5th grade English Language Arts practice sheet
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Question 1
Put the events of “The New Player” in order, from the exposition to the resolution.
- The other players crowd around and ask her how she planned her moves.
- Maya has just moved to a new town and doesn't know anyone at her school.
- At the school chess tournament, Maya faces the best player in the final game and wins.
- Maya starts a chess club, and soon it has twelve members.
- She asks to join the lunchtime chess games, but the players tell her the boards are full.
Maya has just moved to a new town and doesn't know anyone at her school. → She asks to join the lunchtime chess games, but the players tell her the boards are full. → At the school chess tournament, Maya faces the best player in the final game and wins. → The other players crowd around and ask her how she planned her moves. → Maya starts a chess club, and soon it has twelve members.
Hint: Start with the event that introduces the characters. End with how things turn out.
Question 2
Which sentence uses hyperbole?
- The frosty grass sparkled like tiny diamonds.
- My backpack weighs more than an elephant!
- The bacon sizzled in the hot pan.
- Tiny turtles tumbled toward the tide.
My backpack weighs more than an elephant!
Hint: Hyperbole is a huge exaggeration that isn't meant to be taken literally.
Question 3
In a nonfiction book, where would you look up the meaning of a word printed in bold?
- the table of contents
- a heading
- a caption
- the glossary
the glossary
Hint: The glossary is like a small dictionary at the back of the book.
Question 4
What does “vibrant” mean in this sentence?
The garden was full of vibrant flowers in bright reds, oranges and purples.
- bright and full of life
- dried up
- dull and faded
- tiny
bright and full of life
Hint: The sentence describes the colors as bright. What does that tell you?
Question 5
What does the root “therm” mean?
thermthermometer · thermal · geothermal- light
- heat
- pull
- sound
heat
Hint: Think about what these words have in common: thermometer, thermal, geothermal. The root “therm” means “heat.”
Question 6
Which part of this sentence is the dependent clause?
When the timer beeped, Ana took the muffins out of the oven.
- when the timer beeped
- Ana took the muffins out of the oven
when the timer beeped
Hint: A dependent clause starts with a word like because, when, if or although. It can't stand alone as a sentence. The independent clause can.
Question 7
Which is the correct contraction for “we are”?
- we'are
- were'
- w'ere
- we're
we're
Hint: The apostrophe replaces the missing a in “are”: we + are = we're.
Question 8
Which persuasive technique does this ad use?
These running shoes will make you faster than a race car!
- testimonial
- exaggeration
- emotional appeal
- bandwagon
exaggeration
Hint: Exaggeration makes claims so big they can't possibly be true.
Question 9
What is a caption?
- a page number
- words that explain a picture
- a kind of font
words that explain a picture
Hint: Captions go with images.
Question 10
What is a works cited list?
- a list of the sources you used
- a list of spelling words
- a table of contents
- a list of your friends
a list of the sources you used
Hint: It goes at the end of a report.
Answer key
- 1. Maya has just moved to a new town and doesn't know anyone at her school. → She asks to join the lunchtime chess games, but the players tell her the boards are full. → At the school chess tournament, Maya faces the best player in the final game and wins. → The other players crowd around and ask her how she planned her moves. → Maya starts a chess club, and soon it has twelve members. (Plot and Conflict)
- 2. My backpack weighs more than an elephant! (Figurative Language)
- 3. the glossary (Purpose and Structure)
- 4. bright and full of life (Context Clues)
- 5. heat (Greek and Latin Roots)
- 6. when the timer beeped (Complex Sentences)
- 7. we're (Punctuation Power)
- 8. exaggeration (Media Smarts)
- 9. words that explain a picture (Create With Words, Pictures and Sound)
- 10. a list of the sources you used (Research Ready)
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