Middle School English Praxis

Find the error in the sentence below: I have been riding my bike every single day for two weeks my bike is purple and fast.

• Instead writing "two", they should have said "2"

• They should have ended the sentence with an exclamation point.

• The sentence is missing a comma after "two weeks".

• The sentence has no errors!

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Words that describe nouns, like "beautiful", "fluffy" and "round" are known as what?

• Exaggerations

• Descriptions

• Adjectives

• Noun-Describers

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which option is correct?

• Its so cool!

• It's so cool!

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which is correct?

• I'd rather see the scary movie than the comedy flick.

• I'd rather see the scary movie then the comedy flick.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word means "to make better or more tolerable"?

• Exacerbate

• Mitigate

• Procrastinate

• Exaggerate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening;

• ominous

• foreboding

• morose

• mood

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word "analyze" mean?

• To ignore the details

• To examine something in detail

• To guess without evidence

• To make something simpler

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Choose the word that means "to give up a position, right, or power":

• Abdicate

• Accumulate

• Associate

• Allocate

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which word means "to make someone feel embarrassed or ashamed"?

• Humiliate

• Elevate

• Celebrate

• Imitate

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Which of the following words means "to make something worse"?

• Alleviate

• Aggravate

• Ameliorate

• Accelerate

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4