WorksheetsRenStar Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 32mins
John showed me the LARGEST tree in town.
What's is another word for "largest"
hardest
oldest
little
biggest
After the children went to sleep, the house was quiet and ______.
fortunate
peaceful
lively
awkward
After Dora plays ball all afternoon, her feet ache.
Ache means that her feet ____.
are sore
feel light
fall asleep
goodnight
Because of her interest in animals, Liz decided to study _____ medicine
illegible
clerical
brilligerent
veterinary
The silence was pierced by the siren's ____ sound.
solemn
husky
dangerous
shrill
The lawyer won her case because the judge found her arguments very _____.
plausible
belated
stagnant
marketable
The congresswoman strongly believed schools needed more support, and she was _____ in her opinion
sensory
adamant
portly
refined
Sandra likes antique furniture, but I prefer a more ______ style.
enviable
obstinate
optimistic
contemporary
Although Mike's explanation sounded far-fetched, his sincere tone made it seem _______.
amenable
pretentious
dissonant
credible
Before I enter the school's art contest, I will study the _____ guidelines carefully.
fraudulent
stringent
unworldly
savory
After the wrestling match, we were pretty _____.
elliptical
precarious
contortion
disheveled
His many mistakes made it all too clear that he was _____.
succulent
fallible
uxorious
omniscient
The actor never traveled without his ____ of friends and relatives.
entourage
intransigence
itinerant
milieu
In effort to retrieve long-overdue books, many libraries offer occasional periods of amnesty to patrons.
What is amnesty?
an opportunity to negotiate better terms
a pardon granted to a large group of people
a forum for discussing issues of concern
The largest diamond in the exhibition was _________ in size and beauty.
unparalleled
metamorphic
disconsolate
Specific conditions must be met for a plant or animal to fossilize. For example, almost no fossil record exists for jellyfish or worms. This is because soft tissues were rarely preserved, but hard tissues, like bones and shells, fossilized much more frequently. Also, while fossils can form in a number of ways, most are formed when a plant or animal dies in a watery environment and is buried in mud and silt. Plants and water creatures are thus more often fossilized than land creatures.
Which fact likely contributed most to limiting the number of fossils of land creatures?
Soft tissues were rarely preserved.
Most land creatures probably died away from watery environments where they would be covered in silt.
Paul received an email from the library saying a book he'd borrowed was late. he couldn't find it anywhere and was starting to get worried. At dinner, Paul's little brother said, "I'm reading a book about a mysterious old house." The book sounded suspiciously familiar. It turned out Paul's brother had the book all along.
What's the best summary of the story?
Both Paul and his little brother enjoy checking out books from the library.
Paul can't find his library book and finds out his little brother has been reading it.
The library sends emails to remind people about late books.
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What source could be useful for a report about space?
a website called "The Solar System" by a NASA scientist
a blog by a student that likes space
a story called "Up and Away" about a fictional astronaut
Gia pushed aside the cobwebs and looked around the dimly lit space. She had never been in her grandmother's attic before. She was excited about having the opportunity to explore it. Gia opened a trunk and pulled out a stack of letters and postcards. The letters were from Grandpa, written when he was in France. There were three blank postcards from Texas. Gia wondered if her grandmother had bought the cards herself.
What is the setting of the story?
the attic
Texas
France
What is a pun?
The most important factor underlying every investment decision
Use all the senses to make images as vivid and detailed as possible
a fun play on words
What is silt?
damage or weaken (someone or something)
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old-fashioned or obsolete
A mixture of rich soil (dirt) and tiny rocks
"THEY ARE LIKE HUGE WRITHING BEASTS, GROWLING AND ROARING THROUGH THE NIGHT."
What does the simile tell the reader about the storms' unusually powerful lightning?
It gives a vivid sense of what it's like to experience the storms.
making twisting or turning motions
a fun play on words
The following lines are from "Sonnet 73," by William Shakespeare:
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang
These lines contain a metaphor describing the narrator in the poem.
The narrator looks forward to the beauty and quiet that come after the warm days of summer.
The narrator has realized that the end of life is near and the period of growth and vitality is gone.
The narrator has done something wrong and is expecting to be discovered and punished.
Having already wasted millions on the project, Congress will not ________ further funds to it.
allocate
emanate
habituate
Where is the PREFIX
end of a word
beginning of a word
not in a word
What is the prefix meaning of un-?
together
same
not
What is the prefix meaning of sub-?
here
same
under
Where is the SUFFIX?
a word together
beginning of a word
end of a word
What is the prefix meaning of mis-?
correctly
together
wrongly
What is the meaning of com-?
together, with
away
aprt
