The Climb to Pine Hill
Theme & Evidence
Parts of Speech
Dialogue
Random
100

What is the theme of this story?

Never give up

Trying new things can be scary but rewarding

Face your fears

100

What is theme?

The lesson or message in a story. 

It can be related to multiple stories and is not specific to just one.

100

Which sentence correctly uses a future tense verb?


a) I am finishing my homework.
b) I finished my homework yesterday.
c) I will finish my homework later.
d) I finish my homework every night.

c) I will finish my homework later.

100

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. "Can we go to the park" asked Lily.
B. "Can we go to the park?" asked Lily.
C. "Can we go to the park?" Asked Lily.
D. Can we go to the park?" asked Lily.

B. "Can we go to the park?" asked Lily.

100

Correct the sentence: (5 errors) 


tom and i goed to the park and plays soccer with our friends

Tom and I went to the park and played soccer with our friends. 

200

What evidence from the story supports the theme? 

The text says "Lila felt accomplished, and Marco felt relieved—but both agreed it had been an adventure." This shows the theme that hard work pays off.

200

A monkey challenged a frog to a race up a tree, the monkey challenged the frog because she was so small. The frog jumped right over the monkey and won the race. What is the theme?

a.Don't judge someone based on their looks 

B.Beauty comes from within 

C.Frogs are fast 

D.Hard work pays off

a.Don't judge someone based on their looks

200

Which sentence uses the interjection correctly?

A. This cake is so delicious! 

B. Yum! Chocolate is my favorite flavor.

C. Can I have another slice? 

D. Oops I droped the slice of cake. 

B. Yum! Chocolate is my favorite flavor.

200

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. "I can’t wait," said Emma "to go swimming."
B. "I can’t wait," said Emma, "to go swimming."
C. "I can’t wait" said Emma, "to go swimming."
D. "I can’t wait," said Emma "to go swimming".

B. "I can’t wait," said Emma, "to go swimming."

200

Correct the capitalization and punctuation.

can we go to the jacksonville zoo in october

Can we go to the Jacksonville Zoo in October?

300

How are the two characters in the story different?

She is very excited but he is unsure and nervous. 

300

A swarm of flies found a pot of honey that had been tipped over. They would not leave the spot while a single drop remained. After a while the honey stuck to their feet and wings, and they could not fly away. They all cried, "What unsmart creatures we are! We have thrown our lives away for a few moments of pleasure!"

a. Good v.s. Evil

b. Growth comes from failure

c. Those who are greedy never know when they have had enough

d.Treat people with kindness 

c. Those who are greedy never know when they have had enough

300

Which comparative adjective is correct? 

My dog is ______ than your dog.

a. faster

b. more fast

c. fastest

d. fast

a. faster

300

Correct the dialouge:

Look out for the ball Noah shouted


"Look out for the ball!" Noah shouted. 

300

Which sentence uses the formal titles correctly?

a. Ms deLoach went to see Dr. Smith for her cold. 

b. ms. DeLoach went to see dr. Smith for her cold.

c. Ms. DeLoach went to see Dr. Smith for her cold.

D. Ms DeLoach went to see dr. Smith for her cold.

c. Ms. DeLoach went to see Dr. Smith for her cold.

400

Which sentence from the story is an example of personification?


a) The wind whispered through the trees, almost as if it was cheering them on.

b) Marco wiped the sweat from his forehead.

c) Lila jumped up and down.


d) They stayed for a while, enjoying the quiet and the view.

a) The wind whispered through the trees, almost as if it was cheering them on.

400

“Has anyone found a bracelet?” Mrs. Smith asked the class. “Michelle lost her favorite bracelet at recess & she is very upset.” Rachel touched the small beaded bracelet under her shirt sleeve. She had found a bracelet outside. It was beautiful & she wanted it for herself. She knew that Michelle had plenty of bracelets. She would be fine without this one. That night, at home, Rachel didn’t feel quite right. Her stomach was turning & when she tried to sleep she couldn’t. She got out of bed & went to her jewelry box. She took the bracelet out & put it in her book bag. Tomorrow she would return the bracelet. She fell asleep right away.

What is the theme 

A. Don't judge someone by their looks

B. Treat people with kindness

C. Do the right thing, even when it is difficult

D. None of these 

C. Do the right thing, even when it is difficult

400
Which superlative sentence fit the sentence correctly? 

She is the _________ one in class.

A. smarter

B. more smart

C.smart

D.smartest

D. smartest 

400

Correct the dialogue below:

That movie was hilarious said Liam.

"That movie was hilarious," said Liam. 

400

“The flowers in the garden swayed gently in the morning breeze.”

Question:
What does the word “swayed” most likely mean in this sentence?

Moved back and forth

500

Explain how Lila and Marco felt about the hike at he begining of the story and how that changes by the end of the story.

Lila is excited at the beginning but Marco is unsure. At the end of the story both of the characters felt positively about the experience.

500

Georgia decided to take a sewing class but felt very frustrated when she couldn’t sew a straight line on the first day. “This looks so easy, but it’s not! Clearly, I’m just terrible at sewing!” she complained. Even though she felt frustrated, she continued to go to class week after week. Each week, her sewing instructor helped her. By the last week of class, Georgia finally completed a project all by herself! She created a rectangular pillow for her bed...with four mostly perfect straight lines.

What is the theme? What evidence from the text shows this theme? 

Hardwork pays off

Never give up

Practice makes (almost!) perfect 


500

Which sentence uses the proper adjective correctly?

A) my family had chinese food last night.

B) My family had chinese food Last night.

C) My family had chinese food Last Night.

D) My family had Chinese food last night.

D) My family had Chinese food last night.

500

Choose two sentences that correctly use punctuation and capitalization in the dialouge. 

A. "Are we late for class?" asked James.

B. "Where are my shoes"? asked Ethan.

C. Ava laughed, "That was so funny!"

D."Watch out for the puddle!" warned tyler.

A. "Are we late for class?" asked James.

C. Ava laughed, "That was so funny!"

500

Final Jeopardy! 

Make your final wager before you see the question.

Write as many antonyms as you can for the word

"sad"

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