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Worksheets6TH GRADE 5-A-DAY LANGUAGE WEEK 6
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
My mother is an expert at handling our busy household. She is skilled at making changes at a moment's notice and handles many details. Thanks to her, our family doesn't find life to be hectic at all. What does hectic mean?
a)
The qualities that make a person or place different or special
b)
To separate from the rest of the group
c)
Busy; crazy; stressful; many events occurring at once
2.
Choose the CORRECTLY spelled word.
a)
category
b)
catagory
3.
Choose the nonrestrictive element. His sisters -Jamie, Erin, and Tina- played basketball in high school.
a)
His sisters
b)
Jamie, Erin, and Tina
c)
played basketball
d)
in high school.
4.
Choose the correct pronoun.
Erin and (me, I) are going to the movies.
Erin and (me, I) are going to the movies.
a)
me
b)
I
5.
Identify the type of pronoun.
Erin and I are going to the movies.
Erin and I are going to the movies.
a)
subjective
b)
objective
c)
possessive
6.
Choose an antonym for bland.
a)
smooth
b)
delicious
c)
spicy
d)
plain
7.
Choose an intensive pronoun to complete the sentence. The team planned the trip _____.
a)
himself
b)
herself
c)
itself
d)
themselves
8.
Choose which one could be tentative.
a)
a suggestion
b)
your birth date
c)
a date on the calendar
9.
Which Greek or Latin root/affix means "self; directed from within"?
a)
calc
b)
fore
c)
auto
d)
astr
10.
Choose the vague pronoun. Daisy picked up my sister after she finished practice.
a)
Daisy
b)
my
c)
sister
d)
she
11.
Choose a matching analogy for verse: song.
a)
sock: coat
b)
engine: car
c)
mop: broom
d)
store: bank
12.
Choose the word with the connotation that best fits the sentence. My ____ book bag fell apart after only 3 weeks.
a)
inexpensive
b)
cheap
13.
Identify the figure of speech. The Olympic swimmer drowned while on vacation in Hawaii.
a)
hyperbole
b)
irony
c)
personification
d)
metaphor
14.
Choose the word with a NEGATIVE connotation for "to be interested."
a)
nosey
b)
inquisitive
15.
Choose the word with a POSITIVE connotation for "to be interested."
a)
nosey
b)
inquisitive
16.
Which word means "To separate from the rest of the group"?
a)
inquisitive
b)
inexpensive
c)
tentative
d)
segregate
17.
Which word is related to the Greek or Latin root/affix "se"?
a)
inquisitive
b)
inexpensive
c)
tentative
d)
segregate
18.
Choose the synonym for prosper.
a)
succeed
b)
assemble
c)
wealthy
d)
fail
19.
Choose the incorrect pronoun shift. Every man, woman, and child wore their hats at the park.
a)
man
b)
woman
c)
child
d)
their
20.
Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence. Every man, woman, and child wore ____ hats at the park.
a)
their
b)
his
c)
her
d)
his or her
21.
Choose the base or root word for disapproving.
a)
dis
b)
approve
c)
ing
22.
Choose the suffix for disapproving.
a)
dis
b)
approve
c)
ing
23.
Choose the prefix for disapproving.
a)
dis
b)
approve
c)
ing
24.
Rewrite using a possessive noun. the books of the men
a)
the mans' books
b)
the men's books
c)
the mens's books
25.
Identify the type of sentence. You are welcome to swim in our pool, but the water is cold.
a)
Simple
b)
Compound
c)
Complex
26.
Choose the definition that matches the word character used in the sentence. Spencer's support during my illness shows his true character.
a)
n. A person in a story, movie, or play.
b)
n. The qualities that make a person or place different or special.
c)
A letter or symbol used in writing or printing.
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