MSTEP ELA Practice

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

A hurricane is much ___________ than a thunderstorm.

• badder

• worse

• worst

Choose whether their, there, or they're is correct for the sentence. It turned out that it was _________ dog we found.

• their

• there

• they're

Choose whether their, there, or they're is correct for the sentence.

I needed to go over ____________ to pick something up.

• their

• there

• they're

Choose whether their, there, or they're is correct for the sentence.

_____________ all going to the park on Saturday.

• their

• there

• they're

Which is correct spelling of the word

hobbys

• hobbys

• hobies

• hobbies

• hobbeys

Identify the negative words

We are not going nowhere until we clean our rooms.

• not

• we

• nowhere

• clean

A statement that supports a position.

• claim

• draw

• explain

• cite

A universal idea that is in every part of the text.

• trace

• theme

• refer

• tone

Restate text or passage in your own words

• paraphrase

• quote

• analyze

• compare

Main idea of a text, topic

• central idea

• trace

• theme

• structure