WorksheetsEnglish 5 4th Quarter Practice Test (Reading Skills)
Total questions: 93
Worksheet time: 49mins
A. Do speed reading and answer the questions that follow. Be mindful of the time limit.
For a long time, people believed the earth stood at the center of the universe and everything, including the sun, revolved around it. This belief is called geocentrism. Geocentrism was an accepted truth until the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus came along. In 1543, Copernicus proved through his observations and mathematical calculations that the earth actually revolved around the sun. This view is called heliocentrism. Copernicus was not the first scientist to discover heliocentrism, but his book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres provided more detailed support behind the theory.
What is the belief that the center of the universe is the Earth?
Geocentrism
Heliocentrism
Earth-Centered
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Although poetry was Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s first love, as was his sister’s, Christina Rossetti (who was one of the most remarkable poets of her time) he decided on an artistic career. In September 1848, he formed a ‘secret society’ with other painters called the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB). The group aimed to produce work with both aesthetic and moral values.
From the excerpt above, it is mainly about?
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When Tiger won the US masters in 1997, he was only 21 years old. In winning, he broke lots of records. He won the title by 12 strokes, which was the biggest ever victory at the US masters. He also became the youngest champion in 61 years.
This article is about Tiger Woods' victory on the golf course.
This article is about different types of sports.
A. Click the image and do speed reading. Answer the question.
When do these jobs start?
early November
late November
A. Click the image and do speed reading. Answer the question.
What kind of people is Skillswise Delivery Services looking for?
enthusiastic and reliable people
strong and hardworking people
A. Click the image and do speed reading. Answer the question.
Who asks, “Why are you drawing a super hero?”
librarian
Jenny
Jack
A. Click the image and do speed reading. Answer the question.
How many glue sticks could Jack win?
2
3
4
A. Click the image and do speed reading. Answer the question.
What place does Jack have to win to get his prizes?
Last place
Second place
First place
A. Click the image and do speed reading. Answer the question.
The movie theater is closed on Tuesday.
True
False
A. Click the image and do speed reading. Answer the question.
According to the pie graph, which reasons for foreign tourists in Thailand were the same percentage?
Pass and Holiday
Holiday and Culture
Beautiful Place and Culture
B. Click the correct text feature.
What text feature which is use to describe the photo?
footnote
caption
typographical emphases
graphic organizer
B. Click the correct text feature.
Which text feature helps you explain a word/phrase or gives more information about something in the text which uses small numbers to show its location.
caption
typographical emphases
graphic organizer
B. Click the correct text feature.
Which text feature helps you summarize/compare information?
footnote
typographical emphases
graphic organizer
caption
B. Click the correct text feature.
Which text feature helps you give importance to significant keywords to understand the text better?
footnote
typographical emphases
graphic organizer
caption
B. Click the correct text feature.
Which text feature that is one-to-two-sentence descriptions that use to understand the photograph?
footnote
typographical emphases
graphic organizer
caption
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
I didn't ____ what she said.
hear
here
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
They forgot to take ____ printouts.
there
their
they're
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
The house is by the ____.
see
sea
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
They tried to ____ the painting.
steel
steal
still
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
I hope the ____ is fine.
weather
whether
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
He ____ a snowball at us.
threw
through
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
This is made from wheat ____.
flower
flour
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
The book is ____ back at the library in two weeks.
dew
due
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
We are pulling ____ from a shell.
muscles
mussels
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
I _______ Marshall in the hall.
past
passed
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
I knew I was going to be _________ during the four hour drive to Iowa.
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
Tyler yelled to Brett, "Use your _______!" as they went downhill on their bikes.
breaks
brakes
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
Students are watching plants ___ in the microcope.
cell
sell
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
She loves to play close to the ____.
creek
creak
C. Click the best homophone that will complete the sentence.
This is .......... difficult for me.
to
too
two
D. Choose the correct meaning for the HOMOGRAPH underlined for each sentence.
The roll was good with butter.
A type of bread
to turn over and over
D. Choose the correct meaning for the HOMOGRAPH underlined for each sentence.
Samuel says that he can go on the field trip next week.
To have permission
To preserve in a sealed container
D. Choose the correct meaning for the HOMOGRAPH underlined for each sentence.
We had to back the car into the driveway so we could unload the trunk.
The rear part of the human body
To cause to move backwards.
D. Choose the correct meaning for the HOMOGRAPH underlined for each sentence.
The singer made a low bow to the audience after his performance.
decorative ribbon
bend at the waist
D. Choose the correct meaning for the HOMOGRAPH underlined for each sentence.
The boss will present the award at 10:00.
here
give
D. Choose the correct meaning for the HOMOGRAPH underlined for each sentence.
At the same time, he began to wander around when he came across a row of palm trees swaying to the wind.
to think about something
to walk slowly around or to a place
D. Choose the correct meaning for the HOMOGRAPH underlined for each sentence.
He quickly got a bat to chase it away.
an animal like a mouse with wings
a piece of wood with a handle
D. Choose the correct meaning for the HOMOGRAPH underlined for each sentence.
At the same time, he began to wander around when he came across a row of palm trees swaying to the wind.
a type of tree
the inner surface of the hand
D. Choose the correct meaning for the HOMOGRAPH underlined for each sentence.
John took a blue pail from the toilet and covered the bat.
a container with a handle, used for carrying liquids
having skin that is very light in colour
D. Choose the correct meaning for the HOMOGRAPH underlined for each sentence.
Can you ring the doorbell for me, please?
A piece of jewerly.
To sound a bell.
E. Click the letter of homograph that matches the description/meaning below.
"shut"
She A. closed the window which is B. closed to the main door before she went home.
E. Click the letter of homograph that matches the description/meaning below.
"learners/students"
Mr. Castro's A. pupil was accidentally hit in the B. pupil by his classmate during the game.
E. Click the letter of homograph that matches the description/meaning below.
"a cooling device"
Before the concert started, the A. fans lined up properly at the backstage with their B. fans to make them feel better due to hot weather.
E. Click the letter of homograph that matches the description/meaning below.
"an area for amusing children"
I do not want to A. park the car far from the B. park.
E. Click the letter of homograph that matches the description/meaning below.
"a reading material"
That new A. book is giving us information how to B. book a flight for travel.
E. Click the letter of homograph that matches the description/meaning below.
"similarities"
Guitar and Royal are two brands of A. matches which B. matches the standard given by the Fire Protection Agency.
E. Click the letter of homograph that matches the description/meaning below.
"penalty"
The driver pay his A. fine of Php. 1, 000 due to illegal parking, and it is B. fine for him.
E. Click the letter of homograph that matches the description/meaning below.
"speech"
I can give you the A. address of the public speaking teacher to teach you how to make a good graduation B. address.
E. Click the letter of homograph that matches the description/meaning below.
"city"
Whenever you write a A. capital of any country, you should write the first letter in B. capital because it is a proper noun.
E. Click the letter of homograph that matches the description/meaning below.
"in person"
The singer performed A. live in the city where I B. live .
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
A "Line" in poetry is
a single line of words in a poem
multiple lines in a poem
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem (paragraph) is called a...?
Stanza
Line
Rhyme Scheme
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
It is the repetition of sounds at the end of words, as in the words pig and dig.
Rhyme
Stanza
Syllabication
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
This denotes the number of syllables each line is
divided to. A proportional number of syllables gives the
rhythmic aspect to a poem.
Rhyme Scheme
Rhythm
Syllabication
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
A pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines. It is noted by assigning a letter of the alphabet to each line beginning with the letter "a". Lines that are given the same letter if they rhyme.
Rhyme Scheme
Rhythm
Syllabication
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
Rhyme Scheme always starts with which letter?
a
z
f
r
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
How many lines can you see from this poem?
2
4
8
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
How many stanzas can you see from this poem?
2
4
8
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
What is the poem syllabication?
Today on your birthday
You are in luck.
You could have been born
A pig, cow, or duck.
7575
5454
6455
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
AA, BB, CC, DD, EE
AB, CD, EF, GH
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
From the poem, what word rhyme with "wood"?
both
could
undergrowth
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABAB
ABCB
ABCD
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
What is the theme of the poem?
Nothing can stay forever.
Nature is important.
Leaves change.
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
How many lines can you see from this poem?
1
5
6
F. Choose the correct answer about elements of poetry.
How many stanzas can you see from this poem?
2
4
8
G. Click the correct answer.
What is the figure of speech called when there
is a repetition of the same consonant letter at the beginning of the word in a line?
Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopeia
G. Click the correct answer.
What is the figure of speech called when you make a direct comparison without using the words 'like' or 'as'?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
G. Click the correct answer.
What is the figure of speech called
when you make a direct comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
G. Click the correct answer.
What is the figure of speech called when you give an object human qualities?
Hyperbole
Irony
Personification
G. Click the correct answer.
What is the figure of speech called when words imitate and reproduce real-life sounds and actions?
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Alliteration
G. Click the correct answer.
What is the figure of speech called when something is over-exaggerated, not meant to be taken literally?
Hyperbole
Irony
Personification
G. Click the correct answer.
What is the figure of speech called when there
is a repetition of vowel sounds?
Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopeia
G. Click the correct answer.
What is the figure of speech called when you are using antonyms or opposite words in describing?
Hyperbole
Irony
Personification
H. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
The figure of speech that you find in the line
"I wandered lonely as a cloud" is a ...
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
personifiation
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
"Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed..."
assonance
onomatopeia
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
"His face burned like a brand."
irony
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
"The toot, toot, toot of the train excites me."
irony
assonance
metaphor
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
When the speaker says, "The hours crawled...."
irony
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers
Assonance
Irony
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
My stomach is as big as the moon.
Personification
Irony
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
Betty Botter bought some bitter butter.
Assonance
Hyperbole
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
The water angrily flowed towards the sea.
Alliteration
Assonance
Hyperbole
Personification
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
I am so hungry I can eat a mountain.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
"How good of you to refuse to help us."
Metaphor
Personification
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
I have never seen anyone so tall, he was as tall as the Empire State Building.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
The gushing wind blew through the trees.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
That person runs like a road-runner.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.
Simile
Alliteration
Assonance
Metaphor
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
Coming home to a big mess and saying, “it’s great to be back”
Hyperbole
Irony
Onomatopoeia
Simile
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
The engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle.
Simile
Alliteration
Assonance
Metaphor
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
Pat planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot.
Simile
Alliteration
Assonance
Metaphor
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
Her lovely voice was music to his ears.
G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.
We waited for centuries for the latest game to be released.
