5-A-Day Language Review: Week 9

Use the meanings of the root and affix to define the word 'emit'.

• My Definition: To send out or to send outside. Dictionary Definition: To throw or give off or out; to send out.

• My Definition: To take in or absorb. Dictionary Definition: To receive or accept.

• My Definition: To hold back or restrain. Dictionary Definition: To keep or retain.

• My Definition: To hide or conceal. Dictionary Definition: To cover or obscure.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following might lull a person?

• the noises of a busy city

• the sound of a babbling brook

• gunfire

• a screaming baby

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Add commas where needed to the sentence below. The old tabby cat looked aloof almost evil.

• The old tabby cat looked aloof, almost evil.

• The old tabby cat, looked aloof almost evil.

• The old tabby cat looked, aloof almost evil.

• The old tabby cat looked aloof almost, evil.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Choose the antonym for the following word: furtive.

• sneaky

• deception

• truth

• honest

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Circle the definition that matches the word used in the sentence below. Word: breach. Definitions: 1. An opening made by battering; a breaking 2. To break through 3. To fail to keep; to break. Sentence: He breached the contract he had signed with his parents when he came home after his curfew.

• An opening made by battering; a breaking

• To break through

• To fail to keep; to break

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Identify if the following sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. Sentence: He complains about his grades, yet he does not spend much time studying.

• Simple.

• Compound.

• Complex.

• Compound-complex.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Choose a matching analogy. Ample : abundant.

• lavish : lacking

• plush : stressed

• narrow : strong

• hinder : impede

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does mire mean?

• Mire means wet spongy ground (as of a bog or marsh): heavy, often deep mud or slush.

• Mire means a type of bird found in marshy areas.

• Mire means a type of plant that grows in dry deserts.

• Mire means a type of rock formation found in mountains.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Choose the synonym for the following word: tolerable

• unacceptable

• common

• unique

• bearable

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Euphoria Prefix: eu- Base or root: phor Suffix: -ia

• Euphoria

• Euphoric

• Euphonium

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A