Miscellaneous
Which words are antonyms?
A. Dog, Cat
B. Aggressive, Passive
C. Sea, Ocean
B. Aggressive, Passive
Past, present, or future?
She saw the storm from across the field.
Past
Killer Tornadoes
Tornado Safety
These headings tell you that the author's purpose is to:
A. tell tornado survival stories and how to survive the deadliest one
B. warn people about tornadoes and inform them of how to prepare for one.
C. make people understand that tornadoes are not that dangerous.
B. warn people about tornadoes and inform them of how to prepare for one.
A large percentage of the annual tornadoes in the United States __________ in an area known as "Tornado Alley."
A. rank
B. occur
C. generate
B. occur
Which pair of words make the best synonym analogy for bright : brilliant
A. noise : quiet
B. pen : write
C. dark : gloomy
C. dark : gloomy
I have a cavity in my tooth. I need the dentist to look at my _______.
A. tooths
B. teeth
C. teeths
B. teeth
At the end of the poem Fury, the speaker is
A. triumphant because he survived the storm
B. angry because of the damage to the farm
C. relieved because the speaker is still alive
B. angry because of the damage to the farm
What does severe mean?
A. minor
B. icy
C. serious
C. serious
In which of the following sentences is a subject pronoun italicized?
A. I told him to wait for us.
B. She is eating dinner.
C. Ice on the roads is dangerous.
B. She is eating dinner.
On a verb tense timeline, what is the correct order of these verbs, from past to future?
A. will call, called, is calling
B. call, called, will call
C. called, is calling, will call
C. called, is calling, will call
The experience of the speaker in the poem Fury echoes which point in the passage Twisting a Path of Destruction?
A. Once a tornado forms, the biggest challenge is predicting its path.
B. Tornadoes can be weak, strong, or violent.
C. Tornadoes can cause damage to our buildings and property.
C. Tornadoes can cause damage to our buildings and property.
Not all clashes of cold, dry air and warm, moist air _______ into tornadoes; most turn into thunderstorms.
A. generate
B. occur
C. develop
C. develop
What is the meaning of the word region?
These killer tornadoes can bring devastation to an entire region.
A. an area with a certain type of land and climate
B. a rural area with open spaces
C. a place that includes many cities
A. an area with a certain type of land and climate
In which of the following sentences is an object pronoun italicized?
A. I am ready for bed.
B. Some friends are coming over to study.
C. Jack bought me a new puppy.
C. Jack bought me a new puppy.
We saw a young deer on our lawn. I love ______ because they are so graceful.
A. deer
B. deers
C. dear
A. deer
Which set of details supports the statement that we should heed tornado warnings?
A. Tornadoes can develop in the blink of an eye. They can devastate entire regions. Heeding these warnings can save a person's life.
B. The safest place is often the bathroom or a room away from windows.
C. Over 55 percent of tornadoes occur between the months of April and June. More than 30 percent of these tornadoes occur in "Tornado Alley."
A. Tornadoes can develop in the blink of an eye. They can devastate entire regions. Heeding these warnings can save a person's life.
Warm, moist air combined with cool, dry air can _____ intense thunderstorms.
A. generate
B. span
C. occur
A. generate
Football is a contact sport.
contact means:
A. a person serving as a messenger of information
B. to communicate with
C. characterized by the touching of surfaces or by physical touch
C. characterized by the touching of surfaces or by physical touch
Which idiom means "even bad times will lead to better days"?
A. everything but the kitchen sink
B. every cloud has a silver lining
C. hit the nail on the head
B. every cloud has a silver lining
Today the board of directors _______ whether all employees will get a bonus.
A. decide
B. deciding
C. decides
C. decides
The widest tornado recorded spanned over 2 miles.
What does spanned mean?
A. spun wildly
B. stretched across
C. destroyed
B. stretched across