U3W5 Progress Checkup Practice

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The plans for the new library radically changed the inside of the building.

• only a bit

• in the past

• in a bad way

• in an extreme way

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The old oak tree in the town square embodies the history of our community.

• conceals

• hides

• represents

• strengthens

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The Pledge of Allegiance says that the United States are indivisible.

• very large

• very numerous

• many different directions

• unable to be split

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

It is hard to imagine that a color television was once a revolutionary type of technology.

• ancient

• disliked

• new

• old-fashioned

Directions: Read the question. Then choose the best answer.

Which word group is a synonym for ironic in the sentence below?

It is ironic that the weather forecast called for a sunny day, as it was raining during the broadcast.

• contrary to expectations

• fortunate for everyone

• understandable to a few

• upsetting to the class

Directions: Choose the word that has the boldfaced syllable pattern.

A closed syllable is a syllable that ends with a consonant. Which word has only closed syllables?

• ba/na/na

• con/junc/tion

• la/beled

• mo/tor/ing

An open syllable is a syllable that ends with a vowel. Which word has only open syllables?

• flow/er/pot

• mir/ror/ing

• pig/tails

• po/ta/to

Words with VCe syllables contain a silent e at the end that makes the vowel soundlong. Which word includes a VCe syllable?

• in/vite

• mit/tens

• bright/en

• pleas/ant

In r-controlled syllables, the r controls the vowel sound. If the vowel is followed by the letter r, the vowel does not make its expected sound. Which word includes an r-controlled syllable?

• dis/ap/prove

• per/form/er

• raft/ing

• stret/ching

Directions: Read the question. Then choose the best answer. Some vowel sounds are spelled with two letters. These letters form a vowel team. When a vowel team is in a word, it appears in the same syllable. The word that has a vowel team syllable is —

• be/ing

• com/pet/ed

• neigh/bor/ly

• re/act