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WorksheetsMayle 5-A-day Week 7
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 11mins
The storm had passed, and the sea grew calm. After hours of floundering, our small boat had survived. I never thought our little vessel would hold up to the tossing and trashing of the unforgiving ocean.
Floundering means:
Material for making flounces.
Struggling in a helpless way or clumsy.
Something working perfecly
Struggling
The correct spelling for greatful is:
Greatfull
Graetful
Gratfule
Grateful
Rewrite the sentence adding a nonrestrictive element using commas.
Travis's pizzeria serves the best New York style pizza.
Travis's pizzeria, which the building is 12 years old, serves the best New York style pizza.
Travis's pizzeria-which I love- serves the best New York style pizza.
Travis's pizzeria which the building is 12 years old serves the best New York style pizza.
Travis's pizzeria is good.
Circle the pronoun for the sentence. Identify if it is subjective, objective, or possessive. Did you enter (your, mine) dog in the ugliest pet contest.
possessive
mine
objective
your
subjective
Choose the antonym for: deteriorate
agree
improve
decay
ruins
Complete the sentence with an appropriate intensive pronoun. All of you will need to raise the money.
themselves
by your selves
yourselves
himself
Which of the following are minute?
A one-celled organism
a speck of dust
a grain of salt
an organelle
A huge wall
What does chrom mean and list one word that contains the Greek or Latin root/affix.
chromatic
coler
car
color
Find the vague pronoun. Then rewrite the sentence so the meaning is clear. Chen told her sister that she really liked her new shoes
Chen told her sister that I really liked her shoes.
Chen told her sister that she really liked her sister's new shoes.
Chen told her sister that she really like your new shoes.
Chen told her sister that she really liked her new shoes.
Choose a matching analogy.
Pecan:nut
hill:mountain
river:lake
sport:soccer
helicopter:aircraft
Choose the word with the best connotation that best fits the sentence.
It is important to have (confidence, arrogance) when being interviewed for a job.
confidence
arrogance
Identify the figure of speech. The fall leaves were whispering in the wind.
Simile
irony
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
What is the positive denotation for to be of slight build
slender
scrawny
Select the negative denotation for to be of slight build.
Scrawny
Slender
What word, related to the Greek or Latin root/affix, is defined below.
"dia"
A straight line through a figure from one corner to another.
diagram
dial
diagonal
diameter
Choose the synonym for: absurd
flimsy
senseless
abundant
horrid
Find the incorrect pronoun shift. Rewrite the sentence correctly. I applied ointment to my cuts so it would heal.
I applied ointment to my cuts so my cuts would heal.
I applied ointment to my cuts so they would heal.
I applied ointment to my cuts so them would heal.
What is the base or root for the word unmerciful.
merci
ful
un
mercy
Rewrite using a possessive noun. The sculptures of the artists.
The sculptures artists
The artist's sculptures
The artists' sculptures
The sculptures' artists
Identify the type of sentence. Miranda and Caleb knead and roll out the pizza dough.
Compound
Simple
Complex
What is the suffix for the word unmerciful
un
ful
merci
mercy
Find the definition that matches the word used in the sentence below the word is remote.
Having never played a sport in my life, I knew I had a remote chance of making the team.
Controlled indirectly or from a distance
Far away in time or space
Slight or faint
What is the prefix for the word unmerciful
ful
un
merci
mercy
