4th Grade – CRCT Practice
English/Language Arts
Research Process
1.
Pat, a truck driver, is transporting
furniture from Atlanta to Dallas. What
would help her find the BEST route to
take?
A.
B.
C.
D.
a thesaurus
an encyclopedia
a dictionary
an atlas
2.
Hector wants to write a research paper
on the history of the automobile. Where
should he look?
A.
B.
C.
D.
a dictionary
an atlas
an almanac
an encyclopedia
3.
Heather found a book titled Animals in
Motion. Where should she look to find out
if the book discusses fast animals?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the title page
the index
the bibliography
the glossary
Virginia is writing an essay on the rewards
of exercise. She is using a book to help
4. her. Which of the chapters in her book is
probably NOT going to help her write her
essay?
A. Chapter 1: Strengthening Your Heart
Muscle
B. Chapter 2: Losing Weight Through
Exercise
C. Chapter 3: Increasing Health and
Fitness
D. Chapter 4: Purchasing Exercise
Equipment
5.
The guide words on a dictionary page are
swap and tame. Which word would be
found on this page?
A.
B.
C.
D.
supply
swallow
talent
tamper
6.
One of the books Jamie's teacher
recommended was a novel called The Red
Pony by John Steinbeck. If Jamie wanted to
find out more about it, what would be the
BEST way for him to do so?
A. look in the library catalog under horses
B. type in the key word pony in an Internet
search
C. look under famous American plays in the
Subject Index and then look for The Red
Pony
D. type in John Steinbeck in an Internet search
and then look for a subcategory of novels
7.
Use the index below to answer this question.
Index
Crocodiles - See Reptiles
Natural environment, 10-12
Feeding habits, 18-24
Reproduction, 30-50
Other related species, 52-60
Andrea found a book on crocodiles. Using the
book's index above, where would she most likely
look to find information about alligators?
A. Natural environment
B. Feeding habits
C. Reproduction
D. Other related species
8.
Leonard wants to find out what books the
library has about electric guitars. What
category should he look under when
using the library database?
A.
B.
C.
D.
author
title
subject
call number
9.
Nick has chosen scuba diving as his
topic for a research report. What is the
next thing he should do?
A.
B.
C.
D.
write an outline
take notes
gather information
write a first draft
10.
Use the dictionary entry below to answer this
question.
watch (wŏch) v. 1. to observe, regard, look at, pay
attention to. v. 2. look after, care for, protect,
supervise. n. 3. clock, timepiece, pocket watch,
wristwatch. n. 4. sentry, security guard, lookout,
caretaker.
Which meaning of watch is used in the sentence
below?
Anita looked at the watch she wore on a chain
around her neck.
A.
B.
C.
D.
meaning 1
meaning 2
meaning 3
meaning 4
11.
Meagan wants to know what pages of her
English book tell about how to write
limericks. Where in the book should she
look?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the title page
the copyright page
the glossary
the index
12.
Amanda is writing a paper on the violin
for her music class. She wants to find all
of the pages where the subject of violins
appears in her music book. Where would
she find that information?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the index
the glossary
the title page
the table of contents car.
13.
To find out which pages in your science
book tell how plants grow, you should
look up plants in the
A.
B.
C.
D.
index.
glossary.
title page.
front cover.
14.
The guide words on a page of the
dictionary are hand and hurt. Which
word would you find on this page?
A.
B.
C.
D.
halt
hour
habit
husband
15.
Which book would be BEST for finding
information about the Creek tribe?
A.
B.
C.
D.
atlas
thesaurus
dictionary
encyclopedia
Answer Key
1. D
4. D
7. D
10. C
13. A
2. D
5. C
8. C
11. D
14. B
3. B
6. D
9. C
12. A
15. D