What words in the following sentence need to be capitalized?
moraccans and south africans live in opposite ends of africa.
Moraccans and South Africans
100
What does the word "pounced" mean in the following sentence?
The cat pounced on the dog because she wanted to play.
a. cried
b. jumped
c. scratched
b. jumped
100
Break apart the following word into its base word and suffix:
assignment
base word: assign
suffix: ment
100
Which of the following statements is a fact:
a. Screech owls make the best pets
b. Screech owls like to eat apples.
c. Screech owls have round eyes.
c. Screech owls have round eyes.
100
Answer the following question about the story The Screech Owl Who Liked Television:
Yammer was --
a. the name of one of the author's children
b. a wild screech owl that lived with the author
c. a pet the author bought in the pet store
b. a wild screech owl that lived with the author
200
What proper nouns, if any, need to be capitalized in the following sentence?
A book by Jean Craighead George that I want to read is julie of the wolves
Julie and Wolves
200
What does the word "incident" mean in the sentence below?
After the hole in the wall incident, we stopped throwing things in the house.
a. event
b. game
h. punishment
a. event
200
Choose the correct suffix to attach to the following base word.
Dark
a. ful
b. less
c. ness
ness; Darkness
200
Which of the following statements is an opinion:
a. The best valentine to receive is one with a lollipop.
b. Valentine's Day is on February 14.
c. Last year Valentine's Day was on a Thursday.
a. The best valentine to receive is one with a lollipop.
200
Answer the following question about the story The Screech Owl Who Liked Television:
According to the author, who was Yammer like a person?
a. Yammer liked Twig
b. Yammer ate mice and crickets
c. Yammer liked to watch television
c. Yammer liked to watch television
300
What proper nouns, if any, need to be capitalized in the following sentence?
In the 1920s, many German immigrants settled in Chicago.
No corrections need to be made.
300
What does the word "presence" mean in the sentence below?
The mouse was very aware of the cat's presence down the hall.
a. staring at someone
b. giving to a person
c. being in a place
c. being in a place
300
What does the word "helpless" mean in the sentence below?
The baby bird was helpless because it did not know how to fly.
a. unable to pay attention
b. unable to make sounds
c. unable to manage alone
c. unable to manage alone
300
How can you tell that the following Statement is a fact:
Screech owls eat mice, insects, small snakes, and arthropods.
a. You can ask friends about it.
b. The author wrote it.
c. You can find the information in reference books.
c. You can find the information in reference books.
300
Answer the following question about the story The Screech Owl Who Liked Television:
Craig's train moved like a --
a. garter snake
b. mouse
c. python
a. garter snake
400
What proper nouns, if any, need to be capitalized in the following sentence?
The first amendment gives me the freedom of speech, and they cannot take that away from me.
First and Amendment
400
Give the definition of the following vocabulary word:
utter
to speak
400
Break apart the following word into its base word and suffix:
Speechless
base word: Speech
suffix: less
400
What is the author's opinion of Yammer?
a. He should watch television.
b. He makes a great pet.
c. He should take more showers.
b. He makes a great pet.
400
Answer the following question about the story The Screech Owl Who Liked Television:
What happened when Yammer flew out the window?
a. He flew back inside.
b. He returned the next day.
c. He did not return.
c. He did not return.
500
What proper nouns, if any, need to be capitalized in the following sentence?
Have you read Mark Twain's Short story, "the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county"?
The, Celebrated, Jumping, Frog, Calaveras, and County
500
Give the definition of the following vocabulary word:
Hastened
Moved quickly, hurried
500
Choose the correct suffix for the following word:
Still
a. ness
b. ment
c. ful
a. ness
500
Which word tells you that the following statements from the selection gives an opinion?
"It will be lovely to have Yammer in our woods, flying, calling to us at night..."
a. woods
b. calling
c. lovely
c. lovely
500
Answer the following question about the story The Screech Owl Who Liked Television:
According to the author, Yammer did not attack Craig's train because --
a. Yammer knew it was not real.
b. Yammer thought it was prey that was too big.
c. Yammer was afraid of the loud train