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1. Which revision corrects the error in sentence structure in the paragraph? The land on Earth has not always been separated into the seven continents,…2025 Practice Test A English, question 55
   • Type Sentence structure
   • NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
2. Read this paragraph. (1) Walking dogs, cleaning kennels, hand-feeding newborn kittens, and supporting the pet-adoption process, the animal shelter is looking for volunteers to…2018 Test A English, question 3
   • Type Sentence structure
   • NYS standards 7L1
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
3. Which edit should be made to correct the sentence? The Colosseum in Rome, Italy which is considered one of the “new” Seven Wonders of…2024 Test A English, question 3
   • Type Punctuation
   • NYS standards 7L2
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
4. How should this sentence be revised? To promote their club, a bake sale will be sponsored by members of the debate team on Wednesday.2023 Test A English, question 3
   • Type Sentence structure
   • NYS standards 7L1
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
5. Which sentence should replace sentence 3 to best state the topic of the passage?2024 Test A English, question 5
   • Type Introductions and conclusions
   • NYS standards 7W2a
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
6. Read this sentence. Some note that several states have made their community or state colleges low-cost or free for students with limited resources. Where…2024 Test A English, question 6
   • Type Organization
   • NYS standards 7W2a
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
7. Which sentence presents information that shifts away from the topic of the third paragraph (sentences 8–13) and should be deleted?2024 Test A English, question 7
   • Type Supporting details
   • NYS standards 7W2b
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
8. Which phrase should be added before sentence 14 to best transition to the ideas in the fourth paragraph (sentences 14–17)?2024 Test A English, question 8
   • Type Transitions
   • NYS standards 7W2d
   • Difficulty 4 of 5
   • Level Above grade 7
9. Which concluding sentence should be added after sentence 19 to support the topic of the passage?2024 Test A English, question 9
   • Type Introductions and conclusions
   • NYS standards 7W2e
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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…2026 Practice Test A English, question 39
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
13. 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
14. Which sentence best summarizes the mill girls’ experience as the dominant workforce in Lowell?2026 Practice Test A English, question 41
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
15. 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
16. 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
17. The phrase “those wonderful Swiss and African ones which vote, keep drilled armies,… and dispute about religion” in paragraph 1 shows that the author2018 Test A English, question 26
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
18. In paragraph 2, how do the words “grabs,” “yanks,” and “tearing away” contribute to the meaning of the excerpt?2018 Test A English, question 28
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
19. Read this sentence from paragraph 2. At the end of half an hour he fetches up within six inches of the place he started…2018 Test A English, question 31
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
20. The description at the end of paragraph 2 of the ant repeating his actions conveys the idea that2020 Test B English, question 20
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
21. Which sentence from paragraph 2 best supports the idea that sheer “leather-headedness” (paragraph 2) amounts to “ignorance” and “idiocy” (paragraph 4)?2018 Test A English, question 32
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7L4a
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
22. How does the presence of the friend in paragraph 3 influence the first ant’s behavior?2018 Test A English, question 35
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
23. Which of the following best explains the author’s fascination with the ants?2018 Test A English, question 30
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
24. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. Evidently the friend remarks that a last year’s grasshopper leg is a very noble acquisition, and inquires where…2020 Test B English, question 24
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
25. The central idea that “the average ant is a sham” (paragraph 1) is conveyed mainly through the2018 Test A English, question 27
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
26. According to the passage, how did fires started by natural causes prompt American Indians to begin practicing controlled burns?2026 Practice Test B English, question 29
    • Type Key details
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
27. Targeting red cedar trees in controlled burns affects the animals that live on the prairie mostly by2026 Practice Test B English, question 30
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
28. Read this sentence from paragraph 6. The patch-burn system is so successful that the conservationists at the preserve provide training to prairie farmers about…2026 Practice Test B English, question 31
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
29. Which details from the passage best convey the central idea that using the patch-burn method is an effective way to protect and manage prairie…2025 Practice Test B English, question 35
    • Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
30. Which sentence supports the idea that farmers and people who manage land may be concerned about using fire as a way to benefit the…2026 Practice Test B English, question 32
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R6
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
31. Read this sentence from paragraph 6. Burning land to make it healthy may seem counterintuitive, but strategic controlled fires have helped the prairie sustain…2026 Practice Test B English, question 33
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L4b
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
32. With which statement would the author most likely agree?2026 Practice Test B English, question 34
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
33. How do the diagram and its text provide additional support for the topic presented in the passage?2026 Practice Test B English, question 35
    • Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
34. How does the similar construction of the sentence in line 1 and the sentence in line 8 contribute to the meaning of the poem?2020 Test B English, question 34
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
35. Read lines 2–4 and lines 12–14 from the poem. I am what every athlete wants: to remain at the apex of the leap, up…2018 Test A English, question 43
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
36. The use of the words “siblings” and “my sisters and brothers” in lines 31–32 conveys the idea that the2023 Test B English, question 38
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
37. The comparison to sewing in lines 33–35 helps show that the structure2018 Test A English, question 46
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7L5a, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
38. The last stanza (lines 36–42) conveys a central idea of the poem by2018 Test A English, question 47
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
39. Read lines 41–42 from the poem. Because I am, above all else, patient. I will wait for you. Which of the following supports what…2018 Test A English, question 48
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
40. How does the poet develop the points of view of the structure and the water?2023 Test B English, question 42
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7L5a
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
41. How does the form of the poem contribute to its meaning?2018 Test A English, question 50
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
42. In paragraph 1, the phrases “cool morning breezes swept freely” and “wafting the perfume of sweet grasses” affect the tone of the excerpt by…2024 Test A English, question 10
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
43. The phrase “just as an artist arranges the paints upon his palette” in paragraph 2 suggests that2024 Test A English, question 12
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7L5a, 7R4
    • Difficulty 1 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
44. The author’s use of sequence in paragraphs 1 and 2 contributes to the development of ideas in the excerpt by2024 Test A English, question 11
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
45. The details in paragraph 3 convey a central idea of the excerpt by suggesting that2024 Test A English, question 13
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
46. Which sentence best summarizes the process of beading that is described in the excerpt?2024 Test A English, question 16
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
47. The idea that mastering moccasin design and creation requires experience is best illustrated in the excerpt through2024 Test A English, question 17
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
48. How does the author distinguish her point of view from that of her mother?2024 Test A English, question 14
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
49. Read this sentence from paragraph 7. Always after these confining lessons I was wild with surplus spirits, and found joyous relief in running loose…2024 Test A English, question 15
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
50. The table after paragraph 7 expands on a central idea in the excerpt because it shows that2024 Test A English, question 18
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
51. The central idea that the Falls communicate a feeling of “unintelligible disaster” (paragraph 1) is conveyed in paragraph 2 through a description of2018 Test B English, question 25
    • Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
52. Read this sentence from paragraph 2. They are extraordinarily level, one long curtain of lacework and woven foam. What is the effect of comparing…2018 Test B English, question 26
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
53. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. These are the lower rapids, a sight more terrifying than the Falls, because less intelligible. Which statement best…2026 Practice Test C English, question 8
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
54. Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that the essence of the Falls lies in their emotional impact?2018 Test B English, question 28
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
55. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. There one can sit and let great cloudy thoughts of destiny and the passage of empires drift through…2018 Test B English, question 29
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
56. In paragraph 4, the idea that human life and history travel toward the same ending is illustrated mainly through2018 Test B English, question 30
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7L5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
57. With which statement would the author of this excerpt most likely agree?2018 Test B English, question 31
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7