Word Analysis Winter Review

Which word in the sentence is a compound word?

Henry bought a striped bathrobe at a neighborhood store.

• striped

• bathrobe

• neighborhood

• store

Answer explanation

striped - does not have TWO words

Bathrobe = bath + robe

neighborhood= not a compound word

Store - does not have TWO words

Choose the word in which the suffix -or means the same as it does in the underlined word.

The visitor left her coat in the office.

• equator

• motor

• educator

• floor

Answer explanation

Equator - no suffix, just how this word is spelled

motor - no suffix, just how this word is spelled

educator - YES, it means "someone who educates"

floor- nope!

SPELLING / WRITING !

Which word correctly replaces the underlined phrase?

He spelled the last word in a perfect way and won the spelling bee!

• perfection

• perfectly

• imperfect

• perfectionist

Which word has both a prefix and a suffix?

• nonconformist

• usefullness

• untied

• comfortable

Which prefix should be added to the underlined word to make it mean "not connected"?

Is the television connected?

• in-

• mis-

• re-

• dis-

Complete the sentence with the word that has a prefix.

We need to ___________ our vacation plans.

• view

• review

• cancel

• modify

Which word is related to the underlined word?

The editor apologized for the incorrect information in the newspaper article.

• corn

• recently

• connect

• correction

Choose the answer that shows how to divide the underlined word into syllables.

Eating turkey on Thanksgiving is an American tradition.

• trad | it | ion

• tra | dition

• tra | di | tion

• trad | ition

What is the meaning of press as it is used in the sentence?

Press the button to turn on the TV.

• people who report the news

• to crowd

• make smooth or flatten

• push with steady force

Which word is an antonym for the underlined word?

That was the best movie I ever saw!

• worst

• greatest

• longest

• funniest