Prefix/Suffix
What does Impatient mean?
A. Full of patience
B. Having no patience
C. In a patient way
D. A person who is patient
The words underneath a pictures that explain what the picture is about is called a _______.
Caption
What reference resource would best help to answer the following question:
How many rings does Saturn have?
A. dictionary
B. encyclopedia
C. atlas
D. thesaurus
B. encyclopedia
Read the following sentence:
The expert skier made her way quickly down the steep incline.
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence?
A. to move easily
B. a grassy hill
C. sporting equipment
D. slanted or sloped land
D. slanted or sloped land
How would you break the word horrible into syllables?
A. hor/ri/ble
B. horr/i/ble
C. horri/ble
D. hor/rib/le
A. hor/ri/ble
In which words does pre- mean the same as in preread?
-pretend
-preview
-preheat
-present
preview
preheat
Glossary
Which states border Texas?
A. dictionary
B. encyclopedia
C. atlas
D. Thesaurus
C. Atlas
The nail pierced my bike's tire and caused it to go flat.
What is the meaning of the underlined word?
A. make a hole through
B. flatten out
C. tear or break
D. repair and fix
A. Make a hole through
Which homophones complete the sentence:
The students walked _____the hall to _____ classroom.
A. through, there
B. threw, their
C. threw, they're
D. through, their
D. through, their
What is the root word in reconnecting?
connect
The title of a section of text that introduces a topic.
Heading
In which reference material would I find a synonym for the word happy?
thesaurus
Reading the following sentence:
I had to stop and catch my breath after inflating all the party balloons.
What does inflating mean?
A. pop
B. run with
C. let rise up into the air
D. fill with gas
D. fill with gas
What is the correct way to break the word population into syllables?
A. pop/ul/a/tion
B. pop/u/la/tion
C. popu/la/tion
D. pop/u/lat/ion
B. pop/u/la/tion
What is the root word in independently?
depend
A list of word in alphabetical order that is found in the back of a book and provides the page number each word is found on.
Index
In which reference material would I find the definition of the word complicated?
dictionary
Read the following sentence:
The heavy rain flustered the driver of the car so she turned on the wrong road.
What does flustered mean?
A. become confused
B. get wet or damp
C. feel angry
D. increase speed
A. become confused
Complete the sentence:
Jessica reads Lillian a ______ every day.
A. tail
B. tell
C. tale
C. tale
In which words does the -ly mean the same as in suddenly?
-silly
-lonely
-sly
-quickly
lonely
quickly
A picture with labels to show the parts of something or explain how it works is called a ______.
diagram
In which reference material would I find the parts of speech of a given word (i.e. noun, verb, adjective)?
A. encyclopedia
B. Dictionary
C. Atlas
D. thesaurus
Read the following sentence:
The squirrel scurried up the tree to get into his home.
What does scurried mean?
A. hurried
B. wandered
C. kicked
D. slept
A. hurried
Complete the sentence:
The ____ was really scary. He demanded a ____ of the meat from the dish.
A. bare, peace
B. bare, piece
C. bear, peace
D. bear, piece
D. bear, piece