Daily language quiz 4

Which sentence contains a description with a negative connotation?

• You are so obsessed with rocks!

• You seem highly interested in rocks!

Underline the misplaced modifier in the sentence below.

• I signed my green friend's cast.

• I signed my friend's green cast.

• My green friend signed the cast.

• The cast was signed by my green friend.

Which choice best completes the analogy? monarchs : migrate :: black bears : ______

• camouflage

• hunt

• hibernate

Use context to determine the meaning of the underlined word. I kept a journal to chronicle my road trip through the United States.

• forget

• plan

• record

• announce

Use the word below in a sentence that conveys its meaning.

• scarce (adjective) deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; not plentiful or abundant.

• scarce (adjective) abundant in quantity or number compared with the demand; very plentiful.

• scarce (adjective) irrelevant to the context or situation; not related.

• scarce (adjective) extremely common and easy to find; ubiquitous.

Circle the capitalization error in the sentence below. We are traveling through north Dakota tomorrow.

• north Dakota

• We

• traveling

• tomorrow

Circle the word that is spelled correctly.

• mosquito

• mosqueto

• mosqeuito

Choose a more concise word or phrase to replace the underlined segment. Your dress is really very pretty.

• beautiful

• ugly

• plain

• ordinary

Circle which type of allusion is demonstrated below. Then, explain how you know. The lightning struck so close to my house, I was certain Zeus had it out for me.

• literary

• biblical

• mythological

Circle the misspelled word in the sentence. Then write it correctly below. Our teacher said to put the events in cronological order.

• chronological

• chronical

• chronologic

• chronologial