English Language Arts SEA Practice Test 1

SPELLING

There is one incorrectly spelt word in each line. Once you identify the word, type the correct spelling for the word in the box provided for each line.

PUNCTUATION & CAPITALIZATION

Some punctuation marks and capital letters have been left out in the passage below. There is one mistake in every line. Identify the mistake, then type the missing punctuation mark or capital letter.

GRAMMAR

There is one grammar error in every line in the passage below. Identify the error, then type the correct form of the word in the box provided.

COMPREHENSION

Read the story and answer the questions 4-13 .

The Old Woman and the Physician

AN OLD WOMAN having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in the presence of witnesses: that if he should cure her blindness, he should receive from her a sum of money; but if her infirmity remained, she should give him nothing. This agreement being made, the Physician, time after time, applied his salve to her eyes, and on every visit took something away, stealing all her property little by little.

When he had got all she had, he healed her and demanded the promised payment. The Old Woman, when she recovered her sight and saw none of her goods in her house, would give him nothing. The Physician insisted on his claim, and, as she still refused, summoned her before the Judge.

The Old Woman, standing up in the Court, argued: “This man here speaks the truth in what he says; for I did promise to give him a sum of money if I should recover my sight: but if I continued blind, I was to give him nothing. Now he declares that I am healed. I on the contrary affirm that I am still blind; for when I lost the use of my eyes, I saw in my house various chattels and valuable goods: but now, though he swears I am cured of my blindness, I am not able to see a single thing in it.”

Questions:

Why did the Old Woman called the Physician?

Select your answer from the options below.

Why do you think the Old Woman needed the presence of witnesses when she made her bargain with the Physician?

What did the Old Woman promised the Physician?

Give two reasons the old woman refused to pay the Physician? Select your answers below.

Select words that can be used to describe the Physician.

Why would the Old Woman meant when she said,”I on the contrary affirm that I am still blind“?

Select the answers.

Do you think the Old Woman should pay the Physician? Select the possible reasons.

What is a fable?

What do you think the Court would do?

What two lessons this story is trying to teach you?

POETRY

Read the poem and answer the questions 14 – 23

THE VOICE OF THE GRASS
By Sarah Roberts.

Here I come, creeping, creeping, everywhere;
By the dusty roadside,
On the sunny hillside,
Close by the noisy brook,
In every shady nook,
I come creeping, creeping, everywhere.

Here I come, creeping, creeping everywhere;
All round the open door,
Where sit the aged poor,
Here where the children play,
In the bright and merry May,
I come creeping, creeping, everywhere.

Here I come, creeping, creeping, everywhere;
You can not see me coming,
Nor hear my low, sweet humming,
For in the starry night,
And the glad morning light,
I come, quietly creeping, everywhere.

Here I come, creeping, creeping, everywhere;
More welcome than the flowers,
In summer’s pleasant hours;
The gentle cow is glad,
And the merry birds not sad,
To see me creeping, creeping, everywhere.

Here I come, creeping, creeping, everywhere;
When you’re numbered with the dead,
In your still and narrow bed,
In the happy spring I’ll come,
And deck your narrow home,
Creeping, silently creeping, everywhere.

Here I come, creeping, creeping, everywhere;
My humble song of praise,
Most gratefully I raise,
To Him at whose command
I beautify the land,
Creeping, silently creeping, everywhere.

Questions follow.

Who is the speaker of the above poem?

What is the mood of the poem in question 14?

Where would you expect a shady nook?

Select two ways in which the poet implies why grass is loved?

Type your answer in the spaces provided. Refer to the poem in question 14.

What is the message of the poem?

Determine the figures of speech for the following line.

What does this stanza mean?

Here I come, creeping, creeping, everywhere;
When you’re numbered with the dead,
In your still and narrow bed,
In the happy spring I’ll come,
And deck your narrow home,
Creeping, silently creeping, everywhere.

Answer: This stanza refers to

Which two words from the poem shows the purpose of the “creeping”?

GRAPHIC

Study the advertisement on this page and answer questions 24 – 28.

Questions:

The jobs being advertised in this flier are most likely for

Name two things the applicants will be  required to do when hired.

Select one reason the interviewer is asking for a medical?

Why would duties and irresponsible be discussed in the interview?

Do you think that enough information was put in the advertisement? Select from among the reasons below for your answer.