ELA Milestone Practice

The image provided is of a poem. How many stanzas are in this poem?

• 5

• 16

• 4

• 3

What is a stanza?

• When the ending words in a line of poetry have the same sound

• The type of pattern that the rhyme makes.

• The "sentences" that make a poem.

• The "paragraphs" of a poem.

What is the theme of the poem above?

• The minutes tick by slowly.

• Never underestimate the power of a child.

• Drops of water and grains of sand are very small.

• The small things are as important as the big things.

Change the singular noun into a plural noun: 
Mouse

• mice

• mouses

• meese

• mices

Choose the correct text organization:

A story about the lifecycle of a frog in Australia.

• Sequence/Order

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Description

Mrs.Walker was worried about Marcus because he often fell asleep in class. She decided to call Marcus' parents to discuss the problem. During the phone call, Mrs.Walker suggested that an earlier bedtime might help Marcus to get more sleep at night so that he would not sleep in class. Which text structure is being used?

• compare and contrast

• description

• problem and solution

• sequence

How does the author use foreshadowing in the text to create suspense?

• By introducing completely unrelated characters

• By revealing the climax at the beginning of the story

• By dropping subtle hints or clues about future events in the text.

• By providing detailed descriptions of past events

Identify the correct pronoun to use in the sentence: '______ went to the store to buy some milk.'

• It

• She

• Them

• He

Which punctuation mark is correctly used to indicate possession in the following sentence?

• The cats whiskers were long and sleek.

• The cat's whiskers were long and sleek.

• The cats' whiskers were long and sleek.

• The cat whiskers were long and sleek.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses 'their', 'there', and 'they're'.

• There going to bring their friends to the party over there.

• They're going to bring there friends to the party over their.

• They're going to bring their friends to the party over there.

• There going to bring they're friends to the party over their.