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Semester Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

text evidence is

a)

using quotations from a text to support an answer

b)

proof your answer is correct

c)

both of those are correct

2.

proof is also known as

a)

citing

b)

evidence

c)

metaphor

d)

support

3.
Which is the appropriate sentence starter when you're citing evidence?
a)
The author states...
b)
This means...
c)
Because of this...
d)
In conclusion
4.

What is a summary?

a)

a short explanation of a text

b)

a persuasive argument about a text

c)

a movie based off of a book

d)

a theme or universal lesson

5.

When would you most likely summarize a book?

a)

when you want to forget a book you’ve read

b)

when you want to tell a friend your opinion of a book but not what it was about

c)

when you want to tell a friend the gist or main ideas of a book

d)

when you don’t understand a vocabulary word you read in a book

6.

You should write your summary

a)

in your own words with complete sentences.

b)

in a secret language that you make up.

c)

in one draft without revising.

d)

in fragments without punctuation.

7.

What can you summarize?

a)

only novels

b)

only nonfiction

c)

only movies

d)

anything you read or watch

8.

What is the plural of bench?

a)

benches

b)

benchs

c)

benchies

d)

benchives

9.

What is the plural of girl?

a)

girles

b)

girl

c)

girls

d)

girlies

10.

What is the plural of story?

a)

stories

b)

storyes

c)

storys

d)

stores

11.

Transitive verbs have direct objects.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Identify the verb in the sentence as Transitive or Intransitive.


Jonathan swims well.

a)

Transitive

b)

Intransitive

13.

His friend Deborah baked him a chocolate cake.

a)

Transitive

b)

Intransitive

14.

Thomas studied his lessons today.

a)

Transitive

b)

Intransitive

15.

Identify whether the verbs given in the below sentences are Transitive or Intransitive.


Hari passed the salt.

(a)  

16.

Identify whether the verbs given in the below sentences are Transitive or Intransitive.


Nitin flew a kite.

(a)  

17.

Identify whether the verbs given in the below sentences are Transitive or Intransitive.


I read a book.

(a)  

18.

What is a theme?

a)

a story line

b)

the topic/subject

c)

a universal truth about life and people

d)

the time and place of an event

19.

Which of the following statements about theme is TRUE?

a)

Authors NEVER use the same theme twice

b)

Themes only repeat in short stories

c)

All poems have the same theme

d)

The same themes can occur in different stories/different authors

20.

Even though they were sisters, Suzie and June were nothing alike. If Suzie wanted to jump rope, June wanted to play hopscotch. If June wanted to watch soap operas, Suzie wanted to watch talk shows. Tensions rose to the point that the girls could no longer stand one another’s company. It seemed that they had nothing in common, until the day that progress reports came out. While riding the bus home from school, the girls—startled by how upset the other looked—realized that they were both failing a subject. Suzie was failing math and June was failing reading. Since both girls wanted to pass their classes, they got to talking and agreed to help one another. So everyday after school for the next few weeks, Suzie tutored June in reading and then June tutored Suzie in math. By the time report cards came were distributed, Suzie and June were passing all of their classes. The girls were delighted, but their mother was happiest of all. Not just because her daughters passed their classes, but because they had learned to be good sisters.

a)

It's better to work together.

b)

Friendship is everything.

c)

Two heads are better than one.

d)

June and Suzie help one another out by learning to work together.

e)

Everyone should just get along.