Reading Review 4 th Grade OCR Henry Wells

Reading Review 4 th Grade OCR Henry Wells and William G. Fargo

Round 1 Round 2 Final Jeopardy

Vocab- Spelling Grammar ulary More Grammar Comprehension More comprehension Round 2 $100 $100 Final Jeopardy $200 $200 Scores $300 $300 $400 $400 $500 $500

$100 Companies that quickly moved things from one place to another were called __________ companies.

$100 express Scores

$200 _______ people want to be a success.

$200 Ambitious Scores

$300 A synonym for started is … ?

$300 establish Scores

$400 Wells and Fargo made plans for a new business Another word for new business is …

$400 venture Scores

$500 Another word for place is … ?

$500 destination Scores

$100 Which word is spelled incorrectly? wrtie read account Correct as is.

$100 write Scores

$200 Which word is spelled incorrectly? different appoint bonce Correct as is.

$200 bounce Scores

$300 Which word is spelled incorrectly? poison vegitables employ Correct as is.

$300 vegetables Scores

$400 Which word is spelled incorrectly? special trousers ansestors To get the Daily double, you must spell the word correctly.

$400 ancestors Scores

$500 Which word is spelled incorrectly? regoice favorite choice Correct as is.

$500 rejoice Scores

$100 Amy saw four pets in the window of the store a dog, a cat, a bird, and a hamster. What grammatical mark should be placed between the two underlined words? Your choices are: semicolon (; ), question mark (? ), colon (: ), or comma (, ).

$100 colon ( : ) Amy saw four pets in the window of the store: a dog, a cat, a bird, and a hamster. Scores

$200 Pierre is the Capital of South Dakota. The word that should NOT be capitalized is … ?

$200 Capital should NOT be capitalized. Pierre is the capital of South Dakota. Scores

$300 Shania is reading a poem by Jack Prelutsky called Louder Than a Clap of Thunder. What is the correct way for Shania to write the title of this poem?

$300 Quotations ( “ “ ) around the title. Shania is reading a poem by Jack Prelutsky called “Louder Than a Clap of Thunder”. Scores

Louder Than a Clap of Thunder Louder than a clap of thunder, louder than an eagle screams, louder than a dragon blunders, or a dozen football teams, louder than a four alarmer, or a rushing waterfall, louder than a knight in armor jumping from a ten-foot wall. Louder than an earthquake rumbles, louder than a tidal wave, louder than an ogre grumbles as he stumbles through his cave, louder than stampeding cattle, louder than a cannon roars, louder than a giant's rattle, that's how loud my father SNORES!

$400 th 6 Go to the park at Street to find the swimming pool. What is the correct way to write the abbreviation for the word “Street”?

$400 Go to the park at th 6 St. to find the swimming pool. Scores

$500 Janice said, Where is my cell phone? I can’t find it! Where should quotation marks be placed in this sentence?

$500 Janice said, “Where is my cell phone? I can’t find it!” it! Scores

$100 What is wrong? Is this person giving his opnion or facts on the sickly looking plants in the garden?

$100 Opinion was spelled incorrectly. Scores

$200 The following words are either time or spatial order words. First, next, then, soon, today, and tomorrow

$200 Time order, they give you a sense of time as to when things occur. Scores

$300 The house of Toms: ____? ____ house. (Spell it correctly)

$300 Tom’s house Scores

$400 When a paragraph begins with a interrogative sentence, sentence what method of organization is used? Cause and effect, Compare and contrast, or Question and answer.

$400 Question and answer. Scores

$500 Jill went to her friend’s birthday party on Saturday May 29 2004. What is the correct punctuation to use in this sentence for the underlined part.

$500 Jill went to her friend’s birthday party on Saturday, May 29, 2004. Scores

$100 Which of these is a fact about Harnden’s Express? a) It delivered things. b) It transported people.

$100 Which of these is a fact about Harnden’s Express? a) It delivered things. Scores

$200 William Fargo began working for Henry Wells when … a) Wells formed his first company, or b) Wells worked at Harnden’s Express.

$200 William Fargo began working for Henry Wells when … a) Wells formed his first company. Scores

$300 What made Wells and Fargo interested in starting a business in the West?

$300 Wells and Fargo became interested in the West because of the gold rush in California. Scores

$400 How did Wells and Fargo plan to make money by buying gold from miners?

$400 Wells and Fargo planned to buy the gold in the West, and then ship it to New York where they could sell the gold for a higher price than they had bought it. Scores

$500 For whom did Wells and Fargo plan their new stagecoach service?

$500 Wells and Fargo planned their stagecoach service for travelers going to and from the gold fields. Scores

$100 Why did Henry Wells travel to California?

$100 Henry Wells traveled to California to see for himself what problems his company might have in the Sierra mining towns. Scores

$200 Why would a miner register his name with the local Wells Fargo office?

$200 Wells Fargo kept track of miners’ locations so that they could deliver mail from home to the miners even though the miners moved around frequently. Scores

$300 Why did miners store their gold dust in Wells Fargo offices?

$300 Miners stored their gold there, because the Wells Fargo offices were safe places to store gold, and the miners could get the exact amount of gold they deposited at any Wells Fargo office. Scores

$400 When held up by bandits, Wells Fargo stagecoach drivers were ordered always to… ? a)Hide the “treasure boxes”, b)Hand over their gold without a fight.

$400 When held up by bandits, Wells Fargo stagecoach drivers were ordered always to… ? Hand over their gold without a fight. Scores

$500 Wells Fargo was so determined to track down people who robbed their stagecoaches because the company hoped to … a)Discourage future robberies, b)Get the gold back from the robbers.

$500 Wells Fargo was so determined to track down people who robbed their stagecoaches because the company hope to … a)Discourage future robberies. Scores

Spelling Scores Final Jeopardy Question

Right down the amount your team wants to wager. $______ Now, spell the word that I say aloud to you. __________

What is the word your teacher says to you? Scores