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English Language Art

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 2hrs 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tall tales use _______________________.

a)

exaggeration

b)

royal characters

c)

bookmarks

2.

The settings of tall tales are often on the frontier.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

This tall tale character had a pet blue ox named Babe.

a)

Casey Jones

b)

Paul Bunyan

c)

Pecos Bill

d)

John Henry

4.

This tall tale character was born with a hammer in his hand.

a)

Casey Jones

b)

Paul Bunyan

c)

Pecos Bill

d)

John Henry

5.

In this tall tale, one exaggeration was that he could drive a train before he could walk.

a)

Casey Jones

b)

Paul Bunyan

c)

Pecos Bill

d)

John Henry

6.

Tall tales and Fairy tales are fictional stories.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

I have great ______________ for my teacher. She works so hard to help us learn!

a)

challenge

b)

feats

c)

admiration

d)

tracks

8.

If I am curious about something, I do not care to learn anymore about it.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Unexplored parts of the country were known as the ________.

a)

legend

b)

frontier

c)

magic

d)

castle

10.

An exaggeration is an overstatement of the truth.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Enchanted means it uses magic

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What does tamed mean?

a)

you got a hair cut

b)

taught an animal to obey people

c)

learned how to do something new

d)

well known

13.

Footprints left by dogs are called

a)

fortune

b)

curious

c)

tamed

d)

tracks

14.

If something is difficult it is called...

a)

a challenge

b)

admiration

c)

ledged

d)

enchanted

15.

Tall tale characters are like you and me?

a)

true

b)

false

16.

The American frontier is the setting for

a)

a tall tale

b)

a fairy tale

17.

What type of fiction is Paul Bunyan?

a)

a tall tale

b)

a fairy tale

18.

What does Paul Bunyan become when he grows up?

a)

a sailor

b)

a lumberjack

19.

Which of the following is an exaggeration from Paul's childhood?

a)

When he sneezed he blew the birds from Maine to California.

b)

When he cried his parents had to give him a bottle of milk.

20.

Which of the following is created by Paul Bunyan?

a)

the Pacific Ocean

b)

the Great Lakes

21.

the animal the fisherman caught is... for real.

a)

a fish

b)

an enchanted prince

c)

a mermaid

22.

Fairy tales have royal characters, magical characters or events, often begin with the phrase once upon a time, and usually have happy endings.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

In the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast", Beauty's family loses its fortune and becomes penniless.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The beast's behavior is just as fearsome as his appearance.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

What does a fairytale usually have in it?

a)

Magic

b)

Fields

c)

Pigs

d)

Cinderella

26.

Which of these would you most likely see in a fairytale?

a)

A soilder

b)

A donkey

c)

A truck

d)

A king and a queen

27.

What is a setting?

a)

Where the story takes place

b)

The events of a story

c)

The characters

d)

The ending of a story

28.

What type of person is Pecos Bill?

a)

a lumberjack

b)

a cowboy

29.

How is Pecos Bill's childhood amazing?

a)

He is raised by loving parents.

b)

He is raised by a coyote.

30.

Why does Pecos Bill think he is a coyote?

a)

He is hairy.

b)

He has fleas.

31.

What does Pecos Bill do to the mountain lion?

a)

He saddles him and rides him like a horse.

b)

He fights him and tosses him over the mountain.

32.

What does Pecos Bill use to lasso the cow?

a)

the mountain lion

b)

the rattlesnake

33.

What is the wildest thing Pecos Bill ever rode?

a)

a horse

b)

a cyclone

34.

What invention would change the steel driving occupation?

a)

a hammer

b)

a tunnel

c)

a jack hammer

d)

a steam drill

35.

Which of the following events could ONLY happen in a tall tale?

a)

there was a contest to see who could drill faster

b)

when John Henry fell it sounded like an earthquake

c)

Lucy was a female steel driver

d)

sweat poured down the people's faces

36.
When writing a tall tale, the author's purpose is ________
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to explain a process
37.

I don't like chocolate.

a)

Imperative sentence.

b)

Exclamatory sentence.

c)

Declarative sentence.

d)

Interrogative sentence.

38.

Do you play tennis often?

a)

Imperative sentence.

b)

Exclamatory sentence.

c)

Declarative sentence.

d)

Interrogative sentence.

39.

Pass me the salt, please.

a)

Interrogative sentence.

b)

Imperative sentence.

c)

Declarative sentence.

d)

Exclamatory sentence.

40.

It's raining!

a)

Exclamatory sentence.

b)

Interrogative sentence.

c)

Declarative sentence.

d)

Imperative sentence.

41.

What is the plural of kite?

a)

kites

b)

kities

c)

kitees

42.

What is the plural of toy?

a)

toies

b)

toys

c)

toyes

43.

What is the plural of wish?

a)

wishs

b)

wishies

c)

wishes

44.

What is the plural of city?

a)

citys

b)

cityies

c)

cities

45.

What is the plural of watch?

a)

watches

b)

watchs

c)

watches

46.

What do you add to words ending in ch, sh, s, x, or z to make them plural?

a)

s

b)

es

c)

ies

47.

Write the plural form of the underlined singular noun:


We have a jar in our house that is full of penny.

(a)  

48.

Is the underlined word a common or proper noun?

William raked the leaves.

a)

Common Noun

b)

Proper Noun

49.

Is the underlined word a common or proper noun?

A storm blew a huge tree down.

a)

Common Noun

b)

Proper Noun

50.

Is the underlined word a common or proper noun?

My birthday is in January.

a)

Common Noun

b)

Proper Noun

51.

Is the underlined word a common or proper noun?

What time does the library close today?

a)

Common Noun

b)

Proper Noun

52.

cow

a)

common noun

b)

proper noun

53.

author

a)

common noun

b)

proper noun

54.

Halloween

a)

common noun

b)

proper noun

55.

Billy and ........... are friends.

a)

Victor

b)

henry

56.

i went to school early yesterday.

a)

I

b)

luke

57.

Today is ...........

a)

Friday

b)

saturday

58.

we are going to a party in the afternoon.

a)

We

b)

they

59.

My friends are Jason, Mark and .........

a)

Blake

b)

femi

60.

Ruth's birthday is on ............

a)

Monday

b)

friday