Grammar
Which answer completes the sentence correctly?
My mother and father have run the store for most of their ____________.
a. life
b. live
c. lifes
d. lives
d. lives
Pursue verb 1: to chase in order to catch. 2: too continue along or follow. 3: to try to get or achieve something important. 4: to engage in or carry on an activity.
Which meaning of pursue is used in this sentence?
These birds pursue a southern course in their migration.
a. meaning 1
b. meaning 2
c. meaning 3
d. meaning 4
B. Meaning 2
Choose the answer that makes a complete sentence.
These books ______________.
a. full of pictures
b. on my desk
c. from the library
d. are about Africa
d. are about Africa
Which sentence could best be added after sentence 2 to support the main idea?
Every Saturday, I volunteer at the animal shelter. I feed the cats and dogs. Some people come to the shelter to find lost pets.
a. I also assist the people who visit the shelter.
b. My boss is Mrs. Verrier, the manager.
c. Someday I want to be a veterinarian.
d. Most of the volunteers have worked there for years.
a. I also assist the people who visit the shelter.
courage noun: 1. Nemo shoed great courage by waving the flag. BRAVERY, boldness, valor. RELATED WORDS: daring, spirit. ANTONYMS: cowardice, fear
Which word is a synonym for courage?
a. flag
b. bravery
c. cowardice
b. bravery
Which answer completes sentence 1 correctly?
Tio's Market ______ our family business.
a. is
b. are
c. to be
d. being
Conduct noun: 1. the way a person behaves in a situation. 2: the way something is managed or directed. verb: 3. to behave in a certain way.4: to direct or manage an activity. 5: to lead a musical performance. 6: to act as a guide or leader.
Which meaning of conduct is used in this sentence?
When your team loses, your conduct shows that you are a good sport.
a. meaning 1
b. meaning 2
c. meaning 3
d. meaning 4
a. meaning 1
Which word in the sentence is a noun?
The boys walk quickly.
A. The
b. boys
c. walk
d. quickly
b. boys
What change if any, should be made to this sentence?
My parents works for an international company.
a. change parents to parentes
b. change works to work
c. change company to companies
d. make no change
b. change works to work
courage noun: 1. Nemo shoed great courage by waving the flag. BRAVERY, boldness, valor. RELATED WORDS: daring, spirit. ANTONYMS: cowardice, fear
A thesaurus helps a writer to -
a. write long sentences
b. find definitions of word meanings
c. choose the best word to express ideas
c. choose the best word to express ideas
What is the complete predicate of the sentence?
The soccer coach watched the players closely.
a. coach
b. the soccer coach
c. watched
d. watched the players closely
d. watched the players closely
devise verb: 1. you can devise a good meal from a few ingredients. CREATE, Invent. RELATED WORDS: prepare, produce. ANTONYMS: destroy, ruin
Which word BEST replaces devise in this sentence?
We need to devise a plan that will help us win the game.
a. ruin
b. create
c. produce
d. ingredients
B. Create
Which word in the sentence is a plural noun?
The men ride a bus to the city every day.
a. men
b. bus
c. city
d. day
a. men
What change IF ANY, should be made in sentence 4?
Most visitors wanting to adopt a cat or dog.
a. change visitors to visitores
b. change wanting to want
c. change adopt to adopts
d. make no change
b. change wanting to want
social adjective: 1. the people in our community are very social. FRIENDLY, neighborly. RELATED WORDS: chatty, companionable. ANTONYM: unfriendly
Which word best replaces social in this sentence?
Everyone in our building is social to us.
a. chatty
b. unfriendly
c. neighborly
c. neighborly
What is the simple subject of sentence 4?
All of the customers know us well.
a. All
b. customers
c. All of the customers
d. know
b. customers
exact adjective: 1. Rina meansured the door and wrote down the exact height and width. Precise, correct, accurate. RELATED WORDS: strict, literal. Antonyms: false, inaccurate.
Which word best replaces exact in this sentence?
Leona gave me an exact answer to my question.
a. strict
b. precise
c. literal
d. inaccurate
b. precise
What is the complete predicate of the sentence?
A silver jet flies across the sky.
a. A silver jet
b. jet flies
c. flies across
d. flies across the sky
d. flies across the sky
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?
Mom says peoples in London eat beans for breakfast.
a. change says to say
b. change peoples to people
c. change eat to eats
d. make no change
b. change peoples to people
renew verb: 1: to make fresh or new again. 2: to begin again or start over. 3: to cause to continue; to extend the term of.
What part of speech is the word renew?
a. verb
b. noun
c. adjective
a. verb
What is the correct way to write sentence 9?
I'm the one who would love to run the store. Might surprise my father.
a. Might surprise my father and this news.
b. This news might surprise my father.
c. My father might surprise this news.
d. Might surprising my father this news.
b. This news might surprise my father.
demonstrate verb: 1. Alberto tried to demonstrate his newest dance. SHOW, prove. RELATED WORDS: establish, confirm. Antonym: disprove
Which word means the opposite of demonstrate?
a. dance
b. confirm
c. disprove
d. establish
c. disprove
Choose the answer that makes a complete sentence.
_______ practiced the dance many times.
a. Before
b. Learned and
c. Paulo
D. At school
c. Paulo
What change if any, should be made to this sentence?
London and Paris are great cities.
a. change are to is
b. change cities to citys
c. change cities to cityes
d. make no change
d. make no change
social adjective: 1. the people in our community are very social. FRIENDLY, neighborly. RELATED WORDS: chatty, companionable. ANTONYM: unfriendly
Which word means the opposite of social?
a. unfriendly
b. community
c. companionable
a. unfriendly