Worksheets5-A-DAY LANGUAGE WEEK 26
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
At the mall instead of at the movies, my father saw me hanging out.
a)
Misplaced modifier
b)
Dangling modifier
2.
At the mall instead of at the movies, my father saw me hanging out.
What's wrong with this sentence?
What's wrong with this sentence?
a)
It's not clear who was hanging out at the mall-the father or the child.
b)
Nothing is wrong with the sentence; it's clear.
3.
Which word has a POSITIVE connotation?
a)
tedious
b)
dull
c)
stuffy
d)
None of them
4.
Which word means "mournful; expressing sorrow"?
a)
naive
b)
doleful
c)
rustic
d)
liability
5.
Which word means "a person or thing whose presence or behavior is likely to cause embarrassment or put one at a disadvantage"?
a)
naive
b)
doleful
c)
rustic
d)
liability
6.
Which word means "marked by honest simplicity; showing lack of informed judgment"?
a)
naive
b)
doleful
c)
rustic
d)
liability
7.
Which word means "lacking elegance or polish"?
a)
naive
b)
doleful
c)
rustic
d)
liability
8.
Choose a synonym for strewn.
a)
orderly
b)
scattered
c)
collected
d)
broken
9.
Choose the root word for intersection.
a)
inter
b)
sect
c)
ion
10.
Choose the suffix for intersection.
a)
inter
b)
sect
c)
ion
11.
Choose the prefix for intersection.
a)
inter
b)
sect
c)
ion
12.
Which word/s were left out of the first sentence?
Dangerous situations can occur when people disobey rules that have been established for the safety of all.
It can be dangerous when people disobey safety rules.
Dangerous situations can occur when people disobey rules that have been established for the safety of all.
It can be dangerous when people disobey safety rules.
a)
dangerous
b)
people disobey
c)
rules
d)
that have been established
13.
Choose the word that is spelled CORRECTLY.
a)
inconvenent
b)
inconvenient
14.
Identify the figure of speech.
The lake behind the cabin was a mirror.
The lake behind the cabin was a mirror.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
15.
He really is unstoppable.
a)
phrase
b)
dependent clause
c)
independent clause
16.
Choose the word that contains a root word which means "pain".
a)
fanciful
b)
insightful
c)
condolence
17.
Choose the word that contains an affix which means "full of".
a)
indolence
b)
insightful
c)
condolence
18.
A comma should NOT go after which word?
Unlike her colleagues Rana was an intense serious nurse who lacked a sense of humor.
Unlike her colleagues Rana was an intense serious nurse who lacked a sense of humor.
a)
Unlike
b)
colleagues
c)
intense
d)
nurse
19.
Choose an antonym for spurn.
a)
punish
b)
ignore
c)
despise
d)
adore
20.
Choose the word with the best connotation to complete the sentence. While I was sick, I ate a pretty bland and ____ diet.
a)
tedious
b)
dull
c)
stuffy
21.
Choose the definition that matches the word rustic as it is used in the sentence. The dents in the pine furniture gave it a rustic charm that fit perfectly in the cabin.
a)
adj. Lacking elegance or polish
b)
n. A country person thought of as simple or crude
c)
adj. Of or relating to country life or people
22.
We were stranded at the airport until my dad came to pick us up.
a)
Simple sentence
b)
Compound Sentence
c)
Complex Sentence
d)
Compound-Complex Sentence
23.
Choose a matching analogy for vaccination: disease.
a)
seatbelts: accidents
b)
alarm: sleep
c)
computers: information
d)
sunblock: burns
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