Language Arts STAAR Review

Identify the preposition in the sentence below.
The kitten was hiding under the table.

• kitten

• table

• hiding

• under

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the conjunction in the sentence below. I want to watch a movie, but I also want to read my book.

• watch

• but

• read

• book

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CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

Identify the underlined type of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

The wind howled through the trees and woke me up.

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence below.

• near the ocean

• saw a group

• we saw

• the ocean

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the VERB in the sentence below. The snake slithered across the road slowly.

• slithered

• slowly

• across

• road

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the correlative conjunctions in the sentence below.

We can either go to the movies, or go shopping.

• We, go

• or, go

• to, movies

• either, or

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

What does the underlined IDIOM mean in the sentence? Their plea for a swimming pool fell on deaf ears.

• to disregard or not listen

• someone lost their hearing

• to fall in the swimming pool

• to fall on your ear

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Identify the HELPING VERB in the sentence below. We will try to win the championship game on Saturday.

• will

• win

• try

• game

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

Use CONTEXT CLUES to figure out the meaning of the underlined word.

The water was so frigid I had goosebumps when I got out.

• cold

• warm

• windy

• smooth

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Is the verb in the past, present, or future tense?

will swim

• past

• present

• future

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B