ELA practice is O.K.

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

Gervais asked me if I would _______ him some popcorn at the movies.

• by

• bai

• bye

• buy

The young girl under the tree could not put down her library book.

Which group of words from the sentence is a prepositional phrase?

• under the tree

• her library book

• could not put down

• The young girl

There are many shots that can make your body immune to different diseases. Being immune means that your body has created a defense to a disease. It protects you from the disease. The defense created is called antibodies. The antibodies are made to fight off disease. The antibodies created when you get shots will keep you from getting some diseases.

What does the word immune mean?

• that being sick is easy

• that doctors are scary

• protected from the disease

• hurting from being sick

Rodrigo said he cannot wait to plunge into the swimming pool.

What is a synonym for the word plunge?

• dive

• play

• rise

• paddle

Sophia was always acting funny. Her brother rolled his eyes and called her loony when she did crazy dances and clucked like a chicken.

Based on the other information in the passage, when Sophia's brother called her loony, he meant that she was

• serious.

• sad

• interesting.

• silly

The movie began an hour early and surprised the people in the audience who bought tickets.

Which word is an antonym for began?

• played

• ended

• opened

• crashed

Veronica cannot wait to swim _______ the ocean.

• between

• during

• like

• in

Which of the following sentences uses the correct order of adjectives?

• The clumsy football young players laughed when they did not win the game.

• The young football clumsy players laughed when they did not win the game.

• The clumsy young football players laughed when they did not win the game.

• The football young clumsy players laughed when they did not win the game.

The kids let out a cheerful cry when they got their first dog

What is an antonym for the word cheerful?

• joyful

• sad

• cruel

• encouraging

I really admire my friend Keri because she is a very kind person and a good student.

What does the word admire mean in this sentence?

• to be afraid of

• to look up to

• .to not understand

• to not like