Weekly Language Review Q4:3

Use the information you have learned about prefixes, suffixes, and root words to help you choose the correct word for this sentence.

The school board passed one of the most _______ rules in the county's history.

• evident

• vista

• envision

• restrictive

Use the information you have learned about prefixes, suffixes, and root words to help you choose the correct word for this sentence.

I peered through the blinds at the beautiful ____ spread out before me.

• evident

• vista

• envision

• restrictive

Use context clues to help define the underlined word.

The hike to the top of the mountain was more treacherous than I anticipated because the path was littered with rocks and chocked with weeds.

• hazardous because of presenting hidden or unpredictable dangers

• plain or obvious; clearly seen or understood

• imagine as a future possibility; visualize

• a pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening

Choose the correct pronoun.

We need chips, cookies, and drinks for _____ picnic.

• our

• the

• Saturday's

What part of speech is penned in this sentence?

Alec penned an intricate sketch for art class.

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

Choose the 2 words with a similar denotation as thorough

• careless

• detailed

• meticulous

• unsure

Which word has a positive connotation?

• meticulous

• nitpicky

Complete the analogy.

sleepy : yawn

itchy :

• scratch

• rash

• poison ivy

• spots

What type of sentence?

After the soccer game, Joanie ate lunch.

• simple

• compound

• complex

What is the meaning of the prefix trans-

• across

• not

• able

• the act of