Weekly Language Review Q4:5

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

Please _______ the movie. I missed what happened on the train," instructed Josh.

• rewind

• projectile

• propel

• conclude

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

Meg used the fan to _______ the paper across the table.

• propel

• rewind

• projectile

• conclude

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word?

The contractor decided to terminate the construction worker, leaving him without a job for the next 6 months.

• bring to an end

• to set up

• to begin or start

• give work to

Is the underlined pronoun subjective or objective?

I couldn't wait for the plane to land in San Francisco.

• subjective

• objective

I couldn't wait for the plane to land in San Francisco.

Which is a prepositional phrase?

• for the plane

• to land

• could wait

• wait

I couldn't wait for the plane to land in San Francisco.

Which is a prepositional phrase?

• to land

• in San Francisco

• couldn't wait

• could wait

Complete the analogy.

Thomas Edison : lightbulb

Alexander Graham Bell : ______

• telephone

• car

• person

• police officer

Turn the simple sentence into a compound sentence.

The cool, blue water glistened beautifully.

• The cool, blue water glistened beautifully, but I couldn't jump in.

• Although the cool, blue water glistened beautifully, I couldn't jump in.

• The cool, blue water glistened beautifully.

• The nice, cool, blue water glistened beautifully under the sunshine.

Turn the simple sentence into a complex sentence.

The cool, blue water glistened beautifully.

• The cool, blue water glistened beautifully, and I jumped in!

• Although the cool, blue water glistened beautifully, I couldn't jump in.

• The cool, blue water glistened beautifully.

• The cool, blue water glistened beautifully in the sunshine.

What is the meaning of the root auto.

• self, same

• life

• not

• the act of