Finding Answers exam

Which source would provide the best answer to this question: what was life like for the typical female pirate who lived between 1600 and 1800?

• a guide for little girls who want to grow up to be pirates

• a movie that stars an actress playing a female pirate

• a history book about pirates that has at least one chapter about female pirates

• an article about the great-great-great-grandchildren of a woman pirate

Which sentence uses the incorrect version of the homophone its/it’s?

• Next time I will remember to make sure it’s filled with snacks.

• I picked up my backpack by one of its straps.

• It’s a good day to take a walk or have a picnic.

• Its a good idea to take lots of water when you go hiking.

Which sentence uses the incorrect form of to/too?

• I may not be the best chef on the block, but I still love to try.

• The meals I cook usually get fed to my dog.

• I love to cook, and I love to eat, too.

• Once I cooked dinner for my parents too surprise them.

What is the best way to describe how an Internet search engine works?

• A search engine relies on a person who is hired to send you information about the word you typed.

• A search engine figures out the question you have based on the word that you type.

• A search engine looks up all the library books ever written about the word you typed.

• A search engine looks through all the text on the Internet for an direct match to the word you typed.

What are homophones?

• words that mean the same thing but are spelled several different ways

• words that have the same sound but different spellings and meanings

• words sound a lot different from how they are spelled

• words that sound exactly the way they are spelled

 

Suppose you find a Web site called Today’s Pirates,

and it has these links listed on its home page.

Today’s Pirates

Who They Are

Where They Are

What They Do

How They Live

Which link would probably go to a map showing the most dangerous routes for ships traveling on their own?

• Who they are

• where they are

• what they do

• how they live

Which sentence uses the wrong homophone?

• Sometimes I think my cat has more cents than my sister.

• My sister ran down the street to meet the ice cream truck, leaving her money inside.

• When the ice cream truck came near our house, she could sense its presence.

• I gave my sister fifty cents to buy herself some ice cream.

Which source would provide the best answer to this question:

Is it possible for me to become a pirate now, and would I want to?

• the internet

• local newspaper

• a novel (book) about a young pirate

• an encyclopedia of famous pirates