MAP Samples for grades 4&5

1. Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

a. I baked a cake yesterday. It was delicious.

b. I ate lollipop it was sweet and tasty.

2. Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

a. We played a great match we lost the game.

b. We played a great match, but lost the game.

3. In which sentence is the underlined word spelled correctly?

a. Jessica was the leeder of the team.

b. She worked as a lifeguard during summer vacation.

4. Which of the following sentences is written in inverted (wrong ) order?

African Elephants usually drink almost 200 liters per day.

Never will Ali watch this comedy movie again.

5. Which of the following are opposites of "beneath"?

above, over
under, below
at, in
from, of
6) Read the passage.

The first ice cream maker was invented by Nancy Johnson. She received a patent in 1843 for her
invention, a small-scale ice cream freezer, which comprised two spatulas that fit tightly into a
long cylindrical barrel. The spatulas contained holes and were attached to a shaft that could be
rotated with a crank, while the cylinder was cooled from the outside with a salt and ice mixture.
The spatulas could be rotated in the mix and scrape ice crystals off the inner wall of the cylinder
simultaneously. This invention made ice cream making far easier than it had been, and ensured a
more uniform texture than had been possible before. It was even possible to produce two flavors
of ice cream simultaneously.

After Nancy Johnson received her patent, she did not have enough money and resources to
manufacture her machine and market it. Therefore, she sold the patent to William Young for
$200. Young, in his turn, marketed the machine as the "Johnson Patent Ice Cream Freezer." The
mechanism of Johnson's machine was used in ice cream makers around the world for many
years, and William Young made a fortune.

Which sentences is correct according to the text?

A)Nancy Johnson marketed her invention as the "Johnson Patent Ice Cream Freezer."
B)The new machine was the most complex machine ever made.
C)Someone else made a fortune because of Johnson's invention.
D)Nancy Johnson always wanted to receive a patent and become famous.

8) Read the sentence.

Mia really likes animals. She owns two dogs, a parrot, and even a pet mouse!

What is the plural of the word "mouse"?

Mouses
Mousses
Mice
Mices

9) Which sentence is grammatically correct?

A) My father drank a cup of tea in the morning and driven to work with his colleague.
B) I wanted to watch the birds, but they had already flown away when I arrived.
7) Read the passage.

The dodo was a bird that lived on the island of Mauritius until the seventeenth century.
Nowadays, it is extinct. It was a large, flightless bird, with a long beak and gray plumage. It had
no natural predators on the island.

When Dutch settlers came to Mauritius in the sixteenth century, they hunted numerous dodos
and ate their meat. They also introduced animals that were new to the island, including dogs,
cats, macaques, and pigs. Some of those animals escaped captivity and became feral, and they
began plundering dodo nests and eating their eggs. Since the dodo only laid one egg per season,
the number of eggs decreased quickly and the dodo population declined drastically, until the
dodo went extinct in the middle of the seventeenth century.

Which of the following sentences describes the sequence of events in the passage?

A) Dutch settlers hunted all the dodos, leading to their extinction.

B) The dodo went extinct because it could not fly.

C) The dodo went extinct before the Dutch settlers came to Mauritius.

D) The dodo went extinct because of hunting and predators eating its eggs.

10) Which of the sentences is punctuated correctly with parentheses?

A) My sister likes (old country music), although I do not know why.

B) Please read my short (essay) about nutrition. You will be amazed.

11) Read the sentence.

The principal was called to stop the unruly student who was breaking school windows and
spraying the walls with paint.

Based on the sentence, what is the meaning of the word unruly?

A) bored and indifferent

B) wild and out of control

C) smart and well-read

D) famous and well-known

12) Read the passage.

Antarctica, where the South Pole is located, is the coldest place in the world. The average
temperature in Antarctica is below zero. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by thick ice.
Antarctica is also the driest place on earth. In fact, it is considered a desert because it only gets
200 millimeters of rainfall (or snow) per year.
Antarctica is very big: its area is 14 million square kilometers. It is bigger than Europe, and it
is almost twice the size of Australia. However, while millions of people live in Australia, there
are no permanent human residents in Antarctica. The first people arrived at Antarctica in the 19th
century. Nowadays, 1,000 to 5,000 people spend time in Antarctica every year, living and
working at research stations.
While there are hardly any humans in Antarctica, there are various animals living there,
including several species of penguins, seals, and whales. There are also a few plants, mainly ice
algae. Studies indicate that millions of years ago, Antarctica’s climate was a lot warmer, and it
was home to large forests as well as many different land animals, such as dinosaurs.

The author mentions Europe and Australia in order to show…..

A) how big Antarctica is.
B) how cold Antarctica is.
C) the similarities between these continents and Antarctica.
D) that 1,000 to 5,000 people spend time in Antarctica every year.

13) Read the passage.

Elsa was looking out the window. It was a very cold, dark, and stormy night. The windowsill
was freezing as she tried to lean on it to see outside the window. She gave up trying and decided
to go and play with her little sister. It had been a long time since they had last played. She
thought it might make her feel a bit better.

What is the author’s mood?

A)positive
B) negative
C) neutral
D) impossible to tell

14. Which choice is most nearly the opposite of the underlined word?
The restaurant was very obliging and moved us to a bigger table.
A. forceful
B. compelling
C. difficult
D. unpleasant
15. Read the poem:
Silver, black, silver, black,
Chrome and tiles and “mind the gap.”
A rush of air, a burst of light
Strangers’ faces fly from sight.

Where is the poem most likely set?

A. A bus station
B. A subway station
C. A railway station
D. A gas station

16. Fill in the blank with the correct word choice.

_________ dog is barking outside?
A. Who’s
B. Whose
C. Whom
D. Who

17. Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.

A. Before I leave the house each day I grab my lunch.
B. The dog ran across the yard, and retrieved the frisbee.
C. I don’t like to watch Hallmark movies but I like Hallmark greeting cards.
D. Our teacher gave us each a pencil before she gave us the test.

18. Which reference material would you use to find how to pronounce a word?
A. dictionary
B. glossary
C. thesaurus
D. encyclopedia

19. Read the sentence. The boy ate the juicy apple slowly.
Which word BEST replaces ate to make the sentence more descriptive?
A. chomped
B. gobbled
C. gulped
D. nibbled
 “Honest Abe”

Abraham Lincoln is not just the face on the penny. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of
the United States and he was known as “Honest Abe." This nickname started when he was a
young boy working in a store. If he gave someone the wrong change back, then he would follow
them home and give them their left over money. “Honest Abe” is remembered as an honest boy
and a great president.

Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in a one-room home in Kentucky, and then later moved to
Indiana and later Illinois. He grew up very poor and after his mother passed away, his older sister
took care of him. Abraham Lincoln did not have an easy time growing up, but he was very smart.
Most of what he knew he learned on his own by reading books, he was self-taught.

Lincoln became president in 1861. Lincoln wanted to end the use of slavery in the United States,
which upset many people. Because of this, some states did not want to be apart of the United
States and tried to have their own laws and rules. A war started and lasted for 4 years. This
became known as the Civil War. After it ended, all of the states of the United States stayed
together, and President Lincoln said that all slaves needed to be set free.

Abraham Lincoln’s life was too short. He died at age 56, but he will always be remembered.

1. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?

Indian
Kentucky
New York
Washington

21.
What does "self-taught" mean?
Most of what he knew he learned on his own by reading books, he was self-taught.

a. Going to school
b. Learning at university
c. Not learning
d. Learning on his own

22. What is the main idea of the passage?

a. Abraham Lincoln was a great president and person
b. Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky
c. Abraham Lincoln is on the penny
d. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president.
23. Based on the passage, what describes Abraham Lincoln's childhood?
a. happy
b. strict
c. easy
d. challenging

24. Who took care of Abraham after his mother passed away?
a. His stepmother
b. His sister
c. His dad
d. His brother

25. Select the word that would fit in both of the sentences provided.
Instead of driving, we took the __________ to New York City.
When you have a puppy, you have to __________ the puppy to listen.

a. Taxi
b. Boat
c. Train
d. Car

A Look Into Space

Did you know that we used to think that there were nine planets that made up the solar system? Up
until 2006, Pluto was considered to be the ninth planet and was located furthest away from the sun in
our solar system. However, since 2006 Pluto has been considered to be a “dwarf planet” because it is
too small to be considered a planet. Now that Pluto is not considered a planet, only eight planets are
left to make up our solar system. The order of the planets from the sun is as follows: Mercury,
Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Mercury is the planet closest to the sun; however, can you believe that Mercury is not the planet with
the hottest temperatures in our solar system? Well, believe it because Venus is the planet with the
highest temperatures! The only award that sets Mercury apart from any other planet in the solar
system is that it is the smallest planet.

Earth is the planet where you and I live. Earth is the only planet currently known to be the home of
living things. However, Mars does show some signs that there may be water on the planet, which is
necessary for living things to grow and live on Mars. Maybe one day we will learn that aliens really
do live on Mars!

Jupiter is the largest planet is the solar system, but it has the shortest days out of all of the planets
because it turns so quickly. A day on Earth is 24 hours long, but a day on Jupiter is less than 10 hours
long and a day on Saturn is just over 10 hours long. If we lived on Jupiter or Saturn, then we would
spend most of the day in school!

Uranus is not the furthest planet from the sun, but it is the coldest. Even though Uranus is the coldest
planet, Neptune might have the worst weather. One storm on Neptune lasted for about 5 years! Could
you imagine a storm lasting for 5 years on Earth?

One fun thing about science is that we are always learning something new because science can
change. We could learn more unknown, fun facts about the solar system in the future!

26. How was this passage organized?

a. based on the order of the planet

b. based on the most interesting facts first
c. based on the most interesting facts last
d. based on when each planet was discovered

27. Which planet has a day just over 10 hours long?

a. Saturn
b. Jupiter
c. Mars
d. Neptune