Language Arts 1-21

Question 1

What kind of relative clause appears in the following sentence: “Lets see the movie that you told me about”?

Answer 1

Adjective Clause

Question 2

Which words in the following sentence should be capitalized? “andy drove north after he crossed the florida state line.”

Answer 2

Andy, Florida

Question 3

Which words should be capitalized in the following sentence: “aunt dorothy and uncle sam once met the president in a french restaurant”?

Answer 3

Aunt, Dorothy, Uncle, Sam, French

Question 4

What is the degree of the adverb in the following sentence: “Brendan believes that Valerie is more beautiful than her sister”?

Answer 4

Comparative Degree

Question 5

Which words in the following sentence should be capitalized? “did you vote for the president in last november’s election?”

Answer 5

Did, November

Question 6

What is the noun clause in the following James Thurber quote? “He knows all about art, but he doesn’t know what he likes.”

Answer 6

What he likes

Question 7

Multiple answer required. Which words should be capitalized in the following sentence: “samantha’s french aunt is taking her to paris over summer vacation”?

Answer 7

Samantha’s, French, Paris

Question 8

What is the following sentence’s simple subject: “The president’s stamp collection is on display next month”?

Answer 8

Stamp collection

Question 9

Give the following sentence’s verb tense: “We are staying in a motel for the next week.”

Answer 9

Present Progressive Tense

Question 10

Identify the words that should be capatilized in the following sentence: “we studied the age of enlightenment in my social studies class.”

Answer 10

We, Age, Enlightenment

Question 11

Identify the following sentence’s direct object: “Zachary passed Matthew the ball.”

Answer 11

The ball

Question 12

This children’s novel is sometimes titled How Toys Become Real. A boy’s toy’s must be burned after he contracts scarlet fever, but the Nursery Fairy allows his cherished stuffed animal to become a real bunny. This is the plot of what Margery Williams work?

Answer 12

The Velveteen Rabbit

Question 13

The author describes this man as “hard and sharp as flint” with a “grating voice” and “a frosty rime…on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin.” A counting house employee, he joins his nephew Fred’s family for the holidays after being visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Pasts, Present, and Future. Identify this antagonist-turned-protagonist of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Answer 13

Ebenezer Scrooge

Question 14

The Aesop fable teaches that “it is easy to propose impossible remedies.” A group of mice plot to outsmart their fiercest predator by tying a noise-making device around her neck, but no one volunteers for the dangerous task. Give the title of this Aesop fable.

Answer 14

Belling the Cat

Question 15

This fable’s moral is, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” A jungle animal spares a small rodent’s life, and the rodent repays the favor by chewing through ropes that hunters used to trap the large cat. Give the title of this Aesop fable.

Answer 15

The Lion and the Mouse

Question 16

In historical and academic studies, this word describes original documents, recordings, or artifacts that have not been altered. A person with direct knowledge of a situation can also serve as one to a journalist. Give the term for an original source of imformation that was created during the time under study.

Answer 16

Primary Source

Question 17

This character is the runt of the litter, but Fern Arable saves him from the slaughter by adopting him. A selfless spider saves his life later on by weaving a web bearing the message “Some Pig.” Who is this porcine protagonist of E. B. White’s Charlotte’s Web?

Answer 17

Wilbur

Question 18

What is the following sentence’s predicate nominative? A wild squirrel is my tabby cat’s best friend.

Answer 18

Friend

Question 19

During his missionary service, he equated the three leafs of the shamrock with the Holy Trinity. According to legend, he drove all the snakes out of his adopted country. Identify the patron saint of Ireland, whose feast day is March 17, on which you might get pinched for not wearing green.

Answer 19

Saint Patrick

Question 20

Some visitors claim that this folk hero’s likeness is carved into Big Bend Tunnel. After earning his freedom, he gained fame by creating two 7-foot holes in half an hour, using only two twenty-pound hammers. Name this steel driving man, who died shortly after defeating a steam drill.

Answer 20

John Henry

Question 21

This character is nursed back to health by Dr. Meescham, and manages to lift a near-fatal vacuum cleaner with a single paw. After his human friend gives him a mouth-to-mouth, he exercises his newfound powers of flying and composing poems on a typewriter. Identify this superhero squirrel friend of Flora Belle Buckman, a Kate DiCamillo creation.

Answer 21

Ulyssus