WorksheetsELA 8 Quiz - March 23, 2018
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 9mins
Tending to believe too easily; easily convinced; easily fooled
creditor
incredible
credulous
According the group's ________
no one could come into the building without a password
credit
credential
creed
Not real or genuine;
false
credible
Fear of being in a closed or confined space
phobia
credulous
claustrophobic
This is a verb. To make something wrong; try to make people believe a lie
fallacy
falsify
extremely strong dislike or fear of something
fallacy
falsify
phobia
a lie; a mistaken idea; a wrong belief (noun)
fallacy
false
falsify
an idea or set of beliefs that guides the actions of a person
phobia
creed
credulous
(adj) No doubt; convinced; sure
creed
credulous
certain
Too easily fooled; ready to believe something without investigation
false
fallacy
credulous
(adj) To be able to believe; reasonable to trust or believe
creed
fallacy
credible
(n) The belief that something is true or real.
credence
falsify
Not real or genuine; used to say that something is not really what it seems to be; not true or accurate
False
Creed
To make something false; to change something in order to make people believe that something is not true
Falsify
Fallacy
Too ready to believe things; easily fooled or cheated
Credulous
Credence
A fallacy is
the correct answer
something you can trust
a wrong belief; a false or mistaken idea
Falsify means
to make something false on purpose
a wrong belief; a false or mistaken idea
believe, sure, trust
The best word to describe Charlie Brown in this image is
fallacy
credence
credulous
There is no hiding my _____________ of snakes; I scream even if I just see a picture of one.
phobia
creed
false
claustrophobia
It is illegal to _____________ any information in a police report; it is important to provide only honest and true information.
credible
falsify
credulous
phobia
The theory of evolution holds much ___________ in the scientific community because it is supported by a lot of evidence.
credence
credible
creed
incredible
I respect her _________ even though I don't share the same religious beliefs or ideas.
claustrophobia
fallacy
creed
credible
The actress wore ___________ eyelashes and fingernails to look more like her character.
credible
false
fallacy
credence
A synonym for credulous:
gullible
silly
immature
skeptical
A claustrophobic person would probably avoid:
camping or hiking trips
running outdoors in a park
taking an elevator
eating unfamiliar foods
Choose an antonym for credible:
trustworthy
believable
deceptive
painful
A fallacy:
can be proven with evidence through scientific exploration
is a fact that is accepted by many people
is a way of conducting experiments in science class
a mistaken idea that has no evidence to support it
exhausted : __________ :: certain : positive
weary
forgetful
energized
persistent
Which word is spelled incorrectly?
casual
render
beleive
Choose the correct pronoun for the following sentence:
(They, Them) need a ride to school.
They
Them
Choose the correct pronoun for the following sentence:
Because Jane and Adam needed a ride to school, we offered to take (they, them).
they
them
Complete the sentence with an appropriate intensive pronoun:
The teacher graded the tests ___________.
herself
him
it
yourselves
Which of the following can a person donate? (choose two)
time
memory
teachers
money
The following sentence contains a vague pronoun. Choose the sentence that corrects this error:
My dinner last night included steak, potato, and ice cream; and it was chocolate.
My dinner last night included chocolate steak, potato, and ice cream.
My dinner last night included steak, potato, and chocolate ice cream.
My dinner last night included a potato and steak.
Identify the correct figure of speech:
The police station was robbed.
Irony
Simile
Personification
The following sentence contains a pronoun shift. Choose the answer that contains the correct way to write the sentence:
It is important for students to have paper and a pencil before I go to class.
It is important for students to have paper and a pencil before you go to class.
It is important for students to have paper and a pencil before themselves go to class.
It is important for students to have paper and a pencil before they go to class.
It is important for students to have paper and a pencil before them go to class.
Choose the correct possessive noun for the following:
the employees of the bank
the banks' employees
the banks's employees
the bankses' employees
the bank's employees
Choose the antonym for patient:
agitated
calm
weak
relaxed
