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6th Grade 5-A-Day: Week 5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Use context clues to understand what rustic means.

The cabin was furnished with rustic, hand-carved furniture. The pine chairs wobbled and squeaked when you sat on them, and the table was covered in knots.

a)

simple or rural

b)

modern and shiny

c)

expensive and luxurious

d)

fragile and delicate

2.

Choose the misspelled word.

a)

excede

b)

impede

c)

modest

d)

resist

3.

Choose the correct way to rewrite the sentence by adding a nonrestrictive element using parentheses. Our car broke down on the freeway.

a)

Our car (which is red) broke down on the freeway.

b)

Our car broke down (on the freeway).

c)

Our car broke (down) on the freeway.

d)

Our (car) broke down on the freeway.

4.

Choose the correct pronoun for the sentence. Identify if it is objective or possessive.

The coach is teaching Mark and (I, me) how to pitch.

a)

I- objective

b)

me - objective

c)

I- possessive

d)

me - possessive

5.

Choose the synonym for: scatter

a)

disperse

b)

cluster

c)

destroy

d)

organized

6.

Complete the sentence with an appropriate intensive pronoun. My grandfather built this house __________ in 1956.

a)

himself

b)

him

c)

his

d)

he

7.

An elusive creature...

a)

is unable to defend itself.

b)

is difficult to find.

c)

is easy to catch.

d)

is aggressive.

8.

Write the meaning of the Greek or Latin root/affix. cand - __________

a)

cut

b)

shine

c)

write

d)

carry

9.

Which word in the sentence is a vague pronoun?

The students meet the teachers and they brought books with them.

a)

students

b)

teachers

c)

they

d)

them

10.

Choose a matching analogy. atrocious : bad

a)

amazing : dull

b)

critical : strange

c)

thunderous : loud

d)

calm : fun

11.

Choose the word with the connotation that best fits the sentence. Jared puts his nervous patients at ease because he is (chatty, conversational).

a)

chatty

b)

conversational

12.

Which of the following sentences uses a simile?

a)

Her smile was as bright as the sun.

b)

He ran quickly to the store.

c)

The cat slept on the windowsill.

d)

She read a book quietly.

13.

Find a positive and negative word for the denotation below. Denotation: "to be older"

a)

Positive: mature; Negative: old

b)

Positive: young; Negative: wise

c)

Positive: childish; Negative: experienced

d)

Positive: ancient; Negative: youthful

14.

Based on the word periscope, what is the meaning of the Greek or Latin root/affix peri?

a)

center, middle

b)

vision, sight

c)

examine

d)

around, enclosing

15.

Choose the antonym for: deposit

a)

place

b)

withdraw

c)

composite

d)

compensate

16.

Which of the following sentences contains an incorrect pronoun shift?

a)

If a student wants to succeed, they must study hard.

b)

If a person wants to succeed, he must study hard.

c)

If students want to succeed, they must study hard.

d)

If a person wants to succeed, they must study hard.

17.

unproductive ➔ prefix: ______ base or root: _______________ suffix: ______

a)

unpro-duct-ive

b)

un-pro-ductive

c)

un-product-ive

d)

un-produ-ctive

18.

Choose the correct possessive noun.

The dogs of the man ➔ ____________________________

a)

the man's dogs

b)

the dogs man's

c)

the man dogs'

d)

the dogs of man's

19.

Identify the type of sentence. You can water the garden once the soil becomes dry.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

complex

20.

Circle the definition that matches the word used in the sentence below.

Lure = The mermaid tried to lure the sailor into the deep ocean using gold.

a)

v. To attempt to attract with the promise of something good

b)

n. Something that attracts

c)

n. Artificial bait used for fishing