What does the idiom give me a hand mean?

• please help me
• please wash your hands
• handle with care
• think of using your hands

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which sentence  contains a metaphor?

• The new fishing rod seemed to shine like glass.
• At that moment, Jay decided to throw it back into the water.
• You're big enough now to come bass fishing with me.
• It was an old fish - king of the sea.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

I especially like the roar of the waves.  Which word means the opposite of roar?

• noise
• whisper
• laughter
• anger

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

The enormous sky stretches in every direction above our head. Which word means the same as enormous?

• blue
• far
• cloudy
• huge

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

In the spring, CSA members prepay the farmer for the food they will receive that year. The word prepay means

• to pay too much
• to pay after making a budget
• to pay ahead of time
• to pay in ways other than with money

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Others were opposed to the idea because they had already asked the king and he refused.  The word opposed means

• against
• excited
• angry
• tired

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Unfortunately, bags take a long time to break down in a landfill.  Which phrase would make the underlined words more precise?

• a while
• many years
• a lot of time
• hundreds of years

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

When the ships got to florida, the people in jacksonville had to be examined at jekyll island. What is the correct way to rewrite this sentence?

• When the ships got to Florida, the people in Jacksonville had to be examined at Jekyll Island. 
• When the ships got to Florida, the people in Jacksonville had to be examined at Jekyll island. 

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Being a lookout is one of the most important jobs their is. The correct spelling of the green word is

• they're
• there
• ther
• their

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CCSS.L.3.1A

I talked to my teacher about it, and she said that I should write a letter to the principal. This sentence is a

• simple sentence
• compound sentence
• complex sentence
• fragment

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E