Name:_______________________ Date____________ Permit No.

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I. Identify the figures of speech used in each sentence. Provide your answer on the
space provided.

1. ____________ Jenny had cooked the candy too long. When she was ready to cut it in
squares, it was a rock.
2. ____________ Sue Ann worked hard on her report. After she gave it before the class, she
felt light as a feather.
3. ____________ The old car awoke reluctantly from its night's sleep. Coughing and
spluttering, it finally broke into a loud roar.
4. ____________ The boy's room was an amusement arcade.
5. ____________ The day after the rain, the air was clean and fresh. A soft little breeze
carried the scent of lilacs.
6. ____________ Many are called, few are chosen
7. ____________ "All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players; They
have their exits and their entrances;" William Shakespeare
8. ____________ "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?  Thou art more lovely and more
temperate:"Sonnet 18: William Shakespeare
9. ____________ “Fair daffodils, we weep to see you haste away so soon”.
10. ____________ He is the wisest fool of them all.
11. ____________ He was suspended for his little mishap.
12. ____________ Some slimy snakes were slowly slithering.
13. ____________ It crackled and growled and roared and howled.
14. ____________I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.
15. ____________The road was a ribbon of moonlight, over the purple moor.

II. Fill out the missing words of William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet XVIII”.

Shall I compare thee to a ___________ day? 

Thou ______ more lovely and more _______________: 
_______ winds do shake the _____________ buds of May, 
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: 
Sometime too hot the eye of ____________shines, 
And often is his gold ______________ dimm’d; 
And every fair from fair sometime________________, 
By chance or nature’s changing _____________ untrimm’d; 
But thy ____________ summer shall not fade 
Nor lose ______________ of that fair thou owest; 
Nor shall ______________ brag thou wander’st in his shade, 
When in eternal lines to _________ thou growest: 
So long as men can __________ or eyes can see, 
So long lives this, and this gives __________ to thee.

III. Underline the correct degree for each of the following sentences.
1. Nikki is a (better, best) dancer than Charmaine.
2. Among the three pairs, the black one is the (most pretty, prettiest).
3. Eric is (more, most) physically fit to do the job than Ernesto.
 4. Is William Shakespeare the (better, best) writer than Chaucer?
5. Roger is the (more behaved, behaver, behaves) in Mrs. Chua’s class.
6. That thing Tina said about our principal is the (most, more) incredible of all.
7. I like reading books (more, most, mostest) than going to the movies.
8. The Olympics is the (grander, grandest, most grand) and most colorful sports
event.
9. Avatar is one of the (highest, higher) grossing films of all time.
10. In terms of characterization, Hamlet is the (best, better) and most interesting play
by William Shakespeare.
IV. Complete the sentences with the best adverb. Choose the adverbs from the box.
And write the type of adverb used.

slowly     carefully   extremely well        too  carelessly       easily       excitedly      

finally      tomorrow quickly           quietly over
so much almost  never  below

____________ 1. Come here ____________. You have to see this!

____________ 2. They rushed for their lives when fire broke out in the floor________________.
____________ 3. It was _________ dark for us to find our way out of the cave.
____________ 4. I’m going to the dentist _______________ for my denture check up.
____________ 5. The temperature of the room was ______________ high.
____________ 6. Alex _____________ put up the bookshelves. It was too difficult for me to do
on my own.
____________ 7. The schoolboy was knocked ___________ by a school bus.
____________ 8. They were _____________ fifty when they got married.
____________ 9. Although she speaks five languages, she did not do ___________ on the
translation exam.
____________ 10. He complained that she __________ smiled back.

V. Rewrite the following sentences correctly with appropriate capitalization. Write your
answer on the space provided.

1. every December, I can hardly wait for santa Claus.

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2. friday is the best day because we order pizza from domino’s.
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3. yellowstone national Park is a great park.
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4. king Arthur ruled over camelot.
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5. She has a friend from london, england.
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6. I work for the new york Times.

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7. The bronze age lasted for several thousand years.

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8. The sidney opera House is a gorgeous building.
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9. My family supports the american cancer Society.
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10. I Drove east to the city and Turned north.
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VI. Use the following interjections in a sentence or provide a situation in which each
interjection is used.
1. No!
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2. Hey!
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3. Oh!
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4. Nice!
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5. Wow!
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6. Hmm,
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7. Whoa!
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8. Yippee!
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9. Stop!
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10. Yes!
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VII. Essay (5pts. each)

1. Discuss how William Shakespeare compares his beloved to a summer’s

day, in his “Sonnet XVIII”.

2. Stand your point of how Shakespeare proved his admiration to his

muse for eternity.