Week 12 Bellwork Test

1. After a long week at school, there is nothing I relish more than a relaxing Saturday at the beach. What does the word relish mean?

• To visit the beach when it's sunny
• To despise or detest something
• The thorough enjoyment of something
• To ignore or avoid

2a. Which word is misspelled?

• conductor
• essential
• bibliography
• maintainence

5. Choose the synonym for: significant

• important
• confusing
• redundant
• meaningless

6. Complete the sentence with an appropriate intensive pronoun.

• herself
• myself
• yourself
• himself
• itself

7. Which of the following might make it difficult for a person to persevere?

• a) sadness
• b) encouragement
• c) support
• d) failure

8.

• to warn
• to ignore
• to see
• to dislike

9. Identify the sentence that contains a vague pronoun.

• Maria drove Leah home after Maria's tennis match.
• Maria drove Leah home after her tennis match.

10. Choose a matching analogy — expedition : discover

• a) television : show
• b) cast : heal
• c) drive : car
• d) play : game

11. Choose the word with the connotation that best fits the sentence.

• slender
• skinny

12. Which option below shows an example of personification?

• The sales person was a snake waiting for his next victim.
• The wind grabbed my hat and ran off with it.
• I'm so tired I could sleep for the rest of the year.
• The line moved as slow as molasses.