Grade 5 English SOL Practice Test — Set 3 of 5
Set 3 of 5 — 50 more free Grade 5 English SOL practice questions from official VDOE released tests.
1. In “Born in the Desert,” the reader can tell that Rahim first becomes nervous when he —
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Answer: A — feels his palms become damp
2. Which sentence from “Born in the Desert” is the best example of a comparison?
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Answer: J — “In fact, the masks look similar to those that raccoons have.”
3. Read this list. Activities That Partners Complete Together • Tour the school • Visit the library • According to “Buddies Make a Difference,” which activity belongs on the list?
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Answer: C — Measure objects found outside
4. Fifth graders are buddies in “Buddies Make a Difference” because they —
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Answer: J — have school experiences to share with younger students
5. Rahim from “Born in the Desert” and Tim from “Buddies Make a Difference” both —
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Answer: B — feel nervous about adjusting to a new place
6. What is the main idea of the section titled “Prospecting: Then and Now”?
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Answer: G — Visitors to the mine learn how prospecting methods and tools have changed over time.
7. According to step 3 of the “Panning Instructions” section, the main effect of swirling the pan in the water is to —
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Answer: A — separate the materials by weight
8. Which detail would be the least important to include in a summary of the section “Panning Instructions”?
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Answer: H — The flowing water at the panning station is cool.
9. In addition to providing light to visitors, using electric power lines in the mine will —
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Answer: C — prevent accidents or injuries
10. Based on the “Panning Instructions” section, everything may fall out of the pan if the —
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Answer: G — movement is too quick
11. If the author added additional questions about panning to the “Frequently Asked Questions” section, which would be least useful to the reader?
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Answer: A — What size are the panning bowls?
12. What does the word processing mean in the section “How long should I plan to stay at the mine”?
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Answer: G — sorting
13. Based on the brochure, which location is NOT a place prospectors mine for minerals?
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Answer: B — Open meadows
14. According to the article, which activity is done by both visitors and staff?
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Answer: J — Sifting through buckets for gold or gems
15. According to the brochure, visitors should swirl the pans slowly because the —
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Answer: C — material may fall out of the pan
16. In which part of the brochure would the author include the names of local jewelers who work with gemstones?
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Answer: J — What should I do with the gemstones I find?
17. Which two words from the brochure are antonyms?
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Answer: D — surface, underground
18. Read this thesaurus entry. scrub v. — clean, erase, polish, scrap. Which word best replaces scrub in paragraph 6?
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Answer: F — clean
19. Read this sentence from paragraph 7. Then she breezed around the mess, burst out the front door, and escaped. Which meaning of burst is used in this sentence?
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Answer: D — rushed through suddenly and forcefully
20. Maddy tosses her brother’s backpack on the floor because she —
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Answer: G — is in a hurry to find her glove
21. Maddy goes to the game most likely because she —
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Answer: B — has made plans to join her friends at the park
22. Which phrase from the story tells the most about the setting?
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Answer: H — stepped out of the dugout
23. Which sentence from the story contains an example of figurative language?
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Answer: C — Maddy realized that only one thing would banish the invisible cloud hovering over her.
24. The main conflict in the story is that Maddy —
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Answer: J — feels guilty about causing the mess
25. Read this sentence from the first paragraph. They were growing old. What does the word growing mean as it is used in this sentence?
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Answer: D — becoming
26. How does Moonlight come into Shebu’s life?
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Answer: J — She is a birthday gift from Shebu’s father.
27. Where do Shebu and Junali meet?
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Answer: A — By a river
28. How does Junali help Shebu?
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Answer: G — She gives him a good idea.
29. Read this part of a sentence from paragraph 8. Shebu gathered the silken hairs together In which word does -en mean the same as it does in silken?
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Answer: B — golden
30. If a paragraph were added after paragraph 8, it would most likely take place in which setting?
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Answer: G — In the rug shop
31. In paragraph 9, Moonlight “danced and pranced in the meadows” because —
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Answer: D — her heavy fur had been removed
32. Read this sentence from paragraph 9. He knew that by the time the cold of winter came, her long white hair would be regrown. In which word does re- mean the same as it does in regrown?
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Answer: H — reviewed
33. Shebu receives the gold mentioned in paragraph 10 from —
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Answer: D — the weaver
34. The author included the last paragraph to —
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Answer: G — suggest an interesting future
35. By the end of the story, Shebu has become more —
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Answer: D — confident
36. Which question presents the main problem in this story?
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Answer: F — How will Shebu make his own way in the world?
37. If the writer added information about what kind of food Shebu’s mother gave him for his journey, it could best be added to paragraph —
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Answer: C — 3
38. In paragraph 4, what does nectar mean?
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Answer: F — the liquid
39. What is the main idea of paragraph 5?
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Answer: C — Hummingbirds need to eat often to get enough energy.
40. Read this sentence from the article. She also uses the stretchy silk from spider webs. In which word does -y mean the same as it does in stretchy?
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Answer: F — tasty
41. Hummingbirds fly in all of the following ways EXCEPT —
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Answer: B — silently
42. Gayle Brown put bands on hummingbirds because she wanted to —
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Answer: F — see how far they fly
43. Hummingbirds stay in the air while they eat because —
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Answer: D — they cannot land on the flower
44. If the author included information about a hummingbird’s favorite flowers, it would belong in paragraph —
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Answer: H — 4
45. Which paragraph in the article could have the heading “Mother Hummingbird’s Job”?
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Answer: C — 6
46. Which word from the article has a word part meaning “without”?
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Answer: G — featherless
47. To locate Vancouver Island, a student should look in —
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Answer: C — an atlas
48. In paragraph 10, David feels as if the boxes contain —
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Answer: G — pieces of his childhood that are being taken away
49. Grandpa decides to move because he wants —
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Answer: C — a small house
50. According to the story, what did David do for the first time in Grandpa’s backyard?
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Answer: J — He camped out.
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