Homophones/Idioms
The farmer's whole family was sick with the ______.
a. flew
b. flu
What is the 'flu'?
Which word is an antonym of 'tall'?
a. short
b. strong
What is short?
Fill in the blank with the past tense of the word.
We ________ (feed) the horses oats and hay.
What is fed?
Which phrase has a more negative connotation?
a. demand something
b. request something
What is a, 'demand something'?
Find the synonym of the word 'soar'.
Red-tailed hawks soar high in the sky. They often fly above the trees, searching for rabbits, mice, and squirrels to eat.
What is fly?
Red and yellow leaves ____ down the street.
a. blue
b. blew
What is blew?
You are writing a story about Sophie, who is trying to study. Choose the best description to show that Sophie is on edge.
a. Try as she might, Sophie could not block out the chatter. She slapped her desk and said, 'Shhhh!'
b. Sopie buried her face in her hands and sighed.
Which is A?
It is the main verb in this sentence.
We will study together tonight.
______ we drove through Virginia, we didn't know how pretty it is.
a. While
b. Until
What is until?
What is the meaning of the simile?
When Mr. Jacobson started his new job, he was like a child just starting school.
a. Mr. Jacobson was going back to school.
b. Mr Jacobson was nervous about starting his new job.
What is B?
The dog is happily licking _______ bone.
a. it's
b. its
What is its?
Which word is a synonym of guess?
a. suppose
b. worry
What is suppose?
Fill in the blank with the correct tense of the verb.
My mom ________ (bring) me my lunch yesterday.
What is brought?
________ you remind me to wash the car on Saturday?
a. Could
b. May
What is could?
What is the meaning of high and dry?
After her roommate moved out suddenly, Brittany was left high and dry, paying all the rent herself.
a. far above the water
b. without help
What is b, without help?
The board of directors must have been asleep at the wheel last year, given the shockingly low profits.
a. not paying attention
b. witty and intelligent
Which is A?
Read the sentence.
Pamela waited to go onstage, holding her notes in her left hand.
Now revise the sentence to show that Pamela was holding the notes TIGHTLY.
Pamela waited to go onstage, ___________ her notes in her left hand.
a. carrying
b. graspiing
c. dangling
What is b, grasping?
Fill in the blanks.
______ she _________ long hair or short hair?
a. Have, got Has, gotten
b. Has, got Have, get
B. has, got
Put the adjectives in the right order to describe the noun.
little plastic box the cute
The cute little plastic box
Read the sentence and find the synonym of the word 'peculiar'.
In 2009, scientists discovered a peculiar rat in Papua New Guinea. This unusual animal weighed 3.5 pounds and was 32 inches long!
What is unusualy?
What is the meaning of 'blessing in disguise'?
Making a wrong turn was a blessing in disguise because I discovered the perfect place for a picnic.
a. something one doesn't like
b. a problem that leads to something good
Which word is an antonym of 'correct'?
a. fact
b. wrong
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.\
I don't think that Clara has _______ that beautiful dress before.
a. wore
b. worn
What is 'worn'?
Fill in the blank with one of the following relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that.
Fran ate all the cookies ________ Sue baked.
What is 'that'?
What is the meaning of 'get to the bottom of something'?
Zoe got to the bottom of the problem when she fiinally found out that the heat got turned off because the bill had not been paid.
a. to climb down into something
b. to find the real cause of something
B. to find the real cause of something