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1. Which edit should be made in the sentence? On May 8, 2018, Boston University student Zach Prescott ran a mile in 4 minutes 43.2…2023 Test A English, question 1
   • Type Punctuation
   • NYS standards 7L2
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
2. How should the paragraph be revised? (1) Danielle spent several hours preparing for an upcoming audition for a play at the community theater. (2)…2026 Practice Test B English, question 51
   • Type Grammar and usage, Punctuation
   • NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
   • Difficulty 1 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
3. 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
4. Read this paragraph. In September 2016 the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened as part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum…2018 Test B English, question 2
   • Type Sentence structure
   • NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
5. Which sentence should follow sentence 3 to best introduce the topic of the passage?2026 Practice Test A English, question 43
   • Type Introductions and conclusions
   • NYS standards 7W2a
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
6. Which transition word or phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 5?2023 Test A English, question 6
   • Type Transitions
   • NYS standards 7W2d
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
7. Which sentence could best follow sentence 13 to support the ideas in the third paragraph (sentences 11–14)?2026 Practice Test A English, question 45
   • Type Supporting details
   • NYS standards 7W2b
   • Difficulty 4 of 5
   • Level Above grade 7
8. Which sentence presents ideas irrelevant to the topic of the passage and should be deleted?2026 Practice Test A English, question 46
   • Type Supporting details
   • NYS standards 7W2b
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
9. Which concluding sentence should follow sentence 17 to best support the information presented in the passage?2026 Practice Test A English, question 47
   • Type Introductions and conclusions
   • NYS standards 7W2e
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. Which sentence from the passage suggests that using Internet search engines may lead people to rely less on their own ability to recall information?2023 Test A English, question 15
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
16. The effect of the Internet on a person’s memory is illustrated in the passage through the presentation of studies that2026 Practice Test D English, question 7
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
17. 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
18. How does the structure of the poem affect the poem’s meaning?2026 Practice Test B English, question 36
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
19. Which lines support the idea that a change in the weather will lessen the speaker’s appreciation for the city?2026 Practice Test B English, question 37
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
20. Read lines 5–6 from the poem. The weather will turn cold. But that all happens later. How do the lines develop a central theme…2026 Practice Test B English, question 38
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
21. Read lines 7–9 from the poem. For now it is the early edge of fall, leaves green still while the air narrows, is slightly…2026 Practice Test B English, question 39
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
22. The details in lines 9–12 convey a central idea of the poem by2025 Practice Test B English, question 44
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
23. Which idea does the comparison of the brownstone houses to “a pop-up picture book I could have had as a child, / but didn’t”…2026 Practice Test B English, question 40
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
24. Read these lines from the poem. I can already see how this will end. (line 1) How Brooklyn makes me nostalgic for the moment…2026 Practice Test B English, question 41
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
25. The speaker’s thoughts throughout the poem develop a theme by showing that2026 Practice Test B English, question 42
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
26. The poet develops the speaker’s point of view by2025 Practice Test B English, question 48
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
27. Paragraph 1 contributes to the setting of the excerpt by establishing that2024 Test B English, question 23
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
28. In paragraphs 4 and 6, the beginning of the change in seasons affects the characters mainly by2024 Test B English, question 24
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
29. How do paragraphs 7 and 9 convey a central idea of the excerpt?2024 Test B English, question 25
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
30. In paragraph 8, the author repeats the word “played” most likely to2024 Test B English, question 26
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
31. How do paragraphs 11–13 affect the plot of the excerpt?2024 Test B English, question 27
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
32. In paragraph 20, the phrases “trophies of their hunt” and “paraded around” affect the paragraph by2024 Test B English, question 28
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
33. Which quotation from the excerpt best supports the idea that The People feel a connection to members of their group in spite of distance?2024 Test B English, question 29
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
34. Read these sentences from paragraph 22. “Belongs to Red Bear people. Gone then come back.” How does this statement affect the villagers in the…2024 Test B English, question 30
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
35. The details in paragraph 5 about the locations of the camps and the details in paragraphs 23–24 about the reaction to the woman convey…2024 Test B English, question 31
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
36. 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
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
41. 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
42. 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
43. 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
44. Read these sentences from paragraph 2. Dad always said Mom could make all the dishes he’d had back in Vermont as well as though…2025 Practice Test A English, question 17
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
45. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. “I’ll be taking the train tomorrow night,” I said aloud, more to hear it myself. This remark contributes…2025 Practice Test A English, question 18
    • Type Development of ideas and characters, Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
46. Read this sentence from paragraph 9. I tried to, and then I just sat still and looked straight at it. How does the phrase…2025 Practice Test A English, question 19
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
47. The words “cold” and “dark” affect the tone in paragraph 10 by2025 Practice Test A English, question 20
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
48. Which sentence from the excerpt provides evidence that Ellen has a lot in common with her father?2023 Test A English, question 48
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
49. Read these sentences from the excerpt. Mom seems to think of nothing farther away than today or perhaps yesterday or tomorrow morning. (paragraph 1)…2025 Practice Test A English, question 21
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
50. The flashback in paragraphs 10–24 affects the plot by2025 Practice Test A English, question 22
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
51. Which sentence from the excerpt provides evidence that Mom wants Ellen to understand the family’s heritage?2025 Practice Test A English, question 23
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 1 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
52. The details in paragraph 1 contribute to a central idea of the passage by showing that Darimont2026 Practice Test D English, question 15
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
53. Why does the author include details about the conversation between Starr and Darimont in paragraph 2?2026 Practice Test D English, question 16
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
54. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. After collecting and analyzing the DNA in 800 samples of gray fur and wolf waste, researchers could produce…2026 Practice Test D English, question 17
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
55. The author uses the word “admits” in paragraph 5 most likely to2026 Practice Test D English, question 18
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
56. Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that sea wolves had successfully adapted to living on the islands?2026 Practice Test D English, question 19
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
57. How did a change in habitat most affect the wolf population of the Great Bear Rainforest over time?2026 Practice Test D English, question 20
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5