3rdhm-theme3-sel1-dogzilla CST Formatted Test
This is a third grade selection test for the HM Theme 3-Sel1 Dogzilla story in CST format.
- 1.Read this sentence from the story.Without warning, the monstrous mutt breathed her horrible breath onto the mice.What does the word monstrous mean in this sentence?
- A.
Enormous
- B.
Tiny
- C.
Moving
- D.
Average
- 2.At the end of the story, why would the mice be afraid of the puppies?
- A.
They will want to be their friends
- B.
They require a lot of work to take care of
- C.
They can create more damage than Dogzilla because there are more of them
- D.
They are very small
- 3.Read this sentence from the story.As the cook-off got under way, smoke from the hot grills lifted the irresistible scent of barbecue sauce over the roof-tops of the city.Which of the following words from this sentence could be spelled differently and have a different meaning?
- A.
Cook
- B.
Scent
- C.
Smoke
- D.
City
- 4.The mice consider Dogzilla to be “monstrous” because…
- A.
She wants to play with them.
- B.
She came from a volcano.
- C.
She is a monster.
- D.
She is bigger than the mice.
- 5.How should the word tremendous be divided into syllables?
- A.
Tr-e-men-dous
- B.
Tre-mendo-us
- C.
Tre-men-dous
- D.
Tremend-ous
- 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as the bold part of clown?
- A.
Lawn
- B.
Cloth
- C.
Show
- D.
Count
- 7.What is the correct way to write the bone of Dogzilla?
- A.
Dogzillas' bone
- B.
Dogzillas bone
- C.
Dogzilla's bone
- D.
Dogzillaes bone
- 8.What is the correct way for making knife plural?
- A.
Knifes
- B.
Knife's
- C.
Knives'
- D.
Knives
- 9.Read this sentence.Three ___________ had on funny looking _______________. Which pair of words makes the sentence correct?
- A.
Mice, scarves
- B.
Mice, scarfes
- C.
Mouse, scarves
- D.
Mouse, scarfes
- 10.Which word is an ANTONYM for colossal?
- A.
Loud
- B.
Tremendous
- C.
Big
- D.
Small
- 11.Which two words have the same vowel sound?
- A.
Town, law
- B.
Soft, talk
- C.
Officer, mouth
- D.
Would, bounce
- 12.Which of the following suffixes can be added at the end of the word wander to make a new word that means “someone who wanders”?
- A.
Er
- B.
Ed
- C.
Ing
- D.
Est
- 13.Which possessive plural word is written correctly?A the two volcanoes’ are eruptingB many puppy’s are barkingC three mouses’s are eating cheese D my classes’s favorite story
- A.
Volcanoes’
- B.
Puppy’s
- C.
Mouses’s
- D.
Classes’s
- 14.Read this sentence.The heroic troops were led by their brave commanding officer, the Big Cheese.Which two words in this sentence could be synonyms?
- A.
Officer, troops
- B.
Heroic, brave
- C.
Brave, commanding
- D.
Heroic, officer
- 15.Read this sentence.Suddenly, a blast of warm, suds water hit Dogzilla with tremendous force.What does the bold word mean?
- A.
An animal
- B.
Brave
- C.
Causing much fear
- D.
Powerful
- 16.How should the word volcano be divided into syllables?
- A.
Vo-lca-no
- B.
Volca-no
- C.
Vol-ca-no
- D.
Vol-can-o
Questions: 150 | Attempts: 20128 | Last updated: Oct 28, 2020
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