Middle School English Praxis

Find the error in the sentence below: I have been riding my bike every single day for two weeks my bike is purple and fast.

• Instead writing "two", they should have said "2"

• They should have ended the sentence with an exclamation point.

• The sentence is missing a comma after "two weeks".

• The sentence has no errors!

Words that describe nouns, like "beautiful", "fluffy" and "round" are known as what?

• Exaggerations

• Descriptions

• Adjectives

• Noun-Describers

Which option is correct?

• Its so cool!

• It's so cool!

Which is correct?

• I'd rather see the scary movie than the comedy flick.

• I'd rather see the scary movie then the comedy flick.

Which word means "to make better or more tolerable"?

• Exacerbate

• Mitigate

• Procrastinate

• Exaggerate

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening;

• ominous

• foreboding

• morose

• mood

What does the word "analyze" mean?

• To ignore the details

• To examine something in detail

• To guess without evidence

• To make something simpler

Choose the word that means "to give up a position, right, or power":

• Abdicate

• Accumulate

• Associate

• Allocate

Which word means "to make someone feel embarrassed or ashamed"?

• Humiliate

• Elevate

• Celebrate

• Imitate

Which of the following words means "to make something worse"?

• Alleviate

• Aggravate

• Ameliorate

• Accelerate