Effortless
Figurative language that gives human traits to a nonhuman thing
A. SIMILE B. metaphor C. personification
C. personification
What figurative language?
He is as skinny as a toothpick.
Simile
Could you identify the tense?
She brought me a gift for my birthday.
A. Present
B. Past
C. Future
B. Past
Past tense of play
played
Anna- What are your vacation plans?
Bea- I _____________ two weeks on a Greek island. (spend)
will spend
Figurative language that uses the words “like” or “as” to compare two things
A. metaphor B. hyperbole C. simile
C. simile
A. is B. are C. was D. were
A. is
What figurative Language?
The branches of the tree reached for the sky.
Personification
What is the past tense of think?
A. thinked B. thinkd C. taught
D. thought
D. thought
Indicates time when an action happens, happened, or will happen
Simple Tense
It is used to described an action that happens right now or happens regularly.
A. Simple Present B. Simple Past
C. Simple Future
A. Simple Present
Regular verbs form their past by just adding “_____” or “______”
'd' or 'ed'
In the following quotation, the verb "tried" is in the:
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
The students _________ to the park yesterday. (go)
A. go B. goes C. went D. gone
C. went
What figurative language
It takes a million years for this class to end.
Hyperbole
Figurative language that exaggerates
A. Oxymoron B. Simile C. metaphor
D. Hyperbole E. Onomatopoeia F. metaphor
D. Hyperbole
I_______ music for eight hours daily when I was a kid. (study)
A. study B. studies C. studied D. will study
A. study
For simple present verbs, most singular verbs add “___” or “_____”
's' or 'es'
What is the past tense of cut?
CUT
The workers ____ to go on strike when the management ____ their demand for higher wages.
A. decide / will refuse
B. decided / refused
C. decides / will refuse
D. are deciding / refused
B. decided / refused
For the future tense verbs, they use the auxiliary verb “will” or “shall”
TRUE? OR FALSE?
TRUE
Select the example of the simple tense.
A. Lisa had been playing with her new toys all morning.
B. Lisa is still playing with her new toys.
C. Lisa played with her new toys all day yesterday.
B. Lisa is still playing with her new toys.
True or false? In the quotation, "provides" is in the simple tense.
Nature provides exceptions to every rule.
TRUE
In the quotation, the verb "will achieve" is in the:
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
Future tense
True or false? The sentence below contains two examples of the simple past tense.
We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
TRUE
didn't and ran