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History Review
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Homophones
The Tale of Despereaux
100

Which word is spelled correctly:

jummping

jumping

jumpping

jumping

100

What is the name of the most famous ship the Pilgrims sailed over on to the New World?

The Mayflower

100

What is the verb in the following sentence?

The cat sat by the sunlit window.

Sat

100

We were walking on the side of the ____________.

I never _____________ a horse.

road, rode

100

What is the Queen's name in the Tale of Despereaux?

Queen Rosemary

200

Which word is spelled correctly?

shelves

shelfs

shelfes

shelves

200

What was the name of the group of Native Americans in the New World when the Pilgrims arrived?

The Wampanoag

200

Which words need to be capitalized in the following sentence?

After school today, the third grade teachers are going to disney land with mrs. hobbs.

Disney Land, Mrs. Hobbs

200

Did you ____________ that sound?

I was not ____________ yesterday

hear, here

200

What two things are outlawed in the Kingdom of Dor?

Soup and Rats

300

Which of the following words is a compound word?

I went to the playground with my friends yesterday.

playground

300

What is the name of the child who was born on the Mayflower?

Oceanus Hopkins

300

How many nouns are in the following sentence? What are they? 

At the zoo, I saw monkeys, tigers, and giant elephants.

There are four nouns in the sentence: zoo, monkeys, tigers, elephants

300

My mom always says she needs some _________ and quiet.

Could I have a big _____________ of cake?

peace, piece

300

How did the queen die in the Tale of Despereaux?

A rat fell into her soup.
400

Fill in the sentences with the correct there/their/they're.

I went over ________ to eat my dinner.

_________ some of the nicest people I have ever met.

Did you see ________ new puppy.

there, They're, their
400

What were some of the reasons that many Pilgrims died during the first year in America?

diseases, they were not prepared for the cold, they weren't able to plant crops, many were not prepared to work

400

Identify the adjectives in the following sentence:

The happy puppy played with the bright blue toy all day long.

Happy, bright, blue

400

I love the ____________ of that perfume.

A penny is worth only one ________________.

scent, cent

400

What did Miggery Sow always dream of becoming?

Mig always dreamed of becoming a princess.
500

What is a prefix?


A prefix is something that is added to the beginning of a word that changes the word's meaning.

500

What is the name for the type of home the Wampanoags lived in?

A Wetu

500

What is an abstract noun? Give an example.

An abstract noun is a feeling or an idea.

Examples are: love, imagination, anger, etc.

500

_______________ you like to help?

He chopped the _____________ for the fire.

Would, wood

500

What caused Miggery Sow to get these big, cauliflower ears?

Painful clouts to the ear by her uncle caused Mig's ears to swell up.

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