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WorksheetsThere Will Come Soft Rains
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
What happened to the humans in "There Will Come Soft Rains?"
They were killed by a nuclear blast
They were killed by an earthquake
They were on vacation
They moved to Europe
Which details show what has happened to the owners of the house in “There Will Come Soft Rains”?
The stove prepares a breakfast that goes uneaten.
Mrs. McClellan likes to listen to poetry in the evenings
The house keeps itself clean and protects itself from harm.
The shapes of four people are burned into the side of the house.
What can you conclude based on the fact that the house prepares two cups of coffee and two glasses of milk?
The parents in the house are having guests over for breakfast
There are two family members: a man and a woman
There are four family members: two adults and two children
The parents give their children coffee
How does the house "die" in the end?
It burned down in a fire
It was blown up by a nuclear explosion
The electronic "mice" tore it down
The owners move away and it stops working
If a writer manipulated words to create an advertisement, what did the writer do?
treated words badly
used words skillfully
corrected another writer’s mistakes
persuaded people to like her writing
Which of the following situations is most likely to make a person feel tremulous?
performing a solo while experiencing stage fright
learning that an exam has been moved to a later date
getting a good grade on a research paper
hearing one’s favorite song on the radio
What passage from the story supports the idea that the parents were outside in the garden when the tragedy occurred?
Here the silhouette in paint of a man mowing a lawn. Here, as in a photograph, a woman bent to pick flowers.
In the cellar, the incinerator glowed suddenly and a whirl of sparks leaped up the chimney.
Bridge tables sprouted from patio walls. Playing cards fluttered onto pads in a shower of pips.
A voice spoke from the study ceiling: “Mrs. McClellan, which poem would you like this evening?”
Read this passage from “There Will Come Soft Rains.”
The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants, big, small, servicing, attending, in choirs. But the gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly.
Which answer choice gives the most important reason the author chose to make this comparison?
to show that the house works without a purpose now that the people it served are gone
to show that the house continues to function exactly as it did when people lived there
to show that the house has destroyed the people instead of serving them
to show that the house was once a popular and well-attended church
Which sentence from “There Will Come Soft Rains” is an example of personification?
The garden sprinklers whirled up in golden founts, filling the soft morning air with scatterings of brightness
The dog ran upstairs, hysterically yelping to each door, at last realizing, as the house realized, that only silence was here
At four o’clock the tables folded like great butterflies back through the paneled walls.
The wind blew. A falling tree bough crashed through the kitchen window. Cleaning solvent, bottled, shattered over the stove.
What does the Latin root -man- mean?
hand
name
person
month
What set of words are an example of parallel adverbs?
is; seem
robot; electric
automated; house
hurriedly; frantically
Which sentence correctly uses parallel verb phrases?
An electronic maid had cooked dinner, had cleaned the dishes, and then was put away for the night by the house’s owner
The dust was swept up by the electronic vacuum, and the floors were cleaned by an automated mop.
The garage door has opened automatically, and the car is driven away by a robot chauffeur.
Tiny lawn mowers have been circling the lawn, and each blade of grass is carefully clipped.
