English Language Quiz

Identify the compound sentence from the options below:

• She opened the door but did not enter the room.

• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

• He likes coffee, and she prefers tea.

• After the rain stopped, the sun appeared.

Which is the best revision of this sentence: "When he was a third grader, Tripp Clark’s dad encouraged him to become a boy scout."?

 

• Tripp Clark’s dad encouraged him to become a boy scout when he was a third grader.

• When Tripp Clark was a third grader, his dad encouraged him to become a boy scout.

• Tripp Clark’s dad encouraged third grader Tripp Clark to become a boy scout.

• Encouraging Tripp Clark to become a boy scout when he was a third grader was his dad.

In this stanza of Emily Dickinson's If You Were Coming in the Fall, what type of figurative language is used?

If you were coming in the fall,

I’d brush the summer by

With half a smile, and half a spurn,

As housewives do a fly.

 

• oxymoron

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

If you were coming in the fall,

I’d brush the summer by

With half a smile, and half a spurn,

As housewives do a fly.

 The word spurn most likely means ____________.

What would be the best title for this passage?

A game called Bunco is taking the world by storm. This game of dice is played in rounds, and players earn points by matching the number on the dice to the round. For example, in round one, players are rolling for ones; in round two, they are playing for twos. Only when a player rolls three of a kind in that round is Bunco declared, and a Bunco is worth twenty one points. It’s not stretching the truth to say that Bunco groups of twelve are popping up everywhere, and most of these groups gather together monthly to roll their dice. Card games are not as much fun; they are simply boring. At the end of the game, players add up their wins, loses, and number of Buncos to declare an overall winner. It is a great game for friends!

• Why Play Bunco?

• The History of Bunco

• How to Keep Score in Bunco

• Bunco Anyone?

Which of the following details does not support the main idea of this passage?

• Only when a player rolls three of a kind in that round is Bunco declared, and a Bunco is worth twenty one points.

• Bunco groups of twelve are popping up everywhere, and most of these groups gather together monthly to roll their dice.

• Card games are not as much fun; they are simply boring.

What would be a better choice of wording for the underlined portion in the following sentence? Meg felt bad.

• was devastated

• felt awful bad

• was bummed

• felt rotten

What would be a better choice of wording than a lot in the following sentence? What a person wears reveals a lot about a person’s feelings.

• loads

• a great deal

• a lot of things

• interesting stuff

Which of the following is the correction for the last sentence? Yesterday, however, he piled four into his pockets, and he was so proud that he captured too many frogs!

• Yesterday; however, he piled four into his pockets, and he was so proud that he captured to many frogs!

• Yesterday, however, he piled four into his pockets, and he was so proud that he captured too many frogs!

• Yesterday, however, he piled four into his pockets and he was so proud that he captured too many frogs!

Which of the following words contains a root that means write?

• graphite

• laminate

• radiate

• truncate