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Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA Practice Test

Build Grade 3 Delaware DeSSA ELA readiness with five focused 10-question practice sets covering literature, informational reading, vocabulary, language, writing, research, and evidence.

Grade 3 DeSSA ELA practice sets

This Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets cover literary reading, informational text, vocabulary, language, writing, research, and evidence skills.

Skills covered

  • Story sequence, character traits, mood, comparisons, problems, solutions, point of view, lessons, and summaries
  • Main idea, headings, facts, author purpose, cause and effect, charts, supporting details, vocabulary, and summaries
  • Word meaning, opposites, multiple-meaning words, verb tense, pronouns, adjectives, punctuation, conjunctions, and spelling
  • Topic sentences, supporting details, conclusions, research sources, precise revisions, organization, quotations, and transitions
  • Grade 3 review tasks combining reading evidence, language, charts, character change, research, and writing

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Read every passage and sentence carefully, choose the best-supported response, and review the explanation after each question.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice. It does not replace current Delaware Department of Education guidance, official DeSSA materials, accommodations, or testing policies.

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Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA Practice Questions

A 10-question Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA practice set on vocabulary and language, with answers and explanations.

Read each passage or sentence carefully, choose one answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What does “enormous” mean in this sentence? “An enormous whale appeared beside the boat.”

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Very large.

  1. Read carefully: Read the short passage or sentence and identify what the question asks.
  2. Find evidence: Enormous means very large, which fits the description of the whale.
  3. Check the answer: Choose the answer that is best supported by the Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA task.

Enormous means very large, which fits the description of the whale.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word means the opposite of “ancient”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Modern.

  1. Read carefully: Read the short passage or sentence and identify what the question asks.
  2. Find evidence: Modern describes something from the present or recent time, opposite of ancient.
  3. Check the answer: Choose the answer that is best supported by the Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA task.

Modern describes something from the present or recent time, opposite of ancient.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence uses the word “bright” to mean intelligent?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The bright student solved the puzzle quickly..

  1. Read carefully: Read the short passage or sentence and identify what the question asks.
  2. Find evidence: In the first sentence, bright describes a student who learns quickly.
  3. Check the answer: Choose the answer that is best supported by the Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA task.

In the first sentence, bright describes a student who learns quickly.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word best completes the sentence? “The puppy ___ under the table when it heard thunder.”

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is hid.

  1. Read carefully: Read the short passage or sentence and identify what the question asks.
  2. Find evidence: The past-tense verb hid matches heard and the completed action.
  3. Check the answer: Choose the answer that is best supported by the Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA task.

The past-tense verb hid matches heard and the completed action.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The children packed their lunches..

  1. Read carefully: Read the short passage or sentence and identify what the question asks.
  2. Find evidence: Their shows that the lunches belong to the children.
  3. Check the answer: Choose the answer that is best supported by the Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA task.

Their shows that the lunches belong to the children.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word is an adjective in the sentence “The small bird built a careful nest”?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is small.

  1. Read carefully: Read the short passage or sentence and identify what the question asks.
  2. Find evidence: Small describes the bird, so it is an adjective.
  3. Check the answer: Choose the answer that is best supported by the Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA task.

Small describes the bird, so it is an adjective.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence has the correct punctuation?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is After lunch, we walked to the garden..

  1. Read carefully: Read the short passage or sentence and identify what the question asks.
  2. Find evidence: A comma follows the introductory phrase after lunch.
  3. Check the answer: Choose the answer that is best supported by the Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA task.

A comma follows the introductory phrase after lunch.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word best completes the sentence? “I wanted to play outside, ___ it began to rain.”

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is but.

  1. Read carefully: Read the short passage or sentence and identify what the question asks.
  2. Find evidence: But shows the contrast between wanting to play and the rain beginning.
  3. Check the answer: Choose the answer that is best supported by the Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA task.

But shows the contrast between wanting to play and the rain beginning.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence combines the ideas most clearly? “The bell rang. The students lined up.”

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is When the bell rang, the students lined up..

  1. Read carefully: Read the short passage or sentence and identify what the question asks.
  2. Find evidence: When connects the time of the bell with the students lining up.
  3. Check the answer: Choose the answer that is best supported by the Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA task.

When connects the time of the bell with the students lining up.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word is spelled correctly?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is careful.

  1. Read carefully: Read the short passage or sentence and identify what the question asks.
  2. Find evidence: Careful is the correctly spelled word.
  3. Check the answer: Choose the answer that is best supported by the Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA task.

Careful is the correctly spelled word.

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Frequently asked questions about Delaware Grade 3 DeSSA ELA Practice

Which grade is covered?

This page is organized for Grade 3 Delaware DeSSA ELA practice, with literary reading, informational reading, vocabulary, language, writing, research, and evidence tasks.

How many questions are included?

There are five practice sets with 10 questions each, for 50 questions in total. Each set can be completed separately.

Are these official DeSSA questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Check the latest Delaware Department of Education and official DeSSA information for current materials, accommodations, and policies.