GACE ELA Practice Test

Question 1

The ability to draw a conclusion about a text based on the evidence and reasoning provided by the author is called _____

Accepted Answer

inference

Question 2

Syllables are defined as the number of “beats” in a word.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

_ are the beginning consonant sounds in words;understanding & identifying them helps readers sound out unfamiliar words.

Accepted Answer

Onsets

Question 4

Print Awareness is the recognition and understanding of the limited ways print material is used in the world.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

When a kindergarten teacher is teaching students there is a connection between specific letters andspecific sounds...

Accepted Answer

He is Teaching The Alphabetic Principle

Question 6

____ refers to the ability of students to access, evaluate, and effectively use online resources.

Accepted Answer

Digital Literacy

Question 7

The time and place where a story takes place is called the climax

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

A stanza is a group of lines of poetry.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Which of the following words could not be sorted by vowel sounds?

Accepted Answer

rag

Question 10

Which of the following is the primary purpose in having students identify specific details in a text?

Accepted Answer

To be able to explain or support what they claim is the main idea

Question 11

The three elements of fluency in reading are: rate, accuracy, and expression/prosody

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Condensing the most important parts of a text into a student’s own words to explain the main idea is called sumarizing

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

You will pass the GACE Test!!!!!

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

To help first grade students identify the main idea of the story the class read together, what should the teacher do?

Accepted Answer

Ask students to draw a picture that represents the story.

Question 15

What is a sight word?

Accepted Answer

a word a student recognizes and knows just by looking at it

Question 16

The theme is defined as an author’s main message to the audience or the main idea of a text

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which of the following is not a CVC word?

Accepted Answer

bee

Question 18

Putting word parts together to speak a full word is called ____.

Accepted Answer

Blending

Question 19

To draw a conclusion based on info provided by an author & student’s own prior experience is called evaluating.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

These are the beginning consonant sounds of words and may be made up of one or two letters.

Accepted Answer

onsets

Question 21

Students are studying a poem that has no set rhyme pattern or meter. It is a poem written in ____.

Accepted Answer

free verse

Question 22

Correcting grammar, spelling, orpunctuation issues that remains before publishing is which step in the writing process?

Accepted Answer

Editing

Question 23

Context clues are generally found in the same sentence or neighboring sentence of an unfamiliar word.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

If a teacher is practicing speech sounds with students, they are practicing

Accepted Answer

Phonemes

Question 25

Phonemic awareness is the understanding that language is made up of specific sounds

Accepted Answer

True

GACE ELA Practice Test

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