Reading Informational
Which is the BEST idea for employee retention?
A. Threaten to fire employees who come to work late.
B. Let employees know when a promotion is coming up.
C. Offer bonuses for employees who do a good job.
D. Allow employees to leave early on their birthdays.
C. Offer bonuses for employees who do a good job.
She rode to the edge of the pond and looked at the steer unhappily. She was loath to get out in the mud herself. But the annoying steer kept up its crying, and made no effort to get clear of the bog on its own.
Which word from this excerpt BEST helps the reader understand what the word “loath” means?
A. unhappily
B. mud
C. herself
D. crying
A. unhappily
If you are spontaneous, you are
A. bored
B. impulsive
C. attractive
D. unusual
B. impulsive
Beth will arrive soon, she is running late. What is missing from this sentence?
A. a conjunction
B. a helping verb
C. an adverb
D. a comma
A. a conjunction
Diane lived in a dormitory during her _____________
of college.
A. freshman year
B. Freshman Year
C. Freshman year
D. freshman Year
A. freshman year
Which candy slogan has a negative connotation?
A. “A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play.”
B. “Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don’t.”
C. “There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s!”
D. “Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!”
D. “Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!”
What is a paradox?
A. A comparison between two unrelated things using the words "like" or "as."
B. A repetitive pattern of sounds at the end of lines in a poem or song.
C. An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally.
D. A statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense, and yet is perhaps true.
D. A statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense, and yet is perhaps true.
What does “reconciled” mean?
A. to break up a relationship
B. to restore a relationship
C. to become jealous
D. to become emotional
B. to restore a relationship
Tonya is tired of walking to school.
A. helping verb
B. linking verb
C. action verb
D. transitive verb
B. linking verb
Andrew gave Patrick the bundle of straw. Which is the direct object?
A. Andrew
B. Patrick
C. bundle
D. straw
C. bundle
Which sentence expresses an opinion, rather than a fact?
A. The American Civil War was an internal conflict fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
B. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America.
C. The Union won the war, which remains the bloodiest in U.S. history.
D. The war ended with the justly surrender of all the Confederate armies and the dissolution of the Confederate government in the spring of 1865.
D. The war ended with the justly surrender of all the Confederate armies and the dissolution of the Confederate government in the spring of 1865.
(The word “justly” makes it an opinion.)
Which of these is a literary allusion?
A. Moses freed the slaves of Egypt.
B. Rena was a Scrooge when it came to money.
C. Tina was Abe Lincoln while on trial.
D. Anne Frank lived in the attic for over two years.
B. Rena was a Scrooge when it came to money.
If you are “meticulous” you are
A. fussy
B. angry
C. intelligent
D. cooperative
A. fussy
What is a transitive verb?
A. A verb that needs a linking verb.
B. A verb that can stand alone.
C. A verb that has a direct object.
D. A verb that has an indirect object.
C. A verb that has a direct object.
The elderly woman will be arriving home soon. Which is the adverb?
A. elderly
B. woman
C. home
D. soon
D. soon (Even though elderly has an “ly”, it is actually acting like an adjective to describe the noun, woman.)
Angela was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work involved with the experiment on photosynthesis.
Which dictionary definition BEST matches the word “volume” in this sentence?
A. a book forming part of a work or series
B. the amount of space that a substance or object occupies
C. the amount or quantity of something, especially when great
D. fullness or expansive thickness of something
C. the amount or quantity of something, especially when great
Which of these is a historical allusion?
A. Moses freed the slaves of Egypt.
B. Rena was a Scrooge when it came to money.
C. Tina was Abe Lincoln while on trial.
D. Anne Frank lived in the attic for over two years.
C. Tina was Abe Lincoln while on trial.
If you were in perpetual darkness you
A. would only see shadows
B. would see traces of light
C. would not be able to see at all
D. would be in total darkness soon
C. would not be able to see at all
Before she arrived at the mall, Sue took a wrong turn.
Which type of sentence is this?
A. simple
B. complex
C. compound
D. compound-complex
B. complex
How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence?
During lunch, Belinda walked across campus to the library on Main Street.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
D. 4
Which of these BEST describes informational text?
A. Fiction, headings, bolded vocabulary, illustrations
B. Non-fiction, bolded vocabulary, characterization
C. Both fiction and non-fiction, headings, characterization
D. Non-fiction, headings, bolded vocabulary, illustrations
D. Non-fiction, headings, bolded vocabulary, illustrations
Which of these combines a real event or real person’s unusual life story with exaggeration and heroic actions?
A. Fairytale
B. Fable
C. Legend
D. Myth
C. Legend
Which is a synonym for the word, “quixotic”?
A. kind
B. envious
C. confused
D. impractical
D. impractical
What is a gerund?
A. A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
B. A noun formed with a verb ending in “ing”.
C. A punctuation mark used to indicate a pause or to separate items in a list.
D. A word used to connect clauses or sentences, such as "and," "but," or "or."
Which of these represents the proper forms:
--Salutation of a formal letter
--Salutation of a friendly letter
--Valediction of a letter
A. Dear Mr. Grant, Dear Bob: Yours Very Truly,
B. Dear Mr. Grant: Dear Bob, Yours very truly,
C. dear Mr. Grant, dear Bob, yours very truly,
D. Dear Mr. Grant: Dear Bob, Yours Very truly,
B. Dear Mr. Grant: Dear Bob, Yours very truly,