Vocabulary
Grammar
Comprehension Skills
Comprehension and Vocabulary Strategies
Miscellaneous
100

A sum of money for a specific purpose:

A. Funds
B. Exceptional
C. Crisis
D. Hazard

Funds

100

This is an example of what type of sentence?

I went to the airport and missed my plane and had to take a bus to my friend's house and I skipped dinner so I was hungry and went to bed tired and I don't want to buy plane tickets again.

Run-on sentence

100

The events and conflict in a story are the:

A. Novel
B. Plot
C. Fiction
D. Sequence

B. Plot

100

"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of a(n):

A. Idiom
B. Expression
C. Animalism
D. Hyperbole

A. Idiom

100

True or False:

You can cite "Google" as a source on your work.

False!

200

Extraordinary

A. Exceptional
B. Excited
C. Bold
D. Boring

A. Exceptional

200

A group of words that does NOT show a complete thought is a:

A. Sentence
B. Sentence fragment
C. Clause
D. Act

B. Sentence Fragment

200

The _________ is the instructions or steps for doing something, or the parts of the story listed in order.

A. Sequence
B. Information
C. Text evidence
D. Conflict

A. Sequence

200

-ly, -ness, -ate, -ful added to the end of words are examples of

A. Prefixes
B. Suffixes
C. End notes
D. Citations

A. Suffixes

200

What holiday falls at the end of October?

Halloween

300

Harsh or serious

A. Alter
B. Hazard
C. Severe
D. Dangerous

C. Severe

300

The __________ names the person or thing the sentence is about.

A. Subject
B. Predicate
C. Verb
D. Adjective

B. Subject

300

The main idea is also called the _________ idea.

A. Big
B. Major
C. Instrumental
D. Central

D. Central

300

Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings are called:

A. Text features
B. Digraphs
C. Homographs
D. Synonyms

C. Homographs

300

Name one of the two places we are visiting for our field trips this month:

Northeast Middle School to attend the Philharmonic performance
Hugh Moore Park to attend the Tales of a Towpath field trip

400

To be responsible for something

A. Acceptable
B. Hesitated
C. Inspiration
D. Accountable

D. Accountable

400

A group of words that has a subject and a verb is a:

A. Clause
B. Sentence
C. Statement
D. Exclamation

A. Clause
400

A sentence that clearly states the writer's feelings, thoughts, or beliefs about a topic is:

A. Author's claim
B. Author's procedure
C. Author's opinion
D. Author's thoughts

A. Author's claim

400

Which suffix is used INCORRECTLY?

A. Wonder ful
B. Dangerous ness
C. Uncomfortab ly
D. Compassion ate

B. Dangerousness

400

What digit is in the ten thousands place?

1,789,432

8

500

A series of actions performed when making or doing something

A. Activities
B. Process
C. Innovative
D. Routine

B. Process

500

A main, or independent clause, can stand alone as a sentence. A subordinate, or _________ clause, cannot stand alone as a sentence.

A. Statement
B. Question
C. Dependent
D. Defense

C. Dependent

500

Diagrams, headings, and graphs are examples of:

A. Pictures
B. Visuals
C. Text features
D. Text evidence

D. Text Features

500
Which of these is NOT an idiom?


A. Hit the nail on the head
B. Piece of cake
C. Cat got your tongue?
D. Can I borrow the tape?

D. Can I borrow the tape?

500

What was the name of the old woman who wanted to look at Finn Gorman's stone face necklace in Tales of the Towpath?

Nancy