4th Quarter Language/Grammar Pre-Assessment

Reference Text: If you want to find information about the following topic: "Evolution of mountains in the Midwest", what keywords would you type into a search engine?

Type an antonym for demolish and imaginary.

Is the following sentence a fact or an opinion? Over 75% of students came to the school play last night.

In the space below, write one sentence using the following three homophones correctly: there, their, they're

Complete the analogy.

mallard:duck::__________________________:tree

Figurative Language

Is the following sentence using a simile or a metaphor?

The jaguar was as stealthy as a tiptoeing spy.

Circle the correct spelling options.

Use the context clues to determine the meaning of the bold word.

The timeline gave the events in chronological order.

Rewrite the following sentence correctly.

there going to come to perform hear at 5 pm on saterday.

Place these words in alphabetical order.

1. fiber
2. fervor
3. festive
4. fertilize
5. feverish

Write the part of speech of the underlined words in the sentence below:

Spread the new sheets neatly on the bed before you go outside.

1 2 3

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the homophone "to".

In what reference text would you look if you wanted to find the meaning or definition of a word?

Circle the word that best completes each sentence.

Choose the correct abbreviation for Doctor:

Complete the analogy

pacify:calm::_________:_________

Is the following sentence using a simile or a metaphor?

I meandered across the prairie hills, a lonely cloud in a pale blue sky.

Rewrite each word adding the suffix ---ing:

receive

plan

worry

Rewrite this sentence correctly.

my Grandpa gave the bycicles two Andy and I

Match the following fiction terms to their definition.

What does the underlined idiom mean?

Finishing first in the district spelling bee was quite a feather in my cap.