appear in the dictionary? _____  _____  _____  _____ 

a.  shake

b.  sharp

c.  shy

d.  shift

 

8.  In the word camera there are (1, 2, 3, 4) syllables. _____ 

 

9.  Which list of words has all hard c sounds? _____ 

a.  cord, cinema, cat

b.  call, candle, apricot

c.  card, client, certain

 

10.  Which list of words has all soft g sounds? _____ 

a.  gym, gerbil, ghost

b.  gel, aggressive,  grass

c.  gin, germ, giraffe

 

11.  Add the ending to each word.   

         a.  make + ing _____ 

         b.  jump + ing _____ 

         c.  envy+ ed _____ 

         d.  drive + ing _____ 

 

12.  Tell if the vowel is long  or short _____  _____  _____  _____  _____ 

a.  few _____ 

b.  wish _____ 

c.  weigh _____ 

d.  coat _____ 

e.  let _____ 

 

13.  In the word rereading

a.  What is the root word? _____ 

b.  What is the suffix?_____ 

c.  What is the prefix?_____ 

 

14.  Big and huge are  _____. 

a.  homonyms

b.  synonyms

c.  antonyms

 

15.  The following is an example of (a. poetry b. prose). _____ 

Ashley is very smart.

She has a kind and loving heart.

 

From the following list of words select

16.  two synonyms  _____  _____ 

17.  two antonyms _____  _____ 

18.  two homonyms _____  _____ 

 

a.  here

b.  large

c.  hear

d.  cry

e.  small

f.   weep 

 

Ashley read her lengthy novel quickly.

 

After reading the above sentence, select and write:

 

19.  two nouns _____  _____ 

20.  one adjective _____ 

21.  one verb _____ 

22.  one pronoun _____ 

23.  one adverb _____ 

 

24.  Capitalize and punctuate the following sentence.

where did sue go this morning

 

___________________________________

 

Select the correct possessives in the sentence.

 

25.  The  (a. boy's b. boys) mother is at her (c. friend's d. friends') house.  _____  _____ 

 

26.  Select the correct adjective.

The north star was the ( a. brighter  b. brightest) star in the sky. _____ 

 

27.  Write contractions.

a.  we will _____ 

b.  she is _____ 

 

 Sam became sick after eating too much candy before bed.

28.  "Sam became sick" is the (a. cause b. effect). _____ 

29.  "after eating too much candy" is the (a. cause b. effect). _____ 

 

30. A well written paragraph has one _______.

a. sentence

b. topic

c. character

 

31.  A well written story must _________.

a. be funny

b. teach a lesson

c. hold the reader's interest

 

32.  Which sentence would be more interesting in a story or poem? _____ 

a.  She crawled into her warm bed on a cold night.

b.  She went to bed.

 

33.  What are the suffixes for the following words?

a.  hopeless  _____ 

b.  helpful _____ 

c.  understandable _____ 

 

Sue is petting her cat.

Using the above sentence, give an example for each of the following

 

34.  proper noun.  _____ 

35.  helping verb._____ 

36.  common noun. _____ 

37.  possessive pronoun._____ 

 

38.  Write the plural form.

a. baby _____ 

b. comb _____ 

c. ox _____ 

 

The boy runs like a roadrunner.

39.  What is the subject in the above sentence? _____ 

40.  The verb "runs" is (a. present b. past) tense. _____ 

41.  The verb "runs" is (a. an action verb b. a being verb). _____ 

 

42.  The story of George Washington is an example of _______.

a.  a tall tale

b.  a biography

c.  fiction

 

43.   Adverbs describe (a. nouns b. verbs). _____ 

 

44.   Adjectives describe (c. nouns d. verbs). _____ 

 

Select the correct word.

45.  They walked (a. quickly b. quicker) to get to school on time. _____ 

46.  The house looked  (a. differenter  b. more different) than the last time I saw it. _____ 

47.  Sam is the (a. funnier b. funniest) of the two. _____ 

48.  She ran the (a. fastest b. faster) at the race. _____ 

 

49. What are the silent consonants?

a.  comb _____ 

b.  knee _____ 

 

50. The correctly spelled words are _________ and __________  .

a. article

b. calandar

c. hart

d. trivial

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