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English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 1 Writing - Topic (Questions)

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Writing is an important skill for students of all ages. First graders should be writing under the guidance and support from adults. Their writing isn't going to be perfect during the first draft. Learning from their mistakes is what is important in order to strengthen their writing skills. In the quiz, students focus on picking a topic and responding to questions and suggestions.

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1. Look at the picture.
What could be a topic from the picture?
[ ] Girls
[ ] Airplanes
[ ] Kites
[ ] Flying
2. Look at the picture.
What could be a topic from the picture?
[ ] Bats
[ ] Wings
[ ] Black
[ ] Sky
3. Look at the picture.
What could be a topic from the picture?
[ ] Dirt
[ ] Worms
[ ] Soil
[ ] Lots
4. The topic is the ocean.
What is a good question for this topic?
[ ] How much water is in a lake?
[ ] What does the sky look like?
[ ] Do seals live in the zoo?
[ ] What animals live in the ocean?
5. The topic is birthdays.
What is a good question for this topic?
[ ] What do you do on your birthday?
[ ] How old is your sister?
[ ] Do you like to eat cake?
[ ] When is New Year's Day?
6. The topic is trees.
What is a good question for this topic?
[ ] Why do bugs fly?
[ ] What things are green?
[ ] How do trees grow?
[ ] What flies in the sky?
7. Which sentence helps you with the topic?
The topic is lunch.
[ ] I baked a cake.
[ ] I go to class at school.
[ ] I like eggs and bacon.
[ ] I eat food at noon.
8. Which sentence helps you with the topic?
The topic is rain.
[ ] Drops came down fast.
[ ] The sun was in the sky.
[ ] Clouds are fluffy.
[ ] The girl cries for her mom.
9. Which sentence helps you with the topic?
The topic is sisters.
[ ] Bill and Ted went to their dad.
[ ] Kim and Pam went to their mom.
[ ] Kelly and Kim were friends.
[ ] The children played at school.
10. Which sentence helps you with the topic?
The topic is lamps.
[ ] The light helped me read the book.
[ ] It was dark in the room.
[ ] The light was from the sun.
[ ] The book is on the table.
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English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 1 Writing - Topic (Answers)
1. Look at the picture.
What could be a topic from the picture?
[ ] Girls
[ ] Airplanes
[x] Kites
[ ] Flying
Kites is the focal point of the picture, so this should be the topic.
2. Look at the picture.
What could be a topic from the picture?
[x] Bats
[ ] Wings
[ ] Black
[ ] Sky
The focus of the picture is bats, so that should be the topic.
3. Look at the picture.
What could be a topic from the picture?
[ ] Dirt
[x] Worms
[ ] Soil
[ ] Lots
Worms is the focal point in the picture, so this would be the topic.
4. The topic is the ocean.
What is a good question for this topic?
[ ] How much water is in a lake?
[ ] What does the sky look like?
[ ] Do seals live in the zoo?
[x] What animals live in the ocean?
This question pertains to the topic of oceans.
5. The topic is birthdays.
What is a good question for this topic?
[x] What do you do on your birthday?
[ ] How old is your sister?
[ ] Do you like to eat cake?
[ ] When is New Year's Day?
This question pertains to birthdays and is a good question to respond to.
6. The topic is trees.
What is a good question for this topic?
[ ] Why do bugs fly?
[ ] What things are green?
[x] How do trees grow?
[ ] What flies in the sky?
When answered, this question would provide more information about the topic.
7. Which sentence helps you with the topic?
The topic is lunch.
[ ] I baked a cake.
[ ] I go to class at school.
[ ] I like eggs and bacon.
[x] I eat food at noon.
This sentence pertains the most to the topic of lunch.
8. Which sentence helps you with the topic?
The topic is rain.
[x] Drops came down fast.
[ ] The sun was in the sky.
[ ] Clouds are fluffy.
[ ] The girl cries for her mom.
When it rains, the drops come down fast.
9. Which sentence helps you with the topic?
The topic is sisters.
[ ] Bill and Ted went to their dad.
[x] Kim and Pam went to their mom.
[ ] Kelly and Kim were friends.
[ ] The children played at school.
This sentence implies that these girls are sisters.
10. Which sentence helps you with the topic?
The topic is lamps.
[x] The light helped me read the book.
[ ] It was dark in the room.
[ ] The light was from the sun.
[ ] The book is on the table.
This sentence pertains directly to lamps.