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Daily Dose 21 - 30 (7th)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Someone is ludicrous when they are...

a)

difficult

b)

bothersome

c)

ridiculous

d)

easy

2.

Which sentence is erroneous?

a)

A tornado destroys a neighborhood.

b)

Watching the paint dry was boring.

c)

The book on the history of the car is over their.

d)

I like to eat pizza.

3.

Which of the following is a synonym for dejected?

a)

jubilant

b)

humdrum

c)

livid

d)

somber

4.

Which word means about the same thing as jubilant?

a)

messy

b)

sad

c)

happy

d)

unfriendly

5.

A livid person is...

a)

happy

b)

shy

c)

unhappy

d)

mad

6.

A timid person is...

a)

happy

b)

shy

c)

unhappy

d)

mad

7.

Which of the following holidays would you most likely bamboozle someone?

a)

Labor Day

b)

April Fool's Day

c)

Mother's Day

d)

The 4th of July

8.

A cantankerous person is...

a)

ridiculous, silly

b)

grumpy, ornery

c)

mad, angry

d)

shy, bashful

9.

If you are lionized, you are...

a)

burdened

b)

treated special

c)

disapproved of

d)

curious

10.

Which of the following would most likely cause a person to be disgruntled?

a)

a bad grade on a test

b)

a town fair

c)

a trip to the amusement park

d)

a surprise birthday party

11.

The role of the protagonist in the story is

a)

persuade you they are going to win the game

b)

The main character who tends to have a positive perspective

c)

Negative Nancy

12.

Personification is:

a)

an exaggeration

b)

giving an inanimate object human characteristics or abilities

c)

repetition of the same consonant sounds

d)

a comparison not using "like" or "as"

13.

A synonym for drab would be ____________________.

a)

brilliant

b)

double

c)

dull

d)

exciting

14.

"Joey couldn't stand Zach because he was such a braggart."

a)

Zach boasted too much.

b)

Zach lied too much.

c)

Zach always broke the rules.

d)

Zach was a loner.

15.

encumber : help :: race : ____________________

a)

run

b)

walk

c)

sprint

d)

dash

16.

"The man in the light tan jacket ate his soup as Jan and Jason argued, then paid his bill and left." What kind of character is the man?

a)

a round character

b)

a flat character

c)

a bossy character

d)

an active character

17.

Which sentence has a strong action verb?

a)

Eloise is a real lion, loud and proud.

b)

The mustached man stalked off in a huff after the argument.

c)

The second month of last year was the worst for Georgie.

d)

Don't be late!

18.

If you wanted to find information about Phoenix, Arizona, in a geography book which of these entries could you look for?

a)

Phoenix, United States

b)

Arizona, Southwest

c)

Phoenix, Arizona

d)

Arizona, North America

19.

Which literary device is used in the following sentence?


“Yo, Mike, what are ya gonna do ‘bout the project fo Mr.Parnell’s class?” Charlie asked.

a)

rhyme

b)

personification

c)

dialect

d)

idiom

20.

As Jan and Jason entered the enormous, dimly lit cavern, they sensed that danger was ahead of them. They crept forward, shining their flashlights into the darkness. Suddenly, rock began to fall ahead of them. The roof of the cave was falling down! “Run!” one of them shouted, and they both turned and ran back the way they came.


Which sentence in the above paragraph contains foreshadowing?

a)

They crept forward, shining their flashlights into the darkness.

b)

As Jan and Jason entered the enormous, dimly lit cavern, they sensed that danger was ahead of them.

c)

Suddenly, rock began to fall ahead of them.

d)

"Run!" one of them shouted, and they both turned and ran back the way they came.