5-A-Day Language Review: Week 20

Rewrite the sentence without the dangling or misplaced modifier. The waiter served pasta to a woman that was covered in butter sauce.

• The waiter served pasta that was covered in butter sauce to a woman.

• The waiter served a woman covered in butter sauce to pasta.

• The waiter covered a woman in butter sauce and served pasta.

• The waiter served butter sauce to a woman covered in pasta.

What looked like laziness was really heat exhaustion.

• slothful means: sluggish, indolent.

• heat exhaustion is a form of physical fatigue.

• laziness is a lack of motivation.

• exhaustion is a result of overwork.

Choose the synonym for the following word: necessitate.

• optional

• fail

• dissuade

• require

What are the prefix, base or root, and suffix of the word 'intangible'?

• prefix: in-, base or root: tang, suffix: -ible.

• prefix: un-, base or root: tang, suffix: -able.

• prefix: in-, base or root: tangi, suffix: -ble.

• prefix: im-, base or root: tang, suffix: -ible.

Simplify the sentence by eliminating any wordiness or redundancies. He interviewed and spoke with several other neighbors who were also upset with the loud noise disturbances.

• He spoke with several neighbors who were also upset with the noise disturbances.

• He interviewed several neighbors who were upset with the noise.

• He talked to many neighbors who were unhappy with the noise.

• He discussed with neighbors who were disturbed by the noise.

Underline and identify the figure of speech below. So are you to my thoughts as food to life - William Shakespeare.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Is the following a phrase or a clause? If it is a clause, indicate if it is independent or dependent. As if there was a disaster.

• phrase.

• independent clause.

• dependent clause.

• complete sentence.

Use the meanings of the root and affix to define the word 'morbid'. Then provide a dictionary definition. My Definition: Related to death. Dictionary Definition: Diseased; unhealthy; having an unusual interest in death or unpleasant events; gruesome.

• Related to life

• Related to death

• Related to happiness

• Related to health

Which are you most likely to scrutinize?

• an unfamiliar food

• a legal contract that you need to sign

• your sibling or parent

• a car you are about to purchase.

Add commas where needed to the sentence below. It's a school night so I can't go to the party with James Mike and Dean.

• It's a school night, so I can't go to the party with James, Mike, and Dean.

• It's a school night so I can't go to the party, with James, Mike, and Dean.

• It's a school night, so I can't go to the party with James Mike, and Dean.

• It's a school night so I can't go to the party with James, Mike and Dean.