Vocabulary
James, you need to cease tapping your pencil because other people are trying to concentrate.
a. Ignore
b. Continue
c. Stop
d. Increase
C. Stop
What does the phrase mean?
She is the apple of my eye.
a. She looks delicious
b. She is round.
c. She has something in her eye.
d. She is very dear to me.
D. She is very dear to me
Mr. Jones decided to take his family camping. It was a beautiful weekend and the family was excited about the trip. So he packed up the car and away they went. At first they had trouble finding an empty campsite. Most of the other campers had made reservations ahead of time. When they finally found one, Dad asked the kids, Tim and Katie, to pitch the tent. It wasn't long before Tim reported that he could not find the tent stakes. Sure enough, they were nowhere to be found.
Meanwhile, mom was trying to light the portable stove, but Dad had forgotten the matches. Not only that, they did not have a can opener to open the can of spaghetti sauce they had brought for dinner or a pot big enough to cook the noodles. Then Katie discovered that they had forgotten to bring the sleeping bags!
It soon became clear that camping was not going to happen. Grumpily, Dad packed everything back into the car and they drove back to the city. They picked up a pizza on the way home and everyone slept in their own beds that night.
a. Be grateful with what you have.
b. Don't go camping.
c. Camping is boring.
d. Plan and be prepared.
D. Plan and be prepared.
Where can you usually find the main idea?
a. In the title
b. In the first sentence of a paragraph.
c. In the middle of a sentence.
D. Both a and b
Having read all of the Fightland books, Jessica was so eager to see the Fightland movie that she lined up at the movie theater at midnight dressed as her favorite character.
a. Nervous
b. Excited
c. Happy
d. Annoyed
B. Excited
You don't want to wrap your presents in plastic wrap because plastic wrap is transparent and everyone will know what you got
a. Clean
b. Dirty
c. See-through
d. Huge
C. See-Through
What type of figurative language is the sentence using?
Her perfume smelled as sweet as roses.
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Personification
d. Synonym
B. Simile
Ryan's life changed when he got sick. He didn't have a cold or the flu. Ryan had cancer. He got very sick and had to stay in the hospital for long time. When his class at school found out about his illness, the teacher had them all make cards for him. Ryan had been popular with his classmates and while he appreciated the cards, he was surprised that no one from his class came to visit him, no one except James. James was a nice kid, a little shy, so Ryan had never gotten to know him well, but he had always liked him.
On that first visit, James brought Ryan some of his favorite comic books to read. James continued to visit Ryan a few times a week. James kept him updated on what was happening at school and helped him to keep up with the work that their teacher sent. James kept coming to the hospital, even when the cancer made Ryan so weak that he could hardly move or talk. In fact, he came more often. The cancer treatments worked and Ryan got better. He returned to school and was greeted enthusiastically by his classmates. Although lots of kids wanted to play with him at recess and sit with him at lunch, Ryan preferred to spend most of his time with James.
a. Real friends don't go away when times are tough.
b. Popular kids are the best friends.
c. Don't judge a book by its cover.
d. Put first things first.
a. Real friends don't go away when times are tough.
The tongue is covered with little bumps. Inside each bump are tiny organs called taste buds. There are about 3,000 taste buds on your tongue! There are also taste buds in three places inside your throat. Your taste buds work together in groups in different areas of your tongue and throat to help you recognize different tastes. They allow you to detect sweet, sour, salty, and bitter tastes. When food is placed inside your mouth, the chemicals in it cause your taste buds to carry messages through nerve cells to your brain. Your brain then tells you what kinds of tastes you are experiencing. Your tongue and the food you are eating must be moist for the taste buds to work, so your mouth releases saliva to mix with dry foods and moisten your tongue when you eat.
a. The parts of the tongue
b. How taste buds work
c. Food is broken down in your mouth.
d. Taste buds work to allow you to taste food.
d. Taste buds work to allow you to taste food.
If you have something to say about my teaching style, Mr. Carter, please say it to me now instead of muttering it under your breath later.
a. Yelling
b. Screaming
c. Looking
d. Mumbling
D. Mumbling
She tried to pay me with play money, as though I were a simpleton who would accept it.
a. Intelligent person
b. Fake person
c. Dumb person
d. Silly person
C. Dumb person
What type of figurative language is the sentence using?
His gaze was a fire, burning her to the core.
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Personification
d. Synonym
A. Metaphor
Mr. Tuttle was doing a unit on nutrition with his students. He decorated the classroom with posters showing healthy foods. Every day, he lectured his students about the importance of making good food choices like eating lots of fruits and vegetables and staying away from junk food.
Over the weekend, some of Mr. Tuttle's students went to the mall. They saw Mr. Tuttle in the food court. He was eating a corndog, French fries, and drinking a chocolate milkshake.
“Wow," said Jenna to one of her friends, “I guess eating healthy isn't so important after all."
“I wonder why he says all that stuff if he doesn't believe it." Tracy replied. “I was going to get a salad, but now I think I'll just get a slice of pizza and a soda instead."
“Me too," said Jenna.
a. Always eat healthy.
b. Don't go to the mall if you know your students will be there.
c. Practice what you preach.
d. You don't always have to keep your promises.
C. Practice what you preach.
The pelican is an excellent fisherman, and it has its own fishnet! The pelican has a huge elastic pouch connected to its underside. It uses this pouch to catch food for itself and to feed its young. Pelicans live by the shore, and their diet is mostly made up of fish. When a pelican passes over a group of fish, it dips its lower beak into the water and moves forward. It catches the fish in its pouch like a net. When the pouch is full, the pelican closes its beak and the water drains out. The pelican’s pouch can stretch to carry twelve quarts of water or thirty pounds of fish! Female pelicans also use their pouches to feed their young. A mother pelican partly digests her own food and then sends it back from her stomach and into the pouch. Her babies can then feed from her pouch until it is empty.
a. Pelicans
b. Where pelicans live
c. What a pelican eats
d. Pelicans use their pouches to catch fish
d. Pelicans use their pouches to catch fish
The principal loved the students' proposal to build the new playground with the fundraising money
a. Plan
b. Dream
c. Ask to marry
d. Argument
A. Plan
I became a vegetarian when I found out about the dreadful treatment that factory farmed animals receive
a. Awful
b. Wonderful
c. Confusing
d. Interesting
A. Awful
What type of figurative language is the sentence using?
His eyes were like daggers as he glared at his enemy.
a. Metaphorb. Simile
c. Personification
d. Synonym
B. Simile
"Mom, guess what!" Claire yelled as she came through the door. "Taylor Carson invited me to her skating party tomorrow night! It's going to be so much fun!"
Mom frowned. “I know you really want to go to that party, but tomorrow night is Grandpa's 80th birthday. You know that. We've been planning the party for months.
Claire's face fell. “Oh no. I forgot," she moaned. "But can't I go to the skating party? Grandpa will hardly even notice I'm not there."
“Absolutely not," replied Mom. “He most certainly will notice. You are his only grandchild and family comes first. Always."
Claire knew by the tone of her mother's voice that there was no arguing. She was so mad and so disappointed. She had been excited about her grandfather's party. Now she didn't even want to go.
On the night of the party, Claire spent most of her time sulking, wishing she were skating with her friends. Then Grandpa called her over to his chair.
“Claire-Bear," he said, “it means the world to me that you are here to celebrate my birthday. You are so very precious to me."
Claire's resentment disappeared. Mom was right. Skating would have been fun, but this was more important.
a. Claire loves her grandpa.
b. Moms are always right.
c. It's frustrating to have to go to family functions.
d. Family is important.
D. Family is important
Did you know that a rope made out of strands of long hair would be strong enough to lift a car? Hair is strong, and it is always growing. The hair on your head can grow about half an inch each month. Even after your body stops growing taller, your hair will still continue to grow. Hair normally grows faster during the summer than it does during the winter. It also grows faster during the day than it does at night. Each strand of hair can grow until it reaches a certain length. When it reaches that length, it stops growing. This is because it can no longer receive the nourishment it needs to grow. The strand falls out, and a new hair replaces it. This process can take two to six years for the hair on your head but just three to five months for shorter hair, like eyelashes and eyebrows.
a. How to take care of your hair.
b. How hair grows.
c. Hair is always growing.
d. Hair
c. Hair is always growing.
No matter how much the old woman yelled at him about not receiving her check, the mailman stayed calm and remained civil.
a. Rude
b. Annoyed
c. Kind
d. Loud
C. Kind
Rob is a cool guy and normally he makes great conversation, but when he gets around Vicky all he does is gape.
a. Joke
b. Talk
c. Laugh
d. Stare
D. Stare
He decided to bite the bullet and write his five page essay.
a. Forget about it.
b. Eat a snack.
c. To just do something because it is inevitable.
d. To shoot something.
c. To just do something because it is inevitable.
Daedalus was a master inventor. One day he and his son were trapped inside a labyrinth. To get out, he created wings for himself and his son so they could fly out. He used the wax from candles and feathers that floated down from birds.
As Daedalus and his son Icarus flew into the air, Daedalus reminded Icarus to stay away from the sun. However, Icarus was so excited to be flying that he didn't listen to his father. Instead he dove downward and then skyrocketed upward, loving the feeling of the wind rushing around him.
Icarus did not notice the wax melt all around him until it was too late. His feathers came apart and he crashed into the deep ocean below. Desperately, Daedalus tried to rescue his son but he was not able to.
a. Don't take risks.
b. Flying is dangerous.
c. Listen to your elders.
d. Don't go close to the sun.
C. Listen to your elders
What is the difference between a main idea and a detail?
a. A detail is what the passage is all about.
b. The main idea is one part of the passage.
c. They are the same thing.
d. The main idea is what the author wants you to learn.
d. The main idea is what the author wants you to learn.
Kevin thinks that he is the center of the universe. I guess that when someone gets to be as good as he is at football, it's hard to remain humble.
a. Full of himself
b. Not full of himself
c. Mean
d. Rude
B. Not full of himself