Mayle 5-A-day Week 7

The storm had passed, and the sea grew calm. After hours of floundering, our small boat had survived. I never thought our little vessel would hold up to the tossing and trashing of the unforgiving ocean.

Floundering means:

• Material for making flounces.

• Struggling in a helpless way or clumsy.

• Something working perfecly

• Struggling

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

The correct spelling for greatful is:

• Greatfull

• Graetful

• Gratfule

• Grateful

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Rewrite the sentence adding a nonrestrictive element using commas.

Travis's pizzeria serves the best New York style pizza.

• Travis's pizzeria, which the building is 12 years old, serves the best New York style pizza.

• Travis's pizzeria-which I love- serves the best New York style pizza.

• Travis's pizzeria which the building is 12 years old serves the best New York style pizza.

• Travis's pizzeria is good.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Circle the pronoun for the sentence. Identify if it is subjective, objective, or possessive. Did you enter (your, mine) dog in the ugliest pet contest.

• possessive

• mine

• objective

• your

• subjective

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Choose the antonym for: deteriorate

• agree

• improve

• decay

• ruins

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Complete the sentence with an appropriate intensive pronoun. All of you will need to raise the money.

• themselves

• by your selves

• yourselves

• himself

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.1C

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.6.1B

Which of the following are minute?

• A one-celled organism

• a speck of dust

• a grain of salt

• an organelle

• A huge wall

What does chrom mean and list one word that contains the Greek or Latin root/affix.

• chromatic

• coler

• car

• color

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Find the vague pronoun. Then rewrite the sentence so the meaning is clear. Chen told her sister that she really liked her new shoes

• Chen told her sister that I really liked her shoes.

• Chen told her sister that she really liked her sister's new shoes.

• Chen told her sister that she really like your new shoes.

• Chen told her sister that she really liked her new shoes.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

Choose a matching analogy.

Pecan:nut

• hill:mountain

• river:lake

• sport:soccer

• helicopter:aircraft

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D