3rd Grade PSSA ELA Practice

Read the sentence.

The reader felt the character's______ when the character's team won the big game.

Which word best completes the sentence?

• power

• sadness

• bravery

• pride

Read the sentences from a story.

(1) On a warm summer's day, Mark went with his family to pick strawberries. (2) He was given his very own box to fill. (3) In less than and hour, his box __________.

Choose the most descriptive group of words to complete sentence 3.

• had more than enough strawberries in it

• had plenty of good strawberries in it

• was packed full of juicy strawberries

• was all filled with wonderful strawberries

Which sentence needs a comma and quotation marks?

• Our teacher told us about our trip to the aquarium.

• He said that we would see fish of all different sizes.

• I was excited when he said we would also see turtles.

• I'm going to have fun at the aquarium I told my mom.

Read the sentences.

Many different animals live on or near my uncle's farm. There are ponys in the field. There are geese near the water. There are even deer in the woods.

Which underlined word should be changed to correct the mistake?

• animals

• ponys

• geese

• deer

Which sentence has a spelling mistake?

• I like to collect pennies.

• He can carry the box by himself.

• You can be successful if you try hard.

• The toy broak when it fell off the chair.

Read the sentences.

We weighed the gray rocks and the red rocks. We hound that the red rocks were _______ than the gray rocks.

Which word or words correctly fill the blank?

• heavier

• heaviest

• more heavier

• most heaviest

Which sentence shows the correct way to punctuate the address?

A. Aunt Joan lives at 143, Spring Street, Dayton, Ohio.

B. Aunt Joan lives at 143 Spring Street, Dayton, Ohio.

C. Aunt Joan lives at 143, Spring Street, Dayton Ohio.

D. Aunt Joan lives at, 143 Spring Street Dayton, Ohio.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which sentence is a compound sentence?

• Amy will practice soccer after school today.

• Scott found his baseball cap on top of the table.

• We knocked on the door, and our neighbor answered it.

• Once it stops raining, we can go outside to ride our bikes.