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Total questions: 111

Worksheet time: 1hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cheese

a)

Noun

b)

Pronoun

c)

Adverd

d)

Adjective

2.

Yourself

a)

Noun

b)

Pronoun

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

3.

Grow

a)

Verb

b)

Adverb

c)

Adjective

d)

Noun

4.

Fat

a)

Verb

b)

Adverb

c)

Adjective

d)

Pronoun

5.

Recently

a)

Verb

b)

Adverb

c)

Adjective

d)

Conjunction

6.

Above

a)

Preposition

b)

Conjunction

c)

Verb

d)

Interjection

7.

Or

a)

Preposition

b)

Conjunction

c)

Interjection

d)

Adverb

8.

Oy!

a)

Preposition

b)

Conjunction

c)

Interjection

d)

Adverb

9.

Look!

a)

Preposition

b)

Conjunction

c)

Interjection

d)

Adverb

10.

Quickly

a)

Verb

b)

Adverb

c)

Adjective

d)

Pronoun

11.

Under

a)

Conjuction

b)

Adverb

c)

Verb

d)

Preposition

12.

Wow!

a)

Preposition

b)

Interjection

c)

Conjuction

d)

Pronoun

13.

Ask

a)

Adverb

b)

Adjective

c)

Verb

d)

Noun

14.

Unlikely

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

c)

Verb

d)

Pronoun

15.

rather ... than

a)

Conjunction

b)

Interjection

c)

Adverb

d)

Pronoun

16.

But

a)

Interjection

b)

Preposition

c)

Conjunction

d)

Adverb

17.

Sarah (people's name)

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

18.

Expensive

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

Adverb

d)

Adjective

19.

Car

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adverb

d)

Adjective

20.

Mountain

a)

Noun

b)

Pronoun

c)

Verb

d)

Adverb

21.

The main idea of a paragraph is the primary point or concept that the author wants to communicate to the readers about the topic.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

In a paragraph, when the main idea is stated directly, it is expressed in what is called the topic sentence.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Read the passage through completely, then try to identify the topic. What is that?

a)

Identify the Topic

b)

Summarize the Passage

24.

Kelsey's boyfriend was acting very suspicious at the dinner table. She decided to ask why he was acting so differently, and found out he planned to propose. What does the word suspicious mean?

a)

Questionable Behavior

b)

Perfectly Normal

c)

Trustful

d)

Confused

25.

After dropping his phone in the toilet, Robert repeatedly held down the power button, but the phone was unresponsive. What does the word unresponsive mean?

a)

The phone was turning on.

b)

He put the phone in rice.

c)

Responding

d)

Not working or responding

26.

Timothy cleaned his room so thoroughly that not a single particle of dust remained. Nothing was out of place, nor was there even the smallest bit of dust or grime remaining. What does particle mean?

a)

A very small or tiny bit

b)

A large mess

c)

A cluster

d)

Particle board

27.

Antonym: Some children were willing to play in the snow, but others were reluctant because it was so cold.

What is the best meaning of the word reluctant?

a)

eager

b)

unwilling

c)

fearful

d)

afraid

28.

Read the sentence below:


"Swimming is just not my cup of tea"

What type of figurative language is this?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

29.

All the wires to my video game got entangled. It took me two hours to untangle them. 

What does the word "untangle" mean in the sentence above?

a)

becoming tangled

b)

to get tangled

c)

not tangled

d)

to quickly tangle

30.

In Japan, school lunchtime is fun. In elementary and middle school, children put on white coats and caps at lunch. They set up lunch. Then, they serve food to their friends. All the children eat together in the cafeteria. They also clean up the school cafeteria. Every child gets the same food. The idea is to teach children to eat what they are served. Parents pay around $3.00 a month for a child's lunch. Some also have the free lunch option. In high school, students can buy lunch or bring their own lunch.

Which BEST summarizes the passage?

a)

In Japan, school children set up lunch, serve it to their friends, eat together, and clean up. School lunch costs very little or is free.

b)

In Japan, school lunch costs around $3.00 a month. In high school, students buy lunch or bring their own lunch to school.

c)

In Japanese schools, kids put on white coats and caps at lunch. This is to feel like they are working in an actual cafeteria.

d)

Japanese school lunches are different from the American ones. In Japan, every student eats the same food at elementary and middle school level.

31.
A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow bridge, he looked down and saw his reflection in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a foolish Dog he had been.
What is the theme?
a)
Be honest.
b)
Don't be greedy.
c)
Always share your things with others.
d)
Be respectful to others.
32.

Pick two antonyms for the word "neat"

a)

messy

b)

chaotic

c)

organized

d)

clean

33.
The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
Garrulous means:
a)
Quiet
b)
Secretive
c)
talkative 
d)
Exhausted
34.
Dan did not enjoy his job as a dishwasher. It was monotonous work, doing the same thing over and over.
Monotonous means:
a)
inspiring
b)
disgusting
c)
boring
d)
dangerous
35.

An example of a transition word is

a)

Cannot

b)

Next

c)

Cold

d)

Mean

36.

The plot of a story includes...

a)

the different ending

b)

only the conflict

c)

setting, problem, resolution and other events in the story

d)

the biography

37.

The setting of a story introduces the...

a)

problem

b)

rising action

c)

narrator

d)

place and time the story takes place

38.

Why are hooks important to the introduction of your essay?

a)

To grab the reader's attention

b)

To explain what you will be talking about

c)

To summarize your writing

d)

To give your opinion

39.

This sentence is an example of what: "I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

40.

This sentence is an example of what: "I have a ton of homework."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Idiom

41.

This sentence is an example of what: "Who let the cat out of the bag?"

a)

Idiom

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyberole

42.

This sentence is an example of what: "The trees were dancing in the wind."

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

43.

This sentence is an example of what: "I’ve seen this movie a thousand times."

a)

Idiom

b)

Alliteration

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

44.

What text feature gives the definitions of important vocabulary words?

a)

Captions

b)

Index

c)

Glossary

d)

Table of contents

45.

Knowing roots, prefixes, and suffixes can help a reader breakdown unknown words into parts that they know.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

In the word autograph, graph means…

a)

to read.

b)

to draw a picture.

c)

to write.

d)

to measure something.

47.

What kind of book is about a person and written by that person?

a)

biography

b)

autobiography

48.

What kind of book is about a person and written by that person?

a)

biography

b)

autobiography

49.

What two questions does setting answer?

a)

What happened? Who was involved?

b)

Who is involved? Why are they involved?

c)

When and where does the story take place?

d)

Who are the main characters and what is the problem?

50.

Who is a protagonist in a story?

a)

the main character

b)

the character that causes problems for the main character

51.

Which part of plot is the introduction of a story?

a)

rising action

b)

climax

c)

exposition

d)

resolution

52.

Which part of the plot is the most intense?

a)

rising action

b)

exposition

c)

climax

d)

resolution

53.

What is an inference?

a)

An educated guess using background knowledge and text evidence.

b)

A comparison of two things using like or as.

c)

The who, what, where, when, and how of a story.

d)

Something you can see, hear, taste, or touch in a story.

54.

honest : dishonest

optimistic : _________

a)

positive

b)

disoptimistic

c)

trustworthy

d)

pessimistic

55.

How do authors indicate internal dialogue?

a)

italics

b)

quotation marks

c)

underline

d)

they don't

56.

Which external dialogue is correctly formatted?

a)

“I love reading, she said.”

b)

“I love reading,” she said.

c)

I love reading she said.

d)

“I love reading” she said.

57.

What is needed for a good summary?

Choose ALL that apply.

a)

the most important information in a story

b)

all information comes directly from the text

c)

only one paragraph

d)

contains NO opinions

58.

What is the root word in pedestal?

a)

ped

b)

stal

c)

pede

d)

des

59.

You should read different genres of books to...

Select ALL that apply.

a)

improve vocabulary

b)

develop broader perspective of the world

c)

discover a new favorite genre

d)

stretch you as a reader

60.

Which word has almost the same meaning as the word assume?

a)

appreciate

b)

take

c)

suppose

d)

wander

61.

What does the word obviously mean?

a)

something that was missed

b)

easily seen or understood

c)

to make sure or certain

d)

to choose as a candidate

62.

What does the word weakling mean?

a)

a person who lacks physical strength

b)

the ability to understand the troubles of others

c)

to take for granted or suppose

d)

providing approval, aid, or encouragement

63.

The full moon illuminated the sky so much that we did not need our flashlights.

What does illuminated mean?

a)

lit

b)

darkened

c)

filled

64.

Mrs. Olsen used to love to play the piano. But since she started to lose her hearing, she seldom plays anymore.

What does seldom mean?

a)

often

b)

usually

c)

rarely

65.

Dad thought the salsa was too bland, so he added more garlic.

What does bland mean?

a)

salty

b)

spicy

c)

mild

66.

Vocabulary


6. Parents should always ________ to talk to their children

about their problems.

a)

do time

b)

make chores

c)

do chores

d)

make time

67.

Grammar


1. Her songs about love, ________ she is very well-known,

are fantastic.

a)

which

b)

for which

c)

that

d)

for that

68.

Matt is ________ about skateboarding and talks about it every day.

a)

enthusiastically

b)

passionate

c)

claimed

d)

approved

69.

The actor's performance ____ the audience.

a)

passionate

b)

envisioned

c)

discovery

d)

captivated

70.

Pioneers had to ____ to stay alive during hard times.

a)

struggle

b)

claimed

c)

sympathize

d)

inventor

71.
SOMBER
a)
briefly
b)
marking off; different
c)
gloomily dark
d)
uninterrupted
72.
BABBLE
a)
gloomily dark
b)
to utter sounds or words indistinctly
c)
impart; make known
d)
frenzied
73.
COMMUNICATE
a)
impart; make known
b)
settlement of an agreement
c)
moving; adaptable
d)
reciprocal; with respect to the other
74.
COMPLEX
a)
composed of many parts
b)
to wrongly guide
c)
impart; make known
d)
reciprocal; with respect to the other
75.

TANTALIZED

a)

settlement of an agreement

b)

to torment with something desired but out of reach

c)

berserk

d)

marking off; different

76.
MUTUAL
a)
frenzied
b)
reciprocal; with respect to the other
c)
gloomily dark
d)
subtraction
77.
BERSERK
a)
procedure
b)
for a moment; briefly
c)
impart; make known
d)
frenzied
78.

What does the word adapt mean?

a)

to change or make different

b)

to restore to life or strength

c)

to use land for crops or gardening

d)

a town or city

e)

new ideas or methods

79.

What does the word rural mean?

a)

the countryside

b)

the town or city

c)

to use land for crops or gardening

d)

concerned with beauty

e)

new ideas or methods

80.

What does the word aesthetic mean?

a)

rural

b)

new ideas or methods that are advanced and original

c)

concerned with beauty

d)

relating to farming

e)

to change or make different

81.

What does the word innovative mean?

a)

related to farming

b)

concerned with beauty

c)

creative and original new ideas or methods

d)

to change or make different

82.

Usually we try to replace 'very important' with ................

a)

sophisticated

b)

crucial

83.

To become dry; shriveled

a)

umbrage

b)

veer

c)

wither

d)

wrest

84.

Former day, an era long past

a)

wane

b)

veer

c)

yore

d)

unbridled

85.
What was curious about the wand Harry picked to buy?
a)
The wand was made with a phoenix feather.
b)
 The wand was thirteen-and-a-half inches long.
c)
The brother to this wand belonged to Voldemort.
86.

What's the only book in the Harry Potter series that doesn't feature Lord Voldemort?

a)

The Sorcerer's Stone

b)

The Prisoner of Azkaban

c)

The Deathly Hallows

87.

What are the three Unforgivable Curses?

a)

Impedimenta, Incarcerous and Incendio

b)

Avada Kedavra, Crucio and Imperio

c)

Expelliarmus, Expecto Patronum and Diffindo

88.

Which Harry Potter word is now in the Cambridge English Dictionary?

a)

muggle

b)

gobstone

c)

voldemort

89.

What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t work?

a)

It looks like he is learning to fly.

b)

A starfish.

c)

Time to buy a new bed.

d)

A stick.

90.

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

(a)  

91.

What goes up but never comes down?

(a)  

92.

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

(a)  

93.

I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?

(a)  

94.

What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?

(a)  

95.

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

(a)  

96.

I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?

(a)  

97.

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

(a)  

98.

What has words, but never speaks?

(a)  

99.

How many 9's are there between 1 and 100?

a)

10

b)

99

c)

13

d)

20

100.

What word in the sentence needs to be capitalized?

I read all of j.k. Rowling's books since I was in the 5th grade.

a)

J.K. Rowling

b)

Books

c)

5th Grade

101.

What word in the sentence needs to be capitalized?

Harmony said, "we need to find the hidden message in 20 minutes in order to win."

a)

Said

b)

We

c)

Hidden Message

102.

True or False

Common nouns are people, places, things, or ideas that have specific names.

a)

True

b)

False

103.

True or False

A proper noun is a person, place, thing, or idea with a specific name.

a)

True

b)

False

104.

True or False

You should always capitalize the pronoun "I"

- I, I'm, I'll -

a)

True

b)

False

105.

True or False

Capitalize days, months, holidays.

a)

True

b)

False

106.
Is the following a complete sentence or a sentence fragment?
May weigh up to three thousand pounds.
a)
Sentence
b)
Sentence Fragment
107.
Is the following a complete sentence or a sentence fragment?
Zoologists call the American buffalo a bison.
a)
Sentence
b)
Sentence Fragment
108.
Is the following a complete sentence or a sentence fragment?
Live in herds and feed on grass.
a)
Sentence
b)
Sentence Fragment
109.

Which is the complete subject of this sentence?

The turtle is swimming in the ocean.

a)

The turtle

b)

is swimming in the ocean

110.

Which is the complete subject of this sentence?

The turtle is swimming in the ocean.

a)

The turtle

b)

is swimming in the ocean

111.

Which is the complete subject of this sentence?

The turtle is swimming in the ocean.

a)

The turtle

b)

is swimming in the ocean