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- Which sentence should follow sentence 3 to best introduce the topic of the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W2a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence could best follow sentence 13 to support the ideas in the third paragraph (sentences 11–14)?
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W2b
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence presents ideas irrelevant to the topic of the passage and should be deleted?
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W2b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which concluding sentence should follow sentence 17 to best support the information presented in the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W2e
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which pair of revisions is needed to correct the errors in the paragraph? (1) Yalina, Michael, and Malcolm love making pancakes with their granddad…
- Type Grammar and usage, Punctuation
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read paragraph 2 from the excerpt. To the proprietors of… mangy lynxes, moth-eaten coyotes, and dancing bears I returned courteous but uncompromising refusals—of course,…
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. The professor, who was sitting at his desk before a pile of letters and replies submitted for approval…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7R1
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the exchange between the professor and the narrator in paragraphs 8–11 contribute to the development of the characters?
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The professor’s observations in paragraphs 15–17 create tension in the excerpt by causing the narrator to feel
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R4
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the interaction between the narrator and the professor in paragraphs 26–28 contribute to the development of the theme?
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence from the excerpt best explains why the professor is eager to send the narrator on an expedition?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does paragraph 34 help develop the plot of the excerpt?
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which sentence best demonstrates the professional relationship between the narrator and the professor?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the author develop the contrast between the narrator’s point of view and the professor’s point of view?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- According to the passage, how did fires started by natural causes prompt American Indians to begin practicing controlled burns?
- Type Key details
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Targeting red cedar trees in controlled burns affects the animals that live on the prairie mostly by
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 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…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence supports the idea that farmers and people who manage land may be concerned about using fire as a way to benefit the…
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R6
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 6. Burning land to make it healthy may seem counterintuitive, but strategic controlled fires have helped the prairie sustain…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L4b
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- With which statement would the author most likely agree?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- How do the diagram and its text provide additional support for the topic presented in the passage?
- Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the structure of the poem affect the poem’s meaning?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which lines support the idea that a change in the weather will lessen the speaker’s appreciation for the city?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R4
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 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…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 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…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 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”…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Read these lines from the poem. I can already see how this will end. (line 1) How Brooklyn makes me nostalgic for the moment…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The speaker’s thoughts throughout the poem develop a theme by showing that
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence should follow sentence 3 to best introduce the topic of the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W2a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which word should be added to the beginning of sentence 8 to provide a better transition to the third paragraph (sentences 8–11)? Move the…
- Type Transitions
- NYS standards 7W2d
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which revision of sentence 11 best maintains the formal style established in the passage?
- Type Precise language and style
- NYS standards 7W2f, 7L3a
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence. One of Opportunity’s major contributions was finding possible evidence of the presence of water on Mars. Where should the sentence be…
- Type Organization
- NYS standards 7W2a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- What is the best way to combine sentences 12 and 13?
- Type Combining and revising sentences
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L3a
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence in the paragraph contains an error in construction and should be revised? (1) On the evening of July 13, 2019, a major…
- Type Sentence structure
- NYS standards 7L1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How should the paragraph be revised? (1) Danielle spent several hours preparing for an upcoming audition for a play at the community theater. (2)…
- Type Grammar and usage, Punctuation
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. These are the lower rapids, a sight more terrifying than the Falls, because less intelligible. Which statement best…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- In paragraph 4, the idea that human life and history ultimately end in the same way is illustrated mainly through
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7L5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The details in paragraph 3 about cognitive offloading convey a central idea of the passage by
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How do the details about the experiment described in paragraph 5 convey a central idea of the passage?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 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…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The study described in paragraph 6 influenced researchers’ ideas about memory in the digital age by
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- How does the diagram provide additional support for the topic presented in the passage?
- Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which evidence from the passage is most relevant to the claim in paragraph 7 that “ ‘far from making us stupid, these technologies are…
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R8, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The effect of the Internet on a person’s memory is illustrated in the passage through the presentation of studies that
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does paragraph 1 introduce the idea that the Wright brothers knew that their flight attempt was risky?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 4. Wilbur having used his turn in the unsuccessful attempt on the 14th, the right to the first trial…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The photograph mentioned in paragraph 4 is significant because it
- Type Key details
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How do the details in paragraph 5 about the uneven nature of the flight convey a central idea of the excerpt?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 5. As the velocity of the wind was over 35 feet per second and the speed of the machine…
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that the Wright brothers had to adapt their plans for the flight in order to…
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The use of chronological structure contributes to the development of ideas in the excerpt by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- The details in paragraph 1 contribute to a central idea of the passage by showing that Darimont
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Why does the author include details about the conversation between Starr and Darimont in paragraph 2?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 4. After collecting and analyzing the DNA in 800 samples of gray fur and wolf waste, researchers could produce…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The author uses the word “admits” in paragraph 5 most likely to
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R4, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that sea wolves had successfully adapted to living on the islands?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How did a change in habitat most affect the wolf population of the Great Bear Rainforest over time?
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that there were different levels of education for a scribe?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 2. Including both ideograms (which convey a whole word or idea, either concrete or abstract, in a single sign)…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which statement summarizes the process that schools used to train scribes?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which claim is best supported by the information presented in paragraphs 3 and 4?
- Type Inferences and conclusions
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Hieratic script was particularly valuable in a bureaucratic government because
- Type Inferences and conclusions
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The diagram after paragraph 6 best provides additional support for the topic of the excerpt by
- Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Based on the excerpt, which statement would the author most strongly agree with?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 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…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 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…
- Type Development of ideas and characters, Text structure
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 9. I tried to, and then I just sat still and looked straight at it. How does the phrase…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The words “cold” and “dark” affect the tone in paragraph 10 by
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Read these sentences from the excerpt. Mom seems to think of nothing farther away than today or perhaps yesterday or tomorrow morning. (paragraph 1)…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The flashback in paragraphs 10–24 affects the plot by
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence from the excerpt provides evidence that Mom wants Ellen to understand the family’s heritage?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- 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…
- Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The details in lines 9–12 convey a central idea of the poem by
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R4
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The poet develops the speaker’s point of view by
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Paragraph 1 contributes to the setting of the excerpt by establishing that
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- In paragraphs 4 and 6, the beginning of the change in seasons affects the characters mainly by
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How do paragraphs 7 and 9 convey a central idea of the excerpt?
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- In paragraph 8, the author repeats the word “played” most likely to
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How do paragraphs 11–13 affect the plot of the excerpt?
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- In paragraph 20, the phrases “trophies of their hunt” and “paraded around” affect the paragraph by
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Which quotation from the excerpt best supports the idea that The People feel a connection to members of their group in spite of distance?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read these sentences from paragraph 22. “Belongs to Red Bear people. Gone then come back.” How does this statement affect the villagers in the…
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 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…
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 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…
- Type Punctuation
- NYS standards 7L2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- How should this sentence be revised? To promote their club, a bake sale will be sponsored by members of the debate team on Wednesday.
- Type Sentence structure
- NYS standards 7L1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which transition word or phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 5?
- Type Transitions
- NYS standards 7W2d
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence from the passage suggests that using Internet search engines may lead people to rely less on their own ability to recall information?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence from the excerpt provides evidence that Ellen has a lot in common with her father?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Ms. Li opened a retirement account with a deposit of $2,500. This account earns 4% simple interest annually. How many years will it take…
- 6 – 9 ÷ |-3| + (-2)^3 × 1 1/2 What is the value of the expression shown above?
- Type Arithmetic and order of operations
- NYS standards 7.NS.2a, 6.EE.2c, 6.NS.7c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Format Grid-in
- Solve for x: 7x + 3 – 2(2x + 1) = 13
- Type Linear equations
- NYS standards 7.EE.4a, 7.EE.1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Format Grid-in
- In the figure above, line l is perpendicular to line n. What is the value of x?
- Type Angles and lines
- NYS standards 8.G.5, 7.G.5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Format Grid-in
- The mean value of 8 numbers is 17. Three of these numbers (9, 11, and 20) are discarded. What is the mean of the…
- Type Mean, median, mode and range
- NYS standards 6.SP.5c, 6.NS.3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Format Grid-in
- 3^4 + 7^4 =
- Type Exponents and roots
- NYS standards 6.EE.1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- In one week, 1 3/4 inches of rain fell on Monday, 2 2/3 inches fell on Tuesday, and 7/8 inch fell on Wednesday. How…
- Type Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 7.NS.3, 7.NS.1d
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Jamel works at a computer store. He is paid an hourly rate plus a 15% commission on all computer products he sells. Last week,…
- Type Percents, Rates and speed
- NYS standards 7.RP.3, 7.EE.4a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- A revolving sign makes 1 complete revolution every 90 minutes. If the sign starts moving at 2:30 p.m., at what time will the sign…
- Type Proportions and scale
- NYS standards 6.RP.3b, 6.RP.3d
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Points Y and Z are not shown on the number line above. If X is the midpoint of WY, and Y is the midpoint…
- Type Number line and absolute value
- NYS standards 7.NS.1c, 6.NS.6c
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- 81/10 = 9/n What value of n makes the equation above true?
- Type Proportions and scale
- NYS standards 6.EE.7, 6.RP.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- If n is an integer and 3n + 3 is an even number, which expression must also represent an even number?
- Type Number properties
- NYS standards 7.EE.2, 6.NS.4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The product of two positive integers is 65. Which number could be the sum of the two integers?
- Type Number properties
- NYS standards 6.NS.4
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- If n is an odd integer that is less than −3.25, what is the greatest possible value of n?
- Type Number line and absolute value, Number properties
- NYS standards 6.NS.7a, 6.NS.6c
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- A swim instructor used the box plot below to display the distribution of the ages of students who signed up for swim lessons. Which…
- Type Tables, charts and graphs
- NYS standards 7.SP.1, 6.SP.5c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Between which two consecutive integers is the fraction 29/7?
- Type Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 6.NS.6c, 6.NS.7a
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- A customer wants to buy a pair of hiking boots. The original price of the boots is $85.75. The store is offering a 15%…
- Sheila is saving money for her summer vacation. She starts the summer with a balance of $90.00 and plans to save 15% of her…
- Type Linear equations, Percents
- NYS standards 7.EE.4a, 7.RP.3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- x:35 = 20:28 For what value of x is the proportion shown above true?
- Type Proportions and scale
- NYS standards 6.RP.3, 6.EE.7
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- 3^2 + (-8)^2 + 2^2(3 – 8 + 2)^2 =
- Type Arithmetic and order of operations
- NYS standards 7.NS.2a, 6.EE.2c, 7.NS.1c
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- A soccer coach purchased 15 pairs of cleats for team members and spent a total of $805.95, including tax. If the tax rate is…
- The numbers m, n, p, and q are different, and each is equal to one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 6, or 12.…
- Type Linear equations
- NYS standards 6.EE.5, 6.EE.7
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- {0.1, 0.01, 0.001, 0.0001, 0.00001} If a person chooses a number at random from the set above, what is the probability that the number…
- Type Probability, Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 6.SP.8a, 6.NS.7a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- A student uses Spinner R and Spinner T to generate a list of two-digit numbers. Spinner R determines the digit in the tens place,…
- Type Probability, Number properties
- NYS standards 7.SP.8b, 7.SP.8a
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Lines j and k intersect at point Q, and h is a straight line. What is the value of x?
- Type Angles and lines
- NYS standards 8.G.5, 7.G.5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which statement must be true if x is a whole number greater than or equal to 1?
- Type Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 6.NS.7a, 6.EE.5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- A basket contains red balls, green balls, and white balls. There are 12 red balls in the basket. The probability of randomly choosing a…
- Type Probability
- NYS standards 6.SP.8a, 6.RP.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- It took Lars 2 hours to ride his bicycle 48 kilometers. What was his average speed in miles per hour? (Use the approximation 1…
- Type Rates and speed, Unit conversion
- NYS standards 6.RP.3d, 6.RP.3b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Integer x is evenly divisible by 3. Which expression below is also evenly divisible by 3?
- Type Number properties
- NYS standards 7.EE.2, 6.NS.4
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Lamel has a jar containing 6 red chips, 10 blue chips, and 4 yellow chips. If he removes one chip at random, what is…
- Type Probability
- NYS standards 6.SP.8a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- The arrow starts on Space P and moves clockwise around the circle. It moves through one space each minute. What space will the arrow…
- Type Patterns and sequences
- NYS standards 6.NS.2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Mei-Ling is one of 6 members of a committee. If 2 members of that committee are selected to go to a conference, how many…
- Type Counting and arrangements
- NYS standards 7.SP.8b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
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