Grade 6 EQAO Language Practice YAY!

Question 1

Which figure of speech is this: he was a lightning bolt down the track

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 2

What is this figure of speech: the trees whispered to me as I walked by

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 3

What kind of sentence is this: Did my squirrel run away?

Accepted Answer

interrrogative

Question 4

What figure of speech is this: cat is to dog as meow is to woof

Accepted Answer

analogy

Question 5

What figure of speech is this: in swelling swooshing circles it will swiftly gather speed

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 6

What kind of sentence is this: Oh, my squirrel is gone!

Accepted Answer

exlamatory

Question 7

What part of speech takes the place of a noun? example - he, she, it

Accepted Answer

pronoun

Question 8

What do you call a heading under a picture?

Accepted Answer

caption

Question 9

Which figure of speech is this: as wide as the ocean

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 10

What part of speech is: a person, place or thing?

Accepted Answer

noun

Question 11

What part of speech is a word that describes a noun?

Accepted Answer

adjective

Question 12

What part of speech joins groups of words together?

Accepted Answer

conjunction

Question 13

When do you use a semi-colon?

Accepted Answer

to connect two sentences

Question 14

When do you use a colon?

Accepted Answer

to start a list

Question 15

What are quotation marks used for?

Accepted Answer

around words spoken

Question 16

What part of speech is an action word?

Accepted Answer

verb

Question 17

Do you like learning about language?

Accepted Answer

Yes, of course!

Question 18

What kind of sentence is this: Come here, squirrel.

Accepted Answer

imperative

Question 19

What part of speech describes a verb?

Accepted Answer

adverb

Question 20

What are commas used for?

Accepted Answer

between words in a listAnswer 3

Question 21

Which figure of speech is this: I have told you a million times to stop playing quiz!

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

Question 22

What part of speech links phrases or words in a sentence? example = in, about, around

Accepted Answer

preposition

Question 23

Which figure of speech is this: Let's hit the road!

Accepted Answer

idiom

Question 24

Which figure of speech is this: BOOM!

Accepted Answer

onomatopeia

Question 25

What kind of sentence is this: My squirrel ran away.

Accepted Answer

declarative

Grade 6 EQAO Language Practice YAY!

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Grade 6 EQAO Language Practice YAY!

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