FRIDAY: Language Quiz

Is this a simile or a metaphor?

• simile
• metaphor

What is the meaning of this simile or metaphor?

• He was very old.
• He was very young.
• He read his age on a clock.
• He was the same age as time.

Identify the choice that best reduces the sentence?

• It is really enjoyable.
• It is really enjoyable to climb the old willow tree.
• I really enjoy climbing the old willow tree.
• I really enjoy climbing the old willow tree's branches and limbs.

Which pair of correlative conjunctions best completes the sentence?

• neither/nor
• either/or
• both/and

Which definition of permit is being used in the sentence?

• 1
• 2

Look for any shifts in verb tense. Is the sentence correct or incorrect? (BE CAREFUL WITH THIS ONE!)

• Correct
• Incorrect

What does the root leg, lig, lect mean?

• pick, read, law
• pick, read, body part
• limb, muscle, talk
• law, read, speech

What does the word elect mean?

• an educational talk
• injured by electric shock
• a subparticle with negative charge
• pick someone to hold a position by voting

What part of speech is the word young in the following sentence?

• adjective

• adverb

• noun

• verb

What part of speech is the word remembered in the following sentence?

• adjective

• adverb

• preposition

• verb