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40. Literal vs Figurative: "Tom's mouth widened into a grin." Is this literal or figurative?

Literal

Figurative

Personification

Simile

39. Author's Intent: Why include a "Did You Know?" section?

To engage with fun facts

To finish early

To list sources

To provide instructions

38. Author's Intent: Why mention Tom's old apartment in Hong Kong?

To contrast with the new room

To show he travels

To explain dogs

To show he is a gardener

37. Author's Intent: What was the author's primary goal in writing Text 1?

To inform about clocks

To tell a story

To sell watches

To describe a garden

36. Dialog: "I DON'T BELIEVE IT, STELL!" How do we know Tom is excited?

Capitals and "yelled"

He is whispering

He is crying

He is speaking fast

35. Dialog: Why does the author write "'ave" instead of "have"?

To show Charlie's accent

Spelling mistake

Page was cut off

It is a typo

34. Dialog: Who says, "Next time, I'll 'ave to tell yer mum!"?

Charlie Green

Stella

Tom

The neighbor

33. Punctuation: In "Tom's Earth Treasure", why is there an apostrophe?

Possession

Plural name

Shortening "Tom is"

To end a sentence

32. Punctuation: What is the purpose of the capital letters in "HARRY'S BACK!"?

To show shouting

To show importance

To start a chapter

For a name

31. Punctuation: Why does "didn't" have an apostrophe? (Text 2)

To show omitted letters

To show possession

To show a question

To show a pause

30. Punctuation: In "sun's rays" (Text 1), what is the apostrophe for?

Possession

Contraction

Plural

A mistake

29. Subject Verb Agreement: "Tom and his sister Stella ____ trying to find..." (Text 2).

are

is

was

am

28. Subject Verb Agreement: "Sundials ____ the time..." (Text 1).

show

shows

showing

is showing

27. Subject Verb Agreement: "The sun ____ approximately 24 hours..." (Text 1).

takes

take

taking

taken

26. Subject Verb Agreement: "All ____ the same basic parts." (Text 1).

have

has

having

was

25. Tense: "Harry's back!" (Text 2). What tense is the verb 'is' in this contraction?

Present Tense

Past Tense

Future Tense

Present Perfect

24. Tense: "Tom pressed his nose hard against the window." What tense is "pressed"?

Past Simple

Present Simple

Past Continuous

Present Perfect

23. Tense: "Galileo noticed..." (Text 1). What tense is "noticed"?

Past Simple

Present Simple

Present Perfect

Future Simple

22. Tense: "A clock is an instrument..." (Text 1). What tense is this?

Present Simple

Past Simple

Future Simple

Past Continuous

21. Hyperbole: "Tall as skyscrapers" (Text 2). Why is this hyperbole?

Room doors are not that big

Skyscrapers don't exist

Doors are taller

It is just a simile

20. Hyperbole: "He lifted his spade for what felt like the hundredth time." Why?

He probably hasn't dug exactly 100 times

He cannot count

A spade is too heavy

It is a literal count

19. Hyperbole: "Drier than the Sahara at noon" is hyperbole because:

It is an extreme exaggeration

The Sahara is cold

Tom is in Africa

It is a literal fact

18. Personification: In Text 1, sundials "show" the time. This is a weak example because:

It is a functional description

It gives the dial a face

It says the dial talks

It is a human action

17. Personification: "Shadow loomed up from behind." How does this personify the shadow?

It makes it seem threatening

It shows it is black

It describes a shape

It shows the sun moved

16. Personification: Which garden feature "seemed to brush the passing clouds"?

Oak tree branches

The garden gate

The mole holes

Charlie's shed

15. Personification: "The midday sun beat down mercilessly." Why is this personification?

It gives the sun a human feeling

It describes heat

It says the sun is yellow

It mentions time

14. Metaphor: "Tom's heart still took off" suggests Tom is feeling:

Excited and amazed

Scared he is sick

Like he is a bird

Bored

13. Metaphor: In the description of Tom's room, what does "sky" represent?

Vastness and height

Blue paint

Rain

The sun

12. Metaphor: What does the term "Earth Treasure" suggest about Tom's finds?

They are special to him

They are real gold

They are from space

They are rubbish

11. Metaphor: What are the "clouds" on the French door window actually made of?

Warm breath

Steam from a kettle

Real clouds

Smoke

10. Simile: What is Tom's ceiling compared to in Text 2?

A private indoor sky

A marble fireplace

A skyscraper

A mountain

9. Simile: The French doors are compared to what using a simile?

Skyscrapers

Oak trees

Clouds

Fireplaces

8. Simile: Which phrase from Text 2 is a simile?

Drier than the Sahara at noon"Clouds of warm breath"The midday sun beat down"Piercing stare

7. Literal vs Figurative: "Charlie Green squinted darkly" (Text 2). Is 'darkly' literal or figurative here?

Figurative

Literal

Retrieval

Tense

6. Literal vs Figurative: "Tom's heart still took off" (Text 2). Is this literal or figurative?

Figurative

Literal

Retrieval

Dialect

5. Literal vs Figurative: In Text 1, is "The sun takes approximately 24 hours" literal or figurative?

Literal

Figurative

Personification

Metaphor

4. Retrieval: What is the giant bell in the world's most famous tower clock called?

Big Ben

Clagan

Clocca

Charlie Green

3. Retrieval: Where did Tom live before moving to his current house?

Hong Kong

Egypt

The Sahara

London

2. Retrieval: In what country did mechanical clocks first appear around AD 725?

China

Egypt

United Kingdom

Hong Kong

1. Retrieval: According to Text 1, how many years ago did human inventions for timekeeping begin?

Around 10,000 years

3,700 years

2,026 years

1,840 years