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Reading Basics

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does fiction mean?
a)
Fact
b)
Fun
c)
For real
d)
Not real
2.
What does non-fiction mean?
a)
Funny
b)
Factual
c)
Fantasy
d)
Fabrication
3.
"Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone" was pretty boring.
a)
Grammatically correct
b)
Grammatically incorrect
4.
I've never read "The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe".
a)
Grammatically correct
b)
Grammatically incorrect
5.
"The Cat in the Hat" is a great book.
a)
Grammatically correct
b)
Grammatically incorrect
6.
i can't believe your bored!
a)
Grammatically correct
b)
Grammatically incorrect
7.
Do you have any lotion?
a)
Grammatically correct
b)
Grammatically incorrect
8.
I hate playing monopoly with my brothers.
a)
Grammatically correct
b)
Grammatically incorrect
9.

Choose the word spelled correctly.

a)

funnyest

b)

funniest

c)

funnyist

d)

funiest

10.

Choose the word spelled correctly.

a)

pharmacies

b)

farmacies

c)

pharmacys

d)

farmacys

11.

Choose the word spelled correctly.

a)

easier

b)

easyier

c)

easyer

d)

eazier

12.

Choose the word spelled correctly.

a)

ordinarilly

b)

ordinaryly

c)

ordinairily

d)

ordinarily

13.

Choose the word spelled correctly.

a)

frendliness

b)

friendliness

c)

friendlyness

d)

frendlyness

14.

Choose the word spelled correctly.

a)

lazyness

b)

laiziness

c)

layziness

d)

laziness

15.

What is the correct spelling?

a)

tempeture

b)

temperature

c)

temperture

16.

What is the definition of plot?

a)

The lesson in the story

b)

The sequence of events in the story

c)

The turning point of the story

d)

The conflict in the story

17.

The correct order of plot stages is...

a)

exposition, falling action, climax, resolution, rising action

b)

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

c)

resolution, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution

d)

rising action, exposition, climax, resolution, falling action

18.

Which part of the plot

introduces the characters?

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

19.

Which part of the plot

develops the conflict?

a)

Resolution

b)

Falling Action

c)

Climax

d)

Rising Action

20.

Which part of the plot

introduces the setting?

a)

climax

b)

falling action

c)

resolution

d)

exposition

21.

Which of these happens in the

falling action?

a)

Sets up the conflict

b)

Creates suspense/tension

c)

Show the outcome of the climax

d)

Develops the conflict

22.

Which part of the plot is the

turning point of the story?

a)

Exposition

b)

Falling Action

c)

Climax

d)

Resolution

23.

Which part of the plot

creates tension and suspense?

a)

rising action

b)

climax

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

24.

Which part of the plot is

the most intense?

a)

falling action

b)

rising action

c)

exposition

d)

climax

25.

Setting is the ___________________ of the action of the story.

a)

Problem

b)

Solution

c)

time and place

d)

plot

26.

What is the classic fairy tale resolution?

a)

once upon a time

b)

the end...or is it?

c)

and they all lived happily ever after

d)

this is a story about a family

27.

What takes place after the climax that prepares the story for its resolution?

a)

resolution

b)

rising action

c)

falling action

d)

exposition

28.
What is the author's message to the reader?
a)
theme
b)
main idea
c)
summary
d)
stanza
29.

WHAT IS A POETRY "PARAGRAPH"?

a)

REFRAIN

b)

STANZA

c)

END RHYME

d)

REPETITION

30.
WHAT ARE THE WORDS THAT GIVE THE ACTORS INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO IN A PLAY?
a)
DIALOGUE
b)
DIALECT
c)
STAGE DIRECTIONS
d)
PROCEDURES
31.
WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS A COMPARISON USING LIKE OR AS?
a)
METAPHOR
b)
IDIOM
c)
HYPERBOLE
d)
SIMILE
32.
WHO IS THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A STORY?
a)
ANTAGONIST
b)
PROTAGONIST
c)
STATIC CHARACTER
d)
BATMAN
33.
WHAT IS A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT PRESENT AND RESOLVE A PROBLEM; IT TELLS A STORY?
a)
PLOT
b)
POEM
c)
PERSUASIVE WRITING
d)
EXPOSITIORY WRITING
34.

WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO THINGS WITHOUT USING LIKE OR AS?

a)

SIMILE

b)

IDIOM

c)

HYPERBOLE

d)

METAPHOR

35.
WHO IS THE OPPOSITION / ENEMY OF THE MAIN CHARACTER?
a)
PROTAGONIST
b)
ANTAGONIST
c)
DYNAMIC CHARACTER
d)
3RD PERSON
36.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM IN A STORY?
a)
TURNING POINT
b)
CONFLICT
c)
CLIMAX
d)
RESOLUTION
37.

Longest part of the plot diagram. Builds up the problem

a)

plot

b)

rising action

c)

exposition

d)

point of view

38.

what the text is mostly about

a)

text features

b)

plot

c)

internal conflict

d)

main idea

39.
Mary has ______ many kinds of dogs.
a)
bread
b)
bred
40.
My new shoe is hurting my ______.
a)
heel
b)
heal
41.
The doctor can _____ your illness.
a)
heel
b)
heal
42.
What is the _______ for the American Red Cross?
a)
cymbal
b)
symbol
43.
Josh hit the ________ on the drum kit to make noise.
a)
cymbal
b)
symbol
44.
A ________ of deer ran up the hill.
a)
heard
b)
herd
45.
I __________ the telephone ring.
a)
herd
b)
heard
46.
How many _______ are on this floor of the hospital?
a)
patients
b)
patience
47.
The teacher praised the students' ___________.
a)
patients
b)
patience
48.
Did you visit the state _________ building?
a)
capitol
b)
capital
49.
What is our state _________?
a)
capitol
b)
capital
50.
Use a ruler to draw a ________ line.
a)
straight
b)
strait
51.
Bob sailed across the _______.
a)
straight
b)
strait
52.
The bride walked down the ______.
a)
aisle
b)
isle
53.
The _______ curtains let light in.
a)
sheer
b)
shear
54.
They are going to _______ the sheep today.
a)
sheer
b)
shear
55.
The _______ was in the middle of the lake.
a)
aisle
b)
isle
56.
Please buy a loaf of ________.
a)
bread
b)
bred
57.

Pencils should be orange, not yellow.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

58.

Non-fiction books are the most popular in the library.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

59.

It is important to brush your teeth twice each day.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

60.

Mrs. Stephens is doing great in her Texas Tech classes.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion