L15 Review "We Were There, Too"

L15 Review "We Were There, Too"

The first batch of questions is about this week's vocabulary words and studied prefixes.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a synonym for tedious?

• tiring

• boring

• exciting

• dull

Multiple Choice

How are the words, mimic and mocking different?

• mocking is lying about something: to mimic is the past tense of mocking

• mocking is to copy or "play pretend", while to mimic is making fun or teasing

• to mimic is to copy or "play pretend", while mocking is making fun or teasing

• there is no difference; they mean the same thing

Multiple Choice

This week we studied four prefixes ( in- , im-, il-, ir- ).

When these prefixes are added to a root word, what does it do to the meaning of the entire word?

( example: perfect > imperfect )

• the new word means the opposite of the original root word

• the meaning remains the same

• it means it happened before the event

• it amplifies the meaning of the word (exaggerates it)

Multiple Choice

Answer the following question in relation to your understanding of the prefixes we studied this week (in-, im-. il, ir ).

If you encounter a word you do not know, with one of the above prefixes, which is the best strategy for you to determine its meaning?

• think of a word that sounds like it; that word means the same thing

• think about the meaning of the root word; then add "not" to that definition

• go with your intuition / gut

• think about the meaning of the root word; the word means the same as that root word's definition

We Were There, Too!

The following questions involve the two biographies we read this week, about Joseph Plumb Martin and Sybil Ludington, from the anthology "We Were There, Too!"

Multiple Choice

Joseph is different from his friends because he enlists --

• just for the money

• almost by accident

• sooner than the rest of them

• when he is younger than they are

Multiple Choice

Sybil shows she is more interested than Joseph in fighting by ----

• watching men drill in the pasture

• riding farther than Paul Revere did

• writing a diary of the Revolutionary War

• volunteering to help notify soldiers to come fight

Multiple Choice

Joseph and Sybil are both ---

• happy to stay home and tend to their chores

• sorry they decide to get involved in the fight

• the same age when they first help the war effort

• willing to endure hardship to help ensure freedom

Multiple Choice

How can you tell Joseph is less eager than Sybil to help the war effort?

• He is too young to enlist.

• He says he believes that he is a coward.

• He enlists for the shortest time possible.

• He hates to stay home while his friends go to war.

Multiple Choice

You can tell Sybil becomes more well-known than Joseph because ---

• Colonel Ludington is her father

• Alexander Hamilton marries her

• Paul Revere congratulates her on her ride

• George Washington thanks her personally

Easily Confused Verbs

The following questions involve words that English speakers often use interchangeably (one for the other).

Multiple Choice

Use what you know about easily confused words to answer the question.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• The grocery store had few toilet paper after the derecho.

• We only got less hours.

• She received less change than she needed.

• Tom had fewer money then his brother.

Multiple Choice

Use what you know about easily confused words to answer the question.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• He choose pizza for lunch.

• They asked Tony to chose his topic.

• Mary chose the red rose.

• Penny choose her favorite artist.

Multiple Choice

Use what you know about easily confused words to answer the question.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• His dog lay by the foot of the bed.

• Kimmy lied her pencil down.

• Paula laid her tray down.

• The cat lie her toy on the couch.