Language art part 2

Language arts review

Cause and Effect

Multiple Choice

Little Johnny Wiggins fell down a well on the farm.  His family looked for him.  Finally, at sundown, Mr. Wiggins found Johnny.  He had been trapped in the well for three hours.
CAUSE: Johnny Wiggins fell down a well.
What was the EFFECT?

• He was trapped for three hours.
• His mother found him at sundown.
• He was visiting the farm.

Multiple Choice

Forest fires sometimes begin through natural events. Very little rainfall and dry forests are ideal situations for fires to start. All it takes is a lightning strike, sparking a fire that can destroy the entire forest. Often, forest fires are so large that firefighters can't stop them, and these fires sometimes threaten homes and businesses. Then, people are forced to flee the fire and hope that their property isn't destroyed.

Based on this passage, what is the initial cause of some forest fires?

• a lightening strike

• little rainfal

• campfires

• dry forests

Multiple Choice

What would be a possible EFFECT of a student not studying for a test?

• The student doing very well on the test
• The student doing very badly on the test
• The student doesn't have to take the test
• The teacher smiles

Multiple Choice

What would be the most likely CAUSE of someone laughing?

• eating ice cream
• someone telling a joke
• drinking water
• sorting laundry

Multiple Choice

Cause: Jill left a glass of water outside when it was very cold.

Effect:

• The glass turned blue.

• It turned into orange juice.

• The water was poured out.

• The water froze.

Multiple Choice

Cause: My dad picked corn from the garden.

Effect:

• We had dinner at a restaurant.

• We had some corn with dinner.

• I finished my homework before dinner.

• I had to clean the dishes after lunch.

Multiple Choice

Cause:

Effect: The plant died.

• The plant did not get enough water.

• The girl took care of the plant.

• The plant got plenty of sun.

• The plant was pretty.

Multiple Choice

Cause:

Effect: I got in trouble.

• I gave my mom a rose I picked.

• I did my homework after school.

• I cleaned my room.

• I lied to my mom.

Multiple Choice

Cause: My brother added lots of sugar to his drink.

Effect:

• It was too sour to drink.

• It was too sweet to drink.

• He broke the cup.

• He had to clean the dishes.

Multiple Choice

What is an effect?

• Something that causes something else

• What happens because of a cause

• The first thing that happens

• Something that happens

Multiple Choice

What is a cause?

• The result of something happening

• The last thing that happened

• Something that causes something else to happen

• Something that happens

Multiple Choice

What is the effect in this sentence?

Due to peanut allergies, students aren't permitted to bring in baked goods.

• peanut allergies

• students aren't permitted to bring in baked goods

Multiple Choice

What is the cause in this sentence?

Since I got straight A's, my parents took me out to dinner.

• My parents took me out to dinner

• I got straight A's

Multiple Choice

What is the cause in this sentence?

Because it rained, I got soaked.

• it rained

• I got soaked

Multiple Choice

CAUSE:

My alarm clock did not go off this morning, so...

• I ate a big breakfast.

• I was late for work.

Multiple Choice

Kyle really struggled in math, but he wanted to do well on his upcoming test. He asked his older sister, Amaya, to help him study. Each day after school, Amaya worked with Kyle. By the day of the test, Kyle was doing much better. He took the test and got a B+!

What was the effect of Amaya helping Kyle?

• Kyle got a B+ on his math test.

• Kyle asked Amaya for help.

• He struggled with math.

• Kyle was worried about the math test.

Multiple Choice

When Hector woke up, the first thing he did was look out of the window. The sun was shining brightly. Yesterday's snow was melting fast. There was no more snow on the trees and the streets were clear, too. "No more snow days for you," said his mom. "Time to get ready for school!"

What caused the snow to melt?

• The sun was shinning brightly and melted the snow.

• There was no more snow on the trees and streets.

• Hector had a snow day from school.

• Hector had to go back to school.

Multiple Choice

Destiny was the youngest child in a big family. One day, Destiny started tattling on her brothers and sisters. They got tired of always getting in trouble and decided to stop playing with her. Destiny was sad and lonely for a while, but she learned an important lesson about tattling.

What was the effect of Destiny's brothers and sisters not playing with her?

• She was sad and lonely for a while, but she learned an important lesson about tattling.

• She was always tattling on her brothers and sisters.

• Her brothers and sisters stopped playing with her.

• Her brothers and sisters got in more trouble.

Multiple Choice

Hannah was giving her dog Fluffy a bath. Fluffy hated baths! Hannah had just finished lathering Fluffy up with shampoo when fluffy jumped out of the tub! She ran all other the house getting water and suds everywhere!

What caused Fluffy to jump out of the tub?

• She hated baths.

• She got too cold.

• She got water and soap suds all over the house.

• She wanted to play fetch instead.

Multiple Choice

Tony made himself a bowl of cereal and milk. He took his first bite, made an awful face, and hurried to the sink to spit it out! Then he took the carton of milk out of the fridge, opened the top and took a sniff. The milk had turned sour!

What was the effect of Tony spitting out his cereal and milk?

• He went to the fridge to check the milk carton.

• The milk tasted awful.

• Tony made himself a bowl of cereal and milk.

• The milk turned sour!

Multiple Choice

Mom put her cell phone on the stack of towels by the pool. Later, Carl got out of the pool and reached for a towel. He did not see the cell phone and it went flying into the water when he grabbed the towel on top of the stack. He jumped in after it, but the cell phone was ruined.

What caused mom's phone to fall into the pool?

• Carl grabbed the towel that the cell phone was on.

• The phone got ruined by the water.

• Mom put her cell phone on the stack of towels.

• Carl jumped in the pool to get the phone.

Helping Verbs

Helping verbs are also called "auxiliary verbs".

Primary helping verbs (3 verbs) ,"be, do, and have. "

• be to make continuous tenses (He is watching TV.)

• to make the passive (Small fish are eaten by big fish.

Do

- ​To make negatives (I do not like you.)

- To ask questions (Do you want some coffee?)

-To show emphasis (I do want you to pass your exam.)

-To stand for a main verb in some constructions (He speaks faster than she does.

Have

to make perfect tenses (I have finished my homework.)

Multiple Choice

Identify the helping verb in the following sentence.

I have told you a thousand times to to call me Shirley!

• thousand

• times

• have

• told

Multiple Choice

Quiet down! Mom .... the baby to sleep!

• is putting
• puts
• putting

Multiple Choice

A: Where’s Luke?
B: He _____________ (see) the doctor now. 

• is seeing
• sees
• see
• saw

Multiple Choice

Look! The monkey .......... the tree!

• climb

• climbs

• Is climbing

• climbing

Multiple Select

If the verb ends in IE we change it to YING.

Which verb are correct?

(there can be more htan one)

• To lie ---> lying

• To die ---> dying

• To tie ---> Tying

Multiple Choice

If a two-syllable verb ends in a consonant + vowel + consonant, we don't double the final consonant when the stress is on the first syllable.

Which verb is wrong?

• To happen ---> happenning

• To enter ---> entering

• To offer ---> offering

• To suffer ---> suffering

Multiple Choice

If the verb ends in a consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the final consonant and add ING.

Which verb is correct?

• To get --> geting

• To stop --> stoping

• To sit --> sitting

• To pan --> planing

Multiple Choice

What is the question to this answer?

"She is doing her homework."

• What she is doing?

• What is she doing?

• What are she doing?

• What she is do?

Multiple Choice

Put the words in order:

I / playing / right now / chess / am

• I am playing chess right now

• I am chess right now playing

• I play right now chess am

• I chess am right now playing

Irregular Verbs in Past tense

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the verb in each sentence:

2. She spoke too softly. I couldn't ______________ her.

• hear

• heard

Multiple Choice

3. But we heard everything she ______________ .

• says

• said

Multiple Choice

4. We went shopping and I ______________ a new pair of jeans.

• buy

• bought

Multiple Choice

5. Did you ______________ well last night?

• sleep

• slept