All MAP 8th Grade Language Arts Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Understanding And Editing For Mechanics
Select the word that is spelled correctly.
acuracy
acess
outrageous
begining
outrageous
The word that is spelled correctly is "outrageous". The incorrectly spelled words and the corrections are as follows:
begining beginning
acuracy accuracy
acess access
Example Question #2 : Understanding And Editing For Mechanics
Select the word that is spelled correctly.
pervention
unatural
miracle
symetrical
miracle
The word that is spelled correctly is "miracle". The incorrectly spelled words and the corrections are as follows:
unatural unnatural
pervention prevention
symetrical symmetrical
Example Question #3 : Understanding And Editing For Mechanics
Select the word that is spelled correctly.
iritate
suspicious
teliscope
artacle
suspicious
The word that is spelled correctly is "suspicious". The incorrectly spelled words and the corrections are as follows:
artacle article
iritate irritate
teliscope telescope
Example Question #4 : Understanding And Editing For Mechanics
Select the word that is spelled correctly.
disipline
eventully
bizare
persistent
persistent
The word that is spelled correctly is "persistent". The incorrectly spelled words and the corrections are as follows:
disipline discipline
eventully eventually
bizare bizarre
Example Question #5 : Understanding And Editing For Mechanics
Select the word that is spelled correctly.
utensils
automaticly
trampoleene
ambulence
utensils
The word that is spelled correctly is "utensils". The incorrectly spelled words and the corrections are as follows:
automaticly automatically
ambulence ambulance
trampoleene trampoline
Example Question #6 : Understanding And Editing For Mechanics
Select the word that is spelled correctly.
solemn
overatted
consert
invaed
solemn
The word that is spelled correctly is "solemn". The incorrectly spelled words and the corrections are as follows:
invaed invade
overatted overrated
consert concert
Example Question #7 : Understanding And Editing For Mechanics
Select a word that could replace the underlined word, without changing the meaning of the provided sentence.
Matt was fearful about his first day at the new high school.
confident
excited
anxious
encouraged
anxious
In order to avoid changing the meaning of the sentence, we need to replace the underlined word with a synonym.
Both "fearful" and "anxious" mean to be scared.
"Excited", "confident", and "encouraged" are all antonyms of scared, they mean to feel comfortable or happy.
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