FANBOYS
FANBOYS = : for, _____, nor, but, or, yet, so
and
contempt
a) severe mental pain or suffering
b) when a temperature is contained
c) the feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration or worthless
d) created in a way that seems unnatural or artificial
c) the feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration or worthless
The film ________ by Quentin Tarantino.
a) was direct
b) directed
c) was directed
d) did directed
c) was directed
Greg Ridley wanted to be on the ___________ team.
a) football team
b) basketball team
c) step team
b) basketball team
My friend and I will PART company after dinner. I won't see him until he returns from vacation. What does the word part mean in this sentence?
a) make a line in hair
b) piece of pie
c) separate
c) separate
Fill in the blank with a FANBOYS conjunction:
She waved a fan _______ a feather.
a) and
b) nor
c) yet
a) and
She revealed a _________ spirit in the face of tragedy.
a) contrived
b) resilient
c) shunned
d) immense
b) resilient
1. When spelling words like believe and sufficient, it is important to remember the rule: “ __ before __ except
for __ or when sounded as A, as in neighbor and weigh. And weird is just weird.”
a) c ; e ; i
b) short e ; short i ; c
c) i ; e ; c
d) long e; short e; ei
c) i ; e ; c
The Treasure of Lemon Brown was written by ...
a) Ray Bradbury
b) Dr. Seuss
c) Walter Dean Myers
c) Walter Dean Myers
Terrible anguish struck her heart, she felt a dreadful ache as if something was being torn inside her and she were dying.
a) as if something was
b) terrible
c) the a in anguish is a double a
d) dreadful ache; as if something was being torn inside her
d) dreadful ache; as if something was being torn inside her
Fill in the blank with a FANBOYS conjunction:
She lost her balance ____ did not fall.
a) or
b) but
c) so
b) but
Alaysia ________________ to raise hope in the minds of all.
contempt OR contrived
contrived
2. The letters “ie” in the word resilient make the following sound:
a) short a
b) long e
c) short e
d) long a
b) long e
Old newspaper stories reveal Lemon brown's success as a ________.
a) singer
b) baseball player
c) war hero
a) singer
The children lay out, laughing, on the jungle mattress, and watched it sigh and squeak like them, resilient and alive.
The word resilient means --
a) very soft
b) surrounded by tragedy
c) able to bounce back and recover quickly
d) qualities or characteristics
c) able to bounce back and recover quickly
Fill in the blank with a FANBOYS conjunction:
Karen had to go, ____ she called a good friend who lived nearby to pick her up and take her home.
a) yet
b) nor
c) so
c) so
visceral
a) intellectual rather than emotional
b) deep, inward feelings; emotional
c) a vice someone can’t get rid of
d) scary, haunting; of a dark nature
b) deep, inward feelings; emotional
3. The a in the word anguish is a:
a) long a
b) silent a
c) double a
d) short a
a) long a
A real treasure has _______ even though it may have no monetary worth.
a) insight
b) investments
c) value
c) value
Wise men love truth, whereas fools shun it.
What does the word shun mean?
a) Persistently avoided, ignored, or rejected
b) feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration or worthless
c) Not enough; not adequate
a) Persistently avoided, ignored, or rejected
Fill in the blank with a FANBOYS conjunction:
Karen didn't complain, ______ did she insist.
a) nor
b) but
c) and
a) nor
The class ___________________ Margot because she remembered the sun.
readapted OR shunned
shunned
This house is ________, but also ________.
a) more big … more expensive
b) bigger … more expensive
c) bigger … expensiver
d) more big … expensiver
b) bigger … more expensive
Having a severe _______ difficulty as a child led Walter Dean Myers to communicate through writing.
a) eyesight
b) speech
c) arthritis
b) speech
Which sentence uses the word dilemma incorrectly?
Dilemma - Difficult situation or problem
a) He made no attempt to resolve the long-standing dilemma.
b) I have a dilemma that might work.
c) The corn-based water bottle with filter may be the answer to this dilemma.
b) I have a dilemma that might work.