5-A-Day Week 3 Practice

What does the word "acclaim" mean?

• Criticism

• Praise

• Silence

• Failure

Which word is misspelled?

• resourceful

• definitly

• exercise

• All are correct

Rewrite the sentence adding a nonrestrictive element using dashes.

Even simple tasks were difficult to complete when I broke my arm.

What pronoun should be used to complete the sentence: "The referees made (theirs, their) decision about the final play."?

• theirs

• their

What type of pronoun is used in the sentence: "The referees made (theirs, their) decision about the final play."?

• subjective

• possessive

What is the antonym for "insert"?

• import

• export

• support

• extract

Which intensive pronoun correctly completes the sentence: "The parrot opened its cage door _____ and flew away."?

• itself

• themselves

• ourselves

• himself

Which of the following can be "detained"?

• a passenger

• a suspect in a crime

• a traveler

• a vacation

What is the Greek or Latin root/affix for "stone"?

• geo

• hydro

• calc

• bio

Identify the vague pronoun in the sentence: "Even though the car backed into the wall, it was not damaged."

• the car

• into

• it

• wall