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The School Story

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Replace the bolded words with spelling words: 1. Mr. Brown asked his students to make corrections to their original copies of their stories.

a)

editorial; manuscripts

b)

revisions; manuscripts

c)

editorial; mazes

d)

revisions; mazes

2.

Replace the bolded word with a spelling word: Please do not reveal Superman's secret identity to anyone else.

a)

pressure

b)

muted

c)

disclose

d)

publish

3.

Replace the bolded word with a spelling word: “Thank you very much for spilling coffee all over my homework,” Tim said to his Mom with a sarcastic smile.

a)

editorial

b)

muted

c)

wry

d)

literary

4.

Replace the bolded word with a spelling word: He wore a faded green sweater.

a)

muted

b)

literary

c)

wry

d)

editorial

5.

Replace the bolded word with a spelling word: The students cried and complained, because they wanted to force their teacher to cancel the spelling quiz.

a)

publishing

b)

disclose

c)

maze

d)

pressure

6.

Fill in the blank: Larry was an evil platypus. He was angry that the ________________ magazine did not publish any stories about platypuses.

a)

editorial

b)

literary

c)

muted

d)

maze

7.

Larry sent a story about his life to the magazine, but the _______________ staff said the story did not make sense. They said the grammar was so bad, it would take them years to fix it.

a)

literary

b)

editorial

c)

wry

d)

pressure

8.

“We can’t fix this story,” they told Larry. “The spelling is terrible. You have no punctuation. It needs too many __________________.”

a)

revisions

b)

mazes

c)

pressures

d)

manuscripts

9.

“Publish my story, or you’ll be sorry!” warned Larry.


“You can’t _________________ us,” said the staff. “Only we can decide which stories we will publish.”

a)

disclose

b)

literary

c)

pressure

d)

manuscript

10.

Larry wanted revenge. He decided to kidnap the magazine’s staff and trap them in a confusing ______________. The staff tried to find their way home, but never did. They are still there.

a)

pressure

b)

publishing

c)

literary

d)

maze