NPC Reading, Writing & Math Fundamentals 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student reads a passage about recycling and then summarizes it in their own words. This comprehension skill is best described as:
- Literal recall
- Paraphrasing (Correct answer)
- Predicting
- Scanning
Correct answer: Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing means restating information in one's own words to demonstrate understanding.
Question 2: Which sentence uses a comma correctly?
- She bought apples, oranges and, bananas.
- She bought apples, oranges, and bananas. (Correct answer)
- She bought, apples oranges and bananas.
- She bought apples oranges, and bananas.
Correct answer: She bought apples, oranges, and bananas.
A serial (Oxford) comma separates three or more items in a list with commas before the final 'and'.
Question 3: What is 3/4 expressed as a decimal?
- 0.34
- 0.43
- 0.75 (Correct answer)
- 0.25
Correct answer: 0.75
Dividing 3 by 4 gives 0.75.
Question 4: A student asks the paraprofessional what the word 'benevolent' means. The best strategy to help the student figure it out is to:
- Tell the student the definition immediately
- Ask the student to use context clues from the surrounding text (Correct answer)
- Skip the word and continue reading
- Replace it with a simpler word
Correct answer: Ask the student to use context clues from the surrounding text
Using context clues builds vocabulary independence and comprehension skills.
Question 5: Which of the following is an example of an inference?
- The text says the dog is brown.
- The story takes place in winter.
- Since the character is shivering, she is probably cold. (Correct answer)
- The main character's name is Maria.
Correct answer: Since the character is shivering, she is probably cold.
An inference is a conclusion drawn from evidence rather than directly stated in the text.
Question 6: A class needs to split 48 colored pencils equally among 6 students. How many pencils does each student receive?
- 6
- 7
- 8 (Correct answer)
- 9
Correct answer: 8
48 ÷ 6 = 8 pencils per student.
Question 7: Which word correctly completes the sentence: 'The students finished _____ homework before recess.'
- they're
- there
- their (Correct answer)
- theyre
Correct answer: their
'Their' is the possessive pronoun used to show the homework belongs to the students.
NPC Reading, Writing & Math Fundamentals 2
A student reads a passage about recycling and then summarizes it in their own words.
This comprehension skill is best described as: