Weekly Language Review Q4:4

Use your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and roots to choose the correct word for each sentence.

Because of Jane's allergies, we bought a detergent that was __________.

• odorless

• unload

• unhappy

• penniless

Use your knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and roots to choose the correct word for each sentence.

Chris has to ______ the dishwasher every morning.

• unload

• unhappy

• penniless

• odorless

Which type of figurative language is used?

The flowers stretched and smiled in the sun.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

• simile

Is the underlined pronoun subjective or objective?

Sarah gave him a bottle of water.

• subjective

• objective

Choose the sentence with the commas in the correct place.

• Sydney, my older sister, got a car for her birthday.

• Sydney my older sister, got a car for her birthday.

• Sydney my older sister got a car for her birthday.

• Sydney, my older sister got a car for her birthday.

Which two words have a similar denotation as energetic.

• slow

• hyper

• passive

• lively

Which word has a positive connotation?

• hyper

• lively

Complete the analogy

Burger King: hamburger

Chick-Fil-A: ________

• cheeseburger

• coke

• chicken sandwich

• fries

Turn the simple sentence into a complex sentence.

Edward ran a marathon yesterday.

• Although Edward ran a marathon yesterday, he still has energy.

• Edward ran a marathon yesterday, and he still has energy.

• I can't believe Edward ran a marathon yesterday.

• Edward, my other cousin, ran a marathon yesterday.

Turn the simple sentence into a compound sentence.

Edward ran a marathon yesterday.

• Although Edward ran a marathon yesterday, he still has energy.

• Edward ran a marathon yesterday, and he still has energy.

• I can't believe Edward ran a marathon yesterday.

• Edward, my other cousin, ran a marathon yesterday.