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using words correctly

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Which sentence is written correctly?

Mrs. Rachel spent two hours reading at the library.

Mrs. Rachel wasted two hours reading at the library.

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What does "summarize" mean?

to tell the most important parts of a story

to make a guess

the opposite of winterize

to tell the effect of a cause

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What does "theme" mean?

the way something is different from another thing

a weird kind of meme

the reason the author wrote a passage

the lesson or central message of a story

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Bears consume 30,000 calories a day, causing them to gain weight quickly. What does consume mean?

eat

sleep

get fat

count

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What does "inference" mean?

an ending to a story

what the story is mostly about

the reason an author writes a story

a guess based on the details

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If a large asteroid ever crashed into Earth, it would be a catastrophe. What does catastrophe mean?

something that causes great damage or suffering

something that happens all the time

an exciting surprise

a large group of flying cats

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What does firsthand account mean?

a person put money into a bank account

a person used one hand before the other

a person told about what they heard from someone else

a person actually saw or experienced something themselves

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What is third person point of view?

when someone points to the third person in line

when someone outside the story is the narrator

when someone in the story is the narrator

when someone is the third person in line

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What is NOT an element of a poem?

stage directions

lines

rhyme

stanzas

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Which sentence is written correctly/

Mrs. Rachel hadded to give a test.

Mrs. Rachel had to give a test.

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Which sentence is correct?

I seen monkeys at the zoo.

I saw monkeys at the zoo.

I have saw monkeys at the zoo.

I had saw monkeys at the zoo.

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What does generate mean based on this sentence? Windmills generate electricity using the energy of wind.

stop

watch

copy

make

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Which word best completes the sentence? The hungry kids began to _____the chicken nuggets.

devour

shrill

sculpt

polish

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Curious means_________

very busy

not caring about other people

wanting to know; asking lots of questions

working together with others

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I was too ________to stay awake and watch the whole movie.

unique

drowsy

sincere

cruel

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