Bellringer Week 5 Quiz

What is the definition of the prefixes "Anti-" and "Contra-"?

What is the definition of the prefix "In-"?

• Out, away, not

• In, into, not

• Over, above, not

• Under, below, not

Which sentence uses a word with the prefix "in-" to mean "not"?

• They inscribed their names on the wall.

• His actions were inappropriate.

• The influx of people was surprising.

• She injected the medicine carefully.

Which of the following is a pronoun?

• Soccer

• Friend

• We

• Gym

WE is a ________________ pronoun.

What is the nonessential element in the sentence below:

My brother, who is afraid of heights, refused to climb the rock wall.

• My brother

• who is afraid of heights

• refused to climb

• the rock wall

Add parenthesis where needed to set off nonessential elements.

The car which was painted bright orange sped past us.

• (The car) which was painted bright orange sped past us.

• The (car which was painted bright orange) sped past us.

• The car (which was painted bright orange) sped past us.

• The car which was painted bright orange (sped past us.)

Which sentence shows the correct use of a possessive noun?

• The girls’ backpacks were all the same color.

• The girls backpacks were all the same color.

• The backpack’s of the girls were all the same color.

What is the pronoun in the sentence:

They wanted to go hiking, but then started raining.

What is the conjunction in the sentence:

They wanted to go on a hike, but it started to rain.