Week 12 Language Review

What does relish mean?

• the thorough enjoyment of something

• to strongly dislike something

• to have no feeling about something

Which word is misspelled?

• bibliography

• maintainence

• conductor

Identify the nonrestrictive element in the following sentence...

Heirloom tomatoes grow in many different colors - orange, purple, green, and yellow.

• Heirloom tomatoes grow in many different colors

• orange, purple, green and yellow.

• There is no nonrestrictive element in the sentence.

Which sentence has the correct subjective pronoun?

• Despite the rain, Mark and him still went for a run.

• Despite the rain, Mark and he still went for a run.

• Despite the rain, Mark and they still went for a run.

Which is an antonym for significant?

• important

• confusing

• meaningless

• redundant

Which sentence has an appropriate intensive pronoun?

• Well look who just arrived; it's the Queen of England they self.

• Well look who just arrived; it's the Queen of England itself.

• Well look who just arrived; it's the Queen of England herself.

Which of the following would most likely NOT cause a person to persevere?

• laziness

• greed

• fear

• success

Identify the vague pronoun in the following sentence...

Chase visited Lewis after his swim meet.

• Chase

• his

• Lewis

• there is no vague pronoun in the sentence

Choose a matching analogy.....newspaper : inform

• television : watch

• book : communicate

• transportation : car

• game : entertain

Choose the word with the connotation that best fits the following sentence:

It was clear by looking at the ________ puppy that he was very underfed.

• overweight

• obsese

• skinny

• slender