2019 ELA Unit 5 Practice Test

Which sentence has an inappropriate shift in verb tense?

• We have fished at the lake three or four times this year.

• Today we hope for clear skies.

• The dog looked innocent but then he ran and hide under the table.

• The tigers roared loudly.

Which word means perceptive and aware?

• evident
• astute
• informational
• vocation

Which line contains hyperbole?

• She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans,
• She simply would not take the garbage out.
• And so it piled up to the ceilings:
• Coffee grounds, potato peelings,

Which line contains figurative language?

• Can't is the word that is foe to ambition
• Whatever the goal you are seeking, keep trying
• If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
• If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Review the description.

The men in "Honest Work" say that the old smith was "foolishly careful" for the painstaking way in which he worked.

Which identifies the "best" inference one can draw about these men?

• They themselves are expert smiths.

• They were correct to be critical.

• They never learned that ships can sink.

• They are the foolish ones.

Read the passage from the poem "Can't" by Edgar Guest.
Can't is the father of feeble endeavor,The parent of terror and halfhearted work...
Which best analyzes the effect of the metaphor in this passage?

• It helps the reader understand the relationship between self-doubt and failure.
• It helps the reader understand the origins, or history, of the word can't.
• It helps the reader understand that parents are more likely to use the word than their children.
• It helps the reader understand how frightening the word is.

Which is an example of a claim?

• People said no one could scale Mount Everest, but in 1953, Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit.
• People said that man could not fly, but in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine.
• ...you should never give up just because someone says that you can't accomplish your goal.
• Imagining a goal takes courage and creativity, and acting on it takes determination and hard work.

Which best identifies a metaphor?

• He screams as loud as he is able—
• Look at him, now the fourth day's come!
• He scarcely weighs a sugar-plum;
• He's like a little bit of thread,

Which best identifies the author's claim in "Argument"?

• Keep your anger under control and try to avoid arguing
• Try to see things from the other person's perspective.
• Refraining from arguing makes you seem classy and well-bred.
• Never argue with a fool.

Review the verb.
threw
Which best identifies the principal part of this verb form?

• present
• present participle
• past
• past participle