ELA Unit 6 practice

Choose the correct type of pronoun for the underlined word.

She is planning to dye and cut her hair before the wedding.

• subjective

• objective

• possessive

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

She wrote a short _________ about her safari to Africa.

• explicit

• implicit

• memoir

• phrase

Answer explanation

A memoir is when you write about a memory you have!

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The __________ term for that dinosaur is Abrictosaurus.

• explicit

• technical

• implicit

• elaborate

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Choose the best combined sentence using the two sentences. 

The movie lasted two hours. The theater was crowded.

• The movie lasted two hours, and the theater was crowded.

• The crowded movie lasted over two hours in the theater.

• The movie lasted two hours, crowding the theater.

• The movie lasted two hours until the theater was crowded.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Choose the type of figurative language.

The baseball was hit to the outfield before falling like a lead balloon.

• personification

• analogy

• metaphor

• simile

Answer explanation

A simile uses the words like or as!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

His remark was clear enough, but its __________ meaning was subject to interpretation.

• technical

• elaborate

• implicit

• explicit

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the best combined sentence using the two sentences. 

The house was in need of repair. The house was old.

• The house was in need of old repairs.

• The old house was in need of repair.

• The repaired house was old.

• The old repairs left the house in need.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The clear, factual description gave us the _________ meaning of the word.

• explicit

• technical

• implicit

• elaborate

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Calf is to cow as _______ is to ewe.

• steer

• ram

• chick

• lamb

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the correct type of pronoun for the underlined word.

The ladies thought that the chairperson herself would host the event.

• indefinite

• possessive

• intensive

• subjective

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1C

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1B