Vocabulary Triweekly test PREP 4'S

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Vocabulary test on Synonyms Good day students . Please click on the link below to start your test. Find the correct synonym to match the group of words. Thank you. Good luck and all the best. Game show quiz vocab test Please answer the questions in the comprehension passages below. Comprehension Reading ComprehensionMacy unclipped the cage door. She pulled it open and she smiled as a cloud of hensexploded into the yard. With much feather shaking and squawking they settled down to eat thedinner scraps Macy had scattered for them. As usual, the red hen took charge, grabbing the bestscraps, pecking at any hen that dared get in its way, flapping and fussing this way and that.“Why do the other hens let the red hen boss them like that?” Macy had asked her mother.“Hens have a pecking order,” her mother explained. “The bravest and strongest hen is incharge. She can peck all the other hens, but no one can peck her. The next hen in the peckingorder can peck everyone, except the top hen and so it goes all the way down, so you feel reallysorry for the poor hen at the bottom. Hens like a bossy leader.”But Macy had a different view. Every night she had to lock the hens back in their cage sothat foxes and owls did not get them. This was her job. Everyone in her large family had jobs. Bythe time it was getting dark, all the hens were happy to go back into their cage. That is, all exceptthe red hen. She would pretend to walk towards the cage door, and at the last minute wouldsuddenly rush to the side and wait for Macy to chase her.Another trick was to sit in the middle of the yard. As soon as Macy got close enough tobend down and pick her up, the hen would flap her wings really hard so Macy could not grabher, then she would run off again. Eventually, after the red hen had decided that Macy hadchased her enough, she would calmly walk into the cage by herself, her little red eyes gleamingin triumph as Macy slammed the cage door behind her.Macy had tried to lure the red hen by putting her favorite food inside the cage at night,but the hen would not be bribed. Macy had tried banging pot lids together to frighten the red hen,but she scared the other hens so much they did not lay any eggs for two days.Macy went to find her father. “I need to teach that red hen a lesson,” she said. “I’m goingto leave her out all night to fight the foxes and the owls. That will teach her to go in her cagewhen I say.”By Prue AndersonSOURCE: TIMSS 2007 Assessment. Copyright © 2009 International Association for the Evaluation ofEducational Achievement (IEA). Publisher: TIMSS PIRLS International Study Center, Lynch School 19. ‘...a cloud of hens exploded into the yard.’ (lines 1 and 2)What does this statement tell you about the behaviour of the hens?_2 marks20. Write a suitable synonym for each of the words, as used in the passage:i scattered (line3)_ii lure (line 20) _2 marks21. What two behaviours of the red hen show she is the leader of the brood of hens?i _ii _2 marks22. Explain what is meant by the phrase, ‘Hens have a pecking order’ (line 6)._2 marks23. Give two reasons why Macy locks the cage door at nights.i _ii _2 marks21. What two behaviours of the red hen show she is the leader of the brood of hens?i _ii _2 marks22. Explain what is meant by the phrase, ‘Hens have a pecking order’ (line 6)._2 marks23. Give two reasons why Macy locks the cage door at nights.i _ii _2 marks 24. Give one reason why the Red Hen rushed to the side of the cage, instead of going into it. _ 1 mark25. Who is the smarter of the two, between Macy and the Red Hen? Give two examples of what the Red Hen or Macy did in the passage, that show this.Smarter: _ i_ii_ 2 marks26. What kind of person is Macy? Give two examples of what she does in the passage that show this.Kind of person: _ i _ii_ 3 marks27. Suggest a suitable title for this passage._ 2 marks28. “That will teach her to go in her cage when I say.” (lines 24 and 25)Do you think the Red Hen will ever go into the cage when Macy tells her to do so? Explain your answer, using details from the passage._ _2 marks. Please read the poem and answer the questions that follow. POETRY The Crocodile's ToothacheThe CrocodileWent to the dentistAnd sat down in the chair,And the dentist said, "Now tell me, Sir,Why does it hurt and where?"And the Crocodile said, "I'll tell you the truth,I have a terrible ache in my tooth,"And he opened his jaws so wide, so wide,That the dentist, he climbed right inside,And the dentist laughed, "Oh isn't this fun?"As he pulled the teeth out, one by one.And the Crocodile cried, "You're hurting me so!Please put down your pliers and let me go."But the dentist laughed with a Ho Ho Ho,And he said, "I still have twelve to go-Oops, that's the wrong one, I confess,But what's one crocodile's tooth more or less?"Then suddenly, the jaws went SNAP,And the dentist was gone, right off the map,And where he went one could only guess...To North or South or East or West...He left no forwarding address.But what's one dentist, more or less?Shel Silverstein 34. Give two reasons for the poet’s use of capital letters in the word ‘SNAP’ (line 18).i _ii _2 marks35. What type of person is the dentist?Give two details from the poem to support your answer.Type of person: _i. _ii_3 marks36. Tick () the figure of speech that is used throughout this poem.( ) metaphor ( ) personification ( ) simile1 mark37. Which character do you prefer in this poem?Give a reason for your choice.Character: _Reason: _2 marks38. What is the mood of the poem?Give two quotations from the poem that show the mood you identified.Mood_i. _ii _3 marks Please read the Graphic Representation and answer all questions that follow. GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION