Read Aloud With Fluency and Expression Practice Test
•8 QuestionsRead this passage aloud.
Amir held the kite string like it was a secret. “Don’t look yet,” he said.
Keisha bounced on her toes. “I’m not looking! I’m not looking!”
Behind them, the park hill rolled up to a wide, windy sky. The grass shimmered, and the trees swayed as if they were waving.
Amir turned the kite around. It was bright blue, with a painted comet streaking across it.
Keisha gasped. “You made that?”
Amir shrugged, but his cheeks turned pink. “Well… I tried.”
Keisha’s voice grew soft. “No one’s ever made me something like this.”
Amir’s smile wobbled. “I wasn’t sure you’d like it. What if it looks babyish?”
Keisha lifted the kite carefully. “Amir, it looks brave. It looks like it’s going somewhere.”
A gust of wind whooshed past.
“Now!” Keisha shouted. “Run!”
They ran together, feet thudding, string singing through Amir’s fingers.
The kite leapt—then dipped.
Amir cried, “Oh no—no, no!”
Keisha tugged gently. “Easy. Feel the wind. Let it pull.”
The kite rose, steady at last.
Amir laughed, breathless. “We did it!”
Which word should be emphasized most in Keisha’s line “Amir, it looks brave.” to show what she means?
Read this passage aloud.
Amir held the kite string like it was a secret. “Don’t look yet,” he said.
Keisha bounced on her toes. “I’m not looking! I’m not looking!”
Behind them, the park hill rolled up to a wide, windy sky. The grass shimmered, and the trees swayed as if they were waving.
Amir turned the kite around. It was bright blue, with a painted comet streaking across it.
Keisha gasped. “You made that?”
Amir shrugged, but his cheeks turned pink. “Well… I tried.”
Keisha’s voice grew soft. “No one’s ever made me something like this.”
Amir’s smile wobbled. “I wasn’t sure you’d like it. What if it looks babyish?”
Keisha lifted the kite carefully. “Amir, it looks brave. It looks like it’s going somewhere.”
A gust of wind whooshed past.
“Now!” Keisha shouted. “Run!”
They ran together, feet thudding, string singing through Amir’s fingers.
The kite leapt—then dipped.
Amir cried, “Oh no—no, no!”
Keisha tugged gently. “Easy. Feel the wind. Let it pull.”
The kite rose, steady at last.
Amir laughed, breathless. “We did it!”
Which word should be emphasized most in Keisha’s line “Amir, it looks brave.” to show what she means?