Daily Language Week 20 Practice Quiz

Read the sentence below, then decide whether it is a simile or metaphor: "His words were pure venom."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Neither

• Both

Select the two words that are being compared in the metaphor: "His words were pure venom."

• words and pure

• words and venom

• pure and venom

• his and words

What does the idiom “once in a blue moon” mean?

• at the last minute; undecided until the end

• to get in trouble for someone else

• to happen on a rare occasion; infrequently

• to have good luck; not to jinx something

Identify the prefix in the word "unhappiness."

• un-

• happy

• -ness

• none

Identify the root/base word in "unhappiness."

• un-

• happy

• -

• easy

Identify the suffix in the word "unhappiness."

• un-

• happy

• -

• none

Which word is misspelled?

• percent

• metric

• dosen't

• absorb

What is a synonym for the word "abundant"?

• scarce

• plentiful

• empty

• rare

What is an antonym for the word "abundant"?

• plentiful

• many

• scarce

• full

Directions: Select the correct form of the verb "visit" to fit in the sentence below. Before I turned ten, I ______ all seven continents.

• visited

• visits

• visiting

• had visited