5-A-Day Language Review: Week 16 MONDAY

Identify the type and the function of the verbal used: The burning campfire lit up the night’s sky.

(You should have two boxes checked)

• Type: infinitive

• Type: gerund

• Function: adjective

• Function: noun

• Type: participle

Identify the type of connotation for the words: exaggerate, embellish, distort (-, +, 0).

Select a word from above that has the best connotation to complete this sentence. He is known to _______ his stories with interesting details that are not always accurate. (exaggerate, embellish, distort)

What does acrid mean as used in this passage? It was smoke! A stream of acrid smoke was coming from under my door, burning my eyes and nose. As my parents had taught me to do, I opened the window, crawled to the lowest point of the roof, and dropped safely to the ground.

Choose the synonym for the following word: disdain.

• contempt

• admiration

• favor

• envy

Choose yellow.

• yellow
• red
• green
• blue