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Week 3 T2 English

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following statements is true about SUMMARIZING?
a)
A summary  should include many story details.
b)
A summary is always found in the first sentence of a paragraph or chapter.
c)
A summary should always be fiction.
d)
A summary is what the passage is mostly about.
2.

Which best describes what a summary is?

a)

The main or most important idea of the text

b)

A really long detailed piece of writing

c)

A dumb thing teachers make you write

d)

The entire text in your own words

3.

For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.

Which sentence best summarizes the passage?

a)

Jenny likes bright colors.

b)

Jenny was going to paint her room.

c)

Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

d)

Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

4.
It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. 
The best summary of this passage is...
a)
Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.
b)
The camels were swatting flies with their tails.
c)
 It was really hot at the zoo.
d)
Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.
5.
Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.
Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?
a)
Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is
b)
Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way
c)
Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short
d)
They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area
6.
A summary is...
a)
A list of key details in the text that are placed in the correct order.
b)
A short paragraph in a fictional story that reveals the big idea, lesson, or moral.
c)
A short paragraph that you create which includes the main idea of the text and some key important details.
d)
A short paragraph that you find in the text which includes the main idea and some key details.
7.

It is sunny outside, but the temperature is below freezing. This is a

a)

simple sentence.

b)

compound sentence.

8.

The students enjoyed doing the Travel Guide performance task.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

9.

I can eat a salad ,or I can eat a fruit.

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

10.

What is an independent clause?

a)

A phrase that can stand on it's own.

b)

A phrase that CANNOT stand on its own.

11.

Is the following phrase a dependent or independent clause?

The boys won the baseball game.

a)

dependent

b)

independent

12.

Is the following phrase a dependent or independent clause?

As she called from the window.

a)

dependent

b)

independent

13.
A piece of cake
a)
Easy
b)
Eat cake
c)
Baking a cake
d)
Decorating a cake
14.
On thin ice
a)
Cold
b)
In trouble
c)
Walking carefully
d)
Hot
15.

This idiom means: everything is totally different from what I am used to

I felt like a fish.....

a)

out of water

b)

monkey do

c)

catches the worm

d)

in the mouth

16.

What is an idiom?

a)

a verb and the rest of the sentence

b)

a phrase that is funny

c)

a phrase with a meaning that can’t be interpreted literally

d)

a word that connects two main ideas

17.

What does the idiom "cost an arm and a leg" mean?

a)

very fast

b)

very expensive

c)

not very good

d)

not important

18.
Which pronoun would best replace the red words in the following sentence? 
A truck took the recycling away to the center. 
a)
They
b)
It
c)
Them
d)
Those
19.
Which word is a pronoun in the following sentence?
We play in the music room every day after school. 
a)
Play
b)
Music
c)
Room
d)
 We
20.
What type of pronoun is used as the subject of a sentence?
a)
subjective
b)
objective
c)
relative
d)
indefinite
21.
What type of pronoun is used in place of a person or thing that is acted upon or receives the action of a verb in the sentence? (Hint: It could follow a preposition.)
a)
subjective
b)
objective
c)
relative
d)
indefinite
22.
Which pronouns are the same in BOTH the subjective and objective case?
a)
Me and She
b)
He and They
c)
You and It
d)
We and Her
23.
True or false: If you use a possessive pronoun, it ALWAYS HAS to be followed by a noun.
a)
True
b)
False
24.

What pronoun should replace the underlined words?

Bill and Joe went to lunch

at Subway.

a)

we

b)

she

c)

they

25.

They went to lunch

at Subway.

What type of pronoun is "they"?

a)

Subject

b)

Object

26.

Which word is the pronoun?

The blue car is ours.

a)

The

b)

blue

c)

ours.

27.

The blue car is ours.

What kind of pronoun is "ours"?

a)

Possessive

b)

subject

28.

Which pronoun should replace the underlined words?

The toaster oven can toast two slices of bread at one time.

a)

I

b)

It

c)

We

29.

Fill in the blank.

The Smith family went on vacation. They showed their photos to _____.

a)

us

b)

we

c)

mine

30.

What pronoun should replace the underlined words?

Please give the extra pie

to Sue and Chris.

a)

me

b)

you

c)

them

31.

What type of pronoun is "them"?

Please give the extra pie

to them.

a)

Subject

b)

Object

32.

What type of pronoun is "it"?

The wave was so huge, it looked like a wall of water.

a)

subjective

b)

objective

c)

possessive