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1. Read this paragraph. (1) The blobfish, a creature that certainly resembles its name, is an unusual fish whose body is mostly composed of pink…2019 Test B English, question 1
   • Type Grammar and usage
   • NYS standards 7L1
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
2. Which pair of revisions need to be made in this paragraph? (1) Both Italian gelato and American ice cream are delightful treats to have…2024 Test A English, question 4
   • Type Grammar and usage, Punctuation
   • NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
3. Which revision corrects the error in sentence structure in the paragraph? In 1967 Kathrine Switzer signed up for the Boston Marathon using her first…2022 Test A English, question 5
   • Type Sentence structure
   • NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
4. What is the best way to combine sentences 2 and 3?2026 Practice Test D English, question 35
   • Type Combining and revising sentences
   • NYS standards 7W2d, 7L3
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
5. Where should sentence 10 be moved to improve the organization of the second paragraph (sentences 6–10)?2026 Practice Test D English, question 36
   • Type Organization
   • NYS standards 7W2a, 7W2d
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
6. Which revision of sentence 12 best maintains the formal style established in the passage?2026 Practice Test D English, question 37
   • Type Precise language and style
   • NYS standards 7W2f, 7L3a
   • Difficulty 1 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
7. Which transitional phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 17?2026 Practice Test D English, question 38
   • Type Transitions
   • NYS standards 7W2d
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
8. Which sentence would best follow and support sentence 18?2026 Practice Test D English, question 39
   • Type Supporting details
   • NYS standards 7W2b
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
9. Which concluding sentence should replace sentence 23 to best support the topic presented in the passage?2026 Practice Test D English, question 40
   • Type Introductions and conclusions
   • NYS standards 7W2e
   • Difficulty 4 of 5
   • Level Above grade 7
10. How does paragraph 1 introduce the ideas that ravens may perceive time and plan for the future?2019 Test B English, question 10
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
11. Read these sentences from paragraph 2. For example, many animals hoard food so that they will not run out later, but scientists who study…2026 Practice Test A English, question 9
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
    • Difficulty 1 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
12. Read this sentence from paragraph 1. At Lund University in Sweden, researchers argue that ravens may be able to think ahead and even plan…2026 Practice Test A English, question 8
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
13. In the first experiment described in paragraph 4, which of the ravens’ behaviors provides the strongest evidence for the claim that the birds are…2019 Test B English, question 13
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
14. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. In both experiments, the ravens waited patiently for up to seventeen hours for the researcher to return. How…2021 Test A English, question 14
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R8
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
15. With which statement would the author of the passage most likely agree?2019 Test B English, question 15
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
16. How does paragraph 5 fit into the overall structure of the passage and contribute to the development of ideas?2026 Practice Test A English, question 11
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R8
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
17. The author conveys a point of view on the study of animal intelligence mainly by2026 Practice Test A English, question 12
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
18. Read lines 5–8 from the poem. So beneath the level of molecules are atoms, and beneath the level of atoms, we find protons, electrons,…2026 Practice Test B English, question 23
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
19. The break between the second stanza (lines 5–14) and the third stanza (lines 15–26) serves as a transition from2022 Test B English, question 41
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
20. The main purpose of the comparison in lines 23–24 of the poem is to show2026 Practice Test B English, question 24
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7L5a, 7R4
    • Difficulty 1 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
21. Read lines 25–26 from the poem. until everything we think we know bangs against everything else we know. The lines help develop a central…2022 Test B English, question 43
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
22. Read lines 27–28 from the poem. And there, in the explosion, in the darkness, briefly incandescent, they appear: The imagery in the lines reveals…2026 Practice Test B English, question 25
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7R6
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
23. Read lines 30–32 from the poem. Their names sound like dinosaurs or maybe bands playing terrible music in someone’s garage. The speaker refers to…2026 Practice Test B English, question 26
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
24. Read lines 36–39 from the poem. both together and apart, what keeps together the pencil in your hand right now as well as separate…2026 Practice Test B English, question 27
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
25. The last stanza (lines 33–44) concludes the poem by emphasizing which central idea?2022 Test B English, question 47
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
26. Read lines 39–44 from the poem. They spin, and it is only down there in the darkness—in the vast garage where physicists jot down…2026 Practice Test B English, question 28
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
27. Which sentence from the excerpt best explains why Wade reserved Peroxide Jim for “emergency work” (paragraph 1)?2019 Test B English, question 27
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
28. Paragraphs 1–2 contribute to the development of the central idea of the excerpt by2026 Practice Test A English, question 30
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
29. How does paragraph 3 convey the effect of the setting on the cattle drive?2019 Test B English, question 29
    • Type Development of ideas and characters, Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
30. Which sentence from the excerpt best reveals the mood on the drive before the lightning struck?2019 Test B English, question 30
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
31. How does paragraph 9 fit into the overall structure of the excerpt?2019 Test B English, question 31
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
32. Read these sentences from the excerpt. He was riding to turn the herd, too, back from the rim, as the horse also knew. (paragraph…2026 Practice Test A English, question 33
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
33. Read this sentence from paragraph 13. Close on their left bore down the flank of the herd, and on their right, under their very…2026 Practice Test A English, question 32
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
34. How do the details in paragraphs 14–16 help convey a central idea of the excerpt?2026 Practice Test A English, question 34
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
35. Which sentence from the passage suggests that using Internet search engines may lead people to rely less on their own ability to recall information?2019 Test B English, question 35
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
36. The details in paragraph 3 about cognitive offloading convey a central idea of the passage by2026 Practice Test D English, question 1
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
37. How do the details about the experiment described in paragraph 5 convey a central idea of the passage?2026 Practice Test D English, question 2
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
38. The study described in paragraph 6 influenced researchers’ ideas about memory in the digital age by2026 Practice Test D English, question 4
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
39. Which evidence from the passage is most relevant to the claim in paragraph 7 that “ ‘far from making us stupid, these technologies are…2026 Practice Test D English, question 6
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R8, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
40. Read this sentence from paragraph 7. As the Internet’s resources continue to expand our “external” memory, some question whether the process may cause people…2026 Practice Test D English, question 3
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
41. The effect of the Internet on a person’s memory is illustrated in the passage through the presentation of studies that2019 Test B English, question 41
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
42. How does the diagram provide additional support for the topic presented in the passage?2026 Practice Test D English, question 5
    • Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
43. Lines 1–2 contribute to the development of ideas in the poem by2026 Practice Test C English, question 28
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
44. What impact do the words “swish,” “chitter,” and “cry” in lines 12–13 have in the poem?2026 Practice Test C English, question 31
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
45. Which lines reveal how the setting affects the speaker and the men from the museum?2019 Test B English, question 45
    • Type Textual evidence, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
46. What impact do the phrases “all but / invisible” and “even less obvious” in lines 16–18 have on the meaning of the poem?2026 Practice Test C English, question 30
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
47. Read line 28 from the poem. At the mouth end, there was an oval mound How does the line contribute to the development of…2026 Practice Test C English, question 29
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
48. The poet contrasts the speaker’s and Ruth’s points of view regarding the mound by using dialogue to2019 Test B English, question 48
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
49. How does the poem’s form contribute to the poem’s meaning?2026 Practice Test C English, question 26
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
50. How does the speaker’s interaction with Ruth in lines 37–41 convey a central idea of the poem?2026 Practice Test C English, question 32
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R6
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
51. Read this sentence from paragraph 1. As one Scottish traveler observed during his visit to America, “Niagara and Lowell are the two objects I…2026 Practice Test A English, question 36
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
52. Which sentence from paragraph 2 best supports the idea that Lowell became “a bustling industrial city” (paragraph 1)?2020 Test B English, question 11
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
53. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. From the early to mid-1800s, women left the constricted lifestyle of small rural towns and rural areas for…2019 Test B English, question 53
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
54. Which sentence best summarizes the mill girls’ time as the dominant workforce in Lowell?2019 Test B English, question 54
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
55. Read this sentence from paragraph 5. Although Lowell received an influx of Irish families during this time, the Irish were a part of the…2026 Practice Test A English, question 40
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
56. A central idea that Lowell was “one of America’s most significant industrial cities” (paragraph 1) is conveyed in the passage primarily through a description…2026 Practice Test A English, question 37
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
57. The reason Lowell lost its status as an industrial leader is best illustrated through the2026 Practice Test A English, question 42
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5