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Allison 5 a day week 9

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does plethora mean

Countless tables held a plethora of food: salads, casseroles, bread and so on. We were all eager to eat and enjoy the great variety of delicious that was set forth.

a)

lots to choose from

b)

nothing at all

c)

tiny amounts

d)

1 thing to choose from

2.

What is the misspelled word

a)

respective

b)

accidentaly

c)

corrode

3.

My mother doesn't have enough time to volunteer at the school.


Add a nonrestrictive element using dashes.

a)

My mother-who-doesn't have enough time to volunteer at the school

b)

My mother-who is 40 years old-doesn't have enough time to volunteer at the school.

c)

My mother /who doesn't love me/ doesn't have enough time to volunteer at the school.

4.

What is the correct pronoun. Identify if its subjective, objective, or possessive. (PICK 2)


Even though ______________ loves school, he was just too sick to attend.

a)

he

b)

him

c)

subjective

d)

objective

e)

possessive

5.

Choose the antonym for optimistic.

a)

bleak

b)

angry

c)

positive

d)

happy

6.

Complete the sentence with an appropriate intensive pronoun.


You don't need to help her because she can do it________.

a)

him

b)

her

c)

his or her

d)

herself

7.

Which of the following could be interpreted.

a)

food

b)

money

c)

time

d)

thoughts

8.

What does the Greek or Latin word circum mean.

a)

around

b)

in space

c)

underground

d)

nowhere

9.

What is the vague pronoun in the sentence. (one word in the sentence)


Nigel and Mario took the twins to the park, and they didn't want to go home.

a)

and

b)

the

c)

they

d)

want

10.

Choose the matching analog.


stone:pebble

a)

Bass : minnow

b)

Car : truck

c)

Lion : cheetah

d)

Dictionary : novel

11.

Choose the best connotation word that best fits the sentence.


I hate arguing with Sam, he is just so ___________.

a)

stubborn

b)

determined

12.

Identify the correct figure of speech.


The dust storm swallowed the small desert town, covering everything in a layer of dirt.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

irony

e)

hyperbole

13.

Sort the words PERSUADE and BRAINWASH based on their connotation.

a)

+ persuade - brainwash

b)

+ brainwash - persuade

14.

Not typical, average, or normal "ab"

a)

absent

b)

abnormal

c)

abstract

d)

absentee

15.

Choose the synonym for pursue.

a)

regress

b)

contact

c)

rearrange

d)

chase

16.

What is the incorrect pronoun shift. What is the correct pronoun shift. (PICK 2)


In order to stay warm, the baby rabbits cuddled with her mother.

a)

incorrect= her

b)

incorrect= the

c)

correct= THEIR

d)

correct= THESE

17.

What is the base or root of the word inaccurately

a)

in

b)

accurate

c)

ly

18.

Rewrite using a possessive noun.


The brooms of the witches.

a)

The witches' brooms

b)

The witches broom's

c)

The witche's broom's

d)

The witches brooms

19.

Identify the type of sentence.


There was a beautiful rainbow after the storm passed.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

20.

What definition matches the sentence below.

Superior


Gale was told to report to her superior as soon as she arrived at work.

a)

excellent of its kind

b)

higher in quality, position, or rank

c)

A person of higher rank