Homophones & Syllabes
How many syllables are in the word 'multiplication'?
5
Which shows a pair of synonyms?
A. serious, hilarious
B. humorous, serious
C. humorous, funny
D. stern, funny
C. humorous, funny
Put the following words in alphabetical order:
reptile
react
rest
referral
1. react
2. referral
3. reptile
4. rest
The garage made a peculiar sound when it was closing. Lisa thought that something might be broken.
The word peculiar means:
a. normal
b. sad
c. new
d. strange
d. strange
What is the root word in impatiently?
a. impatient
b patiently
c. patient
d. pat
c. patient
Which of the following words has 3 syllables? Choose all the correct answers.
A. banana
B. watermelon
C. apple
D. watermelon
a. banana
d. pineapple
Which shows a pair of antonyms?
A. polite, rude
B. polite, well-mannered
C. respectful, polite
D. impolite, rude
A. polite, rude
Which of the following words are in alphabetical order?
a. sick, shoulder, sack, shame
b. sack, shame, shoulder, sick
c. sack, sick, shame, shoulder
d. sack, shoulder, shame, sick
b. sack, shame, shoulder, sick
Brad was so pessimistic that even if something good happened, he found something to complain about.
The word pessimistic means:
a. kind
b. negative
c. sweet
d. content
b. negative
What is the root word in misspeak?
a. miss
b. peak
c. speak
d. misspe
c. speak
In which sentence is the italiced used correctly?
A. Like frogs, a towed starts out its life as a tadpole.
B. His shoe had such a big hole, you could see his entire toe.
C. Joe's car got toad because he illegally parked it on the street.
D. I stubbed my tow on the table leg.
B. His shoe had such a big hole, you could see his entire toe.
What is the antonym for confident?
A. insecure
B. content
A. insecure
Put the following words in alphabetical order:
channel
champ
challenge
check
1. challenge
2. champ
3. channel
4. check
The puppy was very skittish, so we had to move slowly towards him and speak in nice, quiet tones.
The word skittish means:
a. anxious
b. happy
c. silly
d. calm
a. anxious
Which of the following words has a prefix and a suffix?
Choose all the correct answers.
a. irregularly
b. careful
c. rewrite
d. disorderly
a. irregularly
d. disorderly
I can't ______ to meet _______ cousin at the party next week!
Which words would correctly complete the sentence above?
A. weight, your
B. wait, you're
C. weight, you're
D. wait, your
D. wait, your
Bella always tries to be helpful in class.
Which of the following words is an antonym for helpful?
A. beneficial
B. useful
C. useless
D. supportive
C. useless
Which of the following words are in alphabetical order?
a. speak, spell, special, spent
b. spent, special, spell, speak
c. speak, spell, spent, special
d. speak, special, spell, spent
d. speak, special, spell, spent
The teachers got in trouble for using a colossal amount of paper last month. The school almost ran out of paper!
The word colossal means:
a. soft
b. little
c. large
d. variety
c. large
Which words use the prefix un- in the same way as it is used in unsafe?
a. understand
b. undo
c. untie
d. unlucky
b. undo
d. unlucky
How should the word barbecue be divided into syllables?
A. barb-e-cue
B. bar-be-cue
C. barb-ecue
D. ba-rbe-cue
B. bar-be-cue
I love science because I think it is really interesting.
Which of the following words is a synonym for the underlined word above?
a. boring
b. uneventful
c. dull
d. fascinating
d. fascinating
Which of the following words are in alphabetical order?
a. shore, shell, shade, sandy
b. shell, shade, sandy, shore
c. shade, sandy, shell, shore
d. sandy, shade, shell, shore
d. sandy, shade, shell, shore
The blistering heat made it hard to be outside for more than a few minutes. People were sweating and getting burns.
Which two italic words help you determine the meaning of the word blistering?
sweating & burns
Adding the suffix -less to the word help forms a word that means:
a. without help
b. help again
c. full of help
d. below help
a. without help