TCAP 3rd Grade Excerpt from Hurricanes

Which detail from the passage BEST supports the idea that hurricanes are part of a natural cycle of events?

• They take ocean water and drop it on land.

• They move over bodies of water.

• They can form over every sea in the tropics.

• They have sunny spots that form a ring.

Based on the passage, which weather condition would MOST LIKELY result in a hurricane?

• Fast winds start blowing during a summer storm.

• Thunder and lightning are heard and seen in a storm.

• A storm grows over the Gulf of Mexico.

• A storm moves over a farm in the Southwest.

Part A

Which sentence BEST states the author's point of view about hurricanes?

• They are dangerous but necessary.

• They are mainly positive forces.

• They are fun to watch.

• They are wild and unsafe.

Part B

Which detail from the passage best supports your answer to the questions in Part A about author's point of view?

• ".... stretches 300 miles across."

• "...usually 100 to 200 miles per hour."

• ".... forms a ring around the eye."

• "... crops would die without it."

Which phrase helps the reader understand the meaning of the word swirling as it is used in paragraph 1?

• "big twisting tops or giant snails."

• "big, dark clouds"

• "crackles and booms"

• "lights up fierce clouds"

Based on the suffix -ist, what does the word meteorologist mean?

• places for meteorology

• books about meteorology

• people who study meteorology

• tools used to study meteorology

What change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?

I went to the basketball game Monday and I went to the park on Thursday.

• Monday, but

• Monday, and

• Monday, so

• no change

What change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?

Grace has his gymnastic competition on Friday.

• she

• him

• her

• no change

What change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?

"On Friday, Grace said, I will have my gymnastics competition." She was very excited.

• On Friday, Grace said, " I will have my gymnastics competition."

• "On Friday," Grace said, "I will have my gymnastics competition."

• "On Friday, Grace said, "I will have my gymnastics competition."

• No Change