309 Language — Quiz 2

Match the following study words:

• prop

• The carpenters nailed the thin, flat pieces of building material onto the roof.

• ferry

• A block of wood held up the sign.

• soot

• Nobody lived in the old, tumbledown house.

• deserted

• A boat carries a family and their animals across the river.

• shingles

• Black powder lined the inside of the chimney.

For every kind of ​ (a)   .... is ​ (b)   , and hath been tamed of ​ (c)   .

— ​ (d)  

• beasts
• tamed
• mankind
• James 3:7

​ (a)   are better than ​ (b)   ; because they have a ​ (c)   reward for their ​ (d)   .

— ​ (e)  

• Ecclesiastes 4:9
• Two
• one
• good
• labour

Which is the prefix meaning before?

• pre-

• mid-

Which prefix means middle?

• pre-

• mid-

Find the onomatopoeia:

"Beep, beep," said the little horn. "Toot!" said the train.

• Beep, beep

• horn

• Toot

• train

Find the onomatopoeia:

Mother heard the pit-pat of bare feet coming down the steps.

• Mother

• pit-pat

• feet

• steps

What is an onomatopoeia?

• A word that sounds like the action it describes

• A historical event
• A type of fruit