Vocabulary
devices that can sense a change in light
A. sensors
B. fathoms
C. exhibit
D. course
A. sensors
The suffix -ic helps the reader to determine that the word classic means?
A. a room where students meet
B. the process of joining a class
C. a thing that does not have class
D. something associated with historical value
D. something associated with historical value
Which of the pairs of words have vowel teams that are pronounced the same?
A. break/instead
B. yellow/down
C. choir/voyage
D. believe/retreat
D. believe/retreat
Which of the following sentences is an interrogative sentence?
A. A Greek poet named Home.
B. Why is Homer's work so popular?
C. Homer was the most famous Greek poet!
D. A Greek poet named Homer wrote poems
B. Why is Homer's work so popular?
What can readers conclude about Helen from this sentence?
'When the Greeks discovered Helen missing, they started a was with Troy."
A. Helen was beautiful
B. Helen was an important queen.
C. Helen wanted the Greeks to start a war
D. Helen was excited about her new life with Paris
B. Helen was an important queen.
short journeys
A. fathoms
B. jaunts
C. leagues
D. course
B. jaunts
What suffix can be added to the word defense to make a word that means "doing something to defend"?
A. -ic
B. -ive
C. -ism
D. -able
B.-ive
What is the suffix in the word uncomfortable?
A. un
B. com
C. fort
D. able
D. able
Which of the following is an independent clause?
A. after the sun sets
B. because my father told me
C. she arrives on tomorrow's train
D. when we get up tomorrow morning
C. she arrives on tomorrow's train
Based on the sidebar, Odysseus's journey could best be described as?
A. boring
B. too short
C. enjoyable
D. very long
D. very long
looking closely at something
A. citizens
B. peering
C. microbes
D. express
B. peering
What is the meaning of the root word chron in the word chronological?
A. light
B. changing
C. time
D. measure
C. time
Which three of the following words can you add the suffix -ible to?
break
digest
collect
response
digestible
collectible
responsible
Which two phrases are dependent clauses?
A. When I get home from school
B. I usually do my homework
C. I have a snack
D. Since my brother gets home before my parents
A. When I get home from school
D. Since my brother gets home before my parents
Because not much is known about Homer, some people?
A. doubt he existed
B. doubt that he is famous
C. think he wrote more poems than we know
D. think he wrote poems under a different name
A. doubt he existed
dangerous energy rays that cannot be seen
A. leagues
B. girth
C. rovers
D. radiation
D. radiation
What is the meaning of the root word geo in the word geology?
A. life
B. Earth
C. study of
D. measure of
B. Earth
Which two words contain a VCe syllable pattern with a long vowel sound and a silent e at the end of the word?
A. absence
B. continue
C. escape
D. amuse
E. distance
C. escape
D. amuse
Which of the following words is a collective noun?
A. team
B. coach
C. players
D. trainers
A. team
What two phrases help support the idea that Homer's poetry is well know?
A. around three thousand years ago
B. wrote two epic, very long poems
C. inspired many other writers
D. are still read today
C. inspired many other writers
D. are still read today
overlapping
A. processing
B. citizens
C. intersecting
D. jaunts
C. intersecting
Which word in the following sentence contains a vowel team that is pronounces as a short e?
Early that morning, we were already at the beach preparing for a great day by the ocean.
already
What is the vowel sound in the last syllable of the word microphone?
A. long i
B. short i
C. long o
D. short o
C. long o
What needs to be corrected in this sentence?
"The weather is getting cooler, and the leaf are beginning to fall from the trees."
A. change weather to weathers
B. change leaf to leaves
C. change beginning to begin
D. change fall to falling
B. change leaf to leaves
The author ends the selection with ideas in paragraph 3 most likely to show that?
A. the Odyssey was Homer's favorite poem
B. the events of The Odyssey take place after the Iliad
C. The Iliad is a more important poem than The Odyssey
D. the events of The Iliad are more exciting than The Odyssey
B. the events of The Odyssey take place after the Iliad