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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Identify the prefix in the word "unhappiness."

• un-

• happy

• -ness

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Identify the root/base word in "unhappiness."

• un-

• happy

• -

• easy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Identify the suffix in the word "unhappiness."

• un-

• happy

• -

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word is misspelled?

• percent

• metric

• dosen't

• absorb

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is a synonym for the word "abundant"?

• scarce

• plentiful

• empty

• rare

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

What is an antonym for the word "abundant"?

• plentiful

• many

• scarce

• full

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D