Question Bank for Grade 5 English

How many commas are needed with this noun of direct address, in this sentence?

Bob didn't you want to go play a game of football?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What is the homophone for hair, as it is used in the following sentence?

I saw a horse with long white hair.

• hare

• horse

• long

• hire

What type of figurative language is this?

The house was as hot as a desert?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

Fill in the blank to correctly complete the tag question.

You love Halloween, don't _____?

• but

• love

• you

• could

Give me two examples of synonyms.

(Ex: mat and rug)

They're walking to their car.

They're and their are examples of:

• Pun

• Idiom

• Homophone

• Homograph

Abnormal or different from the usual expectations.

• adapt

• peculiar

• delivery

• idiom

Tom wanted to go shopping, ____ he had something to do.

• and

• nor

• but

• so

Which is an example of wordplay?

• You are one in a melon.

• We must vote for the best trunk.

• I grabbed the ball with my bare hands.

What is a homograph?

• Two or more words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.

• Two or more words that are spelled differently and have different meanings.