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Language - A Christmas Carol (Stave 3)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the word class in bold: he was taken with a violent fit of trembling.

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

2.

Identify the technique: he got up softly and shuffled in his slippers to the door.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Sibilance

d)

Repetition

3.

Identify the sentence structure: It was his own room.

a)

Complex

b)

Simple

c)

Fragment

d)

Compound

4.

Identify the technique: from every part of which, bright gleaming berries glistened.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

5.

Identify the word class in bold: Scrooge entered timidly

a)

Adjective

b)

Verb

c)

Noun

d)

Adverb

6.

What does this description imply about the ghost? “Its dark brown curls were long and free; free as its genial face, its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstrained demeanour, and its joyful air.”

a)

It is angry and threatening

b)

It scares Scrooge

c)

It is friendly and welcoming

d)

It is unhappy

7.

What does the word in bold imply about the Scrooge? `Spirit,' said Scrooge submissively,' conduct me where you will. I went forth last night on compulsion, and I learnt a lesson which is working now.

a)

Scrooge is arguing with the ghost

b)

Scrooge is willing to obey the ghost

c)

Scrooge is threatening the ghost

d)

Scrooge thinks the ghost can't help him

8.

Identify the technique: Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly.

a)

Repetition

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

d)

List

9.

Identify the technique: There were great, round, round, pot-bellied baskets of chestnuts, shaped like the waistcoats of jolly old gentlemen

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

10.

What does this description imply about Bob Cratchit: "his threadbare clothes darned up and brushed"

a)

His clothes are old and worn but he tries to look tidy.

b)

He is scruffy and careless about his appearance.

c)

He has nice quality clothing.

11.

Identify the word class in bold: Mrs Cratchit entered -- flushed, but smiling proudly

a)

Noun

b)

Adverb

c)

Verb

d)

Adjective

12.

Identify the technique: Oh, a wonderful pudding. Bob Cratchit said, and calmly too, that he regarded it as the greatest success achieved by Mrs Cratchit since their marriage.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Repetition

d)

Anaphora

13.

Identify the word class in bold: Bob held his withered little hand in his

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

c)

Pronoun

d)

Verb

14.

Identify the technique: monstrous masses of rude stone were cast about

a)

Simile

b)

Repetition

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

15.

Identify the technique: From the foldings of its robe, it brought two children; wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

List

d)

Repetition