WorksheetsReading Informational and Literature Practice #1
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is the BEST idea for employee retention?
a)
A. Threaten to fire employees who come to work late.
b)
B. Let employees know when a promotion is coming up.
c)
C. Offer bonuses for employees who do a good job.
d)
D. Allow employees to leave early on their birthdays.
2.
Which candy slogan has a negative connotation?
a)
A. “A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play.”
b)
B. “Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don’t.”
c)
C. “There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s!”
d)
D. “Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!”
3.
Which sentence expresses an opinion, rather than a fact?
a)
A. The American Civil War was an internal conflict fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. B. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America. C. The Union won the war, which remains the bloodiest in U.S. history. D. The war ended with the justly surrender of all the Confederate armies and the dissolution of the Confederate government in the spring of 1865.
b)
B. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America.
c)
C. The Union won the war, which remains the bloodiest in U.S. history.
d)
D. The war ended with the justly surrender of all the Confederate armies and the dissolution of the Confederate government in the spring of 1865.
4.
Angela was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work involved with the experiment on photosynthesis.
Which dictionary definition BEST matches the word “volume” in this sentence?
a)
A. a book forming part of a work or series
b)
B. the amount of space that a substance or object occupies
c)
C. the amount or quantity of something, especially when great
d)
D. fullness or expansive thickness of something
5.
Which of these BEST describes informational text?
a)
A. Fiction, headings, bolded vocabulary, illustrations
b)
B. Non-fiction, bolded vocabulary, characterization
c)
C. Both fiction and non-fiction, headings, characterization
d)
D. Non-fiction, headings, bolded vocabulary, illustrations
6.
She rode to the edge of the pond and looked at the steer unhappily. She was loath to get out in the mud herself. But the annoying steer kept up its crying, and made no effort to get clear of the bog on its own.
Which word from this excerpt BEST helps the reader understand what the word “loath” means?
a)
A. unhappily
b)
B. mud
c)
C. herself
d)
D. crying
7.
Which of these is a literary allusion?
a)
A. Moses freed the slaves of Egypt.
b)
B. Rena was a Scrooge when it came to money.
c)
C. Tina was Abe Lincoln while on trial.
d)
D. Anne Frank lived in the attic for over two years.
8.
Which of these is a historical allusion?
a)
A. Moses freed the slaves of Egypt.
b)
B. Rena was a Scrooge when it came to money.
c)
C. Tina was Abe Lincoln while on trial.
d)
D. Anne Frank lived in the attic for over two years.
9.
Which of these combines a real event or real person’s unusual life story with exaggeration and heroic actions?
a)
A. Fairytale
b)
B. Fable
c)
C. Legend
d)
D. Myth
10.
If you are spontaneous, you are
a)
A. bored
b)
B. impulsive
c)
C. attractive
d)
D. unusual
11.
What does “reconciled” mean?
a)
A. to break up a relationship
b)
B. to restore a relationship
c)
C. to become jealous
d)
D. to become emotional
12.
If you are “meticulous” you are
a)
A. fussy
b)
B. angry
c)
C. intelligent
d)
D. cooperative
13.
If you were in perpetual darkness you
a)
A. would only see shadows
b)
B. would see traces of light
c)
C. would not be able to see at all
d)
D. would be in total darkness soon
14.
Which is a synonym for the word, “quixotic”?
a)
A. kind
b)
B. envious
c)
C. confused
d)
D. impractical
15.
Beth will arrive soon, she is running late. What is missing from this sentence?
a)
A. a conjunction
b)
B. a helping verb
c)
C. an adverb
d)
D. a comma
16.
Tonya is tired of walking to school.
a)
A. helping verb
b)
B. linking verb
c)
C. action verb
d)
D. transitive verb
17.
What is a transitive verb?
a)
A. A verb that needs a linking verb.
b)
B. A verb that can stand alone.
c)
C. A verb that has a direct object.
d)
D. A verb that has an indirect object.
18.
Before she arrived at the mall, Sue took a wrong turn.
Which type of sentence is this?
a)
A. simple
b)
B. complex
c)
C. compound
d)
D. compound-complex
19.
Diane lived in a dormitory during her _____________ of college.
a)
A. freshman year
b)
B. Freshman Year
c)
C. Freshman year
d)
D. freshman Year
20.
Andrew gave Patrick the bundle of straw. Which is the direct object?
a)
A. Andrew
b)
B. Patrick
c)
C. bundle
d)
D. straw
21.
The elderly woman will be arriving home soon. Which is the adverb?
a)
A. elderly
b)
B. woman
c)
C. home
d)
D. soon
22.
How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence?
During lunch, Belinda walked across campus to the library on Main Street.
a)
A. 1
b)
B. 2
c)
C. 3
d)
D. 4
23.
Which of these represents the proper forms:
--Salutation of a formal letter
--Salutation of a friendly letter
--Valediction of a letter
a)
A. Dear Mr. Grant, Dear Bob: Yours Very Truly,
b)
B. Dear Mr. Grant: Dear Bob, Yours very truly,
c)
C. dear Mr. Grant, dear Bob, yours very truly,
d)
D. Dear Mr. Grant: Dear Bob, Yours Very truly,
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