6th Grade GMAS Review part 1

Morning, month and summer are

• time

• food

• people

• adectives

Choose all the fruits

• pepper

• pie

• plum

• funny

• foot

Choose the correct plural nouns

• foot-feet

• ship-sheep

• fut-feet

• baby-babys

Ugly, beautiful, special and dirty are

• people

• adjectives

• food

• time

Choose 3 people

• Children

• King

• Shopkeeper

• Cool

• Tomato

The CLIMAX of a story can also be referred to as what?

• conflict

• turning point

• denoument

• obstacles

When you are asked about the MESSAGE of the passage, you are being asked to identify what?

• controlling idea

• claim

• theme

• conflict

Read the following passage.

Matt was always mean to the other younger kids on the school bus. He would make fun of them and put sticky stuff in their seat. He was the oldest and “coolest” kid on the bus. After this year, Matt would be going to high school. He would not have to ride with these little “rug rats” anymore. The summer had passed and Matt was headed to high school. He was a little nervous getting on the bus. When he walked on, he could feel the older kids laughing at him. When he got into his seat there was chocolate sauce smeared all over his seat.

What is the THEME?

• Treat others the way you want to be treated.

• Hard work and patience pay off in the end.

• Good things happen to good people.

• Laziness can have negative outcomes.

Read the following sentence.

Sandy had been unhappy with Adam for a long time and when he crashed her car, it was the last straw.

The use of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE in this sentence shows that-

• Sandy needs to go to the store for more straws.

• Adam owes Sandy an apology for his behavior.

• Sandy has lost patience with Adam's ongoing undesirable behavior.

• Adam is not old enough to drive.

The author's attitude or feelings toward the writing is the ________.

• conflict

• tone

• mood

• drama