6th Grade: 5-A-Day Language Assessment: Week 29

Jonas Salk discovered a way to prevent Polio. His first test subjects were his own children, who became completely inoculated from the virus after Salk injected them with his vaccine.

inoculated means:

• immunized

• infected

• exposed

• vaccinated

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which is the misspelled word

• reciept

• concrete

• perspective

• favorite

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Which is a correct sentence adding a nonrestrictive element using parentheses:

We asked a neighbor for directions to the dog park.

• We asked a neighbor (who was very kind) for directions to the dog park.

• We asked (a neighbor) for directions to the dog park.

• We asked a neighbor -who was very kind- for directions to the dog park.

• We (asked a neighbor) for directions to the dog park.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Which is the correct pronoun for the sentence?

The exchange students and (they, them) are going to become pen pals.

• they

• them

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Choose the synonym for: rancid

• fresh

• spoiled

• finicky

• infrequent

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

Complete the sentence with an appropriate intensive pronoun. The land _______________ was worth more than the house that was built on it.

• itself

• it

• its

• self

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CCSS.L.2.1C

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1B

Something beneficial will...

• cause you harm.

• be expensive.

• be good for you.

• help you.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The Greek or Latin root/affix 'ortho' means:

• correct, straight, proper, right, and upright

• crooked, wrong, distorted, irregular, and slanted

• fast, quick, rapid, swift, and speedy

• old, ancient, archaic, obsolete, and outdated

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

9. Which word is the vague pronoun in the sentence: "After hiding her diamond ring in the dresser, she sold it."?

• her

• diamond

• she

• it

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Choose a matching analogy. exuberant : happy

• flexible : strong

• bewildered : confused

• cheerful : evil

• shocking : spooky

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D