Language Usage review

I wasn't sure whether or not to tell Sal my big secret because I was afraid he'd say something to my friends but he crossed his heart and hoped to die. 'Cross your heart and hope to die' means ​ (a)  

• to promise
• to be scared or nervous
• to really want something

Identify the SIMILE below.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• She is a graceful swan in the water.

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• It's as cold as ice outside.

Which one is NOT an IDIOM?

• He got the cold shoulder from his friends at practice.

• She's as quick as lightning.

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• Don't let the cat out of the bag!

Identify the preposition in the sentence below.

The kitten was hiding under the table.

• kitten

• table

• hiding

• under

Identify the conjunction in the sentence below.

I want to watch a movie, but I also want to read my book.

• watch

• but

• read

• book

Identify the underlined type of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

The wind howled through the trees and woke me up.

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Which sentence is an example of an EXCLAMATORY sentence?

• Please put away your clothes before you leave.

• Hurray! It's your birthday!

• We are going out to lunch on Saturday.

• What is your favorite thing to do in the summer time?

Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence below.

We saw a group of crabs near the ocean.

• saw a group

• we saw

• near the ocean

• the ocean

Identify the VERB in the sentence below.

The snake slithered across the road slowly.

• slithered

• slowly

• across

• road

What does the underlined IDIOM mean in the sentence?

Their plea for a swimming pool fell on deaf ears.

• to disregard or not listen

• someone lost their hearing

• to fall in the swimming pool

• to fall on your ear