FRIDAY: Language Quiz

Which word best completes the sentence?

• Instead
• Later
• Although

Are the two underlined words synonyms, antonyms, or homographs?

• synonyms
• antonyms
• homographs

What is the meaning of the underlined idiom?

• The pitcher is burning up.
• The pitcher’s uniform is on fire.
• The pitcher is pitching a great game.

Select the answer choice that BEST combines the sentences below.

• Gina hates green beans and brussels sprouts, but she loves broccoli.
• Gina hates green beans, brussels sprouts, and broccoli.
• Gina loves green beans, brussels sprouts, and broccoli.
• Ew! Gina hates vegetables.

Correct the sentence by adding commas.

• We must clear off the table, gather supplies, and read the directions, before we can perform the experiment.
• We must clear off the table, gather supplies, and, read the directions before we can perform the experiment.
• We must clear off the table gather supplies, and read the directions before we can perform the experiment.
• We must clear off the table, gather supplies, and read the directions before we can perform the experiment.

Identify the pair of correlative conjunctions.

• not/but
• not only/but also
• sat in/broke it
• Goldilocks/Baby Bear

Which titles of works below should be italicized?

• A poem titled The Ghost
• A book of poems titled Spooky Poems
• The Home News Tribune

• The chapter titled Grandpop's Surprise

Which word belongs in the first blank?

• script

• disrupt

• disagree

• subscription

Which word belongs in the second blank?

• script

• disrupt

• disagree

• subscription