Warm-up 6-1

Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive pronoun. "The car belongs to me, and everything in it is ______ too."

• mine

• yours

• his

• hers

Which pronoun would correct the sentence? "Doctors work long hours, but you get paid well."

• they

• we

• I

• she

What is the meaning of the underlined word? "The temperature plummeted overnight. We got 6 inches of snow."

• rose slowly

• stayed the same

• dropped quickly

• increased rapidly

Rewrite the sentence using standard English conventions: "You was already here once."

• You were already here once.

• You is already here once.

• You are already here once.

• You be already here once.

Rewrite the sentence below by using an adverb to start the sentence. "The turtle walked across the yard."

• The turtle walked the yard.

• Slowly, the turtle walked across the yard.

• A happy turtle walked across the yard.

• Loudly, the turtle walked across the yard.

Replace the underlined word with the correct intensive pronoun. "We themselves organized the party."

• ourselves

• myself

• yourself

• themselves

Which word is spelled correctly?

• forcast

• forecast

• tourcast

• tourecast

What is the meaning of the underlined word? "I took copious notes during the lesson so I would be able to study later."

• A small amount

• A plentiful amount

• A confusing amount

• A minimal amount

Which word below has the most negative connotation?

• shelter

• home

• shack

• house

Rewrite the sentence below by using a verb to start the sentence. "I got two hours of exercise by playing volleyball."

• Playing volleyball gave me two hours of exercise.

• Being able to exercise, gave me two hours of volleyball.

• Volleyball gave me two hours of playing.

• Two hours of exercise gave me volleyball.