1. ELD: CELDT Practice
Reading: Fluency and Vocabulary Grades 3 - 5

2. Fluency and Vocabulary
ELD Standard:
Use decoding skills and knowledge of academic and social vocabulary to achieve independent reading.

3. Scoring:
0 – incorrect answer
1 – correct answer
Problem: Students mark answers that may be a possible answer but don’t take the time to find the best answer.

4. Academic Language: Verb Figurative Quotation Marks
Noun Literal Compound Word
Verb Figurative Quotation Marks
Synonym Rhyme Exclamation Mark
Antonym Idiom Question Mark
Context Clues Prefixes Suffixes

5. Instructions:
Students must work independently to complete the test. SAY: You will complete the following portion of the test on your own. Read each question, and select the best answer.

6. Can you recall your last visit to the
Directions: Choose the word that means the same as the underlined word in the sentence.
Can you recall your last visit to the
museum?
O explain
O describe
O forget
O remember

7. Directions: Choose the word that means the same or nearly the same as the underlined word or words in the sentence. The gray windowless room was gloomy. O bright O lovely O spooky O depressing

8. Determine which word below is the compound word
Determine which word below is the compound word. O speaking O classroom O thermometer O excitement

9. Which word is an an antonym for harmful?
O damaging
O useless
O beneficial
O mischievous

10. What word is a synonym for punctual?
O late
O behind
O on time
O early

11. What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence?
The apparatus Jenny used was similar to a
sewing machine - she just pushed a button,
and it did all the work.
O idea
O zipper
O instrument
O electricity

12. What do the underlined words mean?
That car costs an arm and a leg.
O expensive
O cheap
O donation
O surgery

13. What are quotation marks used for?
O to show that someone is speaking
O to show anger
O to show excitement
O to ask a question

14. An ancestor is ________
O a police officer
O a family member
O a neighbor
O a travel agent

15. Which word means “to go down” ?
O cease
O proceed
O decline
O incline

16. Which sentence uses the word sick as used in the sentence below?
I am sick and tired of being lied to.
O She was sick with a high fever.
O Eating raw food can make people
sick.
O People who cheat make me sick.
O Cancer makes people very sick.

17. What is a synonym for tired?
O energetic
O relaxed
O exhausted
O alert

18. What is the base word of the underlined word below?
unhappiness
O happiness
O unhappy
O happily
O happy

19. Which prefix can you add to the word test to make it mean “a test before the actual test” ?
O pre
O con
O de
O pro

20. What is the correct meaning of the underlined group of words?
Stop beating around the bush,
and just tell me!
O staying out of trouble
O gardening
O avoiding the issue
O to be ready