Language Quiz Week 4 [Book 5]

1a. Identify if the following sentence contains a simile or a metaphor.

• simile
• metaphor

1b. Which two objects are being compared to each other in the sentence above?

• as dry as
• water bowl
• dry
• dog’s
• bone

2. What is the meaning of the idiom “can’t hold a candle to”?

• Someone is not working hard enough to reach his/her goals
• To avoid using candles because they can start fires
• To blow out a candle
• Someone or something is far less qualified or less valuable than someone or something else

4a. Which word below is misspelled?

• occur
• devide
• eclipse
• hyphen

4b. Correctly spell the incorrect word from above.

5. Choose the antonym for the word exhibit.

• hide
• lecture
• display
• art

7. Select the verb or verb phrase that correctly completes the sentence.

• going
• go
• will go

8. Choose the matching word pair for INFANT : YOUNG

• a) spider : brown
• b) father : male
• c) rock : light
• d) tree : tall

9. Which option shows the title of the newspaper correctly written?

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10. Add the correct affix/affixes to the word in parentheses to complete the sentence.