Writing: Language in Writing 3A

LaTasha is writing an article for class about farm animals. She needs to use a more exact word to avoid repeating herself. Read the sentences and choose the best word to replace the underlined phrase.

The local farmer has lots of horses, cattle, and pigs. The pigs like to lie in the mud, but the cows and horses like to walk in the fields.

• foals

• cows

• piglets

• livestock

Landry is writing an opinion paper for class. He wants to choose the word with the clearest meaning. Read the sentence from the paper and choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Children should have the chance to ____________ money by keeping their rooms clean, pulling weeds, or washing dishes.

• collect

• earn

• owe

• value

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A student is writing a story for English class. The student needs to choose a word that more clearly explains the ideas. Read the sentences from her story and choose the word that best replaces the underlined phrase to complete the sentence.

Mae can take home only a certain number of books from the library. She always tries to read them all before she needs to return them.

• borrow

• gather

• reserve

• purchase

A student is writing a story for class. The student needs to choose a word with a clear meaning. Read the sentence from the story and choose the best word to complete the sentence.

Mario loved to take long, ___________ bike rides around his neighborhood to see different people and animals.

• aimless

• careless

• cheerless

• pointless

Sonny is writing a letter to his grandparents. He wants to make his meaning clear. Read the sentences from the note and choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Each month our teacher reads a different book to the class. After each book is finished, our teacher allows the class to decide which book to read next. I __________ by raising my hand for the book I want.

• advise

• conclude

• vote

• warn

Benino is writing an opinion paper for class. He wants to choose a word that clearly explains his ideas. Read the sentences from the paper and choose the best word to complete the sentence.

Our three cats are always causing _____________. They scratch every piece of furniture and jump on the table during dinner. They may cause some problems, but cats make the best type of pet.

• harm

• mischief

• upsets

• wounds

Alexis is writing a paper for class. She wants to choose a word with the clearest meaning. Read the paragraph from the paper and choose the best word to complete the sentence.

Billy Mills is the only US runner to win the gold medal in the 10,000-meter race at the Olympics. Near the end of the race in the 1964 Olympics, Mills was in third place. With one last ______________, he raced past the other runners to win first place.

• activity

• burst

• exercise

• speed

Yvonne is writing an article for the class newspaper. She wants to make sure her meaning is clear. Read the sentences from the article and choose the word that best replaces the underlined word to complete the sentence.

I was able to place one of my drawings in the glass case outside the art room. Because I could show only one drawing, I chose my favorite one.

• create

• model

• invent

• display

Elaina is writing a report for history class. She needs to make sure that the ideas are clear in her report. Read the paragraph from the report and choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Native Americans have inspired the naming of several states in North America. Slightly over half of all US states have names that ____________ come from Native American tribes and their languages. For example, the state of Texas is named after the Caddo Indian word taysha, meaning friend.

• modernly

• naturally

• originally

• recently

Kathryn is writing a report for science class. She needs to choose the word with the clearest meaning. Read the paragraph from the report and choose the word that best replaces the phrase "pull apart."

While completing an experiment during our class, we found that oil and water do not mix. We first added blue food dye to the water. The dye allowed us to more easily tell the oil from the water. After adding the dyed water to the oil, we saw the water ______________ from the oil. The oil looked like it was floating on top of the water.

• avoid

• escape

• seperate

• untangle