WorksheetsUnit 9 Vocabulary Checkpoint
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of these sentences contains a metaphor?
The water was glassy.
The water was like glass.
The water was glass.
The water was in the glass.
Which of these sentences contains a simile?
Her lips were a red rosebud
Her lips were like a red rosebud.
Her lips were redder than a rosebud.
Her lips were next to the red rosebud.
Which of these sentences contains a simile?
The pile of papers made a mountain.
The pile of papers was mountainous.
The pile of papers was a mountain.
The pile of papers was as big as a mountain.
Which of these sentences contains a metaphor?
That girl is a fish!
That girl swims like a fish!
That girl likes fish!
That girl is fishy.
Which of these sentences contains a simile?
The boy was a balloon.
The boy blew up the balloon.
Th boy blew up like a balloon.
The boy liked the balloon.
Which word means “fascinate” or “stir up interest”?
relate
intrigue
Choose the word that makes the most sense to complete this sentence. Messing around with time travel could have serious ________ for the present or future.
consequences
attempts
Which word refers to a person who studies life’s questions?
protagonist
philosopher
Choose the word that makes the most sense to complete this sentence. I had a ____________ pain in my ankle, but it wasn’t enough to stop walking.
stunned
slight
Which word means a “try”?
moment
attempt
Choose the word that makes the most sense to complete this sentence. Once all the free food was gone, all the guests ___________.
vanished
related
Time travel (a) many people.
Inventors who are fascinated with the idea have made many (a) .
Inventors attempt to create a way to (a) from the present time and appear in the future.
This idea was (a) to readers in the novel A Christmas Carol.
In that story, the protagonist travels to the future and sees how people are affected by his (a) cruelty.
The (a) of his trip to the future is an immediate change in behavior.
He changed his behavior the (a) he returns to the present.
Though seeing the future was beneficial for Scrooge, (a) wonder whether knowing the future would be wise or not.
