6th Grade 5-A-Day Language Quiz Week 2

Choose the definition that matches "cultivate" in the sentence: Parents can help cultivate a love of books in their children by reading to them.

• v. To grow or to help to grow
• v. To encourage development by attention or study
• v. To prepare land for the growing of crops

Identify the type of sentence: Marisol and Blakely love to read science fiction books.

• simple
• compound
• complex

Rewrite using a possessive noun: the guests of the hotel

• the hotels' guests
• the hotels guests
• the hotel's guests

Choose the root word of inhospitable.

• in-
• hospit
• -able

Choose the INCORRECT pronoun shift: It is important for a person to be prepared before you adopt a pet.

• important
• person
• prepared
• you

Choose the CORRECT pronoun shift: It is important for a person to be prepared before ____ adopts a pet.

• you
• they
• he or she

Choose the synonym for "burly".

• strong
• smooth
• compatible
• mean

Which word related to the Greek or Latin root/affix "trans" means:
v. To plant in another place?

• transcontinental
• transportation
• transplant

Which word has a positive connotation?

• stench
• fragrance
• odor

Which word has a negative connotation?

• stench
• fragrance