WEDNESDAY: Language Review

Which words have a root that means "wrongly or not"?

• mistrust
• misshapen
• miscalculate
• misheard
• missile

The root "cred "means "believe". What does "credible" mean?

• able to be eaten
• difficult to believe
• worthy of being believed
• believable, able to be believed

Which word is a synonym for the underlined word?

• bored
• unhappy
• scared

Is this a simile or metaphor?

• simile
• metaphor

What does this simile or metaphor mean?

• Amanda collects books.
• Amanda loves reading books.
• Amanda reads books very quickly.
• Amanda is a worm that lives inside books.

Correct the sentence by adding commas.

• Maniac Magee runs everywhere he goes can untie any knot, and is allergic to pizza.
• Maniac Magee runs everywhere he goes, can untie any knot, and is allergic to pizza.
• Maniac Magee runs everywhere he goes, can untie any knot and is allergic to pizza.
• Maniac Magee runs everywhere he goes, can untie any knot, and is allergic, to pizza.

Combine the sentences to be less wordy.

Fill in the blank with the correct correlative conjunction.

• Both
• Either
• Neither
• Whether