ELAR Midterm Practice

Read the words in the box. Underline the word that describes someone who does many activities.

• acting

• action

• acts

• active

Adding the suffix -able changes the verb know into the —

• adjective knowable

• verb knowable

• noun knowable

• adverb knowable

What does the Greek root bio mean?

• life

• time

• light

• earth

The word with a vowel team that makes the long a sound is —

• teach

• failing

• treasure

• lion

Which word is correctly divided into syllables?

• diffi/cult

• ac/tivity

• sim/i/lar

• simul/tane/ous

Which of the following words contains a VCe syllable?

• tree

• hickory

• smile

• simulation

Which of the following words contains an open syllable?

• narrator

• tropical

• before

• maximum

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

• yourself

• yourselff

• yourselv

• yoursele

Which word does not have a final stable syllable?

• situate

• reliable

• explosion

• commotion

Which word contains an r-controlled vowel?

• route

• receipt

• prevent

• turtle