Idioms Quiz

After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows come home if it hadn't been for Suzie dragging him away to eat dinner.

• Bobby was jut about to stop playing ball.

• Bobby didn't even want to play ball to begin with.

• Bobby prefers nature to athletics.

• Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Mr. Johnson was very particular about the arrangement of his classroom, so the thing he hated most was when his students caused a ruckus with their wild horseplay.

• Mr. Johnson hated when his students pretended to be animals.

• Mr. Johnson hated when his students played sports.

• Mr. Johnson hated when his students wrestled around with each other.

• Mr. Johnson hated when students made animals noises.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Eric wanted to fix his cousin's computer, but he was already having problems setting up his aunt's WiFi network and he didn't want to open a whole new can of worms.

• Eric was sick of spending his time helping his family.

• Eric wanted to go fishing instead of working on computers.

• Eric was having difficulties untangling computer wires.

• Eric was not ready to begin working on a complicated new problem.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Mrs. Robinson expects Cassie and my presentation to be good, but we have been working on it every night for the last week, so we are really going to knock her socks off.

• Cassie and the speaker are not prepared to give a good presentation.

• Cassie and the speaker intend on hitting Mrs. Robinson rather than presenting.

• Cassie and the speaker's presentation will far exceed Mrs. Robinson's expectations.

• Cassie and the speaker's presentation will meet Mrs. Robinson's expectations.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Over the Summer Brian was really excited about being placed in the advanced math class, but after getting his assignment list on the first day and seeing the workload, he was ready to jump ship.

• Brian was even more excited about the math class than he was over the summer.

• Brian wanted to start working on his math assignments right away.

• Brian did not want to be in the advance math class anymore.

• Brian wanted to cause some trouble in the advanced math class.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Brian felt pretty good about getting a pair of roller skates for his birthday, until he saw his twin brother Ryan open up his GameBox X-9000, and then Brian felt like he got the short end of the stick.

• Brian felt like Ryan received a better gift than he did.

• Brian was quite pleased with his roller skates.

• Brian wanted a long stick that he could use to support himself on hikes.

• Brian feels bad for Ryan because Ryan wanted roller skates.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Brad was accusing us of stealing his phone until he found it, and now he's trying to sweep it under the rug.

• Brad thinks that his phone will be safe if he hides it under the rug.

• Brad wants to do something to make up for his mistake.

• Brad is trying to locate a signal for his phone so that he can use it.

• Brad wants to pretend that the incident never happened.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Keisha got up and started yelling at Ronnie. She was threatening him but Ronnie didn't even flinch because he knew that her bark was worse than her bite.

• Ronnie thinks that Keisha will get in trouble for yelling.

• Ronnie thinks that Keisha had bad breath.

• Ronnie thinks that Keisha is loud but not dangerous.

• Ronnie thinks that Keisha has a crush on him.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

You might think that Billy Parker is the kid who has everything, but if you saw the list of chores his parents give him, I guarantee that you wouldn't want to be in his shoes.

• You wouldn't want your shoes to get as dirty as Billy's when he's doing his chores.

• If you have to do as many chores as Billy, you'll want a pair of comfortable shoes.

• Billy's shoes are so uncomfortable that doing his chores is really unpleasant.

• Billy has so many chores to do that it is unpleasant to imagine doing them all.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4