6th Grade Weekly Language Review Week 10

Choose the best definition for the word "ailment" as it's used in this excerpt: The ailment caused loss of appetite and dizziness. Once I was prescribed medicine, I quickly began to recover from the illness.

• a sickness, illness

• wide variety, abundance, excess

• tall building

Choose the word that is spelled correctly.

• specail

• calendar

• remainn

• exxeption

Choose the correct way to write the following sentence using a nonrestrictive element with commas.

• The bus (which was filled with passengers) swerved into the next lane.

• The bus- which was filled with passengers- swerved into the next lane.

• Which was filled with passengers, the bus swerved into the next lane.

• The bus, which was filled with passengers, swerved into the next lane.

Choose the sentence that shows the correct use pronoun(s).

• I am sure that them know where they are going.

• I am sure that he know where they are going.

• I am sure that they know where they are going.

• I am sure that we know where they are going.

Choose the synonym for the word 'frequent'.

• careless

• occasional

• unfair

• repeated

Complete the sentence that is using the intensive pronoun correctly.

• I won't be here tomorrow, so you will have to make dinner yourself.

• I won't be here tomorrow, so you will have to make dinner herself.

• I won't be here tomorrow, so you will have to make dinner themselves.

• I won't be here tomorrow, so you will have to make dinner itself.

Which resource would be helpful if you were stranded on a desert island?

• fresh air

• 1 million dollars

• a fishing pole

• gold

Select the meaning of the Greek root 'com/con'.

• to work

• with, together

• around

• to play

The following sentence has a vague pronoun: The coaches told the players that they needed a break. Choose the sentence that IS correct.

• The coaches needed a break.

• The coaches told the players to take a break.

• The players and coaches took a break.

Choose the best match for this analogy - chaotic: order :: ___________ : ____________ (this reads - "chaotic is to order as [blank] is to [blank]" )

• cold : life

• parched : moisture

• forest : trees

• calm : patience