Grade 6 ELA Practice Test: Claims, Evidence and Pronouns
- Claims, Evidence and Pronouns
- 15 questions
- 20 minutes
Questions 1-7 are about a short argument, and questions 8-15 practice Grade 6 pronoun rules. Tip: a reason tells why the author believes the claim, and evidence is the fact or example that backs up the reason.
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Question 1
Read the passage and answer questions 1-7.
Passage A: Our Town Needs a Tool Library
(1) Almost every garage on Maple Street holds a ladder, a drill and a lawn mower that sit unused most of the year. Our town should open a tool library, a place where residents can borrow tools the way they borrow books.
(2) A tool library would save families money. A good power drill can cost more than a hundred dollars, yet many people use one for only a few minutes a year. Borrowing a drill for free would let families spend that money on other needs.
(3) A tool library would also cut down on waste. When fewer people buy tools they rarely use, fewer tools end up in landfills. Several cities in the United States and Canada already run tool libraries, some of them inside public libraries.
(4) Some residents worry that borrowers will break the tools. However, tool libraries usually ask members to sign a simple agreement and show them how to use each tool safely. Volunteers check every tool when it is returned.
(5) Finally, a tool library would be the best thing that has ever happened to our town. Neighbors would meet, share skills and help one another fix what is broken.
What is the author's main claim?
Correct answer: B
The claim is stated at the end of paragraph 1, and every later paragraph gives a reason for it. The cost of drills is evidence for one reason, not the main claim.
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Question 2
Passage A (see above):
Which reason does the author give in paragraph 2 to support the claim?
Correct answer: A
Paragraph 2 opens with its reason: "A tool library would save families money." Keeping tools out of landfills is the reason given in paragraph 3.
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Question 3
Passage A (see above):
Which evidence does the author use to support the reason in paragraph 2?
Correct answer: D
The high price of a drill compared with how little it is used is the fact that backs up the money-saving reason. The other choices come from different paragraphs and support different points.
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Question 4
Passage A (see above):
What is the author mainly doing in paragraph 4?
Correct answer: C
Paragraph 4 names an opposing concern (borrowers may break tools) and then answers it with "However" and the steps tool libraries take. The author does not give up the claim.
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Question 5
Passage A (see above):
Which claim from the passage is least supported by reasons or evidence?
Correct answer: A
Calling the library "the best thing that has ever happened" to the town is an exaggerated opinion that no fact in the passage can prove. The money and waste claims each come with an explanation or example.
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Question 6
Passage A (see above):
Which new piece of evidence would best support the claim in paragraph 3 that a tool library would cut down on waste?
Correct answer: D
Paragraph 3 argues that waste goes down when people buy fewer tools, so data showing that members really do buy fewer tools supports it directly. A photo or a quote about a hobby says nothing about waste.
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Question 7
Passage A (see above):
Why does the author begin paragraph 1 with the detail about garages on Maple Street?
Correct answer: B
Tools that "sit unused most of the year" are a waste readers can picture, and the next sentence offers the tool library as the answer. The detail is not about garage size or storage.
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Question 8
If hikers want to see the waterfall, you have to leave the trail at the wooden sign.
Which revision corrects the shift in pronoun person?
Correct answer: C
"Hikers" is plural and third person, so the pronoun that refers to it should be "they." The original sentence shifts to second person ("you"), and "we" would shift to first person.
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Question 9
The bakery on Elm Street sells their bread warm every morning.
Which revision corrects the pronoun error?
Correct answer: A
"Bakery" is one thing, so the pronoun must be singular: "its." "It's" is a contraction of "it is," and "they're" means "they are," so neither shows ownership.
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Question 10
The mayor herself cut the ribbon at the new park.
Why does the writer use the intensive pronoun herself?
Correct answer: B
An intensive pronoun adds emphasis to the noun right before it and can be removed without changing the basic meaning. Here it stresses that the mayor personally did the job. It does not mean she was hurt.
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Question 11
Diego and ____ finished painting the mural before lunch.
Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence?
Correct answer: D
The blank is part of the subject, so it needs the subjective case: "I." Test it by removing "Diego and": you would say "I finished painting," not "Me finished painting."
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Question 12
Do you know ____ backpack this is?
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
Correct answer: C
The sentence asks who owns the backpack, so it needs the possessive pronoun "whose." "Who's" is a contraction of "who is," which would not make sense before "backpack."
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Question 13
Which sentence contains a vague pronoun?
Correct answer: A
"She" could mean Ana or her grandmother, so the reader cannot tell who dropped the plate. In the other sentences each pronoun can refer to only one noun.
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Question 14
The student ____ won the spelling bee will read the morning announcements.
Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence?
Correct answer: B
The pronoun is the subject of "won the spelling bee," so the subjective form "who" is correct. "Whom" is used only as an object, and "which" refers to things, not people.
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Question 15
Please keep this surprise party a secret between you and ____.
Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence?
Correct answer: D
"Between" is a preposition, and the object of a preposition takes the objective case, so "between you and me" is correct. "Between you and I" is a common mistake.
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