5-A-Day Language Review: Grade 7 Week 2

Does the following sentence have a dangling or misplaced modifier?

Having finished the assignment, the TV was turned on.

• dangling

• misplaced

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

What would be the best way to rewrite the following sentence?

Having finished the assignment, the TV was turned on.

• The TV, having finished the assignment, was turned on.

• The TV was turned on having finished the assignment.

• Having finished the assignment, Jill turned the TV on.

• Jill, having finished the assignment, the TV was turned on.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which word has the most positive connotation?

• respectful

• obedient

• polite

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The word "curtailed" means

• to turn around and walk away

• curtains that look like the tails of horses when hanging

• to increase the length of something

• reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

• celery

• controling

• charecter

• cellery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Is the following a metaphor or idiom?

The ball is in your court now, so you make the decision.

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the following:

After I had been swimming all day

• phrase

• independent clause

• dependent clause

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is the meaning of the root "matri"?

• marriage

• mother

• madness

• mathematics

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is the meaning of the affix "arch"?

• curve

• enemy

• ruler

• stretch

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which of the following can be boycotted?

• Starbucks

• A test

• Climate change

• Swimsuits

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1