English Language Quiz

What is the main idea of a passage?

• The title of the story

• The most exciting part

• The central point the author is making

• A list of all the characters

Which of the following is a simile?

• The clouds danced across the sky.

• The stars were diamonds in the sky.

• Her smile was like sunshine.

• He has a heart of gold.

Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation.

• I love to read books watch movies and play games.

• I love to read books, watch movies, and play games.

• I love, to read, books watch, movies and play, games.

• I love to read, books watch, movies, and play games.

What is a synonym for “happy”?

• Angry

• Sad

• Joyful

• Tired

Which sentence is written in the past tense?

• She walks to school every day.

• She walked to school yesterday.

• She is walking to school.

• She will walk to school tomorrow.

What is the root word in “unhappily”?

• Un

• Happy

• Happily

• Ly

Which of these is an opinion?

• The Earth orbits the sun.

• Soccer is the best sport.

• Water freezes at 32°F.

• A triangle has three sides.

Choose the correct homophone: “I want to ____ a new bike.”

What is the correct way to combine these two sentences? “The dog barked. It was hungry.”

• The dog barked it was hungry.

• The dog barked, it was hungry.

• The dog barked because it was hungry.

• Because it barked, the dog was hungry.

Which word is an adverb?

• Quick

• Quickly

• Quicker

• Quickest