Eva exams

Read the following sentences and the choose the correct figurative language used in them.

The pot lid whistled and danced when the water began to boil

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

My brother ran like a gazelle and won the race

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

During the hot summer, the flowers begged for water

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

For John, the sun shone out of Maria’s smile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

The rain sounded like bullets on the thin roof

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Read the passage and answer the attached questions

What is the main idea of the passage

• Different stages of sleep

• Importance of sleep and how to improve it

• Role of REM sleep in memory

According to the passage, what happens during deep sleep

• The body consolidates memories

• The body repairs muscles and tissues

• The body experiences vivid dreams

Why might teenagers struggle to get enough sleep

• Because they do not need as much sleep as adults

• Because they have early school start time and busy schedules

• Because they don’t enjoy sleeping

What does the word consolidate means in the context of the passage

• Gather and combine

• Ignore and discard

• Separate and distribute

Another word for prioritise as used in the passage is

• Upset

• Organised

• Discard