Pet for Calvin assessment

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

1. The farmer added compost to produce a loamy soil for her crops.

• Poor in quality

• Good for growing

• thick and claylike

• dry and very rocky

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

I can barely tolerate my brother's cooking.

• Give into

• Put up with

• Completely finish

• Highly Recommend

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The puppy wriggled as it tried to lick my face!

• Crawled

• Slept

• Tiptoed

• Twisted

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The living quarters at the old lighthouse were small.

• Changes

• Lamps

• Rooms

• Tents

Read the question. Then choose the best answer.

Which word group is a synonym for tingled in the sentene below?

The back of my head tingled when I heard that I had won the school art competition.

• Ached with pain

• Shook with fright

• Spun with confusion

• Prickled with excitement

Choose the suffix that can be added to the base word to make the stated meaning.

real + ____ = someone who knows what is real

• -ist

• -ize

• -ence

• -ance

Choose the suffix that can be added to the base word to make the stated meaning.

final + ___ = become or make final

• -ist

• -ize

• -ence

• -ance

Choose the suffix that can be added to the base word to make the stated meaning.

violin +___ someone who plays the violin

• -ist

• -ize

• -ence

• -ance

Choose the suffix that can be added to the base word to make the stated meaning.

accept + ___ = the act of accepting

• -ist

• -ance

• -able

• -ize

Which group of words is a synonym for memorized in the sentence below?

Tim and I memorized the words to the poem together.

• without memory

• cannot remember

• to make one remember

• a person who remembers