Grade 3 ELA PSSA Review

Question 1

All of the following are text features except

Accepted Answer

main idea

Question 2

I don't need to read over my open ended response when I finish it because I took my time on it.

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False

Question 3

As Lance looks out the window, he _____________ that his father gets home in time for the game.

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is hoping

Question 4

Miss Smith is known for burring her students under a large amount of homework.

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burying

Question 5

Which sentence has a mistake in capitalization?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 6

The substitute teacher was _______________ that the children were well behaved.

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grateful

Question 7

Which correctly completes this sentence? I like that __________ bulging eyes.

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frog’s

Question 8

Words that have opposite meanings are called

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antonyms

Question 9

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

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C

Question 10

Words that have similar meanings are called

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synonyms

Question 11

The D in the RAD strategy stands for ___________.

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details from the story

Question 12

Which underlined word should be changed to correct the mistake?

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scarfs

Question 13

Which underlined word should be changed to correct the spelling mistake?

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raize

Question 14

Which underlined verb should be changed to correct the mistake in verb tense?

Accepted Answer

take

Question 15

Which part of the sentence has a mistake?

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Part 1

Question 16

It just started raining, _____ we can’t go outside to play

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so

Question 17

On Saturday we thought the grass looked really tall.Which word describes the grass?

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tall

Question 18

On Wednesday our neighbor invited us to the school picnik.

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picnik

Question 19

The A in the RAD strategy stands for___________

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answer the question

Question 20

The R in the RAD strategy for short answer/open ended questions stands for ___________.

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restate the question

Question 21

The playful kitten quickly jumped on the ball of string. Which bold word is used as a noun?

Accepted Answer

string

Question 22

Which word or words correctly complete the sentence?

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earlier

Question 23

I should eliminate answers I know are wrong first when answering multiple choice questions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

All of the following are good ways to prepare for the upcoming PSSA test except____________.

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stay up all night looking over old work to study

Question 25

How could you correct the following sentence? We be eating sandwiches later for lunch.

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Add “will” between “we” and “be”

Question 26

Which underlined word should be changed to correct a mistake?

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ringed

Question 27

Read the sentences from a story.

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A

Question 28

She ____________the box near the door when she saw the bear.

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was putting

Question 29

The opinion of the author or character is called the

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point of view

Question 30

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

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D

Question 31

The way we describe a character such as how they look or act are called character

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traits

Question 32

Which of these is correct?

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I am watching a movie.

Question 33

Which sentence is written correctly?

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Frank told me to go home and leave him alone.

Question 34

Which correctly completes this sentence? Michelle ___________ my favorite dinner right now.

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is making

Question 35

Which sentence has an apostrophe mistake?

Accepted Answer

C

Grade 3 ELA PSSA Review

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Grade 3 ELA PSSA Review

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