THURSDAY: Language Review

Which word(s) best completes this sentence?

• misshapen
• mistrust
• miscalculate
• mishear
• mission

A person who made written copies of documents before printing was invented was called a…

• dictator
• composer
• scribe

How is the underlined homograph pronounced?

• lives, rhymes hives
• lives, rhymes with gives

What does the adage/proverb mean?

• Don’t make plans based on a good thing that hasn’t happened yet.
• Make sure your eggs are taken care of.
• Make sure your plans are foolproof.
• Don’t count the eggs before they become chickens because they may get stolen.

Correct the sentence by adding commas.

• Kids want Maniac Magee to untangle their, shoelaces yo-yo strings and toys.
• Kids want Maniac Magee, to untangle their shoelaces, yo-yo, strings, and toys.

• Kids want Maniac Magee to untangle their shoelaces yo-yo strings, and toys.
• Kids want Maniac Magee to untangle their shoelaces, yo-yo strings, and toys.

Reduce the sentence.

Fill in the blank with the correct correlative conjunction.

• Either
• Neither
• Whether
• Both