Poetry Quiz Lesson 6

Question 1

In the previous sentence quickly is modifying

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ran

Question 2

The small boy ate like a grown man. Other than the and a, the adjectives in this sentence are

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small, grown

Question 3

I beseeched my mother to help me with my project. What word is a synonym for beseeched.

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begged

Question 4

The sun shone brightly on the beach. Which word is being modified by the adverb brightly

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shone

Question 5

I cannot sympathize with students who fail for not doing work. Sympathize here means

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feel sorry for

Question 6

I ran quickly to the store for popcorn so I would not miss the movie. The adverb is

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quickly

Question 7

Ms. Abbas always happily gives detention. The adverbs are

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always, happily

Question 8

In the poem below how does the speaker feel?

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eager

Question 9

In the poem who is eager?

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The boy

Question 10

Can I not save one from the pitiless wave? In this line the adjective is

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pitiless

Question 11

An adverb is a modifier that describes

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verbs, other adverbs, and adjectives

Question 12

In the poem who becomes upset

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Sharon

Question 13

An adjective

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modifies a noun

Questions 13