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SK4 Unit 5-6 Review

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A synonym for arbitrary.

a)

random

b)

thoughtful

c)

rational

d)

reasoned

2.

A synonym for distinction.

a)

similarity

b)

difference

c)

division

d)

variation

3.

A synonym for evolution.

a)

failure

b)

diminish

c)

growth

d)

withering

4.

What does hierarchical mean?

a)

scheduled in order of sequence

b)

layered on top of each other

c)

arranged in a linear manner

d)

arranged in order of rank

5.

What does investigate mean?

a)

carry out research or study to find more information

b)

a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery

c)

a small alteration or movement made to achieve a desired fit

d)

demanding careful consideration or application

6.

Choose the correct forms for the word mature

a)

maturation

b)

immature

c)

maturity

d)

maturenment

7.

Choose the correct forms for the word migration.

a)

emigration

b)

immigration

c)

migrateded

d)

migrateness

8.

Synonym for policy.

a)

strategy

b)

cooperate

c)

slate

d)

set up

9.

Write the word for the following definition:


Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.

(a)  

10.

Write the word for the following definition:


a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility.

(a)  

11.

Write the word for the following definition:


a number or body of persons or animals relocating together.

(a)  

12.

Write a word for the following definition:


complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:

(a)  

13.

A family tree is hierarchical.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

Evolution is the biological change of a species over a few days.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

There is a strong ................. between domestic and international politics.

a)

distinction

b)

hierarchy

c)

migration

d)

evolution

16.

Inversion places the verb before the subject to make the sentence sound more formal.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

seldom, rarely, never are ................ adverbs.

a)

frequency

b)

inverted

c)

parallel

d)

conditional

18.

Choose the inverted sentence:

a)

Never have I understood less about life.

b)

It is very rare for her to be late.

c)

He is difficult to understand.

d)

We live in peculiar times.

19.

Choose the correct inversion for:


The boss has been seldomly so upset.

a)

Seldom has the boss been so upset.

b)

The boss seldomly has been so upset.

c)

Seldomly have the boss been so upset.

20.

This sentence is correct:


So, difficult have science became that only specialists can fathom its complexities.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

The sentence is correct:


Had he understood the problem, he wouldn't have committed those mistakes

a)

true

b)

false

22.

Rewrite the following sentence using the cue and inversion.


I haven't ever felt so lonely. - never

(a)  

23.

Rewrite the following sentence using the cue and inversion.


She didn't play a lot of basketball. - little

(a)  

24.

Rewrite the following sentences using the cue and inversion.


I don't eat pork very often. - seldom

(a)  

25.

Choose the correct synonyms for commence.

a)

start

b)

get the ball rolling

c)

summon

d)

hold

26.

A synonym for diversify

a)

vary

b)

plunge

c)

operate

d)

prosper

27.

'commission' is used correctly here.


The ship cannot sail it is out of commission

a)

true

b)

false

28.

It seems as though ____________ at home, their mother and father could have had an influence on their upbringing.

a)

was the twins raised

b)

had the twins raised

c)

had the twins been raised

d)

had the twins been raising

29.

I’d like to argue that _________________, she would have struggled to make any friends later in life.

a)

would she have gone to school

b)

had she not gone to school

c)

had she gone to school

d)

would she gone to school

30.

He can neither speak (a)   write English.

31.

He _______ ate the cake himself nor allowed others to eat it.

a)

either

b)

neither

32.

You should (a)   meet him nor talk to him.

33.

She can have either tea (a)   coffee.

34.

He ______ washes the clothes himself or asks her to wash them.

a)

either

b)

neither

35.

_______________ in the history books have we seen this kind of burial before.

a)

No one

b)

Nowhere

c)

No sooner

d)

Only

36.

Installing solar ______ are the easiest way to generate renewable energy in your own home.

a)

panels

b)

energy

c)

rays

d)

influences

37.

Select all appropriate synonyms for diversify

a)

expand

b)

transform

c)

overload

d)

approach

38.

The (a)   to finish building this project will be provided by the community.

39.

The ______________ of this project needs to be effortless. When it commences we cannot afford to have any setbacks.

a)

implementation

b)

irrigation

c)

immigration

d)

interpretation

40.

'somewhat' means

a)

a small part of a whole

b)

to some degree but not a large degree

c)

a small amount evolving into a bigger amount

d)

a short time

41.

A parallel structure is a sentence which...

a)

uses the same grammar structure

b)

add emphasis to the beginning of a sentence

c)

inverts two clauses to make your meaning clear

d)

have the same meaning in lists, comparisons, etc.

42.

Which vocabulary word is a synonym for:

vital, essential

(a)  

43.

Distort - to change something so that it is no longer true or accurate

a)

True

b)

False

44.

Choose all the correct forms for:


analogy

a)

analogist

b)

analog

c)

analogous

d)

analogies

45.

to occur at or during the same time.

a)

correspond

b)

collide

c)

coincide

d)

concur

46.

The couple hoped to __________ enough money to make the down payment on a house.

a)

accumulate

b)

evaluate

c)

interpret

d)

intervene

47.

Tom didn't come right out and say so, but he (a)   that I wasn't telling the truth.

48.

evaluate means...

a)

to judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something

b)

to examine a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover the truth

c)

to look at something or someone carefully in order to discover information, especially about their quality or condition

d)

to decide what the intended meaning of something is

49.

evaluate means simply...

a)

deciding the intended meaning

b)

to carefully look at something

c)

examining to find the truth

d)

to judge or determine worth or quality

50.

To create an inverted conditional for unreal past we use...

a)

Were + subject + (not) + past participle

b)

Should + subject + (not) + past participle

c)

Had + subject + (not) + past participle

d)

Have + subject + (not) + past participle

51.

This sentence is an example of what grammar


Had she not helped me I would have been in bad trouble.

a)

Inversion

b)

Parallel Structures: comparison

c)

Inverted conditionals: unreal past

52.

There was no need to __________ a captain as the Pequod already had Captain Ahab as their Captain.

a)

commission

b)

accumulate

c)

consultation

d)

imply

53.

In the book, Moby Dick, Captain Ahab did not show a lot of ________ thought as he was emotional and revengeful about the white whale.

a)

rational

b)

integral

c)

distortion

d)

ignorance

54.

At the beginning of the book, Moby Dick, Elijah _______ that the crew of the Pequod would not return.

a)

implied

b)

interpretation

c)

consulted

d)

distorted

55.

Everyone's i (a)   the book, Moby Dick, differently. This is why it is such a good book to discuss creatively.

56.

You may notice a __________ in the usual shape of your car tires if they do not have enough air in them.

a)

distortion

b)

contradiction

c)

evaluation

d)

intervention

57.

The witness statements __________ each other and the facts remain unclear, they could not come to an agreement.

a)

imply

b)

analogy

c)

contradict

d)

rational

58.

Never have I ever been so insulted!


This is an example of a grammar concept called:

a)

Inversion

b)

Inverted conditionals

c)

Parallel structures

59.

Seldom do we realize that there is a link between the mind and the body.


This is an example of a grammar concept called:

a)

Inversion

b)

Inverted conditionals

c)

Parallel structures

60.

Had we got just one more donation, we’d be on target now.


This is an example of a grammar concept called:

a)

Inversion

b)

Inverted conditionals

c)

Parallel structures

61.

Fill in the correct word to change this sentence in an inverted conditional:


(a)   we not eaten before we arrived, we would have gone hungry.

62.

Hardly had I got into bed when the telephone rang.


This sentence is an example of which grammar:

a)

Inversion

b)

Inverted Conditional

c)

Parallel structure

d)

Inversion Conditions

63.

On no account should you do anything without asking me first.


This is an example of which grammar?

a)

Inversion

b)

Inverted conditional