Directions: Reading Skills Practice Tests
Two Reading Skills Practice Tests can be found on pages 13-16 of this Teacher’s Edition. You can photocopy them and use
them all at once, or have students do just two pages at a time. Directions for giving the tests and the answer key are below.
OBJECTIVES: To expose students to a standardized-test format; to assess students’ skills.
Reading Skills Practice Test #1
Reading Skills Practice Test #2
This section checks a student’s knowledge of
consonant sounds, including blends.
Say: We will write a letter or letters on each line to
finish the word. Look at the picture in the sample.
(Point to the sample.) What is it? (a tree) If you
write tr on the line, the word is tree. Now, write the
missing letter or letters on the lines for 1-5.
This section checks a student’s ability to use
capitalization, subject-verb agreement, and
punctuation.
Say: Choose the correct word or words for each
sentence. Fill in the bubble next to each correct
answer.
A. Phonics: Consonants
B. Phonics: Vowels
This section checks a student’s knowledge of short
and long vowel sounds.
Say: We will write a letter or letters on each line to
finish the word. Look at the picture in the sample.
(Point to the sample.) What is it? (a bat) If you
write a on the blank line, the word is bat. Now,
write the missing letter or letters on the blank lines
for 1-5.
C. High-Frequency Words
ay: I will read aloud one word in the sample.
S
Circle the word I read aloud: an.
Say: Each column has three words. I will read one
of them aloud. Listen carefully. Circle the word.
1. when 2. has 3. then 4. please 5. once
D. Vocabulary: Picture-Word Match
This section checks a student’s ability to attach
meaning to print and to identify decodeable words.
Say: Look at the sample. Read each word under
the picture. Which word goes with the picture?
(cat) Fill in the bubble next to cat. Now, fill in the
bubbles next to the words that go with the pictures
for 1-5.
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rammar, Usage, and Mechanics
B. Article Comprehension
This section checks a student’s ability to comprehend
short nonfiction.
Say: Read the article. Then fill in the bubble next
to the best answer to each question. After that,
write a sentence about what you read.
Answer Keys
Practice Test #1
A. Phonics: Consonants
SAMPLE: tr
1. gr 2. fr 3. dr 4. ck 5. sk
B. Phonics: Vowels
SAMPLE: a
1. ee 2. a, e 3. i, e 4. oa 5. a, e
C. High-Frequency Words
SAMPLE: an
1. when 2. has 3. then 4. please 5. once
D. Vocabulary: Picture-Word Match
SAMPLE: cat
1. children 2. house 3. eye 4. shirt 5. sing
Practice Test #2
A. Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
1. He 2. Mr. Gray 3. I 4. going 5. plays
6. Florida. 7. swim 8. black and white.
9. ran 10. his B. Article Comprehension
1. zebras 2. a group of zebras 3. grass
4. Some possible answers:
• Zebras have black stripes and white stripes.
• Zebras are a lot like horses.
• Wild zebras live in Africa.
• Zebras watch out for lions.
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Reading Skills Practice Test #1
A. Phonics: Consonants and Consonant Blends
Look at each picture.
Write the missing letter or letters on the line.
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B. Phonics: Short and Long Vowels
C. High-Frequency Words
Fill in the bubble next to the word your teacher
says out loud.
Sample
1.
O as
O ask
O an
2.
3.
O when O him
O what O his
O walk O has
4.
5.
O thank O please O was
O think O pretty O once
O then O put
O over
D. Vocabulary: Picture-Word Match
Fill in the bubble next to the word that names
each picture.
O child
O children
O change
O cat
O kite
O kit
3.
2.
4.
5.
O short
O shirt
O shoe
O eye
O I
O ear
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O hose
O horse
O house
O sing
O sign
O sew
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Reading Skills Practice Test #2
A. Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
Read each sentence. Fill in the bubble next to the choice
that best completes each sentence.
1. ______ loves dogs.
6. My friend lives in ________
O swimming
O swim
O swims
O black and white,
O black and white.
O black and white
O run
O rans
O ran
O his
O him
O he
O florida
O Florida.
O Florida?
2. ________ is Sam’s dad.
7. They ________. 3. Emily and _______ dance.
8. The soccer ball is ________
4. Are you __________ there?
9. Sara ________ to school. 5. She ________.
10. That is ________ book.
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O mr gray
O mr. gray
O Mr. Gray
O I
O i
O me
O will go
O going
O go
O plays
O play
O playing
O He O he
O HE
B. Article Comprehension
Read the story. Then answer each question.
Fill in the bubble next to the best answer.
Can you name this animal?
It’s a zebra! Zebras have
black and white stripes. They
live in groups called herds.
leaves. They watch out for
lions. Lions like to eat zebras!
Wild zebras live in Africa.
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Zebras eat grass, bark, and
1. What animal is this story about?
O a group of zebras
O one zebra
O a kind of grass
O lions
O chicken
O grass
O lions
O zebras
O horses
3. What is one thing zebras eat?
4. Write a sentence that tells one fact about zebras.
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2. What is a herd?