Difficult - English Quiz

How many ______ can you speak?

• tongues

• languages

• nations

• vocabulary

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The winning team of the World Series often has a jovial attitude. Jovial means

• Merry

• Sad

• Somber

• Laborious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

What does the idiom "burn the midnight oil" mean?

• To waste time

• To work late into the night

• To go to bed early

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What does the idiom "hit the nail on the head" mean?

• To miss the point

• To do something wrong

• To be exactly right or accurate

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence: "The book is _____ the table.

• under

• in

• on

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What type of conjunction is used in the sentence: "She will go to the store if she needs groceries"?

• correlative

• subordinating

• coordinating

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

The words like and as typically appear in a

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• metonymy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figure of speech has been used here? "Shall I compare thee to a summers day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:" Sonnet 18: William Shakespeare

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• euphemism

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

There ______ fifteen candies in that bag.

• were

• was

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CCSS.L.3.1F

The police __________ at the scene of the crime.

• has arrived

• have arrived

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D