Illuminate Practice Quiz

Read this sentence.

A firehouse is a place __________ firefighters live and work.

Choose the correct relative pronoun or relative adverb to complete this sentence.

• which

• where

• who

• when

Read this sentence.

__________ I please have another piece of apple pie?

Choose the correct modal auxiliary to complete this sentence.

• May

• Would

• Will

• Must

Choose the sentence that does NOT have errors in adjective usage.

• She grabbed her backpack and walked out the front, wooden door.

• Her older, smiling brother walked at her side.

• "You'll love middle school," he said as he zipped his bright, blue jacket.

Which sentence uses a simile?

• Nicole was not afraid of bugs and insects.

• "Nicole, I'm hot," grumbled Jojo.

• Jojo was lying on the bench looking like a sleeping lizard.

Read the following sentence.

Mollie's smile is a rainbow that brightens her dad's day.

What is the meaning of the metaphor in this sentence?

• Mollie's smile is bright like a rainbow and it makes her dad happy.

• Mollie smiles at rainbows.

• Mollie likes bright rainbows.

Read this sentence.

The rain pelted the roof like falling gumballs.

The underlined phrase most likely means that the..

• rain fell hard.

• rain fell lightly.

• rain fell quietly.

• rain fell sweetly.

Read this sentence.

My brother is a wizard with computers.

The metaphor in this sentence implies that the brother

• is a scientific genius.

• is not a real person.

• performs magic tricks with computers

• is skilled in operating computers.

Read this sentence.

The reporter from the los angeles times visited our classroom on career day.

What is the correct way to capitalize the name of the newspaper?

• the Los Angeles times

• The Los Angeles Times

• The Los Angeles times

• the Los Angeles Times

Read the sentence below.

Kayla had a difficult time learning how to play the flute, but Carrie thought it was a piece of cake.

The underlined phrase in the sentence above most nearly means __________.

• a special treat

• a beautiful instrument

• difficult to accomplish

• a task that is easy to do

Which of the following sentences uses the underlined word correctly?

• I left the hammer and nails over their.

• You too are the smartest students in class.

• They're coming over tonight after the game.

• You're science project received first place.