6th 5-a-day, Week 4

Which context clues help you understand what efficient means?

The company is looking for an efficient secretary for the front office. If you know of someone who can complete tasks quickly and correctly, please have him/her apply for the job.

• The company is looking

• complete tasks quickly and correctly

• please have him/her apply

"Judgmental" is spelled correctly.

• True

• False, it is spelled "judgemental"

"Changable" is spelled correctly.

• True

• False, it is spelled "changeable"

"Crucial" is spelled correctly.

• True

• False, it is spelled "crusial"

"Dissect" is spelled correctly.

• True

• False, it is spelled "disect"

Choose the sentence that uses a nonrestrictive element correctly.

• The doctor took an x-ray of my arm.

• The doctor, whom I have seen since I was an infant, took an x-ray of my arm.

• The doctor, whom I have seen, since I was an infant, took an x-ray of my arm.

• The doctor, took an x-ray, of my arm.

Choose the correct pronoun, AND identify if it is subjective, objective, or possessive for the sentence below.

Damian might go to the movies with (she, her).

• she

• her

• subjective

• objective

• possessive

Choose the synonym for: flexible

• brittle

• coarse

• old

• pliable

Complete the sentence with the appropriate intensive pronoun.

Vivien and I made dinner for ______, and then we had ice cream for dessert.

• himselves

• herselves

• yourselves

• ourselves

Which place would make the best sanctuary during a lightning storm?

• a basement

• a telephone pole

• a boat in the ocean

• an open field