English Vocabulary

Choose the INCORRECTLY spelled one.

• Chauffeur

• Accommodate

• Recieve

• Renaissance

• None of the above

Choose the word that was correctly used in the sentence.

(A) Samuel Seabury was knowledgeable about fine wine, he is a CONNOISSEUR.

(B) The student government council serves as a LIAISON between the administration and the student body.

• Only A is correct.

• Only B is correct.

• Both of them are correct.

• None of the above.

Use context clues to determine the CORRECT definition of the word: MEANDER (v). I meandered through the mall taking my time while looking at all the clothes by the windows.

• hurried

• walked

• ran

• strolled

• None of the above

If you have trouble understanding a word in a passage or sentence of a story, you may want to read previous words or the end of the sentence to determine what the word means. What is this strategy known as?

• Using logic

• Using context clues

• Scanning

• Contextualization

• None of the above

Read the sentence. Then choose the sentence below that uses the underlined word in the same way. The movie only sold half of its expected ticket revenue, it was a complete debacle.

• The biggest debacle of my life was when I received my favorite toy as a gift.

• My mom was so happy to see me as I hugged her, it was a debacle.

• I was so delighted that the debacle happened.

• None of the above

• All of the above

Rearrange the jumbled word that would complete this sentence: (EELNMEBS) It was a big ________ of violinists and cellists in the New Frontier Theater. (words are only from the spelling list given)

What word would BEST FIT the blank in this sentence? Her eyes were filled with _____ and contempt as she faced her worst fear. (words are only from the spelling list given)

What word would BEST FIT the blank in this sentence? The heroes that we look up to also had to ________ a lot of dilemmas to become who they are now. (words are only from the spelling list given)

What word would BEST FIT the blank in the sentence? Luffy had to make Yamato walk the _________ bravely or else she would not make it into the crew. (words are only from the spelling list given)

What word would BEST FIT the blank in the sentence? The police doubted the suspect's _________ behavior because it was so obvious she was the perpetrator. (words are only from the spelling list given)