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Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Phonics
Select the word that rhymes with map.
fat
grape
tap
mat
tap
Rhyming words have the same ending sound. To answer this question correctly, say "map" out-loud. Notice that you hear a short "a" sound and then a "p" sound.
Let's say the answer choices out-loud now. Did you hear one with a short "a" sound followed by a "p" sound? You should have heard those sounds when you said "tap".
Example Question #2 : Phonics
Select the word that rhymes with cake.
cape
cat
tack
make
make
Rhyming words have the same ending sound. To answer this question correctly, say "cake" out-loud. Notice that you hear a long "a" sound and then a "k" sound.
Let's say the answer choices out-loud now. Did you hear one with a long "a" sound followed by a "k" sound? You should have heard those sounds when you said "make".
Example Question #1 : Fluency And Comprehension
The Big Game
Max plays on a summer baseball team. The team’s name is The Dragons and the team wears bright green jerseys to each of their games. So far this season, The Dragons have won every game that they have played. They have one game left, the championship game. The winner of the championship game gets a giant trophy and a big pizza party after the game.
On the morning of the championship game Max woke up early, too excited to sleep! From his room he could smell bacon and pancakes, so he rushed to the kitchen. His mom had woken up early and cooked a breakfast for a champion! After his belly was full and he had put on his bright green uniform, Max and his family drove to the ballpark for his final baseball game.
The game started out slow, the score was still 
The final score of the game was 
What was the final score of the baseball game?
We are told in the last paragraph of the story that the final score of the game was 
The final score of the game was 
Example Question #2 : Fluency And Comprehension
The Big Game
Max plays on a summer baseball team. The team’s name is The Dragons and the team wears bright green jerseys to each of their games. So far this season, The Dragons have won every game that they have played. They have one game left, the championship game. The winner of the championship game gets a giant trophy and a big pizza party after the game.
On the morning of the championship game Max woke up early, too excited to sleep! From his room he could smell bacon and pancakes, so he rushed to the kitchen. His mom had woken up early and cooked a breakfast for a champion! After his belly was full and he had put on his bright green uniform, Max and his family drove to the ballpark for his final baseball game.
The game started out slow, the score was still 
The final score of the game was 
What did Max's mom make for breakfast?
Both pancakes and bacon
Bacon
Both pancakes and toast
Pancakes
Both pancakes and bacon
We are told in the second paragraph that Max could smell bacon and pancakes, so we can assume that is what his mom cooked for breakfast.
On the morning of the championship game Max woke up early, too excited to sleep! From his room he could smell bacon and pancakes, so he rushed to the kitchen. His mom had woken up early and cooked a breakfast for a champion! After his belly was full and he had put on his bright green uniform, Max and his family drove to the ballpark for his final baseball game.
Example Question #3 : Fluency And Comprehension
The Big Game
Max plays on a summer baseball team. The team’s name is The Dragons and the team wears bright green jerseys to each of their games. So far this season, The Dragons have won every game that they have played. They have one game left, the championship game. The winner of the championship game gets a giant trophy and a big pizza party after the game.
On the morning of the championship game Max woke up early, too excited to sleep! From his room he could smell bacon and pancakes, so he rushed to the kitchen. His mom had woken up early and cooked a breakfast for a champion! After his belly was full and he had put on his bright green uniform, Max and his family drove to the ballpark for his final baseball game.
The game started out slow, the score was still
The final score of the game was
Why did Max wake up early on the morning of the championship game?
He smelled breakfast cooking
The game was really early in the morning
He ate too much candy for bed and could not sleep
He was too excited to sleep
He was too excited to sleep
In the second paragraph, we are told that on the morning of the game, Max got up early because he was too excited to sleep.
On the morning of the championship game Max woke up early, too excited to sleep! From his room he could smell bacon and pancakes, so he rushed to the kitchen. His mom had woken up early and cooked a breakfast for a champion! After his belly was full and he had put on his bright green uniform, Max and his family drove to the ballpark for his final baseball game.
Example Question #1 : Print Concepts
What type of sentence is below?
Happy Birthday, Megan!
A command
A statement
A question
An exclamation
An exclamation
Notice the use of an exclamation mark at the end of this sentence.
The use of an exclamation mark "!" is a good indication that the sentence is an exclamation. An exclamation, or exclamatory sentence, shows excitement. When you are wishing someone a happy birthday, you are most likely excited for that person that it's his/her birthday.
Example Question #2 : Print Concepts
If you were to put the following words in alphabetical order, select the word that would come first.
lucky, fly, night, kite
Kite
Lucky
Fly
Night
Fly
When we are putting words in alphabetical order, we look at the first letter of each word. If all of the first letters are different, we pick which ever word had the first letter that comes first in the alphabet. In this case, all of our words start with a different letter.
Let's take a look at our alphabet and find the letters that start each of our words.
A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z
As you can see, F comes first, which means fly is the correct answer.
Example Question #1 : Grammar
Select the correct contraction for is not.
isno't
isn't
isnt'
isnot
isn't
When we combine a word with not, we always drop the o, and put an apostrophe between the n and the t. We also combine the words into one word, with no spaces.
In this case, the correct answer is isn't.
Example Question #2 : Grammar
Complete the sentence below with the correct action verb.
Alison __________ the soccer ball into the goal.
happy
very
handed
kicked
kicked
To answer this question correctly, we have to think about what we do with a soccer ball. When we play soccer, we kick the ball, and to score we have to kick the ball into the net. This correct answer to fill in the blank is "kicked".
Alison kicked the soccer ball into the goal.
Example Question #1 : Vocabulary
Select the word that matches the definition provided.
To have the same thought as someone else.
agree
team
enemy
lonely
agree
When you agree with someone, that means you have the same thoughts or feelings as they do.
To use agree in a sentence, "Megan and Samantha agree that ice cream is great!"
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