Free Printable CTP Practice Test for Grade 7

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CTP practice test, Grade 7

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Verbal Reasoning

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 9 minutes.

1.
Because the evidence was ______, the jury could not reach a decision.
Which word best completes the sentence?
1. Aconvincing
2. Bdecisive
3. Cobvious
4. Dinconclusive
2.
Archive is to documents as aquarium is to
1. Atank
2. Bfish
3. Cmuseum
4. Docean
3.
Hive is to bee as burrow is to
1. Adig
2. Bbird
3. Ccarrot
4. Drabbit
4.
Brittle is to break as flexible is to
1. Abend
2. Bsnap
3. Cplastic
4. Dstretch out
5.
Carnivore is to meat as herbivore is to
1. Aplants
2. Binsects
3. Cteeth
4. Dgrazes
6.
The mayor's speech was meant to ______ the crowd, which had grown angry and restless.
Which word best completes the sentence?
1. Aprovoke
2. Balarm
3. Cpacify
4. Dignore
7.
Candid is to honest as meticulous is to
1. Acareful
2. Bproud
3. Ccareless
4. Dslow
8.
Generous is to stingy as humble is to
1. Akind
2. Bmodest
3. Cshy
4. Darrogant
9.
Bibliophile is to books as audiophile is to
1. Amusic
2. Bradio
3. Csound
4. Dears
10.
Spectator is to game as audience is to
1. Aapplause
2. Bperformance
3. Cstage
4. Dticket

Vocabulary

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 7 minutes.

1.
Which word means almost the same as rest but has a more positive connotation?
1. Arelax
2. Bgaze
3. Claze
4. Dremind
2.
The radius of the bike wheel is 13 inches, which is half of its diameter.
This sentence is from a math book. What does radius mean?
1. Athe space inside a circle
2. Ba straight line from the center of a circle to its edge
3. Ca curved part of a circle
4. Dthe distance around a circle
3.
Which sentence uses a pun?
1. AI used to work at a bank, but I lost interest.
2. BPeople from all over the world live together in our city.
3. CDon't worry about the hard homework, because everyone finds it difficult.
4. DAfter the long hike, Leo slept deeply until noon.
4.
Which pair of words are synonyms?
1. Aformidable and powerful
2. Binept and absent
3. Ccollaborate and calculate
4. Damiable and hostile
5.
The guide words on a dictionary page are trunk and unanimous.
Which word would you find on that page?
1. Aturmoil
2. Bthrilled
3. Ctariff
4. Dtrain
6.
The old car's erratic engine started on some mornings and not on others.
What does the word erratic mean in this sentence?
1. Atoo heavy to lift
2. Bsteady and calm
3. Cbrand new
4. Dchanging in ways you cannot predict
7.
plate
1. n. a flat dish that you eat from
2. n. one of the huge pieces of rock that make up Earth's outer layer
3. n. the base in baseball where the batter stands
4. n. a metal sign on a car that shows its number

Our catcher crouched behind the plate and signaled the pitcher.
Which meaning of plate is used in the sentence?
1. AMeaning 1
2. BMeaning 2
3. CMeaning 3
4. DMeaning 4
8.
Dad bought lumber to build a new fence.
Which meaning of lumber is used in this sentence?
1. Aa sharp pain
2. Bwood that has been cut into boards
3. Ca kind of soup
4. Dmove in a slow, heavy way
9.
Which word means "an official count of the people who live in a place"?
1. Acensus
2. Bdiameter
3. Cpilgrimage
4. Dnucleus
10.
What does the root mit mean in the word transmit?
1. Afar
2. Bbad or badly
3. Csend
4. Dmove

Reading Comprehension

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 13 minutes.

In the Dugout
My helmet's on, my laces tight, the field lights buzz against the night, the score is tied at three to three, and one more batter, then it's me. Along the bench my teammates yell; they bang the fence and ring a bell. I sit in silence by the wall and hope my turn won't come at all. My stomach twists into a knot, my palms are cold, my cheeks are hot. I've swung this bat in every drill, but now it's heavy, strange, and still. Then Jada slaps a single through, and Coach looks down the bench: "That's you." I climb the dugout steps and find I've left the worst of it behind. Out in the box, the air is cool; the pitcher's just a kid from school. I plant my feet and lift my chin. Whatever happens, I'm all in.
1.
Which theme does the poem express?
1. AA good coach can turn any player into a star.
2. BWaiting to face a fear can be harder than facing it.
3. CEnough practice makes a person feel no pressure.
4. DTeammates should cheer more quietly in the dugout.
2.
The poem ends, "Whatever happens, I'm all in." What does the phrase "all in" show about the speaker?
1. AThe speaker is certain of hitting a home run to win the game.
2. BThe speaker wants the whole team to bat at once.
3. CThe speaker will give full effort, whatever the result.
4. DThe speaker plans to stay inside the dugout.
Katherine Johnson Checks the Numbers
In February 1962, the astronaut John Glenn was about to become the first American to orbit Earth. Electronic computers, still new at NASA, had worked out the path his capsule would follow. But Glenn did not fully trust the machines. Before the flight, he asked that one particular mathematician check the numbers by hand. If she said they were right, he said, he was ready to go. That mathematician was Katherine Johnson.
Johnson was born in 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. She loved numbers from an early age and raced ahead in school, starting high school at the age of ten. She graduated from college at eighteen with degrees in mathematics and French.
In 1953, she went to work at a government flight research laboratory in Hampton, Virginia, that later became part of NASA. She was hired as a "computer," a job title then given to people, often women, who did long, complex calculations by hand. At the time, Virginia's laws kept Black and white workers apart, and Johnson first worked in a separate unit of Black women mathematicians. Her skill soon earned her a place on the team that figured out flight paths for spacecraft. She calculated the path for Alan Shepard's flight in 1961, when he became the first American to travel into space.
Johnson checked the numbers for Glenn, and his flight went as planned: he circled Earth three times and returned safely. Years later, she worked on calculations for Apollo 11, which carried the first astronauts to land on the moon in 1969. She retired in 1986. In 2015, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the highest honors the United States gives to people outside the military. She died in 2020 at the age of 101.
3.
What is the central idea of the passage?
1. AKatherine Johnson grew up in West Virginia and studied French.
2. BElectronic computers had fully replaced human ones by 1962.
3. CKatherine Johnson's skill with numbers made her essential to early American spaceflight.
4. DAlan Shepard's flight mattered more than John Glenn's orbit.
4.
Which detail best supports the idea that astronauts trusted Johnson's work?
1. AGlenn asked that she check the computers' numbers by hand.
2. BShe started high school at the age of ten.
3. CShe earned degrees in both mathematics and French in college.
4. DShe retired from her work in 1986.
5.
What can readers infer from the fact that Johnson first worked in a separate unit of Black women mathematicians?
1. AShe preferred to work alone, away from the others.
2. BShe had to succeed in spite of unfair rules that held her back.
3. CShe worked on subjects that had nothing to do with flight.
4. DShe had been hired to work in another nation's own space program.
A Voice for Every Sixth Grader
Good morning, sixth graders. My name is Gabriel Santos, and I am running to be your representative on the student council.
I want to talk about one thing: being heard. Every one of us has an idea that could make this school better. Maybe it's a club that doesn't exist yet. Maybe it's a fix for the line at the water fountain after gym. But most of those ideas never leave our heads, because we don't know who to tell.
If you elect me, I will change that. First, I will put a suggestion box in every sixth-grade homeroom. I have already asked Principal Whitfield, and she said yes. The art club has even offered to decorate the boxes. Every Friday, I will read every suggestion and bring the most popular ones to the student council meeting.
Second, I will report back. Each month, I will post a short update on the sixth-grade bulletin board telling you what happened to your ideas: which ones the council is working on, which ones it turned down, and why.
You might be wondering whether I'll actually follow through. Last spring, I noticed that our school had no place to recycle cans at lunch. I wrote a letter, collected 212 signatures, and met with the custodians. Now there is a blue bin at the end of every cafeteria table. When I say I'll do something, I do it.
And finally, if you vote for me, I promise that our class will have the best field day this school has ever seen.
So when you fill out your ballot on Thursday, vote for the person who will make sure you are heard. Vote for Gabriel Santos. Thank you.
6.
Which promise in the speech does the speaker give no plan or evidence for?
1. AThe class will have the best field day the school has ever seen.
2. BA monthly update will go up on the bulletin board.
3. CEvery sixth-grade homeroom will get a suggestion box.
4. DEvery suggestion will be read each Friday.
7.
Why does the speaker mention the line at the water fountain?
1. ATo give an example of a small idea that might never be shared
2. BTo prove that he has fixed problems before
3. CTo complain about how long gym class lasts
4. DTo show where the suggestion boxes will go
The Late Bus
The late bus smelled like wet grass and orange slices. Marcus dropped into his usual seat in the back, between Jamal and Reuben, where the windows had fogged up and someone had drawn a sad face on the glass.
"Did you see that last goal?" Reuben said. "It didn't even bounce. It just rolled right past him, and my grandma could have stopped that." He flopped sideways across the seat, a full second too late, and Jamal laughed so hard he snorted.
Marcus laughed too, a little, and then he glanced toward the front of the bus.
Tobias Lund sat alone in the second row, still in his green goalie jersey, his gloves in his lap. He was a sixth grader, the youngest player on the team, and he had been playing goalie for exactly three weeks, ever since their regular keeper broke his wrist. He was staring at the fogged window as if he could see through it.
Before that last goal, Tobias had stopped seven shots, and Marcus had counted every one. One of them, in the first half, was a diving save so fast that the other team's striker had just stood there with his hands on his head.
"Earth to Marcus," said Reuben. "Your turn. Do the face he made."
Marcus looked at the empty seat beside Tobias for a long moment, and then he picked up his backpack.
"Where are you going?" Jamal asked.
"Be right back," Marcus said, which wasn't exactly true.
He slid into the seat beside Tobias, who flinched and then looked quickly away.
"That diving save in the first half," Marcus said. "How did you even get there?"
For a moment Tobias didn't answer, but then, slowly, he wiped a clear patch on the foggy window, and he started to explain.
8.
What does Marcus's choice to change seats reveal about him?
1. AHe notices when someone is hurting and will leave the fun to help.
2. BHe thinks Tobias should be cut from the team.
3. CHe hopes to become the team's next goalie.
4. DHe is tired of sitting at the back of the bus.
9.
When Marcus sits down, Tobias "flinched and then looked quickly away." What do these words suggest?
1. ATobias is upset that Marcus took a saved seat.
2. BTobias is searching the bus for his gloves.
3. CTobias is glad that Marcus has joined him.
4. DTobias expects to be teased or blamed.
10.
At the end, Tobias "wiped a clear patch on the foggy window." What does this action most likely suggest?
1. AHe is signaling to his parents outside the bus.
2. BHe is beginning to feel better and to open up.
3. CHe is trying to ignore Marcus completely.
4. DHe is cleaning the bus to help the driver.

Writing

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 9 minutes.

1.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
1. AThe Alamo, a former mission in San Antonio, is now a museum and historic site.
2. BThe Alamo, a former mission in San Antonio is now a museum and historic site.
3. CThe Alamo a former mission in San Antonio, is, now a museum and historic site.
4. DThe Alamo, a, former mission in San Antonio, is now a museum and historic site.
2.
Only authorized ______ may enter the science supply room.
Which word best completes the sentence?
1. Apersonel
2. Bpersonal
3. Cpersonnel
4. Dpersonnell
3.
Which group of words is NOT a complete sentence?
1. AWhen the final whistle blew, the fans rushed onto the field to celebrate.
2. BThe coach handed each player a water bottle with a name written on it.
3. CA long line of sixth graders in matching blue shirts outside the doors of the science museum.
4. DCarrying a stack of library books, Omar climbed the stairs to the third floor.
4.
Which word is spelled correctly?
1. Acomparrison
2. Bcomparision
3. Ccomparason
4. Dcomparison
5.
A student is quoting this sentence from an article about monarch butterflies:
"Monarch butterflies, which weigh less than a paper clip, can fly more than two thousand miles to Mexico each fall."
Which shortened quotation uses an ellipsis correctly to show that words were left out?
1. AMonarch butterflies, which weigh ... a paper clip, can fly more than two thousand miles to Mexico each fall.
2. BMonarch butterflies can fly more than two thousand miles to Mexico each fall.
3. CMonarch butterflies ... can fly more than two thousand miles to Mexico each fall.
4. DMonarch butterflies, which weigh less than a paper clip, can fly ... more than two thousand miles to Mexico each fall.
6.
______ Practicing with a team several times a week keeps young bodies strong and healthy. On a team, players learn to share the ball and work toward one goal. In addition, teammates often become close friends who cheer for each other on and off the field. For all of these reasons, joining a team is one of the best choices a sixth grader can make.
Which sentence would best state the writer's claim at the start of this paragraph?
1. AThe oldest library building in our city was built more than one hundred years ago.
2. BI believe every sixth grader should join at least one school sports team this year.
3. CGood coaches teach young athletes to keep trying, even after a tough loss.
4. DMy cousin collects old postcards from small towns along the Pacific coast.
7.
Coral reefs are full of life, but they are easily harmed when the ocean gets too warm. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, thousands of kinds of fish live on coral reefs. Reefs are built by tiny animals called coral polyps, which have colorful algae living inside their bodies. When ocean water stays too warm for too long, corals push the algae out of their bodies. As a result, the corals turn white and may starve, an event that scientists call coral bleaching. Rich in life but easily damaged, coral reefs are some of the most delicate places in the sea.
What is the writer's main purpose in this paragraph?
1. Ato argue for a claim and support it with reasons and evidence
2. Bto give facts about a topic
3. Cto explain how to do something, step by step
4. Dto tell a story about something that happened
8.
Leo saved his allowance for eight months to buy a telescope.
Which choice best describes the words in bold?
1. Aan independent clause
2. Ba dependent clause that tells why
3. Ca phrase that tells why
4. Da phrase that tells when
9.
Many pioneers traveled west on the Oregon Trail. The trail was about two thousand miles long. Most of the pioneers walked beside their wagons.
Which sentence best combines the three sentences without changing what they mean?
1. AMany pioneers traveled west on the Oregon Trail, which was about two thousand miles long, and most of them walked beside their wagons.
2. BMany pioneers traveled west on the Oregon Trail, who was about two thousand miles long, and most of them walked beside their wagons.
3. CMany pioneers traveled west on the Oregon Trail, which was about two thousand miles long, most of them walked beside their wagons.
4. DMany pioneers traveled west on the Oregon Trail, which was about two thousand miles long.
10.
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was a disaster caused by drought and poor farming, and it changed how Americans care for their soil. In the years before the disaster, farmers had plowed up millions of acres of prairie grass whose deep roots held the soil in place. When a severe drought struck the Great Plains in the early 1930s, crops died and the bare soil dried out. ______, strong winds lifted the loose dirt into enormous dust storms that darkened the sky for hours. According to the US Department of Agriculture, the government created the Soil Conservation Service in 1935 to teach farmers how to protect their land. The hard lessons of the Dust Bowl taught the nation that protecting its soil is essential to protecting its farms.
Which word or phrase best fills the blank?
1. AFinally
2. BIn contrast
3. CAs a result
4. DHowever

Quantitative Reasoning

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 10 minutes.

1.
Mia and Lucas share $225 in the ratio 4 : 5. How much does Mia get?
1. A$100
2. B$105
3. C$125
4. D$180
2.
5 erasers and 5 markers cost $70. 1 eraser and 5 markers cost $46. What does one eraser cost?
1. A$4
2. B$6
3. C$7
4. D$24
3.
A shop sells a bag for $60. This is a profit of 50% on what the shop paid. How much did the shop pay for the bag?
1. A$20
2. B$30
3. C$40
4. D$60
4.
Ruby is now 3 times as old as Chloe. In 6 years' time Ruby will be 2 times as old as Chloe. How old is Ruby now?
1. A6
2. B12
3. C18
4. D24
5.
A guitar with a list price of $500 was sold for $280 after two successive discounts. The first discount was 20%. What was the second discount?
1. A20%
2. B30%
3. C32%
4. D50%
6.
One printer would print the whole job on its own in 20 minutes. A second printer would print it on its own in 30 minutes. If both work at the same time, how long do they take together?
1. A12
2. B13
3. C25
4. D50
7.
A bag of flour weighs 3 pounds. How many ounces is that? (1 pound = 16 ounces)
1. A36
2. B46
3. C48
4. D49
8.
Column A: 14 × 9
Column B: 20 × 4
Compare the quantity in Column A with the quantity in Column B.
1. AColumn A is greater.
2. BColumn B is greater.
3. CThe two quantities are equal.
4. DIt cannot be decided from the information given.
9.
Column A: 5³
Column B: 2³
Compare the quantity in Column A with the quantity in Column B.
1. AColumn A is greater.
2. BColumn B is greater.
3. CThe two quantities are equal.
4. DIt cannot be decided from the information given.
10.
Ava and Mia have shells in the ratio 4 : 3. Ava gives 39 shells to Mia. Now they have shells in the ratio 1 : 4. How many shells did Mia have at first?
1. A45
2. B60
3. C105
4. D123

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