Free Printable CTP Practice Test for Grade 7

Scholar Tests · Set 2

CTP practice test, Grade 7

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Verbal Reasoning

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

1.
Seed is to tree as caterpillar is to
1. Aleaf
2. Binsect
3. Cegg
4. Dbutterfly
2.
Sculptor is to chisel as surgeon is to
1. Abrush
2. Bnurse
3. Cpatient
4. Dscalpel
3.
Inflate is to balloon as sharpen is to
1. Awriting
2. Bpoint
3. Ceraser
4. Dpencil
4.
Brittle is to break as flexible is to
1. Astretch out
2. Bsnap
3. Cbend
4. Drigid
5.
Because the evidence was ______, the jury could not reach a decision.
Which word best completes the sentence?
1. Acomplete
2. Bconvincing
3. Cobvious
4. Dinconclusive
6.
The professor tried to ______ the complicated theory so beginners could follow it.
Which word best completes the sentence?
1. Aabandon
2. Bcomplicate
3. Ccriticize
4. Dsimplify
7.
Compass is to direction as clock is to
1. Awatch
2. Balarm
3. Cminute
4. Dtime
8.
Pedal is to bicycle as oar is to
1. Afish
2. Browboat
3. Csail
4. Dwater
9.
Quill is to porcupine as shell is to
1. Aegg
2. Bsnail's food
3. Cturtle
4. Dslow
10.
Cartographer is to maps as lexicographer is to
1. Alibraries
2. Bwords
3. Catlases
4. Ddictionaries

Vocabulary

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

1.
ut·ter
1. v. say something out loud
2. adj. complete or total

The surprise party was an utter success, and Mom cried happy tears.
Use the entry. Which part of speech is utter in the sentence?
1. Anoun
2. Bverb
3. Cadverb
4. Dadjective
2.
Which word means the opposite of empathy?
1. Acompassion
2. Bindifference
3. Centry
4. Denergy
3.
Which sentence uses a simile?
1. ADad has a cold, so he stayed home from work.
2. BWhen the teacher called on him, Owen froze like a deer in headlights.
3. CAfter the long dry spell, the flowers soaked up the rain.
4. DMy older sister is a night owl who reads until midnight.
4.
How are the words broom and sweep linked?
1. AOne is used to do the other.
2. BOne is a kind of the other.
3. COne is a tool the other uses in their work.
4. DOne can cause the other.
5.
What does the suffix -ful mean in the word colorful?
1. Afull of
2. Bable to be
3. Cwithout
4. Dthe act or result of
6.
The dentist said my gum was sore because I was brushing too hard.
Which meaning of gum is used in this sentence?
1. Aa kind of hat
2. Ba small drum
3. Ca sweet you chew but do not swallow
4. Dthe pink flesh around your teeth
7.
Each organelle in the cell works like a different worker in a factory.
This sentence is from a science book. What does organelle mean?
1. Aa tube that carries food to the stomach
2. Ba liquid that carries oxygen
3. Ca whole living thing with many cells
4. Da tiny part inside a cell that has its own job
8.
The incessant rain flooded our basement by Tuesday.
What does the word incessant mean in this sentence?
1. Agoing on without stopping
2. Bhappening only once
3. Cshort and quiet
4. Dsoft and pleasant
9.
The class had to stack two hundred chairs after the assembly. Everyone grabbed a few, and the job was done in five minutes.
Which saying best fits this story?
1. ARome wasn't built in a day
2. BMany hands make light work
3. CWhere there's a will, there's a way
4. DBirds of a feather flock together
10.
Which word means almost the same as active but has a more negative connotation?
1. Aenergetic
2. Brestless
3. Cgrim
4. Dgarish

Reading Comprehension

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

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.
1.
What does Marcus's choice to change seats reveal about him?
1. AHe is tired of sitting at the back of the bus.
2. BHe notices when someone is hurting and will leave the fun to help.
3. CHe is angry at his friends for teasing him.
4. DHe thinks Tobias should be cut from the team.
2.
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 falling asleep after the long game.
3. CTobias expects to be teased or blamed.
4. DTobias is searching the bus for his gloves.
3.
At the end, Tobias "wiped a clear patch on the foggy window." What does this action most likely suggest?
1. AHe is beginning to feel better and to open up.
2. BHe is signaling to his parents outside the bus.
3. CHe is cleaning the bus to help the driver.
4. DHe is trying to ignore Marcus completely.
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.
4.
What does the line "My stomach twists into a knot" show about the speaker?
1. AThe speaker is hungry for dinner.
2. BThe speaker is sure the team will win.
3. CThe speaker hurt a muscle in practice.
4. DThe speaker feels tense and nervous.
5.
Which theme does the poem express?
1. ATeammates should cheer more quietly in the dugout.
2. BA good coach can turn any player into a star.
3. CWaiting to face a fear can be harder than facing it.
4. DEnough practice makes a person feel no pressure.
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 detail does the speaker use to show that he follows through on what he says?
1. AHe promises the best field day the school has seen.
2. BHe noticed the line at the water fountain after gym.
3. CThe art club offered to decorate the suggestion boxes.
4. DHe got recycling bins put in the cafeteria.
7.
Why does the speaker mention the line at the water fountain?
1. ATo prove that he has fixed problems before
2. BTo show where the suggestion boxes will go
3. CTo complain about how long gym class lasts
4. DTo give an example of a small idea that might never be shared
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.
8.
What is the central idea of the passage?
1. AAlan Shepard's flight mattered more than John Glenn's orbit.
2. BJohn Glenn refused to trust anyone who worked at NASA.
3. CKatherine Johnson's skill with numbers made her essential to early American spaceflight.
4. DElectronic computers had fully replaced human ones by 1962.
9.
Which detail best supports the idea that astronauts trusted Johnson's work?
1. AShe graduated from college at eighteen.
2. BShe earned degrees in both mathematics and French in college.
3. CGlenn asked that she check the computers' numbers by hand.
4. DShe retired from her work in 1986.
10.
What can readers infer from the fact that Johnson first worked in a separate unit of Black women mathematicians?
1. AShe had to succeed in spite of unfair rules that held her back.
2. BShe was not yet skilled enough for the main team.
3. CShe preferred to work alone, away from the others.
4. DShe had been hired to work in another nation's own space program.

Writing

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

1.
The pool will open on Saturday. However, it will stay closed if the weather is cold.
Which sentence best combines the two sentences without changing what they mean?
1. AThe pool will open on Saturday because the weather is cold.
2. BThe pool will open on Saturday if the weather is cold.
3. CThe pool will open on Saturday, it will stay closed if the weather is cold.
4. DThe pool will open on Saturday unless the weather is cold.
2.
Which group of words is a complete sentence?
1. ASpent the whole weekend building a model of the solar system for the science fair.
2. BThe heavy box of old photographs and letters from my great-grandmother's farm in rural Kansas.
3. CHoping to see the meteor shower, Nia stayed up past midnight on the back porch.
4. DBuilding a model of a covered wagon for our project on the Oregon Trail.
3.
In which sentence should the words in bold NOT be set off with commas?
1. AAnimals that hibernate through the cold months slow down their heartbeat and breathing.
2. BSally Ride the first American woman in space later taught physics at a university in California.
3. CLake Superior the largest of the Great Lakes holds more water than the other four lakes combined.
4. DMount Rainier an active volcano in Washington can be seen from Seattle on clear days.
4.
Which word is spelled correctly?
1. Acampaign
2. Bcampain
3. Ccampaine
4. Dcampagne
5.
Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?
1. Aour neighbor from Brazil taught us to cook a Brazilian stew last winter.
2. BOur neighbor from Brazil taught us to cook a brazilian stew last winter.
3. COur neighbor from Brazil taught us to cook a Brazilian Stew last winter.
4. DOur neighbor from Brazil taught us to cook a Brazilian stew last winter.
6.
Omar is writing an argument about whether the cafeteria should offer a salad bar.
Which sentence would be the strongest claim for the argument?
1. AWould a salad bar be good for our cafeteria?
2. BOur cafeteria should add a salad bar, because more fresh vegetables would help students eat healthier lunches.
3. CThe cafeteria serves lunch to about 600 students each day.
4. DFood in the cafeteria is a big topic.
7.
Mr. Lee asked us to repeat the experiment again a second time because our first results were unclear and hard to understand.
Which revision says the same thing most clearly and with no extra words?
1. AMr. Lee made us redo the experiment 'cause our first results were kinda unclear.
2. BMr. Lee asked us to repeat the experiment because our first results were unclear.
3. CMr. Lee asked us to repeat the experiment again because our first results were unclear.
4. DMr. Lee asked us to repeat the experiment because our first results were incorrect.
8.
Carved from a single block of marble, visitors admired the statue for hours.
This sentence has a dangling modifier. Which revision corrects it?
1. ACarved from a single block of granite, the statue was admired by visitors for hours.
2. BCarved from a single block of marble, the statue was admired by visitors for hours.
3. CThe statue, carved from a single block of marble and admired by visitors for hours.
4. DCarved from a single block of marble, visitors spent hours admiring the statue.
9.
Everybody at the family reunion ______ hoping for sunny weather.
Which word or words best complete the sentence?
1. Ahave been
2. Bare
3. Cis
4. Dwere
10.
Finished in 1936, the Hoover Dam tamed the Colorado River and became a major source of power for the Southwest. According to the US Bureau of Reclamation, which runs the dam, the curved concrete wall is more than 700 feet tall. Water held back by the dam formed Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States when it is full. As water from the lake rushes through the dam, it spins giant turbines that generate electricity. Consequently, the dam's power plant can supply electricity to homes and businesses in Nevada, Arizona, and California. In these ways, the Hoover Dam both controls a mighty river and powers towns and cities across the Southwest.
What is the writer's main purpose in this paragraph?
1. Ato explain how to do something, step by step
2. Bto give facts about a topic
3. Cto tell a story about something that happened
4. Dto argue for a claim and support it with reasons and evidence

Quantitative Reasoning

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

1.
One printer would print the whole job on its own in 5 minutes. A second printer would print it on its own in 20 minutes. If both work at the same time, how long do they take together?
1. A4
2. B13
3. C15
4. D25
2.
Column A: 2/3
Column B: 5/9
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.
3.
Aaron is now 4 times as old as Zara. In 14 years' time Aaron will be 2 times as old as Zara. How old is Aaron now?
1. A7
2. B14
3. C28
4. D42
4.
5 pens and 2 folders cost $24. 1 pen and 2 folders cost $16. What does one pen cost?
1. A$1
2. B$2
3. C$7
4. D$8
5.
A stall owner sold 18 candles at $25 each. In total this was a profit of $72. How much did one of the candles cost the owner?
1. A$4
2. B$21
3. C$29
4. D$378
6.
In a bag, the ratio of red to green buttons is 1 : 6, and the ratio of green to white buttons is 1 : 3. What is the ratio of red to white in simplest form?
1. A18 : 1
2. B1 : 18
3. C1 : 3
4. D1 : 6
7.
James and Zara share $540 in the ratio 5 : 1. How much does Zara get?
1. A$90
2. B$108
3. C$270
4. D$450
8.
A smartphone with a list price of $900 was sold for $648 after two successive discounts. The first discount was 20%. What was the second discount?
1. A10%
2. B12%
3. C28%
4. D30%
9.
A bag of flour weighs 2 pounds. How many ounces is that? (1 pound = 16 ounces)
1. A2
2. B24
3. C30
4. D32
10.
Column A: 3/5
Column B: 7/10
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.

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