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Worksheets6th Grade 5-A-Day Language Week 1
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Choose the antonym for "deception".
a)
loyal
b)
blind
c)
honesty
d)
lies
2.
An extremely tall person would be ___.
a)
impeccable
b)
conspicuous
c)
defendant
d)
honesty
3.
Choose a matching analogy for liar:honesty.
a)
lawyer:mercy
b)
mother:children
c)
soldier:power
d)
fool:wisdom
4.
Identify the correct figure of speech in the following sentence.
The busy pedestrians mostly ignored the old melancholy house.
The busy pedestrians mostly ignored the old melancholy house.
a)
The busy pedestrians
b)
mostly ignored
c)
the old
d)
melancholy house.
5.
Identify the type of sentence.
I won't go to the movies unless you come as well.
I won't go to the movies unless you come as well.
a)
simple
b)
compound
c)
complex
6.
Which word is NOT spelled correctly?
a)
acceptable
b)
acquit
c)
acceptible
d)
refine
7.
What type of pronoun is "me" in the following sentence? My grandma gave me a beautiful quilt to put on my bed.
a)
subjective
b)
objective
c)
possessive
d)
intensive
8.
Which figure of speech is "melancholy house"?
a)
irony
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
9.
What is the root word in "defendant"?
a)
de-
b)
fend
c)
-ant
10.
What is the root word in "defendant"?
a)
de-
b)
fend
c)
-ant
11.
Which word is a synonym for "accustomed"?
a)
friendly
b)
usual
c)
patient
d)
strange
12.
Which definition matches "alert" in the following sentence? We posted a sign to alert drivers that children were present.
a)
n. A warning signal
b)
adj. Watchful; wide-awake
c)
v. To warn to be ready
13.
Rewrite using a possessive noun: tails of five foxes
a)
five fox's tails
b)
five foxes tails
c)
five foxes' tails
14.
Which word is the incorrect pronoun shift? If a student feels ill they should be sent to the nurse.
a)
student
b)
feels
c)
they
d)
nurse
15.
Which word has a positive connotation?
a)
odor
b)
fragrance
16.
Which word has a negative connotation?
a)
gaze
b)
gawk
17.
Which word has a positive connotation?
a)
gaze
b)
gawk
18.
Which word, related to the Greek or Latin root/affix "fore", means "To predict or estimate in advance"?
a)
alert
b)
forest
c)
forecast
d)
impeccable
19.
Which word means "To have a neat, orderly appearance; perfect; flawless"?
a)
impeccable
b)
conspicuous
c)
odor
d)
forecast
20.
Which part of the following sentence is a nonrestrictive element? Carter's van, which he got from his dad, needs to be washed.
a)
Carter's van,
b)
which he got from his dad,
c)
needs to be washed.
21.
Which Greek or Latin root/affix means "away from"?
a)
tri-
b)
bi-
c)
ab-
d)
un-
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