5-A-Day Language Review: Week 16 MONDAY

Identify the type and the function of the verbal used: The burning campfire lit up the night’s sky.

(You should have two boxes checked)

• Type: infinitive

• Type: gerund

• Function: adjective

• Function: noun

• Type: participle

Identify the type of connotation for the words: exaggerate, embellish, distort (-, +, 0).

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Select a word from above that has the best connotation to complete this sentence. He is known to _______ his stories with interesting details that are not always accurate. (exaggerate, embellish, distort)

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

What does acrid mean as used in this passage? It was smoke! A stream of acrid smoke was coming from under my door, burning my eyes and nose. As my parents had taught me to do, I opened the window, crawled to the lowest point of the roof, and dropped safely to the ground.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the synonym for the following word: disdain.

• contempt

• admiration

• favor

• envy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Choose yellow.

• yellow
• red
• green
• blue