Grade 5 English Quiz 1

“The Shopping List” & “Yasmin’s Duck”

Name: Date: Score:

Multiple Choice: Please read each question carefully, and select the correct answer.
(10pts.)

1. Where did Mike buy things in the story The Shopping List?
a) a bookstore
b) his Dad’s store
c) a shopping mall

2. What did Mom ask him to get at the end of the story The Shopping List?
a) his dog
b) Miss Lin
c) his dad

3. Why did Mom ask him to get the person from question 2?
a) for lunch
b) for breakfast
c) for dinner

4. Michelle went to a book store with a shopping ________________.

a) mall
b) list
c) fresh

5. Did Mom ask for f______________ f_____________?

a) fresh fish
b) favorite friend
c) flour flower

6. When do ducks fly south?

a) in the winter
b) in the fall
c) in the spring
7. What does “silly” mean?
a) angry
b) smart
c) stupid

8. Which sentence below uses the word “alone” correctly?

a) The old man is sitting there alone for a long time already, no one is around
him.
b) I really like the alone of this music.
c) In the party, everyone sings alone happily.

9. What combination of letters make a “long a” sound?

a) ao / le
b) a_e / ai
c) a_e / ea

10. What combination of letters make a “long i” sound?

a) il / igh
b) io / i_e
c) i_e / igh

Please write a complete sentence in response to each of the following questions. (8pts.)

1. What did Mike forget in the story The Shopping List?

2. Did Mike get everything he wanted in the end of the story The Shopping List?

3. Please make a sentence using the vocabulary “ripe”.

4. Please make a sentence using the vocabulary “give up”.

5. According to the story Yasmin’s Duck, what can ducks do?

6. Please write down three words that has a “long o” sound.

7. Please write down three words that has a “long e” sound.

8. Please write down three words that has a “long u” sound.

Please read each question carefully, and then write “T” (true) or “F” (false) on the line
next to the question. (9pts.)

1. ________ If a fruit is ripe, it is good to eat.

2. ________ Mike’s dad is a bus driver,

3. ________ A list always has pictures, too.

4. ________ Mike gets sad at the store and goes home.

5. ________ A grin is a smile.

6. ________ Ducks can dive.

7. ________ Water and oil do not mix.

8. ________ Firemen fly rocket ships.

9. ________ You can chop with a knife.

Vocabulary Sheet

1. soon (adv.) 很快地

2. grin (n.) 笑容

3. remember (v.) 記得

4. plum (n.) 李子 梅子 桃子

5. few (adj.) 少數

6. knew (v.) 知道 (know)

7. brain (n.) 腦子

8. train (n.) 火車

9. silly (n.) 愚蠢

10. ripe (adj.) 成熟（水果）

11. check (v.) 檢查

12. fresh (adj.) 新鮮

13. give up (v.) 放棄

14. wide (adj.) 寬大

15. supper (n.) 晚餐

16. yell (v.) 叫

17. chop (v.) 切

18. tin can (n.) 鋁箔罐

19. glass jar (n.) 玻璃罐

20. hope (v.) 希望

21. alone (adj.) 獨自的

22. tone (n.) 音調

Answer:

2. B

3. C

4. C

5. B

6. A

7. B

8. C

9. A

10. B

11. C

1. T

2. F

3. F

4. F

5. T

6. T

7. T

8. F

9. T