5-A-Day Language Assessment: Week 18

Identify the type and the function of the verbal used below.

I was not able to read in the dark room.

• participle

• infinitive

• adverb

• noun

• gerund

Choose the correct sentence using one of the following words: prudent, wary, suspicious.

• She was prudent in her spending, saving money for future needs.

• She was wary in her spending, saving money for future needs.

• She was suspicious in her spending, saving money for future needs.

Using the context clues below, what does caricature mean?

The artist insisted that his drawing of the president was not a caricature, because it did not distort his facial features.

• A drawing of someone in which features are exaggerated for comic effect

• A realistic portrait of someone

• A detailed landscape painting

• A historical photograph of someone

Choose the antonym for the following word: inadvertent.

• intentional

• attentive

• nutritious

• accidental

Identify the meaning of the root and affix of convene, and identify its definition.

• con: with, together; vene: come; word: convene; Definition: To come together or assemble.

• con: against; vene: go; word: convene; Definition: To separate or disband.

• con: with, together; vene: leave; word: convene; Definition: To depart or scatter.

• con: without; vene: come; word: convene; Definition: To isolate or seclude.

Identify the verb and its mood in the sentence below.

The farmers are harvesting the crops.

• are harvesting: indicative

• are harvesting: imperative

• are:

  interrogative

• harvesting:

  conditional

• are:

  subjunctive

Circle the definition that matches the word used in the sentence below.

To find a cure for the disease, the medical researchers must first discern how the virus attacks the body.

• To detect with the eyes

• To understand or comprehend

• To recognize as separate or different

Our teacher plans to teach us about hated historical figures. What are the verbals in the sentence?

• Infinitive (noun) - to teach

• Gerund (noun) - to teach

• Participle (adjective) - hated

• Infinitive (noun) - hated

Identify the verbal in the sentence.
Try not to spill the coffee. 

• try
• not
• to spill
• coffee

Identify the verbal in the sentence.
Running is an excellent form of exercise. 

• running
• excellent
• form
• exercise

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