Roots and Affixes
Choose the meaning of the word PREPAY as used in the following sentence:
Some gas stations that are afraid of theft will require the customers to prepay for their gas.
A. pay after B. pay more C. pay before D. pay late
C. pay before
Choose a synonym for the word constantly in the sentence below:
These sharks live alone and roam the ocean, constantly searching for food.
A. unknown B. hungry C. scary D. always
D. always
This word best completes the sentence: You should never _____ someone personally.
A. attack B. atax C. atack D. ataque
A. attack
She was as busy as a bee.
simile
Identify the type of sentence: She has blonde hair.
Declarative
The meaning of the word FEARLESS in the following sentence:
Newton was the most fearless player on the football team.
LACKING FEAR
Choose the synonym for the word pressure in the sentence below:
The ice could slide down a slope if there is too much pressure on the bottom of the glacier.
A. sheets B. strain C. warmth D. frost
B. strain
Hot peppers are bad for my ______ system. Choose the proper spelling.
A. dijestive B. digestive C. digestiv D. dijustive
B. digestive
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
personification
Identify the type of sentence:
How was your day?
Interrogative
The meaning of the word INTERWOVEN in the following sentence:
The cloth was interwoven with bright and dark colors.
A. woven against B. woven between C. woven before D. woven wrongly
B. WOVEN BETWEEN
Choose a synonym for the word chief in the following sentence:
Although no longer used as a chief source of fuel in the U.S., kerosene is still used today.
A. main B. boss C. ruler D. instant
A. main
Martin Luther King spent his life fighting people's _____.
Pick the proper word to describe MLK's work.
A. prejudusses C. prejudices B. prejooduces D. prejudesses
C. prejudices
A comparison NOT using like or as?
metaphor
Identify the subject of the sentence: The cat ran across the street.
The cat
Adding -FUL to the root word PAIN in the following sentence changes the meaning to:
I got a painful injury when I fell from the swing.
A. small pain B. full of pain C. without pain D. the most pain
B. full of pain
Choose a synonym for the word everyday in the following sentence:
It soon became an everyday source of fuel in the 1800's.
A. exciting B. relaxed C. common D. peaceful
C. common
Complete with the correct spelling. Did you ____ your report card in the mail?
A. recieve B. receave C. receive D. receeve
C. receive
What are the kinds of comparisons that add layers to the meaning of the poem or story called?
Figurative Language
Identify the type of sentence: That book was amazing!
Exclamatory
The magazine's readership was at an all time low, and they were losing money.
The word READERSHIP means:
A. needing to be read B. the condition of being read C. during reading D. the condition of not being read
B. the condition of being read
Choose the antonym for the word dense in the following sentence:
This makes the glacier dense and makes it look blue.
A. blue B. heavy C. light D. cold
C. light
Choose the correct spelling. On Halloween, my sister loves _____ me!
A. scareing B. scaring C. scarin' D. scaren
B. scaring
Descriptive language allows you to _______ and not ________.
Edit the sentence correctly:
Sandy ran really fast could not catch Sam
Sandy ran really fast, but could not catch Sam.