STAAR Reading Grade 4 Sample Questions

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Yorkshire pudding is a popular English dish. Actually, Yorkshire pudding is not really a pudding at all. It is a light, puffy roll. Hundreds of years ago, roasted meat was a favorite dish in England. However, meat was very expensive. It cost so much that people could only afford to eat it on special occasions.

When roasting meat, long tin pans were placed under the roast. These tins collected the meat drippings. Cooks made batter from eggs and flour, and they poured the batter into the tins with the drippings. The batter became a fluffy, delicious bread pudding. Cooks served these savory puddings as a first course. The puddings were cheap and flavorful. At times when there was not enough meat to go around, children would get Yorkshire pudding with gravy as their main meal.

Q1. Read this sentence from the passage.

It is a light, puffy roll.

Which meaning of light is used in the passage?

A. Bright

B. Not heavy

C. Pale in color

D. Lamp

Q2. Read these sentences from the passage.

The batter became a fluffy, delicious bread pudding. Cooks served these savory puddings as a first course.

The word savory means

A. Tasty

B. Sweet

C. Moist

D. Nutty

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Michael lifted his violin to his button. He had never felt better arranged for a show. The air murmured with the hints of individuals sitting down in the auditorium. From where he sat in front of an audience, he could hear the group of onlookers stirring behind the thick velvet window ornament.

By Michal, Tony was murmuring uproariously and jerking around in his seat. It was making Michael anxious. On the off chance that Tony had honed as he ought to have he'd have nothing to stress over. It wasn't reasonable that Tony's negative behavior patterns and stage alarm were debilitating to demolish Michael's execution. Michael constrained himself to consider the music rather than Tony. Following a few moments, he scarcely even saw Tony any longer. He looked as his sheet music and sat tight for the conductor's sign to start.

Q3. Where does this passage take place?

A. In a classroom

B. At a park

C. In an auditorium

D. On a roof

Q4. What is Michaels problem?

A. The audience is making too much noise.

B. Tonys nervousness is making him nervous, too.

C. The conductor is late to the concert.

D. He did not practice as much as he should have.

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There are right around 20,000 Playa lakes in the Texas Panhandle. Playa lakes are round discouragements in the ground. They are not care for different wetlands. Different wetlands stay wet constantly. Playa Lakes, then again, are at times brimming with water, and here and there dry. Wet climate makes them top off with water. At that point they dry out amid hot, dry climate. At the point when that happens, they look like round, sandy shorelines. Truth be told, that is the reason they are called playa lakes. Playa signifies "shoreline" in Spanish.

Playa lakes were shaped a large number of years prior on the Great Plains in the United States. Nobody can say without a doubt how playa lakes were shaped, however there are hypotheses. One hypothesis is that wind disintegration brought about them. Another hypothesis is that they were brought on by the progressive collapsing of the ground.

Since playa lakes travel every which way with the climate, not all early European adventurers portrayed the region in the same way. The individuals who saw the water-filled playa lakes depicted it as an area with a great deal of lakes. The individuals who saw the dry, sandy patches depicted the range as a desert. That made some disarray back in Europe!

Playa lakes support numerous sorts of creatures in the Texas Panhandle that couldn't typically live there. The Texas Panhandle is extremely dry, which is an issue for some animal types, for example, creatures of land and water. The water in the playa lakes gives an answer, and creatures of land and water prosper there. On the off chance that the playa lakes vanished, the different creature life in the Texas Panhandle would vanish with them.

Q5. What is the MAIN text structure the author uses in this passage?

A. Comparison

B. Cause and effect

C. Problem and solution

D. Chronological order

Q6. What is one effect playa lakes have on the Texas Panhandle?

A. It is described as a desert

B. Round depressions cover most of the ground

C. It is described as a land of many lakes

D. Many types of animals live there

Q7. What causes playa lakes to come and go?

A. Water fills them in wet weather, and the water disappears in dry weather.

B. Wind erosion causes them to disappear.

C. They come back when the ground gradually caves in.

D. Water fills them in the spring, and the water disappears in the winter.

Q8. How do playa solve a problem?

A. They collect rain and stop flooding.

B. They provide beaches far from the shore.

C. They provide water for animals that need it.

D. They provide drinking water for explorers.

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If you compare a polar bear with a brown bear you will find one obvious difference their fun color! Polar bears have white fur to help them blend into their snowy environment. Brown bears have dark fur to help them blend into their forest habitats.

But the differences do not stop there. Polar bears are great swimmers who love be in the cold water. Brown bears mainly stay on land and live in warmer climates. Polar bears do not rest all winter, like brown bears do. In fact, polar bears love the cold so much that they are mainly found above the Arctic Circle. Brown bears can be found in most of the Northern Hemisphere. Now that you know how the two bears are different, think about ways in which they are alike.

Q9. What is MOST LIKELY the purpose of the passage?

A. To determine how much the writer knows about bears

B. To find out how to track bears

C. To learn about the differences between polar bears and brown bears

D. To enjoy a story about a polar bear and a brown bear who are friends

Q10. Which question is NOT answered by the passage?

A. Where do brown bears live?

B. What color are polar bears?

C. Why is a polar bears fur white?

D. Where do brown bears rest all winter?