Parts of Speech
Identify the nouns in this sentence:
(The teacher explained the lesson clearly.)
Teacher / lesson
The moon smiled down on the sleeping town.
a) Simile
b) Personification
c) Hyperbole
d) Metaphor
b) Personification
Which sentence contains hyperbole?
a) The flowers smiled at me.
b) She runs like the wind.
c) I waited forever for the bus!
d) The bees buzzed around the flowers.
C) I waited forever for the bus!
Add the correct punctuation:
What time does the movie start
Question Mark (?)
What is the adjective in this sentence?
The enormous elephant walked slowly.
enormous
Identify the pronoun in this sentence:
(She went to the library after school.)
She
12. The baby was as quiet as a mouse.
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Alliteration
d) Oxymoron
a) Simile
What is the article in this sentence?
An owl was sitting in a tree.
An and A
Add the correct punctuation:
Wow that was an incredible goal
Wow! That was an incredible goal!
Which sentence contains personification?
a) The car is as red as an apple.
b) The wind whispered through the trees.
c) I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
d) The snake is a long rope.
b) The wind whispered through the trees.
Identify the verb in this sentence:
The children played football in the park.
Played
What figurative language is this sentence?
My brother is a walking dictionary.
Metaphor
What is the noun in this sentence?
The rabbit jumped over the fence.
rabbit/fence
Add commas where needed:
I packed pencils notebooks erasers and crayons.
I packed pencils, notebooks, erasers, and crayons.
Add the correct punctuation:
Oh no I forgot my homework
Oh no! I forgot my homework!
What is the adjective in this sentence?
The small bird sat on the branch.
Small
What figurative language is this sentence?
The bacon sizzled in the hot pan.
Onomatopoeia
What is the conjunction in this sentence?
I wanted to play outside, but it started raining.
but
Add the correct punctuation and quotation marks:
Jwana said I finished my homework.
Jwana said, “I finished my homework.”
What is the preposition in this sentence?
The books are inside the backpack.
inside
What is the adverb in this sentence?
The boy answered the question carefully.
Carefully
What figurative language is this sentence?
The room was filled with deafening silence.
Oxymoron
Add quotation marks and punctuation:
Mom said Please clean your room.
Mom said, “Please clean your room.”
Rewrite the sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation:
on friday sara asked can we visit the library
On Friday, Sara asked, “Can we visit the library?”
16. What type of figurative language is used?
Silly snakes slithered slowly.
a) Metaphor
b) Personification
c) Alliteration
d) Hyperbole
C) Alliteration