7th Grade 5-A-Day Language Week 8

Identify the following words: Standing by the open door getting some air

• phrase
• dependent clause
• independent clause

Choose the synonym for "futile".

• effective
• useful
• disturbed
• hopeless

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence: One mistake and your plan will fall apart like a house of cards.

• One mistake and your plan
• will fall apart
• like a house of cards.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentence: One mistake and your plan will fall apart like a house of cards.

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The following sentence is INCORRECT because it has a _____ modifier: The jeans did not fit in the store.

• dangling
• misplaced

Identify which words need to be placed next to "The jeans" in the following sentence: The jeans did not fit in the store.

• The jeans
• did not fit
• in the store.

What does "like a house of cards" mean in the following sentence: One mistake and your plan will fall apart like a house of cards.

• The plan is solid and good.
• The plan is not solid or good.
• The plan took a long time to set up.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Identify the word with the most positive connotation.

• bold
• confident
• aggressive

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Identify the word with the most negative connotation.

• bold
• confident
• aggressive

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Identify which group of words can be eliminated from the following sentence: Many local farmers from nearby farms are upset by their low wages and are threatening to strike if they are not paid more.

• Many local farmers
• from nearby farms
• are upset by their low wages