
PSSA PREP 1

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5th - 8th Grade
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Kristen Gardiner
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Read the paragraph from an article on prairie plants.
(1) Prairie plants are different from other plants in many ways. (2) One important difference is that prairie plants can have much deeper roots. (3) Sometimes the roots of a prairie plant goes as deep into the ground as the plant is tall. (4) As a result, the roots reach water that many other plants cannot.
Which verb should be changed to correct an error in subject-verb agreement?
are
is
goes
reach
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Read the paragraph.
(1) Every august you can watch falling stars at night. (2) Some people refer to them as shooting stars. (3) However, these objects from space are not stars at all. (4) In fact, they are small pieces of rock or metal that are burning up as they pass through our atmosphere.
Which sentence has a mistake in capitalization?
1
2
3
4
Tags
CCSS.L.4.2A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the sentences about mushrooms.
(1) Some people do not like to eat mushrooms. (2) Even if mushrooms are on pizza. (3) Mushrooms are called fungi and are important to us all. (4) These fungi help break down dead plants and make the soil better for new plants.
Which sentence should be revised because it contains a sentence fragment?
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2
3
4
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1F
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Read the sentence.
Bill Gates, _____ helped found Microsoft, is a famous computer scientist.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
whose
who
which
that
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence has a spelling mistake?
Jamie read the newspaper article twice.
The newly planted flowers began to sprout.
The student prepared a speach about robots.
There was nowhere else to look for the missing keys.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Read the sentence.
I remember the day _____ I discovered I was moving to a new town.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
where
when
who
why
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.4.3A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the metaphor in the line suggest?
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
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