Test Review: Verb Tenses and Figurative Language

• Progressive Verb Tenses

• Past Participle

• Figurative Language

Test Review

Past Progressive

Names an action or condition that is currently in progress:
He is watching television.

​Present Progressive

Names an action or condition that the subject will be in progress of doing at some point in the future:
He will be working at the restaurant.
You are going to be working with him.

​​Future Progressive

​Names an action or condition that lasted for a duration of time in the past. It may have been interrupted:
I was reading when he arrived.

Past Participle

It's used when talking about sometime in the past and we don't know exactly when:
I had not seen that show.

Present Participle

The -ing form of a verb:
watch - watching

Language that appeals to the senses. Descriptions of people or objects.
The night sky was clear. The starry night was accompanied by a cool breeze.

​​Imagery

A direct comparison between two unlike things usually using the words "like" or "as."
Her hair was like gold.

​​Simile

An implied comparison between two relatively unlike things not using the words "like" or "as."
Her gold hair.

​​Metaphor

Giving the qualities of a person to an animal, object, or idea:
The stars winked.

​​Personification

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words or within words:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

​​Alliteration

The use of a sound, word, or phrase more than once to stress an idea:
The highwayman came riding, riding, riding...

​​Repetition

Words that mimic sounds:
boom, splash,
ka-blam!

​​Onomatopoeia

An exaggerated statement used to emphasize:
I read that book a million times.

​​Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses the past progressive?

• I was playing video games when you called.

• I am playing video games.

• I will be playing video games.

• I am going to be playing video games.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses the present progressive?

• I will be going to the movies.

• I am going to the movies.

• I was going to the movies but I changed my mind.

• I am going to be going to the movies.

Multiple Select

Which sentence uses the future progressive?

• She is going to be joining us for dinner.

• She will be joining us for dinner.

• She was going to join us for dinner but her car broke down.

• She is going to be joining us for dinner.

Multiple Select

Which sentence uses the past participle?

• I have gone on vacation many times.

• I will go on vacation.

• I was going on vacation.

• Have you ever been to Egypt?

Multiple Choice

Gives the qualities of a person to an animal, thing, or idea.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• repetition

Multiple Choice

Words such as "boom", "pow", "splash."

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• repetition

Multiple Choice

"Her eyes were shards of glass, staring piercingly."

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• repetition

Multiple Choice

"He is as sly as a fox."

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• repetition

Multiple Choice

"They talked on the phone for one thousand years."

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"Bob brought the box of bricks to the barn."

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hatred; hatred leads to conflict..."

• personification

• alliteration

• repetition

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"The sunset was the most gorgeous they’d ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and lavender tones."

• imagery

• alliteration

• repetition

• hyperbole