English 4

Name: _______________________________________________________
I. Write the plural form of each noun.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Goose - __________________
Knife - __________________
Essay - __________________
Fox - __________________
Mouse - __________________
Person - __________________
Child - __________________
Box - __________________
Meal - __________________

II. Identify the type of pronoun the underlined word is. Below are the choices.

Subject

Object

Possessive

Demonstrative

Interrogative

_______________1. She is intelligent.

_______________2. Have you tried this?
_______________3. I met him yesterday.
_______________4. The teacher appreciated them.
_______________5. How can I untie this?
_______________6. The notebook on the table is mine.
_______________7. They are playing chess.
_______________8. They received your letter. Did you receive theirs?
_______________9. Those look attractive.
_______________10. Whose pen is this?
III. Encircle the verb used in the sentence and write in the blank before each number: A, if the verb is in
simple present tense; B if past tense; and, C if present progressive tense.
_______1.The man is reading the newspaper.
_______2. I washed the dishes last night.
_______3. The students come to school every day.
_______4. If I were queen, I would have every scoundrel in my kingdom hanged.
_______5. Tim sings at the cafe at 5 pm tonight.
_______6. They are rehearsing for the play.
_______7. Stanley shouted Fire! with all his might.
_______8.They are my cousins.
IV. Indicate if the sentence is an example of a simile, metaphor or hyperbole.
_______________1. The paper is as light as a feather.

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_______________2. The ocean was a raging bull.
_______________3. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
_______________4. The streetlight was my security guard.
_______________5. A gentle summer wind feels like a soft cotton sheet.
_______________6. This car goes faster than the speed of light.
_______________7. Her eyes shone like stars in the night sky.
_______________8. All the world's a stage.
_______________9. My little brother eats like a pig.
_______________10. The tears flowed like a river.
Indicate if the sentence is an example of a personification, alliteration or onomatopoeia.
_______________11. Those clucking chickens are driving me crazy!
_______________12. Please put your pen away and play the piano.
_______________13. The wildfire ran through the forest at an amazing speed.
_______________14. The clanging pots and pans awoke the baby.
_______________15. The cactus saluted those who drove past.
_______________16. The ivy wove its fingers around the fence.
_______________17. The big bad bear attacked all the little bunnies in the forest.
_______________18. Shut the shutter before it makes you shudder.
_______________19. Go and gather the green leaves in the lawn.
_______________20. The dim-witted pigeon repulsed us with its nerve crawling coo.
V. Encircle the descriptive adjectives in the following sentences.
1. He was absent from the class.
2. He died a glorious death.
3. Evie has a colourful bag for school.
4. A delicious meal was prepared by Mrs. Santos.
5-6. A small leak is enough to sink a great ship.

VI. Matching type: Write the letter that corresponds to the meaning of the idiomatic expression on the left.
_______1. A piece of cake

a. Say what you really feel

_______2. Cross your fingers

b. Try

_______3. Slipped my mind

c. Very easy

_______4. Speak your mind

d. I forgot

_______5. Give it a shot

e. For good luck

VII. Read each of the sentences below carefully. A word is underlined in each sentence. Write the underlined
word in the blank, then circle the word from the list that has about the same meaning.

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1. She turned her biggest foe into her best friend. _________________
A. enemy

B. Shoes

C. lesson

2. The man walked down the long corridor in the dark building. __________________
A. table

B. Fan

C. hall

3. Jack is approximately 9 years old. ____________________

A. about

B. badly

C. carefully

4. My sisters eyes resemble our mothers eyes. ____________________

A. run like

B. look like

C. feel like

5. The stars were brilliant in the clear night sky. ___________________

A. dim

B. walking

C. bright

VIII. Read the following excerpt and write the main idea of the paragraph in the large oval below. Write the
supporting ideas in the small ovals. (8 points)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
By L. Frank Baum
Even with eyes protected by the green spectacles, Dorothy and her friends were at fi rst dazzled by the
brilliancy of the wonderful City. The streets were lined with beautiful houses all built of green marble and studded
everywhere with sparkling emeralds. They walked over a pavement of the same green marble, and where the blocks
were joined together were rows of emeralds, set closely, and glittering in the brightness of the sun. The window
panes were of green glass; even the sky above the City had a green tint, and the rays of the sun were green.

Answer Key: 71 points total

I.

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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Geese
Knives
Essays
Foxes
Mice
People
Children
Boxes
Meals

II.
1. subject
2. demonstrative
3. object
4. object
5. interrogative
6. possessive
7. subject
8. possessive
9. demonstrative
10. interrogative
III. 1 point/item (half points if either verb or type is
wrong)
1. Reading, C
2. Washed, B
3. Come, A
4. Hanged, B
5. Sings, A
6. Rehearsing, C
7. Shouted, B
8. Are, A
IV.
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2.
3.

Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole

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Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Simile
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Personification
Alliteration
Alliteration
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia

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2.
3.
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5.
6.

Absent
Glorious
Colourful
Delicious
Small
Great

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2.
3.
4.
5.

C
E
D
A
B

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2.
3.
4.
5.

A
C
A
B
C

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VII.

VIII. (2 pts each oval)