English 4

3rd Periodical Test

January 21-22, 2020

Name:________________________________Section:_______________Score:__________

I. Write S for simple or C for compound in the blank.

____ 1. My dog eats fruit of any kind, but she will not eat meat or cheese.
____ 2. The new rug in the living room is beautiful, but it does not match the
furniture.
____ 3. Kelly applied for a job in accounting at the new medical facility in town.
____ 4. My mother mopped and waxed the hardwood floors in our house.
____ 5. I went to the store without a list, and I bought all junk food.
____ 6. Bosco chased his tail, but he never did catch it.
____ 7. Minnie traveled through Europe and explored many interesting castles.
____ 8. The flowers in the garden behind our house are in full bloom at this time.
_____9. The students do their performance in English.
_____10. Peter plays his phone.

II. Read each item carefully and encircle the letter of the word or words that completes
a sentence or answers the question.
1. Paul lives ____________ in Canada.
A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere D. where
2. Before you marry her, I must tell you _______ about her parents.
A. anything B. nothing C. something D. thing
3. We had known all the facts ha said. We found out ________ new.
A. anything B. something C. nothing D. thing
4. It's up to her so ... should tell her what to do.
A. somebody B. Nobody C. anybody D. Nothing
5. The holidays were great. We could do ... we wanted.
A. something B. Nothing C. anything D. Nothing
6. ________ wanted to talk to you when you were in the supermarket. He left his number.
A. Nobody B. Anybody C. Somebody D. Nothing
7. Don't help us, Dad. Jill and I can paint the car all by ______________.
A. myself B. themselves C. ourselves D. yourselves
8. You are five years old, Danny. You can comb your hair by ____________ now.
A. yourself B. yourselves C. himself D. Herself
9. They enjoyed _____________ at the movies today.
A. yourselves B. themselves C. myself D. ourselves
10. Jenny cooked the candy too long. When she took it out of the oven it was hard as a rock.
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification
11. The old car woke reluctantly from its overnight sleep. Coughing and sputtering, it finally
broke into a loud roar.
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification
12. Kyle's father was as stern as a judge when he came home after curfew.
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification
13. The storm was a savage beast.
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification
14. You would like to travel to Washington D.C. How can you find out where this place is
located?
A. Atlas B. Thesaurus C. Encyclopedia D. Dictionary
15. Your class is doing research papers on someone who has made an impact on our
country’s history. Where can you find information about the person you chose for this report?
A. Atlas B. Thesaurus C. Encyclopedia D. Dictionary
16. You are reading a chapter in your social studies book and you find a word you do not
know. How can you find the definition to the word?
A. Atlas B. Thesaurus C. Encyclopedia D. Dictionary
17. Tomorrow your class is going to be learning about the inventors. Your teacher mentioned
that Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals. How could you find more information about
Benjamin Franklin?
A. Thesaurus B. Encyclopedia C. Atlas D. Dictionary
18. Your family is planning on taking a trip to the Florida Keys. You would like to see how
far it would be from Tennessee to the Florida Keys. What reference material would you use
to look at the distance?
A. Thesaurus B. Encyclopedia C. Atlas D. Dictionary
19. You are learning about landforms and would like to find out what an island is. Where
would you look for the definition of an island?
A. Thesaurus B. Encyclopedia C. Atlas D. Dictionary
20. Your teacher has assigned each person a continent to research. Where would you find
information about your continent?
A. Thesaurus B. Encyclopedia C. Atlas D. Dictionary

III. Venn Diagram

Jimmy and Evelyn have both written about their recent birthday parties. Read both
paragraphs. Then compare and contrast them by writing the things that they did on the lines
below beneath their names. If they did anything that was the same, write it in the middle.

JIM EVELYN

On my birthday, I went on a
horseback trail ride with friends. On my birthday I had a party! Six friends
We rode for an hour, then stopped came over, and we played games. Then
we had cake and ice cream, and I opened
for a picnic lunch. We had cake,
presents. I had one HUGE present, from
and I opened a few small presents
my parents. It was a bicycle.
they had brought with them.

JIM EVELYN