Phonics/Reading Weekly Review

Many of the eighth graders admitted that they were ________ about going to high school next year.

• apprehensive

• meticulous

• obliterate

• repugnance

Which word below is a noun?

• cantankerous

• repugnance

• obliterate

• incomprehensible

Which suffix indicates that a word is an adjective?

• -ous

  ex. conspicuous

• -ation

  ex. information

• -ance

  ex. defiance

• -ate

  ex. concentrate

Choose the correct spelling.

• acomodate

• accommodate

• acommodate

• accomodate

What does the root word "auto" mean?

• life

• written

• under

• self

What is a proper noun for the common noun car?

• Nike

• Taco Bell

• Nissan

• WalMart

Which of the following is a setting?

• During the 1930s

• At the beach

• In Russia during the Cold War

• On the ski slopes of Colorado

Which of the following is a simile?

• "I got a heart like a truck."

• "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog."

• "I'm the whisper in the wind."

• "You're a falling star."

Which word below has something to do with life?

• automatic

• bioengineering

• microphone

• submarine

Which word is spelled correctly?

• artickle

• artecle

• article

• artekle