Worksheets7th Grade 5-A-Day: Week 9
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Rewrite the sentence without the dangling or misplaced modifier.
Having forgotten my jacket, I was freezing cold at school.
I forgot my jacket on the clod night.
Because I had forgotten my jacket, I was freezing cold at school.
The Artic Circle is cold, bring your jacket.
My jacket is super fluffy.
Choose the sentence that correctly uses one of the following words: flippant, playful, disrespectful.
She made a flippant remark during the meeting.
He ran disrespectfully to the store.
The sky is flippant blue today.
They cried during the playful meal.
Use the context clues that help you understand what mire means.
After the torrential rainfall, the dirt roads quickly turned into deep mire. Even the tractors with
their giant tires were unable to sludge their way through.
heavy mud
torrential rainfall
big trucks
dirt roads
Choose the antonym for the following word: tolerable
unacceptable
common
unique
bearable
dysphoria= prefix: ______base or root:_________ suffix:_____
dysp-hor-ia
dy-spho-ria
dys-phor-ia
dys-ph-oria
Simplify the sentence by eliminating any wordiness or redundancies. While the date is not certain yet, we are tentatively planning to have picnic on September 12.
The picnic is tentatively planned for September 12.
We are planning to have a picnic on September 12, but the date is not certain yet.
The picnic is planned for September 12, but it may change.
We are not sure about the date, but the picnic is on September 12.
Choose the misspelled word.
ordinarily
violation
resistance
sincerley
Which of the following is an example of personification?
The wind whispered through the trees.
The car is ripe ruby red.
The sun burning hot.
The dog barked like a seal.
What is personification?
It describes something by comparing it to something else.
human qualities to non human things
repetition
uses like or as
Is the following a phrase or a clause? If it is a clause, indicate if it is independent or dependent.
After she came over
dependent clause
independent clause
phrase
prepositional phrase
What is the defination for: emit
To send out or to send outside / To throw or give off or out, to send out
To receive inside or to take in
To move above or to express feelings outwardly
To hold under or to keep inside
A lull in life...
will overwhelm you.
is unpleasant and nerve-wracking.
should be avoided at all costs.
gives you a chance to catch your breath.
Add commas where needed to the sentence below. The abandoned hospital looked ominous almost sinister.
The abandoned hospital looked ominous, almost sinister.
The abandoned hospital, looked ominous almost sinister.
The abandoned hospital looked, ominous almost sinister.
The abandoned hospital looked ominous almost, sinister.
Choose the synonym for the following word: furtive
sneaky
deception
risky
honest
Select a word that has the best connotation to complete this sentence.
Even though Chris knew his mom was expecting a serious answer, he responded with a _______ remark.
sarcastic
thoughtful
lengthy
polite
Identify if the adjectives in the text below are coordinate. If they are coordinate adjectives, add a comma. If they are not coordinate adjectives, label them n/c for “non-coordinate.”
The sweet bubbling soda was such a treat.
n/c
The sweet, bubbling soda was such a treat.
The sweet bubbling soda, was such a treat.
The sweet bubbling soda was such, a treat.
Choose the definition that matches the word used in the sentence below.
breach
Using a battering ram, the officers created a breach in the solid wood door.
n. An opening made by battering; a breaking
v. To break through
v. To fail to keep; to break
Identify if the following sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
We will wait to walk to the park, for it is too hot to go right now.
Compound
Simple
Complex
Compound-Complex
Choose a matching analogy. caustic : burning
gentle : placid
frank : evasive
assertive : meek
glib : shy
