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WorksheetsEnglish 9A Fun Before Winter Break!
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Today is December 21 ("B" day) or December 22 ("A" day). What is special about December 21st?
It is the last day of Hanukkah (2020).
It is the first day of Kwanzaa (2020).
It is the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
It is Boxing Day in Great Britain.
It is four days prior to Christmas Eve.
In traditional stories, what are the names of Santa's reindeer, listed alphabetically? (Correct answers will be capitalized and punctuated appropriately.)
(a)
The coldest day ever recorded in Wisconsin history was in 1996 when THIS city recorded -55 degrees Fahrenheit.
St. Croix
Stoughton
Sullivan
Stone Lake
Sheboygan
If the name "December" comes from the Latin "decem" for "ten," then why is December the 12th month on our calendar?
The reference to the number ten is connected to the ten days between the shortest day of the year and the new year.
The Roman calendar used at that time only had ten months.
Sometime around the year 1200, the name "December" was moved from the 10th month to the 12th month of the year.
None of the answers is correct.
Read the sentence example below. Determine if there is a grammatical problem and, if so, what it is.
Junior is the main character in Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," and he enjoys sketching in his spare time.
comma splice
run-on sentence
fragment
The example is fine the way it is written.
Read the example below and determine whether or not it is grammatically correct. If it isn't, what is the problem?
In the first chapter of Alexie's book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the protagonist explains some of his medical conditions, they include being born with fluid on his brain.
comma splice
run-on setence
fragment
This sentence is fine the way it is written.
During the 2019 holiday season, how many packages did the U.S. Postal Service deliver?
60 million
200 million
800 million
1.5 billion
Decide which of the examples below is a sentence fragment.
On January 4th, students at SPHS will "return" to one week of virtual study instead of coming into the building.
English 9A students will read Sherman Alexie's book in an e-version or a traditional paper version, and their teacher, Ms. Nelson, will also post an audio book on Classroom.
Ms. Nelson has been enjoying reading her students' definition essays, and she appreciates the amount of time and concentration all of her classes have been putting into the assignment.
The SPHS renovation project is on schedule; it will transform almost every part of the learning environment at the high school.
Although Sauk County isn't expecting a lot of snow during break, and a few days are expected to be in the 30s and low 40s.
The highest grossing (best money making) holiday movie of all time is _________________________________________, and _________________________________________ comes in second.
A Christmas Carol; The Grinch
The Santa Clause; Elf
The Grinch; Home Alone
Home Alone; Elf
Elf; The Polar Express
Red and white striped candy canes were first made around 1900. How many are now made annually?
10 million
40 million
260 million
1 billion
None of the answers is correct.
Who wrote the famous short novel, A Christmas Carol, and in what year was it first published?
Thomas Hardy; 1876
Nathaniel Hawthorne; 1843
Jane Austen; 1815
Elizabeth Gaskell; 1899
Charles Dickens; 1843
What is Shaun White famous for?
He is a professional Alpine skier and the winner of three national championships.
He was a professional speed skater in the 1980s who almost won a gold medal, but was tripped by a competitor in the final lap of his race.
He is a professional snowboarder and a three-time Olympic Gold Medalist.
He is a professional singer (and skier) who won "America's Got Talent" in 2018.
None of the answers above is correct.
Rewrite the sentence below to correct for the comma splice.
The grandmother served homemade eggnog to her guests, she didn't realize she had made it with salt instead of sugar.
(a)
According to Spotify, what is the most popular holiday song of all time?
Ariana Grande, "Santa Tell Me"
Brenda Lee, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
José Feliciano, "Feliz Navidad"
Sam Smith, "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
According to an article in the NYTimes (11/10/2020) entitled "In the Arctic, Reindeer Are Sustenance and a Sacred Presence," the reindeer population has declined by ________________________________ in the past 20 years.
25%
a third
half
two-thirds
by nearly 75%
Wisconsin's average low temperature for the month of January is _________________.
-3 degrees F
0 degrees F
1 degree F
3 degrees F
9 degrees F
According to NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) WHAT weather phenomenon sends "cold Arctic air southward over the United States with the jet stream"?
Thundersnow
Nieve Penitente
Polar Vortex
Ice Fog
Diamond Dust
According to Grammarly, what is the definition of a run-on sentence?
is a clause that is missing one of three critical components: a subject, a verb, and a complete thought
is a particular kind of comma mistake that happens when a writer uses a comma to join two independent clauses
occurs when two complete sentences are squashed together without using a coordinating conjunction or proper punctuation, such as a period or a semicolon
None of the answers is correct.
These are the final four lines of Clement Clarke Moore's famous poem, "A Visit From St. Nicholas." What rhyming words are missing?
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a(n) __________,
And away they all flew like the down of a(n) __________.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
call; awl
holler; otter
sign; pine
ring; wing
whistle; thistle
The famous New Year’s Eve Ball drop in New York City's Times Square has been happening every year since ________________________.
1889-90
1907-08
1945-46
1969-70
1983-84
If you were going ice fishing, which rod would you use?
jigging rod
spinning rod
casting rod
fly rod
According to the National Christmas Tree Association, how many trees are sold each year during the holiday season?
10-15 million
25-30 million
45-50 million
85-90 million
105-110 million
Hot chocolate is a popular beverage during the winter months. Which U.S. President was a big fan of of the drink?
Bill Clinton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
Where was the first snowmobile invented and in what year?
Limestone, Maine; 1935
Sayner, Wisconsin; 1922
Bemidji, Minnesota; 1915
Kobuk, Alaska; 1931
Escanaba, Michigan; 1952
On January 30, 1951, Sauk County registered the coldest temps for that year in Wisconsin. What record temperature was it?
-53 degrees Fahrenheit
-41 degrees Fahrenheit
-59 degrees Fahrenheit
-38 degrees Fahrenheit
-40 degrees Fahrenheit
