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WorksheetsMe and Uncle Romie
Total questions: 128
Worksheet time: 1hrs 27mins
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1.
What does the word studio mean in the sentence below?
Perry was working on some new paintings in his studio.
Perry was working on some new paintings in his studio.
a)
a school for artists
b)
a place where an artist works
c)
a laboratory where art is restored
d)
a place where ancient art is displayed
2.
What does the word ruined mean in the sentence below?
A terrible rainstorm ruined Barbra's plans for a picnic.
A terrible rainstorm ruined Barbra's plans for a picnic.
a)
changed
b)
destroyed
c)
extended
d)
moved
3.
What does the word schedule mean in the sentence below?
Alfie looked at the train schedule to find out what time he would need to leave the house.
Alfie looked at the train schedule to find out what time he would need to leave the house.
a)
map of train routes
b)
report on train conditions
c)
checklist for train functions
d)
list of arrival and departure times
4.
What does the word feast mean in the sentence below?
The people ate many kinds of food at the feast.
The people ate many kinds of food at the feast.
a)
a large meal
b)
a planned picnic
c)
a birthday celebration
d)
an expensive resaurant
5.
What does the word smeared mean in the sentence below?
The ink smeared when Tony touched it.
The ink smeared when Tony touched it.
a)
dried
b)
faded
c)
lined
d)
spread
6.
What does the idiom chowed mean in the sentence below?
Tony chowed down at lunch.
Tony chowed down at lunch.
a)
ate a lot
b)
sat down
c)
are slowly
d)
cooked food
7.
What does the idiom face the music mean in the sentence below?
Dave decided to face the music and tell his mother the truth.
Dave decided to face the music and tell his mother the truth.
a)
play some loud music
b)
turn to face his mother
c)
listen to some old music
d)
take responsibility for his actions
8.
What does the simile as sly as a fox mean in the sentence below?
Dad was as sly as a fox while he planned the surprise party.
Dad was as sly as a fox while he planned the surprise party.
a)
kind and loving
b)
mean and cranky
c)
clever and sneaky
d)
bored and interested
9.
What does the metaphor a ray of sunshine mean in the sentence below?
Brittany's smile was a ray of sunshine to me.
Brittany's smile was a ray of sunshine to me.
a)
warm and cheerful
b)
glaring and painful
c)
sudden and unexpected
d)
mean and untrustworthy
10.
What does the idiom cracked the case mean in the sentence below?
The detective was happy when he finally cracked the case.
The detective was happy when he finally cracked the case.
a)
cracked a joke
b)
solved a crime
c)
opened a briefcase
d)
closed a file drawer
11.
How does James feel at the beginning of the passage?
a)
lucky to be leaving home
b)
angry about missing his birthday
c)
nervous about going to New York
d)
happy to be visiting Uncle Romie
12.
How can you tell that this passage is told in first-person point of view?
a)
because the narrator describes the setting
b)
because the narrator is the first person to speak
c)
because the narrator is one of the passage characters
d)
because the narrator knows every character's thoughts
13.
At the beginning of the passage, what does James think about Uncle Romie's artwork.
a)
It sounds easy
b)
It sounds ugly
c)
It sounds important
d)
It sounds meaningful
14.
At first, how does James feel about Uncle Romie?
a)
He fears and dislikes his uncle intensely.
b)
He feels an instant connection with his uncle.
c)
He wishes he could be as talented as his uncle.
d)
He feels he and his uncle have nothing in common.
15.
Why does Uncle Romie usually close his studio door?
a)
because he is angry with Aunt Nanette
b)
because he doesn't want to be disturbed
c)
because he is unhappy about James' visit
d)
because he fears somenoe will copy his work
16.
How does James react when he learns Aunt Nanette will miss his birthday?
a)
He tries to take a train home
b)
He feels homesick and lonely
c)
He asks Aunt Nanette to stay home
d)
He knows he'll have fun with Uncle Romie
17.
What happens when James and Uncle Romie have breakfast together?
a)
They have an argument.
b)
They learn about each other.
c)
Uncle Romie teaches James how to paint.
d)
James tells Uncle Romie he wants to go home.
18.
Which sentence describes a change in the way James feels about Uncle Romie?
a)
"My Uncle Romie stayed hidden away in his studio."
b)
"Lying in the dark, I heard heavy foot steps in the hall."
c)
"It turns out Uncle Romie knows all about baseball - he was even a star pitcher in college."
d)
"Uncle Romie didn't know about cakes or baseball games or anything except his dumb old paintings."
19.
Which sentence BEST expresses the theme, or message, of the passage?
a)
Sometimes our first impressions of people can be wrong.
b)
Cities are more exciting places to live than small towns.
c)
Aunts are usually easier to relat to than uncles are.
d)
Feeling homesick is a natural part of growing up.
20.
Compare how are James and Uncle Romey alike.
a)
They both played stick ball
b)
they both grew up in the city
c)
They both liked pepper jelly
d)
they were both famous artists
21.
How did James feel after his birthday in the city?
a)
unhappy
b)
pleased
c)
worried
22.
What is the most likely reason the author wrote this story?
a)
to explain why many people like to live in the city
b)
to show how families work together to solve problems
c)
to describe how to make different kinds of art
d)
to tell about a boy who gets to know his uncle
23.
Infer what made Uncle Romie's paintings special?
a)
The paintings reminded people of good times that they had in their life
b)
The paintings were so beautiful and unique
c)
The paintings had wonderful colors in them
24.
What are some of the things that Uncle Romie put in the painting for James?
a)
Tall buildings, baseball ticket stub, the label from the pepper jelly and trains.
b)
babies
25.
A large meal
a)
feast
b)
glorious
c)
ruined
d)
smeared
26.
Which word means to be destroyed?
a)
Ruined
b)
Model
c)
Concerned
d)
Studio
27.
There are many ______________ entering and leaving the airport.
a)
flights
b)
ruined
c)
stoops
28.
After my aunt discovered the chest in the attic, she found a ________________.
a)
feast
b)
treasure
c)
flight
29.
We put our old things in a ____________ box.
a)
flight
b)
fierce
c)
cardboard
d)
feast
30.
My neighbor often sits on his __________ and watches the cars go by.
a)
ruins
b)
stoop
c)
fierce
31.
The lion looked very __________ when he growled.
a)
ruined
b)
feast
c)
cardboard
d)
fierce
32.
Joe's homework was ___________ by his wild dog, Minion.
a)
pitcher
b)
ruined
c)
cardboard
d)
treasure
33.
Randy Anderson was the team's best _______, because he threw the fastest curveball.
a)
catcher
b)
first baseman
c)
pitcher
34.
This is a ________ beach.
a)
rocky
b)
roky
c)
rockie
d)
rawky
35.
It was a ______ day.
a)
riany
b)
rainy
c)
rainny
d)
rany
36.
I think Jill is very _________.
a)
sellfish
b)
selfishe
c)
selfish
d)
celfish
37.
Did you see _______ in the trees?
a)
movement
b)
movment
c)
movemint
d)
moovmint
38.
Beth is so ____________.
a)
chilldish
b)
childesh
c)
chidish
d)
childish
39.
______ a good idea to study for this quiz.
a)
it's
b)
its
40.
I don't think ________ a bad influence on me; I make my own bad choices.
a)
you're
b)
your
41.
If you look over _________, you might find the wallet that you lost.
a)
their
b)
they're
c)
there
d)
puppies
42.
If I get a new dog, ______ name will be Dexter.
a)
it's
b)
its
43.
What do you want for ________ birthday?
a)
you're
b)
your
44.
I found ________ dog running down the road, so I chased it back home.
a)
they're
b)
their
c)
there
45.
_______ moving next week, so we should help them pack up.
a)
their
b)
there
c)
they're
46.
I want to go to _____ party next week.
a)
your
b)
you're
47.
_______ raining outside, so you better bring an umbrella.
a)
it's
b)
its
48.
______ my best friend.
a)
your
b)
you're
49.
_____ in a really bad mood today.
a)
you're
b)
your
50.
Molly wants to go to _____ house for dinner, but they don't like her, so _____ going to say no.
a)
their, they're
b)
there, they're
c)
their, there
d)
there, there
51.
Next ______ we will have good weather.
a)
wek
b)
weak
c)
week
52.
I like to eat ______.
a)
meat
b)
meet
c)
met
53.
The _____ was cleaning the house after the guests left.
a)
maid
b)
mate
c)
made
54.
I want to ____ the president when I grown up.
a)
be
b)
bee
c)
bea
55.
I have _____ computers.
a)
to
b)
too
c)
two
56.
I drove _______ the tunnel.
a)
through
b)
three
c)
threw
57.
When can we _____ to plan the party?
a)
meat
b)
meet
c)
met
58.
When I am sick, I feel _______.
a)
week
b)
wek
c)
weak
59.
I hope that _______ having fun on the cruise
a)
there
b)
they're
c)
their
60.
That dog has a long _______.
a)
tail
b)
tall
c)
tale
61.
I got stung by a _____.
a)
be
b)
bea
c)
bee
62.
I want to go to the party _____.
a)
too
b)
to
c)
two
63.
We went to the store to buy a _____ dress.
a)
new
b)
knew
c)
know
d)
no
64.
_____ do I go to find the milk in the store?
a)
Wear
b)
Where
c)
Were
65.
The girls went over ______.
a)
their
b)
there
c)
they're
66.
The boy had ___ go buy some milk at the store.
a)
two
b)
to
c)
too
67.
My _____________ feet get cold in the morning.
a)
bear
b)
bare
68.
Do you have __________ to the website?
a)
excess
b)
access
69.
This test is ________ easy.
a)
to
b)
two
c)
too
70.
I have _____ computers.
a)
to
b)
too
c)
two
71.
I want to go to the party _____.
a)
too
b)
to
c)
two
72.
If you look over _________, you might find the wallet that you lost.
a)
their
b)
they're
c)
there
d)
puppies
73.
Have you decided ___________ or not you are going to the party on Saturday night?
a)
weather
b)
whether
74.
The ___________ outside is rainy and cold.
a)
weather
b)
whether
75.
Will you ________ me?
a)
marry
b)
merry
76.
Be careful, it's snowing out ______.
a)
their
b)
they're
c)
there
77.
a number of animals of one kind kept or living together
a)
heard
b)
herd
78.
to listen to; to gain knowledge of by hearing
a)
heard
b)
herd
79.
to stun especially by a blow
a)
daze
b)
days
80.
a specified time or period
a)
days
b)
daze
81.
plural form of foot
a)
feat
b)
feet
82.
a deed notable especially for courage; an act or product of skill, strength, or cleverness
a)
feet
b)
feat
83.
the top of a hill or mountain
a)
peak
b)
peek
84.
to look through a crack or hole or from a hiding place
a)
peek
b)
peak
85.
to request by message to come
a)
sent
b)
scent
c)
cent
86.
a unit of value equal to 1/100 part of a basic unit of money (as in the U.S. and Canada 1/100 dollar)
a)
sent
b)
scent
c)
cent
87.
a particular and usually agreeable odor
a)
sent
b)
scent
c)
cent
88.
to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something
a)
wait
b)
weight
89.
a heavy object (as a metal ball) used in athletic exercises and contests
a)
wait
b)
weight
90.
a part (as of a shoe) that covers or supports the human heel; the back part of the human foot behind the arch and below the ankle
a)
heel
b)
heal
91.
to make or become healthy or whole
a)
heal
b)
heel
92.
the head or director of a school
a)
principal
b)
principle
93.
a general or basic truth on which other truths or theories can be based; a rule of conduct
a)
principle
b)
principal
94.
The flower had a sweet ______.
a)
scent
b)
sente
c)
ceent
d)
none
95.
I ______ a letter to my pen pal.
a)
scente
b)
seent
c)
cente
d)
none
96.
The pitcher ____ a curve ball.
a)
thrue
b)
threw
c)
throwe
d)
none
97.
I cut _____ the fabric.
a)
through
b)
though
c)
throughe
d)
none
98.
Did you decide ____ to have carrots or corn?
a)
wether
b)
wheter
c)
weather
d)
none
99.
I hope the ____ is nice today.
a)
weather
b)
weether
c)
waether
d)
none
100.
At low ____, the beach is wide.
a)
tied
b)
tide
c)
tid
d)
none
101.
The farmer carried a ____ of milk.
a)
pale
b)
pial
c)
pail
d)
none
102.
I like to read poetry.
a)
olowd
b)
aloud
c)
allowed
d)
none
103.
Pets are not ____ in the zoo.
a)
aloud
b)
allowed
c)
alowed
d)
none
104.
I took a pottery ____.
a)
cuorse
b)
coarse
c)
course
d)
none
105.
What is the suffix in the word rocky?
a)
y
b)
rock
c)
roc
d)
cky
106.
What is the suffix in the word foolish?
a)
ish
b)
lish
c)
fool
d)
ollish
107.
What is the suffix in the word rainy?
a)
y
b)
rain
c)
ainy
d)
iny
108.
What is the suffix in the word childhood?
a)
hood
b)
child
c)
dhood
d)
od
109.
What is the suffix in the word selfish?
a)
ish
b)
fish
c)
sh
d)
self
110.
What is the suffix in the word treatment?
a)
ment
b)
tment
c)
nt
d)
treat
111.
What is the suffix in the word movement?
a)
ment
b)
move
c)
emen
d)
t
112.
What is the suffix in the word neighborhood?
a)
hood
b)
bor
c)
neigh
d)
d
113.
What is the suffix in the word childish?
a)
ish
b)
child
c)
dish
d)
sh
114.
What is the suffix in the word parenthood?
a)
hood
b)
parent
c)
d
d)
thood
115.
What is the suffix in the word crunchy?
a)
y
b)
chy
c)
crunch
d)
cru
116.
What is the suffix in the word bumpy?
a)
y
b)
mpy
c)
bump
d)
bu
117.
What is the suffix in the word payment?
a)
ment
b)
pay
c)
nt
d)
paym
118.
What is the suffix in the word sleepy?
a)
y
b)
sleep
c)
sle
d)
sleepy
119.
What is the suffix in the word excitement?
a)
ment
b)
ement
c)
excite
d)
excit
120.
What is the suffix in the word shipment?
a)
ment
b)
ship
c)
shi
d)
pment
121.
We live in the same ___________________________.
a)
neighborhood
b)
nayborhood
c)
neghborhood
d)
naghborhood
122.
The mountains are very ________________ in Colorado.
a)
rokie
b)
rocky
c)
rokey
d)
rockey
123.
I am tired of it being ____________ outside.
a)
rainey
b)
raney
c)
rainy
d)
raeny
124.
You were being __________________ when you wouldn't share your toys.
a)
selfish
b)
shelfish
c)
self fish
d)
slfish
125.
The gravel road is _________________.
a)
bumpie
b)
bumpi
c)
bompy
d)
bumpy
126.
The best gift in life is _______________________.
a)
parenthud
b)
parenthood
c)
parent hood
d)
parent-hood
127.
My __________________ was full of awesome memories.
a)
child-hood
b)
childhud
c)
childhood
d)
child hood
128.
I love to eat ________________ tacos.
a)
crunchy
b)
cruchie
c)
crunche
d)
crunchea
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