WorksheetsSCA 2 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Why should you read the information that comes before the start of a story?
To take more time and look like you are busy
It may provide background information
To see what language you will be reading in
It will tell you the answers if you read it carefully
If you don't know a word you come across when you are reading, you should
Write it down
Look up the definition
Use context clues
All of these answers are correct
Sometimes words have beginnings (prefixes) or endings (suffixes) that make it hard to find in the dictionary. If this happens, you should
Skip it, it's not that important anyway
Look it up online instead
Look for the ROOT or BASE word by taking off the beginning or ending
Think of a word that rhymes with it
A good way to annotate or take notes about what you are reading is
Write down the paragraph numbers on paper
Write down key words you see
Write a small summary or key idea
All of the answers are correct
When you are doing the revising or editing portion of the test, it is mandatory that you read the entire passage before you read the questions.
True
False
For revising and editing, it's very important to look back at the sentence the question mentions to ensure you make the right choice.
True
False
A good practice is to look for VERBS (action words) in the answer choices.
True
False
A simile is
When a non-human object acts like a person
The "drama mama" of figurative language; an extreme exaggeration
A comparison using "like" or "as"
A comparison NOT using "like" or "as"
A metaphor
Compares two things without using "like" or "as"
Saying something in words that don't mean exactly the same in English as in other languages
Repeating the same letter sound at the beginning of words that are close together
Sound words
A stanza in a poem is a grouping of lines that kind of looks like a paragraph.
True
False
The THEME of a story is
The summary
The author's point of view
Always one word
The main message
If you have a revising question and one of the answer choices is about spelling, it is best to
Go with your gut...if it looks wrong it probably is
Look it up in the encyclopedia
Look it up in a dictionary
The answer is NEVER the spelling choice
Where does the end quotation mark go in this sentence: Ron saw his sister and said, "Hey, can you keep my dog for the weekend?
Before the question mark
After the question mark
It doesn't need an end quotation mark
A complex sentence...
is made up of two independent clauses
is made up of an independent and a dependent clause
uses a FANBOY
has a semicolon
A semicolon can be used
instead of a comma
instead of a comma and a FANBOY
to connect two independent clauses
only in a complex sentence
When a noun or pronoun is next to another noun or pronoun it is called an
affirmation
allotment
appositive
apparition
When you are writing an appositive, you should surround it with which punctuation mark?
periods
parenthesis
quotation marks
commas
If you are taking a test and you KNOW that the first answer is correct...
go ahead and pick it
read the next choice anyway
read ALL of the choices
skip it and come back later
Which of the following is a semicolon?
.
;
,
?
The best way to make a good grade on this test is to
Read the passages slowly
Take notes / annotate as you go
Read all answer choices
All of the above
