TUESDAY: Language Review

Which word means unable to be read?

• illusion
• illegible
• illegal

Which word can mean to turn or moving air? (homograph)

• breeze
• rotate
• wind

Improve the sentence by expanding, combining, or reducing.

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Answer explanation

You need to elaborate on "stuff". Explain what she likes to do.

What is the correct way to format a poem title?

• 
• 
• 

Answer explanation

The title of a poem is like a title of a chapter. It is not a book of poems, but one "small" work that only needs the quotation marks.

Identify the part of speech of the word reduce.

• reduce
• ri-doos
• verb
• 1. to bring down to a smaller size

Which word best completes the sentence?

• eligible
• collectible
• illegible

Answer explanation

Lig root word means to pick.

ible- able to

eligible means to be able to be picked or selected.

Which word/phrase best completes the sentence?

• In fact
• For example
• Even though

Answer explanation

Even though shows opposition. These two statements are contrasting one another.

What does the adage/proverb mean?

• When new challenges arise, tough people find reasons to leave.
• When new challenges arise, tough people start leaving.
• Strong people give up when they come across challenges.
• Strong people don't give up when they come across challenges.

Answer explanation

'When the going gets tough' implies that something is becoming challenging.

'The tough get going' implies that people who are tough work harder to overcome the challenges.

Look for shifts in verb tense. Is the sentence correct or incorrect?

• correct
• incorrect

Answer explanation

Walk is present tense

Saw is past tense.

Either 'walk' needs to be changed to 'walked'

or

'saw' needs to be changed to 'see'.

Look for shifts in verb tense. Is the sentence correct or incorrect?

• correct
• incorrect