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1. 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
2. What is the best way to combine the sentences? (1) Scientists now believe that Jupiter may have as many as seventy-nine moons. (2) One…2026 Practice Test D English, question 50
   • Type Combining and revising sentences
   • NYS standards 7L1, 7L3a
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
3. Which sentence in the paragraph contains an error in construction? (1) The blobfish, a creature that certainly resembles its name, is an unusual fish…2026 Practice Test A English, question 50
   • Type Grammar and usage
   • NYS standards 7L1
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
4. Which sentence contains an error in its construction and should be revised? (1) In 1976, the National Basketball Association (NBA) absorbed several teams of…2024 Test B English, question 2
   • Type Sentence structure
   • NYS standards 7L1
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
5. Which sentence should be added after sentence 5 to introduce the main topic of the passage?2018 Test A English, question 4
   • Type Introductions and conclusions
   • NYS standards 7W2a
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
6. Which sentence should be added to follow and support sentence 7?2018 Test A English, question 5
   • Type Supporting details
   • NYS standards 7W2b
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
7. Where should sentence 11 be moved in order to improve the organization of the second paragraph (sentences 6–11)?2018 Test A English, question 6
   • Type Organization
   • NYS standards 7W2a, 7W2d
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
8. Which sentence presents information that shifts away from the main topic of the third paragraph (sentences 12–16) and should be removed?2018 Test A English, question 7
   • Type Supporting details
   • NYS standards 7W2b
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
9. Which transition phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 18?2018 Test A English, question 8
   • Type Transitions
   • NYS standards 7W2d
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
10. Which concluding sentence should be added after sentence 18 to support the topic presented in the passage?2018 Test A English, question 9
    • Type Introductions and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7W2e
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
11. Read this sentence from paragraph 1. The scene is like a twisted… movie, with doomed gadgets riding an unrelenting conveyor belt into a machine…2022 Test B English, question 11
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
12. How does paragraph 2 build on what the reader learns in paragraph 1?2022 Test B English, question 12
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
13. Which sentence from the excerpt suggests that electronic devices are purposely designed to be disposed of after a short time?2022 Test B English, question 13
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
14. The details in paragraphs 4–5 develop a central idea of the excerpt mainly by suggesting that2022 Test B English, question 14
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
15. What is the role of paragraphs 7–9 in the organization of the excerpt?2022 Test B English, question 15
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
16. The idea that e-waste regulations can be ineffective is conveyed in the excerpt through2022 Test B English, question 16
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
17. How does the diagram after paragraph 9 most support the claim made in paragraph 4?2022 Test B English, question 17
    • Type Textual evidence, Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R8, 7R5
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
18. In paragraph 3, the phrase “the butterflies of the sea” conveys the idea that2024 Test A English, question 43
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
19. Read these sentences from paragraph 4. I’m not sure why I decided to take a look. It was still an hour before sunrise, and…2024 Test A English, question 44
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
20. Which sentence from paragraph 5 supports the idea that the narrator is taking a risk?2024 Test A English, question 47
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 1 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
21. Read this sentence from paragraph 6. I kept stepping toward the one sound I’d heard, a growing part of me hoping I’d find nothing…2024 Test A English, question 48
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
22. Read these sentences from paragraph 8. So, I was looking at it and not looking at it while my heart spangled my vision. I…2024 Test A English, question 49
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
23. The author develops the narrator’s point of view when the narrator sees the creature by2024 Test A English, question 50
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
24. How does the setting affect the plot of the excerpt?2024 Test A English, question 46
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
25. The phrases “166,000 floating solar panels are strung together atop the rippling surface of a lake” and “an immense blanket of renewable energy” in…2022 Test B English, question 25
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
26. The author includes the statements from Dajie in paragraphs 2 and 7 most likely to2022 Test B English, question 26
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
27. How does paragraph 2 contribute to the development of ideas in the article?2022 Test B English, question 27
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
28. Which statement best describes how the chronological structure of paragraphs 4–5 contributes to the development of ideas in the article?2022 Test B English, question 28
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
29. How do the details in paragraph 6 about the solar-power goals of the Chinese government convey a central idea of the article?2022 Test B English, question 29
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
30. China’s role in the increase of solar-energy use around the world is illustrated in the article mainly through the inclusion of2022 Test B English, question 30
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
31. The author’s purpose for writing the article is best conveyed by the2022 Test B English, question 31
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
32. How do the details in paragraph 4 about Germany, Spain, and Italy contribute to a central idea of the article?2022 Test B English, question 32
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
33. How does the author’s use of comparison in paragraphs 4 and 5 contribute to the development of ideas in the excerpt?2024 Test B English, question 16
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
34. Read this sentence from paragraph 6. To see what effects exercise might have on this process, the researchers first recruited 40 college-age Chinese men…2024 Test B English, question 17
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
35. In the study described in the excerpt, researchers asked English learners to assess the sense of words in context because that task is2024 Test B English, question 19
    • Type Key details
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
36. Which evidence from the excerpt is most relevant to the author’s claim that there are many unanswered questions about the relationship between movement and…2024 Test B English, question 22
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R8, 7R1
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
37. Read these sentences from paragraph 17. These improvements extend beyond simply aiding in memorization, she added. The exercise also deepened language learners’ grasp of…2024 Test B English, question 20
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
38. Paragraph 18 shows that the author’s perspective toward the study described in the excerpt is that2024 Test B English, question 21
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R8
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
39. Which sentence is the best summary of the research procedure used in the study in the excerpt?2024 Test B English, question 18
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
40. 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
41. 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
42. 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
43. 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
44. 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
45. 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
46. 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
47. 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
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. 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
53. 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
54. 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
55. 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
56. 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
57. 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