Vocabulary
Which word best completes the sentence?
The abandoned house was so ______ that several windows were broken and the roof was falling apart.
A. persistent
B. efficient
C. dilapidated
D. indignant
What is dilapidated?
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun is an ______.
What is an adjective?
Which word does NOT belong?
river • mountain • notebook • explore
Explore
Which group contains ONLY adjectives?
A. enormous, cheerful, dusty
B. enormous, cheerfully, dusty
C. cheerful, dust, enormous
D. enormously, cheerful, dust
A - enormous, cheerful, dusty
Which group contains a noun, a verb, an adjective, and an adverb—in that order?
A. excitement, hurried, colorful, loudly
B. excitement, hurry, colorful, loudly
C. excited, hurry, colorful, loud
D. excitement, hurried, colorfully, loud
A
Which word best completes the sentence?
After being falsely accused, Elena responded with obvious ______.
A. efficiency
B. indignation
C. persistence
D. dilapidation
What is indignation?
A word that shows an action or state of being is a ______.
What is a verb?
Which word does NOT belong?
brave • enormous • silently • cheerful
Silently
Which group contains ONLY adverbs?
A. graceful, silently, sudden
B. gracefully, silent, suddenly
C. gracefully, silently, suddenly
D. grace, silently, sudden
C - gracefully, silently, suddenly
Which sentence uses the word around as a preposition?
A. The children gathered around.
B. The room was quiet all around.
C. She looked around before answering.
D. We walked around the block.
Which sentence uses salvage correctly?
A. We salvaged the damaged furniture before the house was demolished.
B. She was salvage because she practiced every afternoon.
C. The student salvaged when he became angry.
D. His salvage response surprised everyone.
A
A word that connects a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence is a ______.
What is a preposition?
Which word does NOT belong?
loudly • beside • between • through
loudly
Which group contains ONLY nouns?
A. explore, meadow, patience
B. lantern, peaceful, patience
C. patiently, meadow, peaceful
D. lantern, meadow, patience
How many prepositions are in this sentence?
The hikers traveled along the river, across the bridge, and into the village.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
B - 3
Which word belongs in the blank?
The photographer tried to ______ the excitement of the crowd in her pictures.
A. yearn
B. convey
C. persist
D. salvage
B - Convey
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses is a ______.
What is a conjunction?
Which word does NOT belong?
we • them • ours • however
however
Which group contains ONLY verbs?
A. whisper, discovery, wander
B. whisper, wander, discover
C. mysterious, wander, discover
D. whisper, wandering, discovery
B
Which sentence contains a linking verb AND a preposition?
A. The puppy chased the ball across the yard.
B. The lemonade tasted sour after sitting in the sun.
C. The children hurried toward the playground.
D. The teacher explained the assignment clearly.
The exhausted travelers yearned for their own beds.
What does yearned mean in this sentence?
A. argued about
B. searched carefully for
C. strongly desired
D. successfully repaired
A word that expresses a sudden feeling or emotion is an ______.
What is an interjection?
Which word does NOT belong?
although • hooray • while • unless
hooray
Which set contains ONLY nouns?
A. excitement • journey • discover
B. exciting • journey • discovery
C. excitement • journey • discovery
D. excited • journey • discover
C
In this sentence, identify the part of speech of each bolded word:
Since the clever fox moved silently through the woods, the birds stayed quiet.
Since = conjunction
clever = adjective
silently = adverb
through = preposition