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Mayle 5-A-day Week 7

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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:

a)

Material for making flounces.

b)

Struggling in a helpless way or clumsy.

c)

Something working perfecly

d)

Struggling

2.

The correct spelling for greatful is:

a)

Greatfull

b)

Graetful

c)

Gratfule

d)

Grateful

3.

Rewrite the sentence adding a nonrestrictive element using commas.

Travis's pizzeria serves the best New York style pizza.

a)

Travis's pizzeria, which the building is 12 years old, serves the best New York style pizza.

b)

Travis's pizzeria-which I love- serves the best New York style pizza.

c)

Travis's pizzeria which the building is 12 years old serves the best New York style pizza.

d)

Travis's pizzeria is good.

4.

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.

a)

possessive

b)

mine

c)

objective

d)

your

e)

subjective

5.

Choose the antonym for: deteriorate

a)

agree

b)

improve

c)

decay

d)

ruins

6.

Complete the sentence with an appropriate intensive pronoun. All of you will need to raise the money.

a)

themselves

b)

by your selves

c)

yourselves

d)

himself

7.

Which of the following are minute?

a)

A one-celled organism

b)

a speck of dust

c)

a grain of salt

d)

an organelle

e)

A huge wall

8.

What does chrom mean and list one word that contains the Greek or Latin root/affix.

a)

chromatic

b)

coler

c)

car

d)

color

9.

Find the vague pronoun. Then rewrite the sentence so the meaning is clear. Chen told her sister that she really liked her new shoes

a)

Chen told her sister that I really liked her shoes.

b)

Chen told her sister that she really liked her sister's new shoes.

c)

Chen told her sister that she really like your new shoes.

d)

Chen told her sister that she really liked her new shoes.

10.

Choose a matching analogy.

Pecan:nut

a)

hill:mountain

b)

river:lake

c)

sport:soccer

d)

helicopter:aircraft

11.

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.

a)

confidence

b)

arrogance

12.

Identify the figure of speech. The fall leaves were whispering in the wind.

a)

Simile

b)

irony

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

e)

hyperbole

13.

What is the positive denotation for to be of slight build

a)

slender

b)

scrawny

14.

Select the negative denotation for to be of slight build.

a)

Scrawny

b)

Slender

15.

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.

a)

diagram

b)

dial

c)

diagonal

d)

diameter

16.

Choose the synonym for: absurd

a)

flimsy

b)

senseless

c)

abundant

d)

horrid

17.

Find the incorrect pronoun shift. Rewrite the sentence correctly. I applied ointment to my cuts so it would heal.

a)

I applied ointment to my cuts so my cuts would heal.

b)

I applied ointment to my cuts so they would heal.

c)

I applied ointment to my cuts so them would heal.

18.

What is the base or root for the word unmerciful.

a)

merci

b)

ful

c)

un

d)

mercy

19.

Rewrite using a possessive noun. The sculptures of the artists.

a)

The sculptures artists

b)

The artist's sculptures

c)

The artists' sculptures

d)

The sculptures' artists

20.

Identify the type of sentence. Miranda and Caleb knead and roll out the pizza dough.

a)

Compound

b)

Simple

c)

Complex

21.

What is the suffix for the word unmerciful

a)

un

b)

ful

c)

merci

d)

mercy

22.

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.

a)

Controlled indirectly or from a distance

b)

Far away in time or space

c)

Slight or faint

23.

What is the prefix for the word unmerciful

a)

ful

b)

un

c)

merci

d)

mercy