6th grade word choice

The dog ate it's food quickly. Choose the best action verb from below to replace ate with.

• gobbled

• was eating

• was chewing

The soccer ball came through the living room window. Choose the best action verb below to replace came with.

• was coming

• crashed

• was going to come into

It was a January day. Choose the sentence below that best uses sensory details to describe this January day.

• Icicles hung from the rooftops, and the wind whipped the snow into swirling tornadoes on this January day.

• It was a cold January day.

• There was snow outside on this cold January day.

My mom was cooking dinner. Choose the sentence below that best uses sensory details to describe mom cooking dinner.

• Walking through the front door, aromas of homemade sauce and meatballs made my mouth water.

• My mom was busy cooking dinner.

• My mom was cooking dinner and it smelled good.

My cat is very old. Choose the best synonym for old from the choices below.

• ancient

• decrepit

• mature

I'm excited for Frozen 2 to come out. Choose a synonym to replace excited from the choices below.

• dreading

• happy

• eager

The waves rose and fell like a roller coaster ride. What type of figurative language was used in this sentence.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

This is the worst day of my life. What type of figurative language was used in this sentence.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• idiom

My school is great. Choose the sentence below that uses specific details/terms to convey a better image.

• My school is fun.

• Sixth grade at East Middle School is welcoming and supportive.

• My school in Plymouth Minnesota is great.

My house is brown. Choose the sentence below that uses specific details/terms to convey a better image.

• My two story house brick house is welcoming with it's warm wooden door and flowers in the window boxes.

• My house has two stories and is brown.

• My brick house is welcoming.