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Generation Date: 04/01/2014
Generated By: Che ryl Shelton
Title: Grade 3 Language
1. What is the meaning of the word smooth in the sentence below?
The body of the airplane is shiny and smooth.
smooth ('smüth) adj. [Middle English] 1. without hair 2. has an even surface 3. very
friendly 4. free from trouble
A. definition 4
B. definition 1
C. definition 2
D. definition 3
2. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
The house was nice and _______ after everyone went to sleep.
A. quite
B. quit
C. quiette
D. quiet
3.
My family watched the boat sail across the lake.
What does sail mean in the sentence above?
A. when something is easy
B. to move across water
C. a special part of a boat
D. a cloth used on a boat
4.
Look at the picture above. Which sentences BEST describe the picture?
In the picture, there is a man and a boy. The man is tall. The boy is short. They are tr ying
A.
to make a very tall, white snowman.
A young boy and a man are building a snowman on a cold day. The snowman is made of
B. three round balls of snow. They have given the snowman a scarf, a carrot nose, and coal
eyes and buttons.
Two people are outside in the snow. One is a man, and the other is a boy. These people are
trying to make a snowman.
A man and a boy are making a snowman. The snowman is large and white. The man and
D.
the boy have given the snowman some eyes.
C.
5.
On every family trip, Parker and Collin like to run down the corridors in the hotel. They
love racing down the long narrow spaces. Sometimes people in the hotel rooms would open their
doors. They would ask the boys to quiet down.
What does the word corridors most likely mean?
A. bedrooms
B. kitchens
C. hallways
D. closets
6. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
The plant's _______ drank up the pouring rain.
A. rutes
B. roots
C. routes
D. routs
7.
Bonnie has always lived in the same state and the same city since she was born.
What does state mean in the sentence above?
A. an area of land in a country
B. being very upset and worried
C. to say something using words
D. being very messy and dirty
8.
Which of the following words best describes honey?
A. sticky
B. eager
C. salty
D. cozy
9. A storm was coming. It made the ocean water rough. The sailor moved around the
boat quickly. He had to make sure that everything was ready for the storm.
What does sailor mean?
A. something that sails
B. to move a sail
C. a new sail
D. someone who sails
10. What is the meaning of the word jerk in the sentence below?
The dog walkers jerk the dogs back to keep them from going into the street.
jerk ('jərk) v. [Unknown] 1. say something suddenly 2. make ice cream sodas 3. give a
quick pull 4. move in short sudden motions
A. definition 3
B. definition 2
C. definition 4
D. definition 1
11.
Look at the picture above. Which sentence BEST describes the picture?
A. The man with a blue shirt and mustache is typing on his wide-screen, desktop computer.
B. The office worker in the blue shirt is sitting and typing at his computer.
C. The guy is in a room where he is sitting and working on some machine at his desk.
D. The person is sitting at a desk and working on something at his computer.
12.
The
athletes.
medals shined brightly in their glass case. The school had many excellent
Which word should be placed in the blank?
A. players'
B. player's
C. players's
D. players
13.
A _______ skin can be brown, white, or red.
Which word should be placed in the blank?
A. potatoe's
B. potato's
C. potatoes
D. potatos
14. Charlie would not listen to his parents. He liked to misbehave. When Charlie did
something bad, he had to go to timeout.
What does misbehave mean?
A. to behave well
B. to behave badly
C. to behave after
D. able to behave
15. nut \ˈnət\ n. [Middle English]
1. a hard-shelled dry fruit or seed
2. a hard problem or undertaking
3. a metal block that has a screw thread and is used on a bolt or screw for tightening
or holding something
4. the ridge in a stringed instrument over which the strings pass on the upper end of
the fingerboard
5. a small lump (as of butter)
6. a foolish or crazy person
What is the part of speech of the word defined in the dictionary entry above?
A. adverb
B. verb
C. noun
D. pronoun
16. What two words are most alike in meaning?
A. "tremble" and "shake"
B. "fierce" and "kind"
C. "clear" and "cloudy"
D. "fool" and "trick"
17.
"Are you ready yet?" David shouted. "We are going to be late!" He stood by the front
door, waiting for his wife. She was still in the room getting ready.
Finally, his wife emerged from the bedroom. David's jaw dropped. "You look beautiful," he
told her.
Using clues from the story, emerged most likely means
A. jumped.
B. waited.
C. shouted.
D. appeared.
18. Which choice shows the right way to divide the word model into syllables?
A. mo-del
B. mode-l
C. mo-de- l
D. mod-el
19. Which suffix means "full of"?
A. -ment
B. -less
C. -able
D. -ous
20. What is the correct way to divide the following word into syllables?
examination
A. ex-ami- nat- ion
B. exa- mi- na-tion
C. ex-am- i-na-tion
D. exam- i- nation