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Descriptive text

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Sultan?

a)

a prince

b)

a princess

c)

a nobleman

d)

a King

2.

Descriptive writing uses _______ to paint a picture for the reader.

a)

prepositions and pronouns

b)

adjectives and verbs

c)

pronouns and nouns

d)

adjectives and adverbs

3.

What was Kakuma like?

a)

All of these answers are correct.

b)

No one was allowed to leave, unless it was for good.

c)

It is surrounded by tall fences of barbed wire.

d)

It is in the middle of a dry, windy desert.

4.
I ate a lot of pizza. 
a)
some
b)
a piece of
c)
a few bites of
d)
at least five slices of 
5.

Who is this?

a)

grandmother

b)

granddaughter

c)

uncle

d)

son

6.

fishing boat with nets attached to beams that hold the net open

a)

beam trawler

b)

boom trampler

c)

pole net cruiser

d)

beam boater

7.

definition of description

a)

when the author gives a detailed description that gives the reader a mental picture

b)

an interesting summary to get the readers attention

c)

the title of an article

8.

The stranger cooked in the....

a)

plaza

b)

garden

c)

kitchen

9.

A sentence should always have a subject. Sometimes, we have two sentences together, for example: "I am happy because she gave me her chocolates". As there are two sentences, we need two subjects.

In the sentences above, there are two that are missing a subject. Choose the two sentences that need a subject.

a)

It makes me feel sad because it is about a woman that is angry.

b)

He is sad because lost a person of his family.

c)

This song makes me feel angry because it makes me think a lot.

d)

This song makes me feel scared because has a very tense rhythm.

10.

How many people lived in Charlie's house?

a)

9

b)

4

c)

7

d)

2

11.

It can be stated from the text that ....

a)

Arya know Raka for a long time.

b)

Raka has just moved from Banyuwangi

c)

Raka has met Arya before.

d)

Raka lived with his parents.

12.

These are ________________.

a)

blood vessels

b)

nerves

c)

bones

d)

lungs

13.

The monster has two big green eyes

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

What literary device is present in the following text: "The lower part of the castle was hollowed into several intricate cloisters; and it was not easy for one under so much anxiety to find the door that opened into the cavern. An awful silence reigned throughout those subterraneous regions, except now and then some blasts of wind that shook the doors she had passed, and which grating on the rusty hinges were re-echoed through that long labyrinth of darkness."

a)

Imagery

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Juxtaposition

15.

While the boys were digging, the book describes a cloud as "it was teasing them." What type of figurative language is the cloud was teasing them?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

idiom

16.

What do you imagine when you read this description: A light blue sky with a kind of light clouds that look

like they aren’t really there. It looks like cotton candy

when it is just coming out of the machine light and

not yet packed together.

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

What place is in this zoomed in picture?

(a)  

18.

True or False. Descriptive words are important because they add detail to the story.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What is Sears

a)

A grocery store

b)

A pharmacy

c)

A restaurant

d)

A department store

20.

Arum : What do you think is the effective way to reduce global warming?

Della : …… planting trees is one of the effective ways to reduce global warming.

Complete the dialogue above...

a)

I don’t know

b)

How do you see

c)

I’m not sure

d)

are you certain that

e)

In my opinion