The LEAP is a Computer-Based Longitudinal Assessment System for College and Career Readiness. The students will face a variety of new technology-enhanced questions as a part of the computer-based tests.
Some of them are Multiple choice-single correct responses, Multiple choice-multiple correct responses, Matching Tables, Drag and Drop, Hot text, Table Fill in, Graphing, Equation/numeric, Extended constructed response, Short answer, and many more.
Today, we will share several sample questions along with practice test links for Grade 2 English Language Arts that gives you an idea of questions that your students are likely to see on the test. After each sample question, an explanation follows that includes any important aspects of the task that you may need to consider with respect to the skills, processes, and information your students need to know.
Domain: Grade 2 >> Reading: Literature
Sample Question: What did the boys decide they wanted to learn how to do?
- Go surfing
- Build a teepee
- Fly a kite
- Take swimming lessons
Answer Explanation: The story states that the boys wanted to learn how to fly a kite. The third answer is correct. The other answers are not found in the story.
Standards: RL.2.3
Click here to practice: Reading: Literature Questions on 2nd Grade
Domain: Grade 2 >> Reading: Informational Text
Sample Question: What is the main topic of what you read?
- How to plant flowers
- How to turn seeds into flowers
- How to dig gardens
- How to buy flower pots or boxes
Answer Explanation: The article’s main topic is how to plant flowers. The first answer is correct. The article is not about turning seeds into flowers, how to dig gardens, or how to buy flower pots or boxes. The second, third and fourth sentences are not correct.
Standards: RI.2.2
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Domain: Grade 2 >> Reading: Foundational Skills
Sample Question: What did Columbus think he had done? Mark the best answer.
- He thought he had gone around the world.
- He thought he had made it back to Spain.
- He thought he was in the United States.
- He thought he was rich.
Answer Explanation: The story states that he thought he had sailed around the world. The first answer is the only correct answer.
Standards: RF.2.4
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Domain: Grade 2 >> Writing
Sample Question: Your partner in the class project wants to draw pictures to help you with your presentation on bananas. Which of the following sources would best help your partner and you?
- Pictures of healthy snacks from the cafeteria
- Pictures of jungles and forests with animals
- Pictures of bananas growing, being harvested, and being eaten
- Pictures of you and your partner eating bananas
Answer Explanation: The BEST answer would be the third sentence. Pictures of bananas growing, being harvested, and being eaten. The first, second and fourth sentences would not be the BEST answers to help in a presentation about bananas.
Standards: W.2.8
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Domain: Grade 2 >> Language
Sample Question: Read the sentences below. Mark the 2 that use product names correctly.
- Most people like to eat Lay’s chips.
- He drove a bright shiny Toyota truck.
- The dentist says to use crest toothpaste.
- We feed our dog purina dog chow.
Answer Explanation: The 2 sentences that use product brand names correctly are- Most people like to eat Lay’s chips. – He drove a bright shiny Toyota truck. The other sentences have product names, but they are not
brand names and are not capitalized, so they are not correct.
Standards: L.2.2.A
Click here to practice: Language Questions for 2nd Grade
Domain: Grade 2 >> Speaking & Listening
Sample Question: Listen to the speech below and answer the questions.
Did George Bush say all the speech by himself or did he repeat what he was told to say? Write your own answer.
Answer Explanation: Answers will vary but must include that he repeated what he was told to say.
Standards: SL.2.3
Click here to practice: Speaking & Listening Questions for 2nd Grade
