Word Knowledge and Skills #7

Which word is made up of two small words?

• backyard

• backing

• backs

The family searched beneath their trees to find nuts that had dropped.

 

What is another word for beneath?

• against

• within

• under

He left some facts out of his term paper because they were ______ to his topic.

• congenial

• irrelevant

• morbid

• piteous

Carly read a tale about a white rabbit.

 

Which word means the same as tale?

• sentence

• story

• poem

The winter storm became a blizzard. The wind blew hard, and the drifts grew deeper still.

During a blizzard, the weather is _________.

• warm

• rainy

• snowy

• hot

I thought the movie was good, but I’d like to hear your ______________.

• preparation

• purpose

• opinion

• success

I shop at a nearby store that has many inexpensive items.

 

Which is the meaning of inexpensive?

• more expensive

• not expensive

• very expensive

1.       Pete’s father selected only the fruit he deemed good enough to sell at the family’s market.

 

Which word is a synonym for deemed?

• wished

• imagined

• considered

He is a good teacher who ______________ an award.

• guards

• deserves

• forms

• packages

When I was late for dinner, my parents demanded an ___________________.

• explanation

• artist

• obey

• expert