Rewards Review Lessons 1 - 11 (Part 2)

Choose the correct way to separate - incomplete - into word parts.

• in comp lete

• in com plete

• inc om plete

• in com ple te

What part of the noun - protection - means act of?

• pro

• protect

• tegere

• tion

Answer explanation

pro is the prefix meaning "in front"

tegere/ teg is the latin root meaning "to cover"

tion is the suffix meaning "act of" or "result of"

This year, the students were able to (a) ​ (a)   their textbooks for Business English. The happy students ​ (b)   the content because their teachers had selected well-written ​ (c)   textbooks. Each teacher tested the students' ​ (d)   by asking questions regarding what the students had read.

• comprehend
• comprehended
• comprehensible
• comprehension

Answer explanation

comprehend - verb: get the meaning

comprehended - past tense verb

comprehensible - adjective

comprehension - noun

Not all citizens obeyed the burn ban issued by our parish which caused several forest fires. The smoke from the fires ​ (a)   the air. Sadly, the air became dirty and harmful to breathe. The ​ (b)   is dangerous for all living things.

• contaminated
• contamination
• contaminating
• contaminates

Answer explanation

ed - past tense

ing - used in present progressive verb tense

contamination - tion changes the adjective to a noun

contaminates is present but it is incorrect since the sentence is written in past tense verb form

Your teacher asks you to predict what will happen in a story by looking at the cover or pictures. When you predict something you,

• answer questions about the story.

• make a guess or tell what you think will happen in a story.

• say what is different about the story.

• change the ending of the story.

What is a contrast between your pet cat, Whiskers, and your neighbor's dog, Rover?

• They are both your pets.

• Whiskers has fur and Rover does too.

• Whiskers meows and Rover barks.

• They are both your neighbor's pets.

Answer explanation

Contrast = DIFFERENCES ONLY

Match the following

• propose

• 
• desperate

• 
• personal

• 
• expedition

• 
• betray

• 

Which TWO words use short vowel sounds.

• bake

• sit

• no

• nap

• bike

Answer explanation

One vowel squished in the middle, say it's short sound just a LITTLE.

*If a vowel is FREE at the end, it is long.

If you do not have a license to drive a car, you are considered a ​ (a)   because you are forced to ​ (b)   on a parent/guardian to pay for your food and take you places in his/her vehicle.

• dependent
• depend
• dependable
• depends

Answer explanation

depend = verb; to be determined

depends = verb

dependable = adjective

dependent = noun

Choose the correct prefix.

First, my aunt ___heated the oven. Next, she chopped all of ingredients and placed everything in the casserole dish.

• un

• pre

• over

• dis