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A Backyard Story #1
Contributed by: Manzitto
  • 1. Why are Joe and his family unable to go on their nature walk?
A) It is dark out.
B) It is raining.
C) It is snowing.
D) It is too hot.
  • 2. When Joe wakes up, what does he hope to do?
A) Learn about the weather.
B) Build a birdhouse.
C) Go on a nature walk.
D) Learn about cardinals.
  • 3. He was happy to know that the birdhouse was inhabited. What does inhabited mean?
A) something is living in it
B) hanging in the tree
C) put together correctly
D) empty
  • 4. Who is the main character?
A) cardinal
B) Joe
C) Dad
D) Mom
  • 5. What is an antonym for the word several?
A) few
B) lots
C) most
D) many
  • 6. Which word is an antonym for the word bright?
A) vivid
B) sunny
C) intelligent
D) dark
  • 7. What will Joe do the next time it rains?
A) pout about his plans
B) complain to his parents
C) go to the zoo
D) plan an adventure at home
  • 8. What does Joe do right after he eats breakfast?
A) He goes outside.
B) He watches a bird drink from the birdbath.
C) He cries when he sees the bird leave.
D) He stands in front of the window.
  • 9. What is Joe's problem?
A) Joe cannot see outside the window because of the rain.
B) Joe is sick and cannot go on a nature walk
C) Joe is stuck inside and cannot go on a nature walk.
D) Joe cannot locate any animals on his nature walk.
  • 10. Why was Joe upset at the beginning of the story?
A) He spilled his milk when making cereal.
B) He didn't see the type of bird he wanted to see.
C) He woke up too early.
D) It was raining so his family couldn't go on a nature walk.
  • 11. What is an antonym of the word male?
A) a letter
B) a female
C) a sail
D) a deer
  • 12. Which event comes first in this story?
A) Joe sees a crow grab a piece of fruit.
B) Joe sees a sparrow go into a birdhouse.
C) Joe sees the cardinal fly away with another bird.
D) Joe sees a cardinal fly away by itself.
  • 13. What is the correct plural form of the word bush?
A) bushs
B) bush's
C) bushses
D) bushes
  • 14. Who are the characters in this story?
A) Joe, Mom, Dad, animals
B) Joe
C) Joe, animals
D) Joe, Mom, Dad
  • 15. What is the setting of the story?
A) the backyard
B) the stairs
C) the kitchen
D) a tree
  • 16. What is the author's purpose?
A) to persuade the reader to feed birds
B) to inform the reader about animals of North America
C) to explain the food chain
D) to entertain the reader with an invented story
  • 17. How many syllables are in the word fascinated?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 2
D) 5
  • 18. Which words make up the contraction can't?
A) can not
B) can want
C) can get
D) can to
  • 19. What type of word is let's?
A) compound word
B) possessive
C) contraction
D) plural
  • 20. Which word is a compound word?
A) birdhouse
B) installed
C) compost
D) awoke
  • 21. Please use these 10 words to make 5 new compound words. water home under some shoe melon made stand times lace
  • 22. As alike as two peas in a pod
A) onomatopoeia
B) metaphor
C) alliteration
D) simile
  • 23. Boom! CRASH! CLANK!
A) alliteration
B) onomatopoeia
C) metaphor
D) simile
  • 24. Sally swam the seven seas.
A) alliteration
B) onomatopoeia
C) simile
D) metaphor
  • 25. As blind as a bat
A) metaphor
B) alliteration
C) simile
D) onomatopoeia
  • 26. Love is a red, red rose.
A) metaphor
B) alliteration
C) onomatopoeia
D) simile
  • 27. He is a couch potato.
A) simile
B) onomatopoeia
C) metaphor
D) alliteration
  • 28. Write a metaphor.
  • 29. Write a simile.
  • 30. Write a sentence with alliteration.
  • 31. Write a sentence with onomatopoeia.
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