Analogies
Coordinate Adjectives
Vocabulary
Modifiers
Phrase or Clause
100

chef is to knife as farmer is to

a. tractor

b. plant

Tractor

100

What are the coordinate adjectives and where should a comma be placed?

We enjoyed the clean crisp smell of the mountain air.

Clean and crisp

clean, crisp

100

A word that has the same meaning (big: large)

a. synonym

b. antonym

c. figurative word

d. connotative word

A. Synonym
100

Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

A. The Los Angeles police regretfully reported last month that three buildings had been robbed.

B. According to news reports by the Los Angeles police last month, three buildings were robbed.

C. Last month, the Los Angeles police reported that three buildings had been robbed.

D. Three buildings were reported robbed by the Los Angeles police last month.


D.  Three buildings were reported robbed by the Los Angeles police last month.

100

Phrase or Clause?

"With their friends"

Phrase

200

scent is to smell as cost is to

a. buy

b. price

Price

200

What are the coordinate adjectives and where should the comma be placed?

She ate the sweet juicy apple with a vengeance.

Sweet and juicy

sweet, juicy

200

A word that has opposite meaning (big: small)

a. synonym

b. figurative word

c. antonym

d. connotative word

c. Antonym

200

Determine if the example is correct or if it contains a misplaced modifier.

"The intruder was led away by the police in handcuffs."

a. Correct

b. Misplaced Modifier

Misplaced Modifier

200

Phrase or Clause?

"It is the only solution"

Independent Clause

300

breakfast is to meal as crib is to

a. baby

b. bed

Bed

300

What are the coordinate adjectives and where should a comma be placed? 

The gentle kind giant helped Jack climb back down the vine.

Gentle and kind

gentle, kind

300

the main idea or lesson of a literary passage

a. plot

b. summary

c. theme

d. central idea

C. Theme

300

Choose the best way to correct the sentence: "After dying from not enough water, Olivia threw the plant in the trash."

a. Olivia died from not having enough water, then threw the plant in the trash.

b. Olivia threw the plant in the trash after it died from not enough water.

c. It's already correct.

b. Olivia threw the plant in the trash after it died from not enough water.

300

What is a phrase? 

a. A group of words that makes sense on its own.

b. A group of words containing a verb and a subject.

c. A group of words that DOES NOT have a subject and predicate.

C. A group of words that DOES NOT have a subject and predicate.

400

dim is to faint as chilly is to

a. cold

b. snow

Cold

400

What are the coordinate adjectives and where should a comma be placed?

The awkward shy teenager felt nervous about his first date.

Awkward and shy.

awkward, shy

400

the reason a person writes a passage or text (explain, inform, entertain, persuade)

a. central idea

b. author's purpose

c. objective

d. biased

B. Author's Purpose

400

Which sentence corrects the misplaced modifier?

"The cracked girl's glasses were thrown away."

a. The girl's cracked glasses were thrown away.

b. The glasses of the cracked girl were thrown away.


a. The girl's cracked glasses were thrown away.

400

A group of words with a subject and a predicate is

a. A sentence

b. A clause

c. A phrase

d. a group of words

B. a clause

500

crayon is to draw as ax is to

a. chop
b. tree

c. swing

Chop

500

What are the coordinate adjectives and where should a comma be placed? 

Registration was improved this year by the addition of an efficient courteous staff.

Efficient and courteous. 

efficient, courteous

500

main point the author is making (short)

a. plot

b. theme

c. summary

d. central idea

D. Central Idea

500

Choose the best way to correct this sentence:
"Covered with mushrooms and cheese, Morgan bit into the pizza."

a. Morgan was covered with mushrooms and cheese as she bit into the pizza.

b. Morgan bit into the pizza that was covered with mushrooms and cheese.

c. The sentence is correct as written.

b. Morgan bit into the pizza that was covered with mushrooms and cheese.

500

Phrase or Clause? 

"Because I love dessert"

Clause