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Weekly Language Review 1&2/Root words

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

She swims in the river. Which one is the verb?

a)

Swims

b)

In the river

c)

She

d)

No verb

2.
Fill in the missing word with the correct spelling:
With the sleet, rain and snow the __________was horrible
a)
Weather
b)
Whether
3.
Fill in the missing word with the correct spelling:
__________ we do it or not is up to you.
a)
Whether
b)
Weather
4.

What is the meaning of the root

dict

a)
speak
b)
throw
c)
cut; separate
d)
carry
5.

What is the meaning of the root

miss, mit

a)
send
b)
writing, written
c)
write
d)
believe
6.

What is the meaning of the root

mal, male

a)
bad; abnormal; worse
b)
life
c)
live; life
d)
foot
7.
the literal, dictionary definition of a word
a)
denotation
b)
connotation
c)
etymology
d)
synonym
8.
the emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word
a)
denotation
b)
connotation
c)
etymology
d)
context clues
9.

Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

a)

positive

b)

negative

10.
Choose the word with the positive connotation.
a)
gathering
b)
mob
11.
Xavier secretly admitted to his classmates that Mrs. Walker was his favorite teacher.

What is the antecedent for his?
a)
classmates
b)
Mrs. Walker
c)
teacher
d)
Xavier
12.

There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!

a)

was, are

b)

were, is

c)

were, are 

13.

I knew that he could not see the opening of the door, and I kept pushing on it steadily.

What type of sentence is this?

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

14.

I took my visitors all over the house.

What type of sentence is this?

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

15.

Select what type of sentence the following statement is:

I'm helping my grandma make a quilt.

a)

simple sentence

b)

compound sentence

c)

fragment

d)

run on

16.

Kathy stayed home because she had a fever. Which clause can stand alone?

a)

Kathy stayed home

b)

because she had a fever.

17.

When you have decided please let me know. Does this sentence need a comma?

a)

Yes

b)

No

18.

What struture of sentence contains at least one independent clause and at least one dependent clause?

a)

Simple Sentence

b)

Compound Sentence

c)

Complex Sentence

19.

What struture of sentence contains at least two independent clauses.  These two independent clauses can be combined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction or with a semicolon?

a)

Simple Sentence

b)

Compound Sentence

c)

Complex Sentence

20.

I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.

a)

noun

b)

preposition

c)

adjective

21.

What part of speech is the highlighted word?

If we finish our work quickly we can go to the movies.

a)

verb

b)

conjunction

c)

adverb

22.

What part of speech is the highlighted word:

Oh no! I don't think I'll be home before 6.

a)

interjection

b)

pronoun

c)

preposition

23.

"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

metaphor

24.

Leah looked as pale as a ghost yesterday.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

25.

What is the meaning of the allusion?

Ask me anything; I'm like Google over here.

a)

I can search answers

b)

I know all the answers

c)

I don't know anything

d)

I have some answers