Grade 1 English Language Arts: 10 Free Practice Questions

Answer: !
It shows strong feeling, so an exclamation mark fits.

Answer: Red
The kite is red. Reread the first sentence: 'Sam has a red kite.' The word 'red' names the color of the kite. Students may pick 'blue' because they connect the sky to the color blue, but the question asks about the kite, not the sky.

Answer: close
Open and close are opposites.

Answer: map
The word "map" has the same short a middle sound as "cat." Say "cat" slowly: /k/ /a/ /t/. The middle sound is short a. Now say "map": /m/ /a/ /p/. It also has the short a sound in the middle. So "map" matches. Students may pick "coat" because it looks like "cat," but "coat" has a long o sound, not short a.

Answer: have
The word "have" fits the sentence: I have a red ball. Read the sentence and listen for a word that shows owning something. "I have a red ball" makes sense. The sight word "have" tells that the person owns the ball. Students may choose "hand" because it begins with the same letters, but it does not make the sentence make sense.

Answer: not happy
Unhappy means not happy. The word part un- means not or the opposite. Just as unlock means not locked, unhappy means not happy. So a person who is unhappy does not feel happy. Students may choose very happy because they see the word happy and forget that un- flips the meaning to the opposite.

Answer: shop
The word "shop" begins with the same /sh/ sound as "ship." The letters s and h together make one sound: /sh/. "Ship" starts with /sh/. "Shop" also starts with /sh/. So they share the same beginning sound. Students may pick "sun" because it starts with the letter s, but "sun" makes only the /s/ sound, not /sh/.

Answer: In the morning
Ed wakes up in the morning. The clue 'when the sun comes up' and the word 'breakfast' show it is morning, the time people wake and eat their first meal. Students may pick 'at night,' but the sun coming up and breakfast both signal morning.

Answer: night
The word night rhymes with light. Light ends with the /ite/ sound. Say each choice: night = /n/ + /ite/, matches. List = /ist/, like = /ike/, line = /ine/ do not match, even though they begin with the letter l sound in some cases. Students may pick like or line because they start with the letter l, or look similar, rather than matching the ending sound.

Answer: frog
'Frog' begins with the blend fr. A blend is when two letters at the beginning make two sounds that are said quickly together, like /st/ in 'stop.' In 'frog,' you hear /f/ and /r/ blended together. The other words begin with only one sound. Students may pick 'sun' because it starts with s like 'stop,' but 'sun' has only one beginning sound, not a blend of two.