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NeSA Vocab Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a synonym for happy?

a)

joyous

b)

angry

c)

curious

d)

helpful

2.

What is an antonym for sour?

a)

healthy

b)

sweet

c)

thirsty

d)

apple

3.

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently. Which pair of words are homophones?

a)

long/short

b)

bright/sunny

c)

ate/eight

d)

bowl (game knocking down pins)/bowl (container to hold food)

4.

Which meaning of the bold word is used in the sentence below?


I heard a bark from my neighbor's dog.

a)

outer covering of a tree

b)

sound a dog makes

5.

Choose the synonym pair below.

a)

ant/aunt

b)

different/unique

c)

strange/normal

d)

frown/grin

6.

Choose the sentence that uses the bold word in the SAME way as below.


I saw the ball roll down the hill.

a)

I ate a roll with my supper.

b)

The baker served fresh rolls at his bakery.

c)

We made the snowball roll across the yard.

d)

Everyone in the group has a different roll.

7.

Choose the homophone to complete the sentence.

The sailors ___ the boat across the lake with the oars.

a)

road

b)

rode

c)

rowed

8.

Which is an example of a metaphor?

a)

Her eyes are sparkling diamonds.

b)

He is as tall as a tower.

c)

Her hair was like gold.

d)

She feels tired.

9.

Which sentence below uses rhyming words?

a)

Crash! Bang!

b)

The dog walked through the fog.

c)

He is as quiet as a mouse.

d)

We practiced again and again and again.

10.

Which sentence uses repetition?

a)

The mouse tiptoed softly, softly, softly.

b)

The tree swayed in the breeze.

c)

I heard the HONK of the horn.

d)

My bed is as soft as a cloud.

11.

Which is NOT an example of a simile?

a)

Tom is as loud as a truck.

b)

Lynn is like a tiger when she is mad.

c)

The shooting star was as bright as fireworks in the sky.

d)

Ben is a hungry pig.

12.

Which sentence uses alliteration?

a)

Molly makes magnificent muffins.

b)

Molly is as quiet as a mouse.

c)

Molly is tall and she likes the mall.

d)

Molly is a great baker.

13.

Personification gives human qualities to non-human things.

Which sentence uses personification?

a)

Sally jumped up and down when she won the game.

b)

The tree danced in the breeze.

c)

The egg broke when it fell off the counter.

d)

John waved at his friend.

14.

Which is NOT an example of a compound word?

a)

butterfly

b)

toothbrush

c)

computer

d)

flashlight

15.

What is the meaning of the idiom below?

The puzzle was a piece of cake.

a)

The puzzle has a picture of cake on it.

b)

The puzzle was easy to put together.

c)

You should eat cake while you do puzzles.

d)

The piece of cake was a puzzle to be put together.

16.

Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word.

Sam was famished from not eating all day.

a)

really full

b)

very excited

c)

very hungry

d)

eating supper with his family

17.

Which example uses repetition?

a)

Ring, ring, ring! The school day was beginning.

b)

I climbed the tree,

and bumped my knee.

c)

Aunt Anne ate amazing apples.

d)

My chair creaked like an old door when I sat down.

18.

Choose the correct homophone word that completes the sentence.


Mom went to the store to ___ milk.

a)

bye

b)

by

c)

buy

19.

Choose the sentence that uses the bold word in the SAME way as below.

The bat flew out of the cave and into the night.

a)

The baseball player swung the bat and hit the ball.

b)

We saw a bat hanging upside down in the tree branches.

c)

It was Ben's turn to bat next.

d)

She tried to bat at the bee flying around her head.

20.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

After loosing his homework, getting in a fight with his friend, and missing the bus home, Alan felt ___ by the end of the day.

a)

excited

b)

miserable

c)

sick

d)

hopeful