ELA Practice Test

Choose the word that is spelled correctly.

• Recieve

• Receive

• Recive

• Recieive

Answer explanation

The word 'Receive' is spelled correctly with the 'i' before 'e', except after 'c'.

What does the word "analyze" mean in literary analysis?

• To describe the story in detail

• To examine the elements of the text closely

• To rewrite the story in your own words

• To read the story out loud

Answer explanation

The word 'analyze' in literary analysis means to examine the elements of the text closely, making it the correct choice.

Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence. *By the time we arrived, the concert __________ (already, start).*

• already starts

• has already started

• already started

• will already start

Which tense is used to describe an action that will happen in the future?

• Past tense

• Present tense

• Future tense

• Present perfect tense

What is the antonym of *benevolent*?

• Kind

• Generous

• Malevolent

• Compassionate

Which word has the same meaning as scents?

• tastes

• smells

• particles

• memories

Read this sentence about the passage. Two students did the smell experiment by ________. Which word makes this sentence correct?

• himselves

• theirselves

• ourselves

• themselves

Read this sentence about the passage. We ______ a smell experiment yesterday. Which word makes this sentence correct?

• does

• did

• doing

• done

Read this sentence about the passage. I cannot smell because I have a cold. Which is another correct way to write cannot?

• can't

• canot

• cann't

• ca'nt

Which word from the passage has a long vowel sound? 

• get

• sniff

• float

• smell