Long Test in English 9
I. Identify whether the following sentences use
literal or figurative language.
1. Eric thinks doing school work is one big video game.
2. Lauran has decided to volunteer every Tuesday
after school.
3. Thinking about summer camp makes me feel like a
bundle of joy and sunshine.
4. My voice sounded as if I had swallowed rocks.
5. Emma may seem clumsy, but she dances like a
gazelle.
6. Jacob expresses his feelings through photography.
7. My teammate is a snail and turtle combined!
8. Our team attended a sportsmanship program.
9. I have a mountain of paperwork to finish.
10. Sometimes, I have to be my little brothers brain.
11. I stayed up late last night.
12. They are as busy as bees.
13. The field is calm and quiet.
14. He was late to dinner.
15. Im so hungry I could eat a horse.
II. Identify the figure of speech.
16. I was frightened by the deafening silence.
17. Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly
stopped for me.
18. Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet
sorrow.
19. The stone listens carefully to the grass as it grows
around it.
20. Even at night time, Maria is sunshine.
21. The more you hate, the more you love.
22. More haste, less speed.
23. A friend exaggerates a mans virtue; an enemy
exaggerates his crimes.
24. Winter sat tight on our shoulders.
25. Two heads are better than one.
26. It is the little things in life that are colossal
27. We study Shakespeare today.
28. Character is a diamond that scratches every item.
29. The biggest dog was named Tiny.
30. I wandered as lonely as a cloud.
Long Test in English 9
I. Identify whether the following sentences use
literal or figurative language.
1. Eric thinks doing school work is one big video game.
2. Lauran has decided to volunteer every Tuesday
after school.
3. Thinking about summer camp makes me feel like a
bundle of joy and sunshine.
4. My voice sounded as if I had swallowed rocks.
5. Emma may seem clumsy, but she dances like a
gazelle.
6. Jacob expresses his feelings through photography.
7. My teammate is a snail and turtle combined!
8. Our team attended a sportsmanship program.
9. I have a mountain of paperwork to finish.
10. Sometimes, I have to be my little brothers brain.
11. I stayed up late last night.
12. They are as busy as bees.
13. The field is calm and quiet.
14. He was late to dinner.
15. Im so hungry I could eat a horse.
II. Identify the figure of speech.
16. I was frightened by the deafening silence.
17. Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly
stopped for me.
18. Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet
sorrow.
19. The stone listens carefully to the grass as it grows
around it.
20. Even at night time, Maria is sunshine.
21. The more you hate, the more you love.
22. More haste, less speed.
23. A friend exaggerates a mans virtue; an enemy
exaggerates his crimes.
24. Winter sat tight on our shoulders.
25. Two heads are better than one.
26. It is the little things in life that are colossal
27. We study Shakespeare today.
28. Character is a diamond that scratches every item.
29. The biggest dog was named Tiny.
30. I wandered as lonely as a cloud.
Long Test in English 9
I. Identify whether the following sentences use
literal or figurative language.
1. Eric thinks doing school work is one big video game.
2. Lauran has decided to volunteer every Tuesday
after school.
3. Thinking about summer camp makes me feel like a
bundle of joy and sunshine.
4. My voice sounded as if I had swallowed rocks.
5. Emma may seem clumsy, but she dances like a
gazelle.
6. Jacob expresses his feelings through photography.
7. My teammate is a snail and turtle combined!
8. Our team attended a sportsmanship program.
9. I have a mountain of paperwork to finish.
10. Sometimes, I have to be my little brothers brain.
11. I stayed up late last night.
12. They are as busy as bees.
13. The field is calm and quiet.
14. He was late to dinner.
15. Im so hungry I could eat a horse.
II. Identify the figure of speech.
16. I was frightened by the deafening silence.
17. Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly
stopped for me.
18. Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet
sorrow.
19. The stone listens carefully to the grass as it grows
around it.
20. Even at night time, Maria is sunshine.
21. The more you hate, the more you love.
22. More haste, less speed.
23. A friend exaggerates a mans virtue; an enemy
exaggerates his crimes.
24. Winter sat tight on our shoulders.
25. Two heads are better than one.
26. It is the little things in life that are colossal
27. We study Shakespeare today.
28. Character is a diamond that scratches every item.
29. The biggest dog was named Tiny.
30. I wandered as lonely as a cloud.