2023 4th Nine Weeks Warm-up Quiz 1

Identify the verb mood in the sentence: Find the missing jewelry from the safe.

• indicative
• imperative
• interrogative
• conditional

Choose the synonym for the following word: infallible

• imperfect
• coarse
• common
• foolproof

Choose a matching analogy for folktale: traditional

• illness: curable
• punishment: evil
• breeze: refreshing
• epidemic: extensive

Identify the type and function of the verbal: Sarah took an hour to prepare the meal for us.

• infinitive/noun
• infinitive/adjective
• gerund/noun
• participle/adjective

What should you include in a claim?

• the opposite side
• two reasons to support my side
• background information
• evidence

Christina's parents _______her to the boy in the neighboring village.

• abdicated
• betrothed
• emitted
• purged

The desert is _______; hardly anything can survive in its heat.

• rife
• rotund
• torrid
• dauntless

The king agreed to _______ and retire in favor of the next in line for the throne.

• abdicate
• betroth
• emit
• plummet

The satellite ________ into the ocean.

• betrothed
• abdicated
• emitted
• plummeted

The _______ knight decided to do battle with the dragon within its own lair, fearing neither its flame nor its fang.

• dauntless
• rife
• rotund
• torrid