U5W1 Progress Checkup Practice

U5W1 Progress Checkup Practice

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Multiple Choice

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the word in red

Gold and silver are types of minerals.

• vitamins

• living things

• frozen liquids

• solid substances

Multiple Choice

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the word in red

Atoms are particles that form the building blocks of matter.

• boulders

• continents

• very small pieces

• medium-sized stones

Multiple Choice

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the word in red

The miners were able to locate deposits of coal.

• hot liquid rock

• crystal patterns

• complete lack of

• amounts in one place

Multiple Choice

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the word in red

The hurricane caused erosion along the coast.

• rainfall

• creation

• accumulation

• wearing away

Multiple Choice

Directions: Read the question. Then choose the best answer.

Which word is a synonym for principles in the sentence below?

The principles of plate tectonics suggest that Earth's plates are always moving.

• theories or facts

• parts and pieces

• questions and answers

• forces such as magnetism

Multiple Choice

Directions: Choose the word pair that has the same type of consonant change in pronunciation as each boldfaced word pair below.

duplicate - duplication

• history - historian

• clinic - clinician

• nominate - nomination

• sense - sensation

Multiple Choice

Directions: Choose the word pair that has the same type of consonant change in pronunciation as each boldfaced word pair below.

music - musician

• college - collegian

• electric - electrician

• library - librarian

• Russia - Russian

Multiple Choice

Directions: Choose the word pair that has the same type of consonant change in pronunciation as each boldfaced word pair below.

distinct - distinction

• apply - application

• convene - convention

• presume - presumption

• reject - rejection

Multiple Choice

Directions: Choose the word pair that has the same type of consonant change in pronunciation as each boldfaced word pair below.

logic - logician

• Canada - Canadian

• guard - guardian

• history - historian

• magic - magician

Multiple Choice

Directions: Read the question. Then choose the best answer.

The suffix -ian can be used to change the word politic into ---

• politian

• politician

• politictian

• politisian