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Grade 6 ELA Sample Questions

Grade 6 English Language Arts Sample Question

Choose the answer with the correct set of words, in the given order, to fill in the blanks in the sentence below.

I am ___________ fed up by all the noise in the city, and hence am heading to the countryside for some peace and __________.

A) quiet, quite

B) quite, quiet (Correct Answer)

C) quite, quite

D) quiet, quiet

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Grade 6 English Language Arts Sample Question

Identify the adverb in the following sentence.

The patient’s health improved rapidly.

A) patient’s

B) health

C) rapidly (Correct Answer)

D) improved

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Grade 6 English Language Arts Sample Question

Identify the adverb in the following sentence.

The mother was quite unhappy to see her son leave.

A) quite (Correct Answer)

B) unhappy

C) the

D) leave

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Grade 6 English Language Arts Sample Question

Identify the adjective in the following sentence and say what it
describes.

A white rabbit hopped into the yard and scared the alien.

A) the adjective ‘the’ describes the rabbit.

B) the adjective ‘white’ describes the alien.

C) the adjective ‘scared’ describes the alien.

D) the adjective ‘white’ describes the rabbit. (Correct Answer)

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Grade 6 English Language Arts Sample Question

Identify the adjective in this sentence:

The frightened alien ran back into its airship.

A) airship

B) alien

C) frightened (Correct Answer)

D) ran

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Grade 6 English Language Arts Sample Question

Identify the adjective in the following sentence and point out the
noun it describes.

The brown fox jumped over the dog.

A) the adjective ‘brown’ describes the noun ‘fox’. (Correct Answer)

B) the adjective fox describes the noun dog.

C) the adjective ‘brown’ describes the noun ‘dog’.

D) the adjective ‘the’ describes the word ‘brown’.

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Grade 6 English Language Arts Sample Question

Identify the adjective/adjectives in the following sentence:

Earth is the most beautiful planet in the solar system.

A) most

B) beautiful

C) solar

D) all the above (Correct Answer)

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Grade 6 English Language Arts Sample Question

Identify the adjective in the following sentence.

The quick fox ran very fast.

A) very

B) fast

C) quick (Correct Answer)

D) ran

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Grade 6 English Language Arts Sample Question

Identify the adjective in the following sentence.

The book that I was reading had colorful pages.

A) colorful (Correct Answer)

B) reading

C) pages

D) book

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Grade 6 English Language Arts Sample Question 2

Which sentence tells the reader that George Washington was a skilled
army general?

A) As soon as the Constitution was ratified, he was chosen to be President.

B) George Washington was the first and most popular U.S. President.

C) Washington led comparatively untrained and ill-equipped American soldiers
to victory over the well-trained British in the Revolutionary War. (Correct Answer)

D) Many of the generals who had fought under Washington did not believe
that the 13 colonies could cooperate to form a single country without the
strong leadership of a king.

Explanation:
If you selected c, you picked the right answer. Answers a, b, and d all show
that Washington was popular. Only c shows that he was a skilled army general.

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Grade 6 English Language Arts Sample Question 1

As it poured outside, I settled down by the window to watch the rain.
The green park opposite my house looked even more green and fresh
than usual. Strong winds shook the branches of the tall trees. Some of
the branches swayed so hard in the strong winds that I thought they
would break.

What is the author saying in the above passage?

A) That it was raining hard

B) That the winds were blowing very hard

C) That the strong winds shook the trees and branches

D) All of the above (Correct Answer)

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