Regents English 3rd Grade 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which type of text would you read to learn how to make a sandwich?
- A poem
- A fairy tale
- A set of instructions (Correct answer)
- A biography
Correct answer: A set of instructions
Instructional texts give step-by-step directions for completing a task.
Question 2: Which sentence uses a possessive correctly?
- The dogs bone is buried.
- The dog's bone is buried. (Correct answer)
- The dogs' bone is buried.
- The dogs bone's is buried.
Correct answer: The dog's bone is buried.
A singular possessive uses an apostrophe before the 's' to show ownership.
Question 3: What is a synonym for the word 'brave'?
- Afraid
- Courageous (Correct answer)
- Clumsy
- Quiet
Correct answer: Courageous
A synonym is a word with a similar meaning; 'courageous' and 'brave' mean the same thing.
Question 4: In a story, the climax is:
- The beginning where characters are introduced
- The most exciting or tense moment (Correct answer)
- The lesson the author wants you to learn
- The setting description
Correct answer: The most exciting or tense moment
The climax is the turning point and highest point of tension in a story.
Question 5: Which word correctly completes the sentence: 'She ___ to the store yesterday.'?
- Go
- Goes
- Going
- Went (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Went
'Went' is the past tense of 'go,' which is needed because the action happened yesterday.
Question 6: Which is an example of a compound word?
- Running
- Sunlight (Correct answer)
- Unhappy
- Quickly
Correct answer: Sunlight
A compound word is made of two smaller words joined together, like 'sun' + 'light.'
Question 7: When an author writes 'The wind whispered through the trees,' this is an example of:
- A simile
- Alliteration
- Personification (Correct answer)
- A fact
Correct answer: Personification
Personification gives human qualities (like whispering) to non-human things like wind.
Regents English 3rd Grade 3
Which type of text would you read to learn how to make a sandwich?