Free Printable TerraNova Practice Test for Grade 7

Scholar Tests · Set 3

TerraNova practice test, Grade 7

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Reading

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 thinks Tobias should be cut from the team.
2. BHe is tired of sitting at the back of the bus.
3. CHe notices when someone is hurting and will leave the fun to help.
4. DHe is angry at his friends for teasing him.
2.
When Marcus sits down, Tobias "flinched and then looked quickly away." What do these words suggest?
1. ATobias is falling asleep after the long game.
2. BTobias is searching the bus for his gloves.
3. CTobias expects to be teased or blamed.
4. DTobias is upset that Marcus took a saved seat.
3.
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 cleaning the bus to help the driver.
4. DHe is copying the sad face on the back window.
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.
4.
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. BEvery suggestion will be read each Friday.
3. CThe most popular ideas will be brought to the student council meeting.
4. DEvery sixth-grade homeroom will get a suggestion box.
5.
Why does the speaker mention the line at the water fountain?
1. ATo prove that he has fixed problems before
2. BTo give an example of a small idea that might never be shared
3. CTo complain about how long gym class lasts
4. DTo show where the suggestion boxes will go
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.
6.
Why does the speaker "hope my turn won't come at all"?
1. AThe speaker is afraid of failing in front of the team.
2. BThe speaker would rather be at home in bed.
3. CThe speaker is angry with the coach.
4. DThe speaker has forgotten how to swing a baseball bat well.
7.
How does the speaker change between the third stanza and the last stanza?
1. AThe speaker moves from nervous dread to calm determination.
2. BThe speaker moves from quiet boredom to wild excitement.
3. CThe speaker moves from high hopes to disappointment.
4. DThe speaker moves from anger at Coach to forgiveness.
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. AKatherine Johnson grew up in West Virginia and studied French.
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. DAlan Shepard's flight mattered more than John Glenn's orbit.
9.
Which detail best supports the idea that astronauts trusted Johnson's work?
1. AShe earned degrees in both mathematics and French in college.
2. BGlenn asked that she check the computers' numbers by hand.
3. CShe retired from her work in 1986.
4. DShe graduated from college at eighteen.
10.
What can readers infer from the fact that Johnson first worked in a separate unit of Black women mathematicians?
1. AShe was not yet skilled enough for the main team.
2. BShe worked on subjects that had nothing to do with flight.
3. CShe had to succeed in spite of unfair rules that held her back.
4. DShe preferred to work alone, away from the others.

Vocabulary

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 8 minutes.

1.
Which word means almost the same as think but has a more positive connotation?
1. Areflect
2. Bbrood
3. Cgaze
4. Dremind
2.
The root vis means "see." What does the word visible mean?
1. Aable to be heard
2. Bable to be carried
3. Cable to be seen
4. Dable to be broken
3.
The guide words on a dictionary page are conserve and consistent.
Which word would you find on that page?
1. Aconsiderate
2. Bcheerful
3. Ccivilization
4. Dclose
4.
The guide words on a dictionary page are adversary and agenda.
Which word would you find on that page?
1. Anovice
2. Bsoggy
3. Cgovernment
4. Daffluent
5.
Gold is an element, so it cannot be broken down into simpler substances.
This sentence is from a science book. What does element mean?
1. Aa unit for measuring speed
2. Ba pure substance made of only one kind of atom
3. Ca mixture of sand and water
4. Da kind of living cell
6.
The last inning was a roller coaster of ups and downs.
What does the phrase in bold mean?
1. Afull of exciting changes
2. Bslow and boring
3. Cvery scary
4. Da ride at a theme park
7.
From the top of the bluff, we could see barges on the Mississippi River.
Which meaning of bluff is used in this sentence?
1. Aa soft pillow
2. Ba high, steep bank beside a river or the sea
3. Cpretend to be stronger or surer than you are
4. Da kind of bird
8.
Which word means "a tiny part inside a cell that has its own job"?
1. Amerchant
2. Borganelle
3. Ctribute
4. Delement
9.
Lena picked an arbitrary number between one and ten, and we had to guess it.
What does the word arbitrary mean in this sentence?
1. Asensible and fair
2. Bliked by everyone
3. Cchosen by chance or a whim, not for a good reason
4. Dwritten in large letters
10.
Which word means the same as rebuke?
1. Arebound
2. Brebuild
3. Cscold
4. Dpraise

Language

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

1.
Last September, the sixth graders at Lakeview Middle School held a car wash to raise money for the animal shelter. On Friday afternoon, they made bright posters and hung them in shop windows all over town. Early on Saturday morning, they filled buckets with soapy water in the school parking lot. After that, they washed and dried one dusty car after another until late afternoon. When the last car drove away, the students counted $640 in the cash box. When they handed the money to the shelter on Monday, the students felt proud of their hard work.
What is the writer's main purpose in this paragraph?
1. Ato give facts about a topic
2. Bto argue for a claim and support it with reasons and evidence
3. Cto explain how to do something, step by step
4. Dto tell a story about something that happened
2.
The poem's ______ to a famous Greek myth surprised our class.
Which word best completes the sentence?
1. Aalusion
2. Ballusion
3. Cillusion
4. Ddelusion
3.
Which sentence is a compound sentence?
1. AThe librarian recommended a mystery novel that kept me reading until midnight on a school night.
2. BThe seventh graders raised over five hundred dollars at the fall carnival, and they donated the money to the animal shelter that rescued our class pet.
3. CEvery spring, monarch butterflies leave their winter homes in Mexico and begin the long journey north to the United States and Canada.
4. DA bald eagle landed on a branch high above the river, and the photographers on the shore quickly raised their cameras.
4.
The Global Positioning System, or GPS, uses satellites in space to help people find their exact location on Earth. According to the US government's official GPS website, the system uses at least 24 satellites that circle Earth. A GPS receiver works out where it is by timing how long signals from several satellites take to reach it. Drivers, pilots, and ship captains use GPS to find their way on land, in the air, and at sea. ______, many farmers use GPS to steer their tractors in straight rows across their fields. From high above Earth, these satellites help people all over the world know exactly where they are.
Which word or phrase best fills the blank?
1. AHowever
2. BIn contrast
3. CMoreover
4. DNevertheless
5.
The first transcontinental railroad, finished in 1869, changed the way people and goods crossed the United States. One company laid track heading east from California, while another laid track heading west from Nebraska. Before the railroad, a trip from the East Coast to California could take several months by wagon. However, trains on the new line could carry passengers across the country in about a week. ______
Which sentence would be the best concluding sentence for this paragraph?
1. AMy best friend dyed her hair bright blue for the school talent show.
2. BAccording to the National Park Service, thousands of Chinese immigrants did much of the hardest work on the western part of the line.
3. CSome snowy owls fly south from the Arctic in winter to hunt in open fields.
4. DBy linking the East and the West, the railroad helped tie the growing nation together.
6.
Our middle school should hold gym class every day instead of only twice a week. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children and teens need at least an hour of physical activity every day. Exercise can help young people sleep better, feel less stressed, and stay alert in their other classes. Some teachers worry that daily gym classes would take time away from subjects like math and reading. However, students who get to move during the day often return to their desks calmer and more ready to learn. A bolt of lightning can heat the air around it to temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun. A daily gym class would make students both healthier and better prepared to learn.
Which sentence does NOT belong in this paragraph?
1. AA bolt of lightning can heat the air around it to temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun.
2. BExercise can help young people sleep better, feel less stressed, and stay alert in their other classes.
3. CHowever, students who get to move during the day often return to their desks calmer and more ready to learn.
4. DAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children and teens need at least an hour of physical activity every day.
7.
Mateo bought a used guitar from a music store with six new strings.
This sentence has a misplaced modifier. Which revision corrects it?
1. AMateo sold a used guitar with six new strings to a music store.
2. BA used guitar with six new strings from a music store.
3. CWith six new strings, Mateo bought a used guitar from a music store.
4. DMateo bought a used guitar with six new strings from a music store.
8.
______ In 1871, the painter Thomas Moran and the photographer William Henry Jackson joined a government trip to record the region's wonders. As a result, members of Congress could see those wonders without traveling there. According to the National Park Service, Moran's paintings and Jackson's photographs helped persuade Congress to create Yellowstone National Park in 1872. In this way, a painter and a photographer helped protect one of the nation's greatest natural treasures.
Which sentence would be the best topic sentence for this paragraph?
1. APaintings and photographs helped turn Yellowstone into the first national park in the United States.
2. BOur cafeteria started serving a new vegetable soup on cold Mondays this month.
3. CEarly reports of Yellowstone's boiling springs and spouting geysers were often dismissed in the East as tall tales.
4. DMy uncle drives a snowplow for the city during the long Minnesota winters.
9.
Jada played her last note. Then the audience stood and cheered.
Which sentence best combines the two sentences without changing what they mean?
1. AJada played her last note, the audience stood and cheered.
2. BAfter Jada played her last note, the audience stood and cheered.
3. CAfter Jada played her last note, the audience stood.
4. DBefore Jada played her last note, the audience stood and cheered.
10.
Which group of words is NOT a complete sentence?
1. ATired from the long hike, the scouts fell asleep before the campfire burned out.
2. BThe Erie Canal opened in 1825 and connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes.
3. CIf the weather stays clear and calm for the overnight camping trip at the state park.
4. DHoping to see the meteor shower, Nia stayed up past midnight on the back porch.

Language Mechanics

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 8 minutes.

1.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
1. ASea otters for example, use rocks to, crack open clams and other shellfish.
2. BSea otters, for example, use rocks to, crack open clams and other shellfish.
3. CSea otters, for example, use rocks to crack open clams and other shellfish.
4. DSea otters, for example use rocks to crack open clams and other shellfish.
2.
Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?
1. Aevery fall, our town holds a festival with Irish music and German food.
2. BEvery fall, our Town holds a festival with Irish music and German food.
3. CEvery fall, our town holds a festival with Irish music and German food.
4. DEvery fall, our town holds a festival with Irish music and german food.
3.
In which sentence should the words in bold NOT be set off with commas?
1. AThe National Air and Space Museum which is part of the Smithsonian is free to visit.
2. BMount Rainier an active volcano in Washington can be seen from Seattle on clear days.
3. CClara Barton a nurse during the Civil War founded the American Red Cross.
4. DAnyone who forgot a lunch can get one from the cafeteria.
4.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
1. AOur science teacher, however, gave, us one more week to finish the project.
2. BOur science teacher however, gave us one more week to finish the project.
3. COur science teacher however, gave us, one more week to finish the project.
4. DOur science teacher, however, gave us one more week to finish the project.
5.
In which sentence should the words in bold be set off with commas?
1. APeople who live near the coast often get ready for hurricanes early in the summer.
2. BOur class toured Monticello the home of Thomas Jefferson on a rainy day in May.
3. CThe muffins that Zoe baked for the bake sale sold out in ten minutes.
4. DThe class that collects the most cans will win a pizza party.
6.
Which word is spelled correctly?
1. Aaccompanyed
2. Bacompanied
3. Caccompanied
4. Daccompanide
7.
A bike is an ______ way to get around town.
Which word is spelled correctly and completes the sentence?
1. Aefficient
2. Befficeint
3. Ceficient
4. Defficent
8.
Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?
1. AOur class learned that the Rocky Mountains stretch from New Mexico into canada.
2. BOur Class learned that the Rocky Mountains stretch from New Mexico into Canada.
3. Cour class learned that the Rocky Mountains stretch from New Mexico into Canada.
4. DOur class learned that the Rocky Mountains stretch from New Mexico into Canada.
9.
A student is quoting this sentence from a guidebook about New York City:
"The Statue of Liberty, which was a gift from the people of France, was not always the pale green color we see today."
Which shortened quotation uses an ellipsis correctly to show that words were left out?
1. AThe Statue of Liberty ... was not always the pale green color we see today.
2. BThe Statue of Liberty, which was a gift from the people of France, was ... always the pale green color we see today.
3. CThe Statue of Liberty, which was a gift from the people of France, was not always the pale green color ... we see today.
4. DThe Statue of Liberty was not always the pale green color we see today.
10.
A student is quoting this sentence from a nature article about the pronghorn:
"The pronghorn, which lives on the open plains of the West, can run faster than any other land animal in North America."
Which shortened quotation uses an ellipsis correctly to show that words were left out?
1. AThe pronghorn, which lives on the open plains of the West, can run ... any other land animal in North America.
2. BThe pronghorn ... can run faster than any other land animal in North America.
3. CThe pronghorn can run faster than any other land animal in North America.
4. DThe pronghorn, which lives on the open plains of the West, can run faster ... than any other land animal in North America.

Mathematics

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 12 minutes.

1.
What is the volume of the right rectangular prism?
1. A12 cubic inches
2. B30 cubic inches
3. C16 cubic inches
4. D71 1/2 cubic inches
2.
Which question is a statistical question?
1. AHow long did it take Eli to get to school today?
2. BHow far is it from the school to the public library?
3. CHow far from school do the members of the track team live?
4. DWhat time does the first city bus leave in the morning?
3.
Which expression is equal to 42 + 56 and uses the greatest common factor of 42 and 56?
1. A14(3 + 4)
2. B14 + (3 + 4)
3. C14(3 + 56)
4. D7(6 + 8)
4.
The bill for a family dinner is $80. Priya leaves a 15% tip. How much is the tip?
1. A$12.00
2. B$92.00
3. C$1.20
4. D$15.00
5.
The points on the graph show how y changes with x. Which equation do all the points fit?
1. Ax = y + 11
2. By = 11x
3. Cy = x + 11
4. Dy = x + 12
6.
The formula P = 2l + 2w gives the perimeter of a rectangle. A garden has a perimeter of 90 feet and a length of 26 feet. What is its width, in feet?
1. A38
2. B22.5
3. C32
4. D19
7.
As a decimal, 2/13 = 0.153846153846..., where the digits 153846 repeat forever. What is the 45th digit after the decimal point?
1. A1
2. B3
3. C8
4. D5
8.
A pyramid has a square base and four matching triangular faces. The dashed line shows the height of a triangular face. What is the surface area of the pyramid?
1. A247 square centimeters
2. B793 square centimeters
3. C481 square centimeters
4. D312 square centimeters
9.
Four random samples of 20 households at a town were asked a question. In the four samples, 13, 7, 9 and 13 households have a pet dog. There are 600 households at the town. Using all four samples, about how many of them would you expect to have a pet dog?
1. A390
2. B315
3. C1,260
4. D42
10.
How many solutions does the equation 4(x − 6) − 8 = 4x − 29 have?
1. AInfinitely many solutions
2. BExactly two solutions
3. CExactly one solution
4. DNo solution

Mathematics Computation