Summer School Week 2 Test

What does the "n" in FANBOYS stand for?

• None

• Nor

• Nobody

• Nil

"Move and I'll blow your head off!" The officer shouted the words, ______ I couldn't make any sense of them because I did not hear him clearly.

• but

• while

• seem

• for

The grass was as green as an apple. This is an example of a ________?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• cliche

The car is as fast as the jaguar in the jungle. What is being compared in the sentence?

• car and fast

• car and jungle

• jaguar and jungle

• car and jaguar

I would like to go to the pool this afternoon; however, I have to go to work when I leave school.

However is a __________?

• conjunctive adverb

• coordinating conjunction

• sight word

• helping verb

Sam wanted to go to the market to get a bag of french fries he went outside, got in his car, and drove to the market.

Where would you place the semicolon?

• outside; got

• car; and

• market; to

• fries; he

Which word has the most negative connotation?

• putrid

• funk

• stinch

What word has the most positive connotation?

• lazy

• slothful

• leisurely

Walter waited fifteen months to get vindication from his accusations, but instead, they found him guilty. What does vindication mean?

• a good lawyer

• report of charges

• clearing his name

• admittance of guilt

Larry tried to coerce Jennifer to go to the prom by penning her against the lockers, but she told him she was going with her boyfriend.

What does coerce mean?

• ask

• convince

• persuade

• talk to