7th 5-A-Day Week 12

This sentence has a dangling modifier. How can it be re-written so it does not have a dangling modifier? "While eating lunch, the waiter spilled water on Sergio.

• Spilling water on Sergio, the waiter was eating lunch.

• While Sergio was eating lunch, the waiter spilled water on him.

• While eating lunch, Sergio spilled water on the waiter.

• Spilling water on the waiter, Sergio was eating lunch.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Use context clues to define despondent. "Now that I have a job and a roof over my head, I am no longer despondent. I am now happy and optimistic when I think about the future.

• hopeful

• cheerful

• optomistic

• discouraged

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Choose the antonym for the following word: subside

• decrease

• support

• prolong

• debate

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

omnipotent

• prefix: omn- base/root: ipot suffix: -ent

• prefix: omni- base/root: pot suffix: -ent

• prefix: omni- base/root: po suffix: -tent

• prefix: om- base/root: nipot suffix: -ent

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

Which choice simplified the following sentence by eliminating any wordiness or redundancies:

"We can always return back to our hotel room if we need to take a rest."

• We can return to our hotel room if we need to rest.

• We can always go back to our hotel room if we need to take a rest.

• We can always return to our hotel room if we need to rest.

• If we need to take a rest, we can always return back to our hotel room.

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

Which word is misspelled?

• truly

• imobile

• morale

• oasis

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Which figure of speech is being used in this sentence?

"Lightening danced across the sky."

• irony

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Is the following a phrase, independent clause, or dependent clause?

"giggling to herself"

• phrase

• independent clause

• dependent clause

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

If you elicit something, you are:

• trying to hide it

• drawing it out

• prompting it

• listening carefully

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which sentence has the commas in the correct place?

• Because, I left the door unlocked, my car was vandalized, and my phone was stolen.

• Because I left the door unlocked, my car was vandalized, and my phone was stolen.

• Because I left the door unlocked, my car was vandalized and my phone was stolen.

• Because, I left the door unlocked, my car was vandalized and my phone was stolen.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A