STAAR Practice Test: Grade 7 Reading Vocabulary

Free STAAR practice for grade 7 reading vocabulary. It has 20 questions from Stepsies worksheets aligned to the TEKS. Practice online one question at a time, or print the test with its answer key.

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What is on the test

The questions are grouped by TEKS strand. The strands are not the STAAR reporting categories.

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  2. Print the test for a quiet practice on paper.
  3. Mark it with the answer key. Write the score out of 20.
  4. Look at the skill check at the end of the test. Teach again the skill with the most mistakes.
  5. Use Version B or Version C for more practice on the same skills.

The questions in Version A

This is what the test asks. The answers are on the answer key.

Part A: Multiple choice

  1. In "empathy", path means:
    1. study
    2. measure
    3. feeling
  2. In "aquatic", aqua means:
    1. water
    2. bad
    3. good
  3. In "microphone", phon means:
    1. self
    2. sound
    3. far
  4. In "monotone", mono means:
    1. one
    2. feeling
    3. fear
  5. Which word has a root that means "send"?
    1. malnutrition
    2. submit
    3. benevolent
  6. Which word has a root that means "far"?
    1. symphony
    2. telescope
    3. photosynthesis
  7. Which word has a root that means "mind"?
    1. chronological
    2. empathy
    3. psychology
  8. In "incredible", cred means:
    1. good
    2. send
    3. believe
  9. In "microwave", micro means:
    1. life
    2. see
    3. small
  10. In "chronicle", chron means:
    1. water
    2. time
    3. study
  11. Which word has a root that means "bad"?
    1. fracture
    2. territory
    3. malfunction
  12. Which word has a root that means "see"?
    1. autograph
    2. geology
    3. periscope
  13. In "zoology", log means:
    1. feeling
    2. study
    3. measure
  14. Which word has a root that means "believe"?
    1. credible
    2. malfunction
    3. produce
  15. In "symphony", phon means:
    1. self
    2. light
    3. sound
  16. Which word has a root that means "water"?
    1. zoology
    2. hydroelectric
    3. polyhedron
  17. In "fraction", fract means:
    1. lead
    2. water
    3. break
  18. In "thermal", therm means:
    1. heat
    2. write
    3. light
  19. In "hydrant", hydr means:
    1. mind
    2. feeling
    3. water
  20. In "terrain", terr means:
    1. land
    2. break
    3. water

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