Identify the following.

Write S if the given statement is SIMILE, M if it is METAPHOR, P if it is

PERSONIFICATION, O if it is ONOMATOPOEIA, AL if it is ALLITERATION, H if it is HYPERBOLE
and I if it is IRONY.

______ 1. A paper plane passed over my head.

______ 2. America is a melting pot.
______ 3. Every morning my alarm clock springs to life; I hate it when that happens.
______ 4. Grass grows greener in the graveyard.
______ 5. My love can move maintains.
______ 6. The name of America’s biggest dog was “Tiny.”
______ 7. He dunked the delicious donut in dairy creamer.
______ 8. He slithers like a snake.
______ 9. The Titanic was promoted as unsinkable but sank in 1912.
______ 10. Her smile is a shining pearl.
______ 11. I reached under the desk and grabbed the gross gum.
______ 12. I don’t like to get wet, I am so glad it has started raining.
______ 13. If you want the red team to win, clap your hands right now!
______ 14. Janie read a book by the babbling brook.
______ 15. Mark eats like a lion.
______ 16. Nothing annoys me more than rapidly clicking your pen.
______ 17. She is the apple of my eye.
______ 18. Snowflakes jumped with the wind.
______ 19. Sue went to the party and pretended that she was people person.
______ 20. The barbarians broke through the barricade.
______ 21. The child bounced the ball at the backyard barbeque.
______ 22. This box weighs a ton!
______ 23. The dishes fell to the floor with a clatter.
______ 24. The flowers danced in the rhythm of the falling rain.
______ 25. The ghouls and ghosts greeted the gangly goblins.
______ 26. The parrot perched upon the pirate’s peacoat.
______ 27. What a great day; I wrecked my car and got fired.
______ 28. There is nothing but death in the desert during the day.
______ 29. Those clucking chickens are driving me crazy!
______ 30. We light fire on the mountain.
From the box, choose the correct meaning of the underlined word. Write the letter of the correct answer on
the blank.

A. fine, dry powder

B. to remove the fine particles from the surface of something

____________ 1. He wiped the dust on his study table.

____________ 2. The cleaning lady needs a stool to dust the cupboard..

A. an insect
B. travel through air

____________ 1. I love to watch the birds fly from tree to tree.

____________ 2. I hate it when a fly lands in my soup!

A. a large, heavy animal

B. to carry

____________ 1. I can't bear this noise any longer.

____________ 2. There was a giant bear in front of us.

A. the part of something that is opposite

B. the rear side of human body

____________ 1. My back aches from our game last night.

____________ 2. I cannot see the person standing at the back of me.

A. to keep from being seen

B. a covered structure

____________ 1. The mountain in which they run after the war turns out to be their hide.

____________ 2. Carmen tried to hide her surprise..

A. a folder or box for holding papers.

B. a line of people or things

____________ 1. Due to the free hamburger, the file of people flocked at the restaurant.

____________ 2. Use a file to arrange your things.

 A. having correctness

B. other side of the left

___________ 1. The student gave the right answer to the math question.

___________ 2. You should have turned right earlier.

a. a place of recreation
b. to bring vehicle to stop

___________ 1. Mom said that we will go to the park.

___________ 2. My sister cannot park our car properly.

a. a source of water
b. correct or desirable manner

________ 1. The man is putting the pail into the well.

________ 2. My friend is absent because she is not feeling well.

a. series of events
b. made up/ a lie

___________ 1. The young boy was reprimanded because of the story he told about his mistake.

___________ 2. I really liked the short story that I read earlier.

a. to travel
b. to misstep

___________ 1. My friends and I are going on a trip to Corregidor.

___________ 2. The debutant is very carefully as she descends the stairs so she will not trip.

a. a letter
b. part of musical composition

___________ 1. The contestant cried because she was not able to hit the right note of the song.

___________ 2. My teacher gave me a note because I was late this morning.

 a. to travel through water
b. fabric attached to a boat

___________ 1. My father and my uncle was not able to sail because of the storm.

___________ 2. The fisherman is fixing the sail of his boat.

a. rank of classification
b. a command

________ 1. The books are arranged in alphabetical order.

________ 2. The members of the club are doing the order given by their leader.

a. a piece of jewelry
b. the sound of a bell

________ 1. I was awakened by the loud ring of the telephone.

________ 2. My mother is looking for the emerald ring.

a. container of water
b. a player in baseball

________ 1. The fans are cheering for the pitcher of their favorite team.

________ 2. My sister prepared a pitcher of cold .

a. container of water
b. a player in baseball

HOMOPHONES
Encircle the correct word that would complete the sentence.
1. Her lips were full, a perfect (bough, bow), and her large eyes steady and concerned.
2. The woodsman was collecting the (bough, bow) of the trees in the forest.
3. My car needs new (breaks, brakes).
4. At the bottom of the hill, the cyclist had to (break, brake) hard to stop himself from
crashing.
5. She wanted to (buy, bye, by) him a nice present.
 6. It’s hard to say (buy, bye, by) to people you love.
7. I remember when I was so broke, I didn't have a (cent, sent, scent) to my name.
8. In the UK, children of affluent parents are often (cent, sent, scent) to boarding school.
9. Chanel No 5 is a very expensive (cent, sent, scent).
10. The (doe, dough) hides her fawn in high grass or brush.
11. It's best to knead the (doe, dough) on a lightly-floured board.
12. The UK government banned (fur, fir) farming in Britain in 2003.
13. The (Fir, Fur) Tree is a Christmas Story by Hans Christian Anderson.
14. The squirrel ran through the (hole, whole) in the fence.
15. He ate the (hole, whole) pizza by himself.
16. Have you seen (hour, our) teacher?
17. I ate my lunch an (hour, our) ago.
18. My family likes to travel by (plane, plain), but it's not cheap.
19. Asian people eat a lot of dishes with rice: (plane, plain) rice, fried rice with seafood, and
sweet rice puddings.
20. The bottom (stare, stair) is broken, so please be careful when you go down.
21. I couldn’t help but (stare, stair) at the window of the boutique.
ALPHABETIZING
Write nos. 1-4 or 1-5 to arrange the following words in alphabetical order.
1. _____ crash _____ strangle
_____ crab 4. _____ spend
_____ crawl _____ speech 7. _____ this
_____ crack _____ spell _____ think
_____ craft _____ special _____ thing
_____ speck _____ thin
2. _____ train _____ these
_____ traffic 5. _____ promise
_____ tramp _____ project 8. _____ cheer
_____ tray _____ proof _____ chance
_____ trap _____ prop _____ cheat
_____ produce _____ change
3. _____ chart _____ chair
_____ change 6. _____ strong
_____ champion _____ string 9. _____ shoot
_____ chat _____ strike _____ shine
_____ challenge _____ stripes _____ shiny
 _____ shone 10. _____ prince _____ protect
_____ shoe _____ pair _____ pig
_____ price

Circle the correct pair of guide words in a dictionary that the target word could be
found.
1. contribute

count/crease chum/cog consider/coop

2. fantastic
fad/fall guy fallible/fare eyeball/faculty
3. participate
pastime/patron parameter/parlance parlay/partite
4. muskrat
muggy/muscat muscatel/mutton mutual/name
5. guantlet
garrulous/gearing gearshift/gentile gentility/get

DICTIONARY (Nos. 1-7)

Label the different parts of the dictionary.
A. Entry word D. Part-of-speech label
B. Guide words E. Phonetic spelling
C. Definition F. Syllabication

Write the cause and effect for each sentence.

1. Tim forgot his math book, so he was unable to complete his homework.
Cause: _________________________________________________________________

Effect: _________________________________________________________________

2. Keegan was hungry because he skipped lunch.

 Cause: _________________________________________________________________

Effect: _________________________________________________________________

3. Erin's car had a flat tire, so she called a tow truck.

Cause: _________________________________________________________________

Effect: _________________________________________________________________

4. Gina couldn't find the cookies because Papa hid them in the cupboard.
Cause: _________________________________________________________________

Effect: _________________________________________________________________

5. Kelly studied her spelling words and she got an A on the test.
Cause: _________________________________________________________________

Effect: _________________________________________________________________
MAIN IDEA

Read the paragraph and then select the main idea for the paragraph.

1. The frog sat on the side of the pond. He was very still. His green color made him hard to see. A bug
flew near him. His tongue zipped out, and he gobbled it up. Then the frog was still again. He waited for the
next bug.

The main idea in this passage is:

a. Frogs are green. c. Frogs do not move.

b. Frogs eat bugs. d. Frogs live in ponds.

2. It was backward day at school. The students had to do things backward. Some of them wore their T-
shirts backward. They took a test before they studied the lesson! Dessert was served first instead of last.
They tried to walk home backward, but they bumped into each other and fell down.
The main idea in this passage is:

a. Dessert is supposed to come last. c. It is hard to do things backward.

b. The students had a backward day. d. Students failed their tests.

3. Jon held the ball in his hands. He bounced it slowly on the ground. Once. Twice. He crouched low and
then jumped. The ball flew into the air. Up, up, up, it went. Then down, down, down, into the basket. "Yes!"
he yelled. "Nothing but net!"

The main idea in this passage is:

a. How to throw a basketball. c. Jon liked basketball.
b. Jon could jump. d. Jon makes a basket.