5th Grade Type III (Reading) Review

Which of the following words is a compound word?

• market

• nowhere

• respect

• weather

Answer explanation

Remember a compound word is TWO separate words put together to make ONE word.

butter + fly = butterfly

Which of the following words is the correct contraction of would not?

• wouldnt

• would'nt

• wouldn't

• wouldnt'

Which of the following words is the correct plural of wolf?

• wolf

• wolfs

• wolves

• wolfes

Which suffix can be added to the word bright to mean "to make bright"?

• -ful

• -en

• -able

• -ness

What does portable mean?

• large in size

• hard to hold

• easy to carry

• keeps water out

Which word contains a Greek root meaning "life"?

• biography

• telegraph

• autopilot

• metric

A stanza would most often appear in a .........

• a newspaper article

• a poem or song

• a novel

• a short story

Giving human qualities to something that is not human is called

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• symbolism

• personification

"Pretty pink pigs push pickles" is an example of

• dialect

• local color

• alliteration

• parallelism

An example of onomatopoeia is

• zip

• Ned needs a necktie.

• fat cat

• The wind whistled his name.