Quiz on Understanding Sentences

My puppy is sensitive to loud noises.

• led closer to

• not alert

• wandering around

• quick to respond

Can I exchange my old pencil?

• save for later use

• give in return for something else

• purchase and then give away

• throw out and never replace

Jon told his friends about his first kind deed for the day.

• action

• idea

• thought

• word

I didn’t want to see the new movie, but my friends insisted that I go.

• asked

• demanded

• hoped

• suggested

Which word is a synonym of the word satisfied in the sentence below? The students were satisfied with their scores on the test.

• disappointed

• pleased

• stunned

• bored

Choose the word that has the same VV syllable pattern as the boldfaced word: po/em

• per/son

• fu/ture

• pleas/ant

• sci/ence

Choose the word that has the same VV syllable pattern as the boldfaced word: flu/id

• be/lieve

• cook/ing

• peo/ple

• tri/al

Choose the word that has the same VV syllable pattern as the boldfaced word: qui/et

• a/like

• di/al

• free/dom

• bill/board

Choose the word that has the same VV syllable pattern as the boldfaced word: li/on

• break/fast

• clear/ance

• head/light

• pli/ers

The word with a VV syllable pattern that is related to quiet and meow is —

• laughing

• pizza

• ruin

• special