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FRIDAY: Language Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is this a simile or a metaphor?

a)
simile
b)
metaphor
2.

What is the meaning of this simile or metaphor?

a)
He was very old.
b)
He was very young.
c)
He read his age on a clock.
d)
He was the same age as time.
3.

Identify the choice that best reduces the sentence?

a)
It is really enjoyable.
b)
It is really enjoyable to climb the old willow tree.
c)
I really enjoy climbing the old willow tree.
d)
I really enjoy climbing the old willow tree's branches and limbs.
4.

Which pair of correlative conjunctions best completes the sentence?

a)
neither/nor
b)
either/or
c)

both/and

5.

Which definition of permit is being used in the sentence?

a)
1
b)
2
6.

Look for any shifts in verb tense. Is the sentence correct or incorrect? (BE CAREFUL WITH THIS ONE!)

a)
Correct
b)
Incorrect
7.

What does the root leg, lig, lect mean?

a)
pick, read, law
b)
pick, read, body part
c)
limb, muscle, talk
d)
law, read, speech
8.

What does the word elect mean?

a)
an educational talk
b)
injured by electric shock
c)
a subparticle with negative charge
d)
pick someone to hold a position by voting
9.

What part of speech is the word young in the following sentence?

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

c)

noun

d)

verb

10.

What part of speech is the word remembered in the following sentence?

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

c)

preposition

d)

verb

11.

What part of speech is the word she in the following sentence?

a)

noun

b)

pronoun

c)

preposition

d)

interjection

12.

What part of speech is the word carefully in the following sentence?

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

c)

preposition

d)

verb

13.

What part of speech is the word across in the following sentence?

a)

adjective

b)

conjunction

c)

preposition

d)

verb