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language arts | grade-9 | words-with-pre | Who might want his electronic devices to come **preprogrammed**? | [
"someone who enjoys setting up his own electronics",
"someone who doesn't have time to set up his own electronics"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-11 | interpret-the-meaning-of-an-allusion-from-its-source | Read the source of the allusion.
In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was a king who fell in love with his sculpture of an ideal woman. The statue then came to life in answer to his prayer.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? | [
"a person who becomes overly invested in his or her creation",
"a person with workaholic tendencies"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-5 | words-with-pre | How much time does a **precooked** meal take to prepare? | [
"less time than usual",
"more time than usual"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-9 | use-appeals-to-ethos-pathos-and-logos-in-persuasive-writing | Which statement primarily appeals to **pathos**, or emotion, to support the position that **unpaid internships are exploitative**? | [
"Many companies clearly take advantage of the youth and idealism of students and recent graduates by promoting the unpaid \"learning experience.\"",
"Although an internship at a prestigious company may certainly offer rewards in the form of education and life experience, this is not enough of a justification for unpaid work."
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-9 | is-the-sentence-declarative-interrogative-imperative-or-exclamatory | What kind of sentence is this?
Despite the frigid temperatures on the slopes, the junior class ski trip was an enormous success. | [
"declarative",
"interrogative",
"exclamatory"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-9 | suggest-appropriate-revisions | Read the following excerpt from a student essay. How can the writer best improve his or her **sentence fluency**?
Valentina Tereshkova was born in Russia in 1937. She worked in a textile mill as a young woman and enjoyed parachuting for fun. Tereshkova was chosen to become a cosmonaut in the Soviet Union's space program in 1962. Tereshkova became the first woman in space on June 16, 1963. Tereshkova orbited Earth forty-eight times in less than seventy-one hours onboard the Vostok spacecraft. Tereshkova received the title Hero of the Soviet Union. | [
"by varying how sentences begin",
"by rewriting the second sentence"
] | 0 |
social studies | grade-2 | rosh-hashanah | What does Rosh Hashanah celebrate? | [
"the fall harvest",
"the Jewish New Year",
"Israel's independence",
"the Jews' escape from slavery in Egypt"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-3 | does-the-adjective-tell-you-what-kind-or-how-many | Look at the adjective in **bold**. Does it tell you "what kind" or "how many"?
Reba will need **seven** stamps. | [
"what kind",
"how many"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-6 | is-the-sentence-declarative-interrogative-imperative-or-exclamatory | What kind of sentence is this?
Don't overlook Aisha when choosing the new principal. | [
"imperative",
"interrogative",
"exclamatory"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-6 | is-it-a-complete-sentence-or-a-fragment | Which is a sentence fragment? | [
"For breakfast, this restaurant serves eggs with biscuits and gravy.",
"Never spoke of Liz's secret to anyone except for her."
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-4 | is-it-a-complete-sentence-or-a-fragment | Which is a complete sentence? | [
"They sail under the bridge.",
"Drives a long distance."
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-12 | choose-the-best-evidence-to-support-a-claim | Consider this claim:
Multigenerational households benefit families.
Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim? | [
"Sociologist Bella Mueller says, \"When a grandparent lives in the home, parents feel less pressure because there's another adult to cover childcare and other domestic responsibilities.\"",
"According to a survey conducted by the Pew Research center, eighteen percent of Americans live in multigenerational households.",
"\"When I retire, I want to be close to my children and grandchildren. In fact, I've begun a conversation with my son about moving in with him and his family,\" said Kevin Buckley."
] | 0 |
social studies | grade-5 | understand-overall-supply-and-demand | The city of Newton has been one of the world's biggest makers of cough drops for many years. But last month, Newton's cough drop factories were destroyed by floods. What will probably happen to the overall supply of cough drops? | [
"The supply will probably go up.",
"The supply will probably go down."
] | 1 |
language arts | kindergarten | complete-the-sentence-with-the-correct-short-vowel-word | Which word makes the most sense in the sentence?
Get a big ___. | [
"mud",
"box"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-11 | evaluate-counterclaims | Consider this claim:
Mosquitoes are responsible for deadly diseases that kill hundreds of thousands of people each year, so they should be eradicated from the planet.
Now consider how someone might argue against this. Which sentence presents the stronger and more reasonable counterclaim to the above claim? | [
"We shouldn't blame mosquitoes for deadly human diseases; they just transmit diseases that are already in human blood from one person to another.",
"Eliminating even a small animal from the ecosystem could have unintended consequences that create more harm than good, so mosquitoes should be \"controlled\", not eliminated."
] | 1 |
social studies | grade-4 | costs-and-benefits | Eliana is deciding whether to plant sunflowers or a palm tree in her backyard. She wants to make her backyard more beautiful. But she also wants to leave space for doing fun things.
Suppose Eliana decides to plant the palm tree. Which result would be a cost? | [
"Eliana will get to look at the palm tree. She thinks it will look more beautiful than the sunflowers would have looked.",
"The palm tree will use up more space than the sunflowers would have used up."
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-10 | which-text-is-most-formal | Which text message is more formal? | [
"Heads up! Richmond is here. In the lobby.",
"Ms. Richmond is already here. She's waiting in the lobby."
] | 1 |
language arts | kindergarten | which-word-does-not-rhyme | Which word does not rhyme? | [
"zip",
"hip",
"pet"
] | 2 |
language arts | grade-11 | choose-punctuation-to-avoid-fragments-and-run-ons | Which is the best way to complete the text?
Suzie's writing is effective because it is ___ is able to communicate complex ideas with few words. | [
"economical, but she",
"economical; she",
"economical, she"
] | 1 |
social studies | grade-8 | causes-of-the-american-revolution-the-french-and-indian-war | In the 1750s, land speculation companies were claiming land to sell to future settlers. A land speculation company in Virginia hired Christopher Gist to explore the Ohio River Valley in 1750. Part of Gist's job was to make friendly contact with Native Americans in the area.
Read Gist's description of a conversation that took place during his expedition. Then answer the question below.
An Indian, who spoke good English, came to [me], and said that their great man, the Beaver, and Captain Oppamyluah (two chiefs of the Delaware) desired to know where the Indians' land lay, for the French claimed all the land on one side of the Ohio River, and the [British] on the other.
Delaware:a European name for the Lenape Native Americans
What does this passage suggest about Native Americans living around the Ohio River in 1751? | [
"They resented that the British and French claimed all the land in the area.",
"They were much more friendly to the French than to the British.",
"They struggled to communicate with European colonists.",
"They had sold the same piece of land to both the British and the French."
] | 0 |
social studies | kindergarten | days-of-the-week | What day comes right after Thursday? | [
"Saturday",
"Wednesday",
"Friday"
] | 2 |
language arts | grade-4 | identify-the-meaning-of-idioms-and-adages-set-2 | What is the meaning of **too many cooks spoil the broth**? | [
"a project turns out worse when too many people try to take charge",
"a person can't be forced to take advantage of an opportunity"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-12 | is-the-sentence-simple-compound-complex-or-compound-complex | Which type of sentence is this?
An avid reader, David attends weekly book club meetings, and he finishes several novels every month. | [
"simple",
"compound",
"complex",
"compound-complex"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-2 | complete-the-sentence-with-a-three-letter-consonant-blend-word | Which word makes more sense in the sentence?
The painter had a small ___ of blue paint on her face. | [
"strain",
"streak"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-8 | analyze-passages-from-narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-part-1 | Review the passage.
The idea as to how I might learn to write was suggested to me by being in Durgin and Bailey's shipyard, and frequently seeing the ship carpenters, after hewing, and getting a piece of timber ready for use, write on the timber the name of that part of the ship for which it was intended. When a piece of timber was intended for the larboard side, it would be marked thus—"L." When a piece was for the starboard side, it would be marked thus— "S." A piece for the larboard side forward, would be marked thus—"L. F." When a piece was for starboard side forward, it would be marked thus—"S. F." For larboard aft, it would be marked thus—"L. A." For starboard aft, it would be marked thus—"S. A."
I soon learned the names of these letters, and for what they were intended when placed upon a piece of timber in the shipyard. **I immediately commenced copying them, and in a short time was able to make the four letters named. After that, when I met with any boy who I knew could write, I would tell him I could write as well as he. The next word would be, "I don't believe you. Let me see you try it." I would then make the letters which I had been so fortunate as to learn, and ask him to beat that. In this way I got a good many lessons in writing, which it is quite possible I should never have gotten in any other way.**
During this time, my copy-book was the board fence, brick wall, and pavement; my pen and ink was a lump of chalk. With these, I learned mainly how to write. I then commenced and continued copying the Italics in Webster's Spelling Book, until I could make them all without looking on the book. By this time, my little Master Thomas had gone to school, and learned how to write, and had written over a number of copy-books. These had been brought home, and shown to some of our near neighbors, and then laid aside. [Mistress Auld] used to go to class meeting at the Wilk Street meeting house every Monday afternoon, and leave me to take care of the house. When left thus, I used to spend the time in writing in the spaces left in Master Thomas's copy-book, copying what he had written. I continued to do this until I could write a hand very similar to that of Master Thomas. Thus, after a long, tedious effort for years, I finally succeeded in learning how to write.
From Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
What can you conclude about Douglass based on the information in paragraph 2? | [
"He was very competitive, and he needed to win at everything he did.",
"He was very playful, and he enjoyed coming up with imaginative games.",
"He was very proud, and he loved to show off his talents to others.",
"He was very clever, and he could trick people into helping him."
] | 3 |
social studies | grade-4 | costs-and-benefits | Lamar is deciding whether to see the tigers or the vipers at the zoo. He wants to see lots of animals, but the zoo is closing soon.
Suppose Lamar decides to see the vipers. Which result would be a cost? | [
"Lamar will give up the chance to see the tigers. He would have enjoyed seeing them more than the vipers.",
"Lamar will save some time. The vipers are close by, but he would have had to walk to the the other side of the zoo to see the tigers."
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-11 | interpret-the-figure-of-speech | What does the **euphemism** in this text suggest?
Fernando is big-boned, so despite being in middle school, he often shops in the men's department. | [
"Fernando has larger bones than most people.",
"Fernando is overweight."
] | 1 |
social studies | grade-5 | understand-overall-supply-and-demand | Last year, there were seven men's clothing stores on Main Street in Middletown. This year, there are only three. What probably happened to the overall supply of men's shirts in Middletown? | [
"The supply probably went up.",
"The supply probably went down."
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-3 | make-predictions-about-a-story | Read this passage from a story.
Mona opened the door to the backyard to let her dog Lucky in. Lucky had been out all day. Mona looked around the whole yard, but she didn't see him.
She listened for the jingle that Lucky's collar made when he moved. But the yard was still.
Mona stepped outside and closed the door behind her. "Lucky!" she called.
Mona noticed that the gate was open. "Uh-oh," she thought.
Based on the passage, which is more likely to happen next? | [
"Mona looks for Lucky outside the gate.",
"Mona finds Lucky in the house."
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-5 | use-the-correct-frequently-confused-word | Complete the text with the correct word.
Rhianna made a wire sculpture of a tree for her art project. She used steel wool to make ___ leaves. | [
"its",
"it's"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-5 | revise-the-sentence-using-a-stronger-verb | Read the sentence.
When Brooke found her lost dog, she clutched him to her chest and began **crying**.
Now, revise the sentence to show that Brooke was crying **noisily**.
When Brooke found her lost dog, she clutched him to her chest and began ___. | [
"sniffling",
"bawling",
"tearing up"
] | 1 |
social studies | grade-2 | jackie-robinson | What did Jackie Robinson do when people were mean or rude to him? | [
"He would stay calm and keep playing.",
"He would hit anyone who was rude to him.",
"He would refuse to play."
] | 0 |
social studies | grade-5 | the-war-of-1812-causes | Complete the text.
In the years before the War of 1812, the British impressed sailors on American ships, or forced them to join the British navy. The British thought that impressment was fair. They argued that they were taking back sailors who had ___. | [
"run away from the British navy",
"lived in Great Britain before",
"escaped from British prisons",
"not paid their taxes"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-3 | determine-the-meanings-of-words-with-greek-and-latin-roots | What does the word periscope mean? | [
"a tool that helps you look at something that is blocked from your view",
"a tool that helps you move something that is blocking your way"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-12 | use-appeals-to-ethos-pathos-and-logos-in-persuasive-writing | Which statement primarily appeals to **pathos**, or emotion, to support the position that **unpaid internships are exploitative**? | [
"After college, I had an experience similar to that of many recent graduates: working as an unpaid, and often ill-treated, intern.",
"Many companies clearly take advantage of the youth and idealism of students and recent graduates by promoting the unpaid \"learning experience.\""
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-3 | draw-inferences-from-a-text | Read the text.
Lara never walked when she could run. On car trips, she always asked, "Are we there yet?" She thought everything cooked too slowly and complained when anything took longer than expected.
Based on the text, which sentence is more likely to be true? | [
"Lara doesn't like to wait.",
"Lara is interested in cooking."
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-10 | is-the-sentence-simple-compound-complex-or-compound-complex | Which type of sentence is this?
An avid reader, Logan attends weekly book club meetings, and he finishes several novels every month. | [
"simple",
"compound",
"complex",
"compound-complex"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-10 | use-parallel-structure | Complete the sentence.
Manny knew that he had heard the word auspicious before and vaguely understood the meaning, but he could neither think of a synonym nor ___. | [
"could he use the word in a sentence",
"use the word in a sentence"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-5 | compound-subjects-and-objects-with-personal-pronouns | Select the correct pronoun to complete the sentence.
Tomorrow ___ and Arianna will teach us how to play chess. | [
"he",
"him"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-1 | to-have-use-the-correct-form | Complete the sentence.
Shane's room ___ two small beds. | [
"has",
"have"
] | 0 |
social studies | grade-5 | world-war-i-the-road-to-peace | Complete the text.
Woodrow Wilson's 14th point called for the creation of ___. This group would be in charge of keeping peace around the world. | [
"the United Nations",
"the League of Nations",
"the European Union",
"Amnesty International"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-4 | use-the-perfect-verb-tenses | Complete the sentence with the correct helping verb.
Jamie ___ played the guitar for years before he took up the drums. | [
"has",
"had"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-11 | transitions-with-conjunctive-adverbs | Complete the text with the better adverbial conjunction.
A ruptured pipeline off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, released more than one hundred thousand gallons of crude oil into the Pacific. ___, local residents reacted with horror, anticipating an ecological nightmare that would destroy the coastline and injure marine life. | [
"Accordingly",
"Notwithstanding"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-6 | analyze-passages-from-harriet-tubman-conductor-on-the-underground-railroad-part-1 | Review the passage.
It was dark under the blankets, and not exactly comfortable. But Harriet decided that riding was better than walking. She was surprised at her own lack of fear, wondered how it was that she so readily trusted these strangers who might betray her. For all she knew, the man driving the wagon might be taking her straight back to the master.
**She thought of those other rides in wagons, when she was a child, the same clop-clop of the horses' feet, creak of the wagon, and the feeling of being lost because she did not know where she was going.** She did not know her destination this time either, but she was not alarmed. She thought of John Tubman. By this time he must have told the master that she was gone. Then she thought of the plantation and how the land rolled gently down toward the river, thought of Ben and Old Rit, and that Old Rit would be inconsolable because her favorite daughter was missing. "Lord," she prayed, "I'm going to hold steady onto You. You've got to see me through." Then she went to sleep.
The next morning when the stars were still visible in the sky, the farmer stopped the wagon. Harriet was instantly awake.
He told her to follow the river, to keep following it to reach the next place where people would take her in and feed her. He said that she must travel only at night, and she must stay off the roads because the patrol would be hunting for her. Harriet climbed out of the wagon. "Thank you," she said simply, thinking how amazing it was that there should be white people who were willing to go to such lengths to help a slave get to the North.
When she finally arrived in Pennsylvania, she had traveled roughly ninety miles from Dorchester County. She had slept on the ground outdoors at night. She had been rowed for miles up the Choptank River by a man she had never seen before. [ . . . ] She had been befriended by stout German farmers, whose guttural speech surprised her and whose well-kept farms astonished her. She had never before seen barns and fences, farmhouses and outbuildings, so carefully painted. The cattle and horses were so clean they looked as though they had been scrubbed.
When she crossed the line into the free state of Pennsylvania, the sun was coming up. She said, "I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now I was free. There was such a glory over everything, the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in heaven."
Adapted from Ann Petry, Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad. Copyright 1955 by Ann Petry
Look at the text in **bold**. Why might the author have included this memory from Tubman's childhood? | [
"It helps show that Tubman is still paralyzed by the fears of her childhood.",
"It helps show how much transportation had advanced since Tubman was a child.",
"It helps show why Tubman's current wagon ride felt familiar but also unique."
] | 2 |
language arts | grade-3 | is-the-noun-singular-or-plural | Is the noun in bold singular or plural?
The **person** in charge of the ship will come back. | [
"singular",
"plural"
] | 0 |
social studies | grade-8 | the-constitution-interpretation | Sometimes, interpretations of the Constitution can differ or can change over time. One part of the Constitution that judges have often needed to interpret is the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Fourteenth Amendment was added in 1868, after the Civil War ended. Read the text of a section of the amendment called the Equal Protection Clause. Then complete the text below.
No State shall . . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
jurisdiction:territory
Complete the text.
The Equal Protection Clause was written to make certain laws unconstitutional. These laws were most likely ___ laws that ___. | [
"national . . . built a network of railroads from coast to coast",
"state . . . took away rights from African American people",
"state . . . allowed both men and women to vote in elections",
"national . . . created universities to teach farming skills"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-7 | analyze-passages-from-a-night-to-remember-part-2 | Review the passage.
Seen and unseen, the great and the unknown tumbled together in a writhing heap as the bow plunged deeper and the stern rose higher. The strains of "Autumn" were buried in a jumble of falling musicians and instruments. The lights went out, flashed on again, went out for good. A single kerosene lantern flickered high in the after mast.
The muffled thuds and tinkle of breaking glass grew louder. A steady roar thundered across the water as everything movable broke loose.
There has never been a mixture like it—29 boilers . . . the jeweled copy of the Rubáiyát . . . 800 cases of shelled walnuts . . . 15,000 bottles of ale and stout . . . huge anchor chains (each link weighed 175 pounds) . . . 30 cases of golf clubs and tennis rackets for Spalding . . . Eleanor Widener's trousseau . . . tons of coal . . . Major Peuchen's tin box . . . 30,000 fresh eggs . . . dozens of potted palms . . . 5 grand pianos . . . a little mantel clock in B-38 . . . the massive silver duck press.
And still it grew—tumbling trellises, ivy pots and wicker chairs in the Café Parisien . . . shuffleboard sticks . . . the 50-phone switchboard . . . two reciprocating engines and the revolutionary low-pressure turbine . . . 8 dozen tennis balls for R. F. Downey & Co., a cask of china for Tiffany's, a case of gloves for Marshall Field . . . the remarkable ice-making machine on G Deck . . . Billy Carter's new English automobile . . . the Ryersons' 16 trunks, beautifully packed by Victorine.
As the tilt grew steeper, the forward funnel toppled over. It struck the water on the starboard side with a shower of sparks and a crash heard above the general uproar. Greaser Walter Hurst, struggling in the swirling sea, was half blinded by soot. He got off lucky—other swimmers were crushed under tons of steel. But the falling funnel was a blessing to Lightoller, Bride and others now clinging to overturned Collapsible B. It just missed the boat, washing it 30 yards clear of the plunging, twisting hull.
The Titanic was now absolutely perpendicular. From the third funnel aft, she stuck straight up in the air, her three dripping propellers glistening even in the darkness. To Lady Duff Gordon she seemed a black finger pointing at the sky. To Harold Bride she looked like a duck that goes down for a dive.
Out in the boats, they could hardly believe their eyes. For over two hours they had watched, hoping against hope, as the Titanic sank lower and lower. When the water reached her red and green running lights, they knew the end was near . . . but nobody dreamed it would be like this—the unearthly din, the black hull hanging at 90 degrees, the Christmas card backdrop of brilliant stars.
From Walter Lord, A Night To Remember. Copyright 1955 by Walter Lord.
Look at the text in **bold**. What is the most likely reason that the author included the detail about the "Christmas card backdrop"? | [
"to highlight the night's devastation by contrasting it with the night's natural beauty",
"to remind readers that the terrible tragedy was actually taking place on a holiday",
"to illustrate how the passengers on the lifeboats felt very fortunate and grateful"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-7 | determine-the-meanings-of-words-with-greek-and-latin-roots | What does the word beneficent mean? | [
"performing acts of kindness",
"having little effect on others",
"causing hostilities and conflict"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-5 | read-about-history | Look at the word in bold in paragraph 3.
title: Food Revolution
In today's world, it doesn't take much work to figure out where food is located. If the snack you're craving isn't in your kitchen, you can probably find it at a grocery store. Finding our food has not always been quite so simple, however. Researchers say that the search for food was once one of the most important activities in people's lives. This all began to change around twelve thousand years ago, during a time period known as the Agricultural Revolution.
Before the Agricultural Revolution, humans lived as hunter-gatherers. These people spent much of their time searching for roots, nuts, and fruits they could eat. They also invented ways to catch wild animals. Hunter-gatherers moved around in small groups to follow food sources through different seasons. Though some groups had seasonal camps, they didn't have homes for year-round use. Then, beginning around twelve thousand years ago, several different small groups around the world found new ways to obtain food.
In the Middle East, people began planting their own wheat and barley so they wouldn't have to search for it. They also learned to tame goats and sheep, which were once wild animals. East Asians grew rice as a crop and tamed water buffalo, pigs, and chickens. In the Americas, squash, potatoes, and corn were early crops, and some groups domesticated wild turkeys and guinea pigs. Now all these people had stable food supplies. This revolutionary change meant humans could settle into **permanent** villages, building homes where they could live their whole lives. Populations grew, and villages slowly became cities.
Larger societies, or civilizations, grew at different rates in different parts of the world. In the Middle East, large civilizations came soon after people started farming. In the Americas, there was a larger gap between the start of the Agricultural Revolution and the first large civilizations. Some researchers think this difference may have been connected to the types of plants and animals available. For example, corn was an important crop in the Americas, but early corn had tiny cobs. It took a long time for people to develop modern corn with large cobs. It might be that large Central American cities could only develop after corn became large enough to feed more people.
Most of the new agricultural societies developed in similar ways across the globe. The larger settlements led to a new kind of life. Since not everyone had to focus on getting food, people could spend time in other ways. Though some people still grew food and herded animals, others became builders, artists, priests, and merchants. Trading became a way of life in many places. People created governments to run the new societies, as well as armies to keep them safe. Though these changes happened over time, many historians agree that they were all sparked by the invention of agriculture. This new way of getting food changed human history. And it continues to be an important part of the way we live today.
What is the meaning of **permanent** as used in the text? | [
"intended to last forever",
"overcrowded with people",
"growing and developing quickly",
"wild and uncivilized"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-5 | is-the-sentence-simple-compound-or-complex | Which is a **simple sentence**? | [
"The forecast for tomorrow calls for strong winds and light rain.",
"If you thought that dish was spicy, this dish will set your mouth on fire."
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-12 | avoid-double-illogical-and-unclear-comparisons | Which text best completes the sentence?
Jeremiah tends to be ___. | [
"calmer about tests than his brother is",
"calmer about tests than anyone",
"more calmer about tests than his brother is"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-6 | is-the-sentence-simple-compound-or-complex | Which is a **compound sentence**? | [
"Leslie can eat the leftover tomato soup, or she can make herself a tuna sandwich.",
"In 1900, the U.S. state with the largest population was New York."
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-7 | which-sentence-matches-the-definition | Which piece of text uses this meaning of **shoulder**?
**shoulder** "noun" the part of your body that connects the arm to the torso | [
"Millions of people each year suffer from shoulder injuries; tennis players, pitchers, weightlifters, and other athletes who perform repetitive overhead motions are particularly susceptible.",
"Because the cost of providing employer-sponsored health benefits has increased, Ms. Hampton was forced to ask her employees to shoulder more of the costs."
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-5 | read-about-business-and-technology | Read the text.
title: Where Are You?
All through history, people have found their way around by looking at the sky. Travelers have used the sun, moon, and stars to navigate through forests or sail to distant lands. Today, there is a much easier way to get around. All you need is a device called a GPS receiver to tell you where you are and how to get where you're going. "GPS" stands for Global Positioning System. A GPS receiver can work anywhere on Earth, except for deep underwater or inside deep caves.
GPS works by using satellites in space. The satellites send radio signals to Earth. On Earth, a GPS receiver device, such as a smartphone or a car's navigation system, receives the signals. The GPS device uses complex math to figure out how far away it is from the satellites. That's how it knows where you are.
GPS has become an important part of our society. It is hard to imagine life without it! Many people use GPS every day. For example, drivers can use GPS systems to get directions, traffic reports, and suggestions for places to stop for food and gas during a trip. GPS is also popular with people who do outdoor sports. Runners can use it to track their speed and distance. People traveling through the wilderness on foot, on a snowmobile, or on skis can all use GPS. It helps them keep track of where they are and find their way home.
Sometimes, GPS is even used to help people who are in trouble. A GPS device can transmit a vehicle's current position to police, firefighters, or medical workers in an emergency so they know where to go to help. It relays information through radio signals so helpers know exactly where the vehicle is located. The valuable technology has helped save thousands of lives.
The technology in GPS devices is used for many different purposes. For example, GPS devices can be used to track moving objects, create maps, and help airplanes and ships stay on course. People can even use GPS with their pets! Some pets wear collars or chips equipped with a GPS tracking device so they can be easily found if they get lost.
GPS has also become very useful in the field of science. Scientists have figured out ways to use GPS for monitoring earthquakes and volcanoes. GPS can also be used to measure water levels and snowfall. While working with wild animals, some animal researchers also use GPS devices. These scientists can attach small devices onto animals to track the animals' movements and gather important data about them. Who knows how GPS will help us next?
What is the text about? | [
"It is about when and how GPS was invented.",
"It is about how GPS works and what it is used for.",
"It is about how drivers use GPS in their cars.",
"It is about why people cannot live without GPS."
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-7 | use-context-to-identify-the-meaning-of-a-word | Read the passage and then answer the question.
The saxophone has been around for about 170 years. While other instruments, such as drums, guitars, and flutes, have existed for thousands of years, the saxophone is a relative newcomer to the world of music. It was invented in the 1840s by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian musician and instrument maker, to address a disparity in tone across sections of the orchestra. Sax had noted that brass instruments frequently overpowered the woodwinds, creating an unevenness in sound and tone.
Sax's solution was to create an instrument that would integrate aspects of the two orchestral sections. Namely, his new instrument, the saxophone, joined a brass-like body with a woodwind-like mouthpiece. It was suitable for both orchestras and military bands, making it a **versatile** choice for musicians and composers. The saxophone has grown in popularity over time and is now played around the world.
What is the meaning of **versatile** as used in the passage? | [
"new",
"unusual",
"incredible",
"flexible"
] | 3 |
language arts | grade-6 | is-it-a-complete-sentence-or-a-run-on | Which is a **run-on sentence**? | [
"The waiter ladled potato leek soup into our bowls.",
"The CEO stole money from customers, the company's reputation was ruined."
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-6 | determine-the-meanings-of-greek-and-latin-roots | To supervise means to look over or direct someone or something. What does the root **super** mean? | [
"pull or drag",
"over or above",
"break or burst",
"write or draw"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-7 | analyze-passages-from-anne-frank-the-diary-of-a-young-girl-part-1 | Review the passage.
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I've never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. Oh well, it doesn't matter. I feel like writing, and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.
"Paper has more patience than people." I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin in my hands, bored and listless, wondering whether to stay in or go out. I finally stayed where I was, brooding. Yes, paper does have more patience, and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this stiff-backed notebook grandly referred to as a "diary," unless I should ever find a real friend, it probably won't make a bit of difference.
Now I'm back to the point that prompted me to keep a diary in the first place: I don't have a friend.
Let me put it more clearly, since no one will believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is completely alone in the world. And I'm not. I have loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister, and there are about thirty people I can call friends. I have a throng of admirers who can't keep their adoring eyes off me and who sometimes have to resort to using a broken pocket mirror to try and catch a glimpse of me in the classroom. I have a family, loving aunts and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I'm with friends is having a good time. I can't bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don't seem to be able to get any closer, and that's the problem. Maybe it's my fault that we don't confide in each other. In any case, that's just how things are, and unfortunately they're not liable to change. This is why I've started the diary.
To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don't want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I'm going to call this friend Kitty.
From Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition. Copyright 1991 by The Anne Frank Fonds. Trans. Susan Massotty
Why did Anne name her diary Kitty? | [
"Kitty was the name of the one true friend with whom Anne used to be close before she became so popular at school.",
"It helped her imagine that she was writing to a true friend with whom she could share her deeper thoughts and feelings.",
"Anne wanted to pretend that her diary was her aunt's cat, to whom Anne used to tell her secrets when she was little."
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-12 | classify-the-figure-of-speech-review | Which figure of speech is used in this text?
Various technologies have been developed to help militaries easily identify their own forces, and thus to reduce incidents of **friendly fire**. | [
"euphemism",
"assonance"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-12 | choose-the-word-whose-connotation-and-denotation-best-match-the-sentence | Complete the sentence with the word that best fits the overall meaning and tone.
Liam's colleagues engaged in the occasional ___ over a misplaced stapler, but they settled their differences easily. | [
"tiff",
"brawl"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-5 | interpret-the-meaning-of-an-allusion-from-its-source | Read the source of the allusion.
In Greek mythology, a sphinx is a strange creature that guards a road. To pass, travelers must solve difficult riddles that very few can understand or answer.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? | [
"a mysterious person",
"an angry person"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-6 | determine-the-meaning-of-idioms-from-context-set-2 | What is the meaning of **hanging by a thread**?
After Bobby's third traffic ticket, his hopes of becoming a truck driver were **hanging by a thread**. | [
"facing two difficult choices",
"in an uncertain or risky position"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-4 | determine-the-meaning-of-idioms-from-context-set-1 | What is the meaning of **head over heels**?
From the day they first met, Mr. and Mrs. Russo have been **head over heels** for each other. | [
"very much in love",
"standing up straight"
] | 0 |
language arts | pre-k | choose-the-uppercase-letter-that-matches-c-k-o-p-s-u-v-w-x-z | Pick the uppercase letter that matches.
v | [
"Y",
"V",
"Z"
] | 1 |
language arts | kindergarten | choose-the-uppercase-letter-that-matches-f-i-j-l-m-t-y | Pick the uppercase letter that matches.
y | [
"Y",
"H",
"O"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-6 | vocabulary-review-trace-an-argument | Look at the word **controversy** as used in the passage "That Leftover Slice."
Just as the different ways to refer to pizza can lead to debate, how to eat your leftover pizza can generate some **controversy**. Some people insist you should heat up leftover pizza, whereas others eat it straight from the fridge.
What does **controversy** mean? | [
"disagreement or heated dispute",
"new words in a language",
"technological changes"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-3 | use-actions-and-dialogue-to-understand-characters | Read the sentence.
When the Swifts had a new baby, Ms. Russell brought over seven meals that they could freeze.
Based on this sentence, what is Ms. Russell probably like? | [
"helpful",
"daring"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-9 | is-it-a-phrase-or-a-clause | Is the group of words in bold a phrase or a clause?
**Jane's suitcase was too large to fit in the overhead bin**, so unfortunately she had to check it. | [
"phrase",
"clause"
] | 1 |
social studies | grade-5 | the-statue-of-liberty | Which of these is the reason for the Statue of Liberty's green color? | [
"The builders wanted people to be able to see the statue from far away.",
"It has a special paint that protects again rust.",
"The statue is made of copper. Copper turns green after contact with air and water.",
"The American people voted to paint the statue green."
] | 2 |
language arts | grade-5 | identify-story-elements | Review the story.
title: The Lighthouse Keeper
In the pale morning light, Gillian waved as Father pushed their small boat off from the dock. He was heading to the mainland for food and supplies.
"Don't let the light go out," Father called with a smile.
Gillian had lived with her family on this tiny island her whole life. Father was the lighthouse keeper. His job was to keep the lighthouse lantern lit. The lighthouse showed fishing boats and ships at sea that there were dangerous rocks here. It warned them to keep away from the shore.
The day was quiet. Gillian helped Mother with chores and played with her week-old baby brother, Jacob. After supper, Mother and Jacob went to bed, both of them quickly falling into a heavy sleep.
Meanwhile, Gillian washed the supper dishes and listened to the wind moan. She usually loved the music of the wind, but this was the sound of danger. Was a storm blowing in?
Heading outside to pump some water, Gillian felt the fierce wind whip at her skirt. The trees bent low, pressed by the wind. The branches of the tall oak trees beside the lighthouse thrashed and creaked. The sky darkened with black clouds.
Rain began falling in sheets. Suddenly, with a loud crash, a huge oak branch snapped off. It smashed straight into the glass protecting the lantern! The window broke, and the light in the tower went dark.
Gillian knew there was no time to lose. In this storm, boats would be in serious danger without the light to warn them away from the rocks.
She'd never lit the lighthouse lantern before, but she knew what to do. She grabbed an old canvas sail, some rope, and a gas lantern from the shed. She ran into the wind, racing to the bottom of the tower. Opening the heavy door, she started up the 254 steps to the top of the lighthouse.
By the time she reached the top, the wind had slowed a bit, but there was a steady rain. Gillian threaded the rope through the holes in the old sail. Then she tied the heavy cloth over the broken window. The cloth would protect the flame from wind but let out enough light for ships to see it. She carefully relit the lamp's wick, as she'd seen her father do many times. It took several tries, but soon the lantern was burning bright against the storm.
Gillian looked down at the angry sea. Was a boat heading toward the rocks? She looked again, then ran down the steps and toward the dock.
"Father!" she cried.
"Your light guided me home, daughter!" he said, tying his boat. "You're truly a lighthouse keeper!"
What is the main **problem** in the story? | [
"Gillian does not know how to light the lantern.",
"Mother has a new baby and can't get out of bed.",
"A storm breaks the lighthouse glass and puts out the lantern.",
"Father goes for supplies and runs into a storm in the ocean."
] | 2 |
social studies | grade-4 | costs-and-benefits | Maya is deciding whether to buy a copy of a book or borrow it from the library. She would like to be able to keep the book as long as she wants, but buying the book would cost money. She could borrow the book for free, but she would have to return it in a few weeks.
Suppose Maya decides to borrow the book from the library. Which result would be a cost? | [
"Maya will save some money by not buying the book.",
"Maya will give up the chance to keep the book as long as she wants."
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-7 | analogies-challenge | Complete the analogy.
disagreement is to argument as mishap is to | [
"fortune",
"catastrophe",
"unlucky"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-10 | analyze-the-effects-of-figures-of-speech-on-meaning-and-tone | Review the passage. The antithesis is shown in bold.
Armstrong: I'm at the foot of ladder. The LM footpads are only depressed in the surface about one or two inches, although the surface appears to be very, very fine-grained as you get close to it. It's almost like a powder. Down there, it's very fine.
Armstrong: I'm going to step off the LM now.
**Armstrong: That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.**
McCandless: Neil, this is Houston. We're copying.
Adapted from the National Archives and Records Administration, "The Eagle Has Landed"
What is the effect of the antithesis on the passage's meaning or tone? | [
"It emphasizes the physical challenges of walking on the moon.",
"It highlights the significance of the achievement."
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-8 | choose-between-adjectives-and-adverbs | Choose the word that best describes or modifies the verb in bold.
Mr. and Mrs. Vega ___ **purchased** a cottage on Lake Michigan. | [
"recently",
"recent"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-9 | use-the-correct-pair-of-correlative-conjunctions | Complete the sentence with the better correlative conjunctions.
According to the museum curator, the one-day reception for the opening of the exhibit will take place on ___ Tuesday ___ Wednesday. | [
"not only . . . but also",
"either . . . or"
] | 1 |
social studies | grade-2 | benjamin-franklin | Complete the sentence.
During the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin worked with other colonial leaders to ___. | [
"build the first railroad",
"sail around the world",
"take over Great Britain",
"form a new country"
] | 3 |
language arts | grade-2 | use-time-order-words | Complete the text with the better word.
Rachel cut the apples ___. Then she baked them in a pie. | [
"tomorrow",
"first"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-5 | use-actions-and-dialogue-to-understand-characters | Read the sentences.
Everyone was sure that the woman in the corner was a famous author. Only Sally, though, was willing to approach the woman and ask her name.
Based on these sentences, what is Sally probably like? | [
"selfish",
"daring"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-5 | determine-the-themes-of-short-stories | Select the quotation from the story that most strongly suggests that the theme is **Be open to new friendships**. | [
"\"Spiro really just wanted to sleep the afternoon away, but Dominic seemed friendly.\"",
"\"He wanted to say that he missed his old home and his old friends.\""
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-3 | use-the-correct-homophone | Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.
Dustin picked the prettiest ___ in the field. | [
"flower",
"flour"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-10 | use-context-as-a-clue-to-the-meanings-of-foreign-expressions | What is the meaning of the word in bold?
Aaliyah Henderson is a big fan of buying household supplies in bulk. Just ask her son and daughter, who usually have to **schlep** enormous boxes of laundry detergent or dishwasher tablets in from the car whenever Aaliyah returns from a shopping trip. | [
"to lug something around",
"to support or balance",
"to have as part of a whole",
"to transfer something"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-3 | which-definition-matches-the-sentence | What does **trunk** mean in this sentence?
An elephant's long **trunk** is used for smelling, drinking, and grabbing things. | [
"**trunk** \"noun\" an elephant's nose",
"**trunk** \"noun\" a large, heavy box"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-9 | use-context-as-a-clue-to-the-meanings-of-foreign-expressions | What is the meaning of the foreign expression in bold?
During the summer months, several of downtown Princeton's restaurants extend their tables onto the sidewalks for **al fresco** dining. | [
"fresh",
"hasty",
"inexpensive",
"outdoor"
] | 3 |
language arts | grade-8 | is-it-a-direct-object-or-an-indirect-object | Is the phrase in bold a direct object or an indirect object?
Sidney casually tossed **her teammate** the softball. | [
"direct object",
"indirect object"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-10 | identify-plagiarism | Compare the student text with the source.
Source: Ernst van de Wetering, "Rembrandt van Rijn: Dutch Artist." Published on "Encyclopædia Britannica".
Rembrandt is also known as a painter of light and shade and as an artist who favoured an uncompromising realism that would lead some critics to claim that he preferred ugliness to beauty.
Student text:
Rembrandt was a master of painting light and shade; nevertheless, not everyone admired his style. In fact, his emphasis on realism led "some critics to claim that he preferred ugliness to beauty" (Wetering).
Is the student text plagiarized? | [
"No, it is not plagiarized.",
"Yes, because it fails to use quotation marks.",
"Yes, because it fails to cite the source.",
"Yes, because it fails to use quotation marks and fails to cite the source."
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-12 | classify-the-figure-of-speech-euphemism-hyperbole-oxymoron-paradox | Which figure of speech is used in this text?
After spending weeks in New York City, Josie was a bit unnerved by the **deafening silence** of her small hometown. | [
"euphemism",
"oxymoron"
] | 1 |
social studies | grade-4 | the-american-revolution-the-rebellion-begins | Complete the sentence.
The First Continental Congress took place in ___. | [
"Philadelphia",
"New Haven",
"New York City",
"Boston"
] | 0 |
social studies | grade-5 | the-golden-gate-bridge | What kind of bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge? | [
"a drawbridge",
"a suspension bridge",
"a through arch bridge",
"a covered bridge"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-5 | which-definition-matches-the-sentence | What does **dove** mean in this sentence?
The lake was as smooth as glass, and Layla dove into it without a splash. | [
"**dove** \"verb\" plunged headfirst into water",
"**dove** \"noun\" a small bird related to pigeons"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-10 | interpret-figures-of-speech | What does the **idiom** in this text suggest?
Jenna has a lot on her plate: she is attending college, has a full-time job as a waitress, and volunteers at the animal shelter. | [
"Jenna has worked up an appetite.",
"Jenna has many responsibilities."
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-3 | choose-the-antonym | Which word is an antonym of **many**? | [
"few",
"count"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-4 | choose-between-the-past-tense-and-past-participle | Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb.
I swept up crumbs from the cookie Darell had ___. | [
"ate",
"eaten"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-5 | determine-the-meanings-of-greek-and-latin-roots | What does the root **uni** mean? | [
"one-half",
"one",
"own or self"
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-9 | choose-the-best-evidence-to-support-a-claim | Consider this claim:
Online colleges prepare students for careers just as well as traditional brick-and-mortar schools do.
Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim? | [
"\"I've hired two people recently who received their college degrees through online programs, and the quality of their performance is as good as, if not better than, that of their peers,\" reported business owner Fred Browning.",
"Online college programs often provide career preparation services that are equivalent to those provided by traditional college programs, including interview preparation, job fairs, and even internship placement.",
"Many students choose to gain some credits through an online college program and then successfully transfer to a brick-and-mortar institution to complete a degree."
] | 1 |
language arts | grade-5 | use-the-progressive-verb-tenses | Complete the sentence with the correct helping verb or verbs.
All afternoon yesterday, Kendra and Sebastian ___ planting seeds in their garden. | [
"were",
"will be"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-10 | analogies-challenge | Complete the analogy.
bald is to hair as barren is to | [
"dust",
"vegetation",
"sunlight"
] | 1 |
social studies | grade-5 | the-bill-of-rights | Complete the sentences.
___The American people have the rights listed in the Constitution. The Ninth Amendment says that if the Constitution doesn't list a right, that right | [
"might still exist",
"does not exist"
] | 0 |
social studies | grade-2 | theodore-roosevelt | Theodore Roosevelt was also known by a nickname that he didn't like. What was that nickname? | [
"Rosy",
"Ike",
"FDR",
"Teddy"
] | 3 |
language arts | grade-12 | use-words-accurately-and-precisely | Complete the text with the better phrase.
If Kayla had known you were going to be in town, she ___ contacted you. | [
"would have",
"would of"
] | 0 |
language arts | grade-9 | transition-logically-between-claims-evidence-analysis-and-counterclaims | Complete the text with the transition that best connects **the claim to the evidence that supports it**.
It's a common belief that skipping breakfast will make you overeat throughout the day, but recent research has revealed that this may not be the case. ___, two 2014 studies found that whether participants ate breakfast or not had no impact on their weight. | [
"Naturally",
"For example",
"Nevertheless"
] | 1 |