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Check - English - w/c 22nd June - Roof Toppers Revision

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What idea do we get about Sophie when there is a shipwreck sinking under the water?

a)

She's a pirate

b)

She's a musician

c)

She's alone

d)

She's a hostage

2.

What does the reader notice about Charles' feelings towards the baby?

a)

he cares

b)

he's bored

c)

he panics

d)

he's hysterical

3.

When the writer tells us it's not perfect, but Sophie's life "showed potential", what does this suggest?

a)

a dull life

b)

a life of possibilities

c)

a sad life

d)

a hopeless life

4.

What technique is the writer using in this description: Charles "held her at arm's length, as he would a leaky flowerpot"?

a)

a simile

b)

assonance

c)

ellipsis

d)

dialogue

5.

What does the writer achieve by describing the baby weeing on the Shakespeare play 'Hamlet'?

a)

misery

b)

terror

c)

suspense

d)

humour

6.

"A baby floating in a cello case" is a dramatic...

a)

rhetorical question

b)

image

c)

alliteration

d)

adjective

7.

Which word is the verb to show the action in this quote: "water flooding in over the carpet"?

a)

water

b)

flooding

c)

over

d)

carpet

8.

Which onomatopoeic word creates a sense of fear in this quotation: "the shriek of a passenger would duet with a high C"?

a)

shriek

b)

passenger

c)

duet

d)

high

9.

Which sense is the writer appealing to: "she woke when they drew up in a street smelling of trees and horse dung"?

a)

sight

b)

sound

c)

taste

d)

smell

10.

The writer compares Charles to moonlight, nighttime and ink, with a voice. Which technique is being used to create a character?

a)

adjectives

b)

pronouns

c)

personification

d)

verbs