Idioms and sayings
Choose what a common saying means, against a literal reading and near-misses.
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Literal detail
Give a short original passage (fiction, non-fiction, or poetry) followed by a question whose answer is stated directly in the text — a fact, number, name, or event the student only needs to locate, not interpret.
Inference
Give a passage followed by a question whose answer is implied but never stated outright — drawn from a character's actions, word choice, or the relationship between two stated facts.
Vocabulary in context
Give a passage containing a word with more than one common sense, then ask what the word means AS USED in a quoted sentence from the passage.
Author's purpose and tone
Give a passage followed by a question asking why the author included a specific detail, or what tone/attitude the passage conveys.
Punctuation
Pick the one correctly punctuated sentence from five that differ only in punctuation — direct speech, apostrophes, commas in lists, comma splices.
Vocabulary in context
A word is used in one sentence; choose the meaning that fits that sentence, using its clues rather than the word alone.
Active and passive voice
Rewrite a sentence from active to passive voice, or back — the verb form and the agreement with the new subject are what is tested.
Sentence correction
One word in a sentence is wrong — usually a verb agreeing with the nearest noun instead of the subject. Choose the replacement.