Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Word
Analysis—Contextual Meaning and Vocabulary--RIT 181 - 190
Which sentence does not use the
word meat or meet correctly?
a. | We cooked the meat on the barbecue
grill. | c. | He doesn’t like to eat
meet. | b. | Please meet us for ice cream. | d. | Sally fed her dog some meat. |
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The new puppies were playing in
the yard. The black one scampered around while the white one tried to catch
him.
In this sentence, the word
scampered means:
a. | scurried | c. | strolled | b. | dog | d. | walked |
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Which sentence uses an
underlined saying correctly?
a. | She was really in a fix when she forgot to do her
homework. | c. | We were in a
mix-up when we stirred the
pancake batter. | b. | A fire in the backyard is a backfire. | d. | She was very cold when she chilled out. |
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Kathy wore a
colorful costume to the
Halloween party.
What is a synonym for colorful?
a. | dull | c. | bright | b. | gloomy | d. | dress |
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As we were walking through the
forest we saw many beautiful wildflowers. We decided to pick some of them to take home so our
pleasure would
continue.
What is the meaning of pleasure?
a. | frustration | c. | blossom | b. | depression | d. | enjoyment |
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Word Analysis—Word
Components--RIT 181 - 190
Identify the root (base) word in
transformation.
a. | form | c. | formation | b. | transform | d. | tion |
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Read the sentence and choose
the correct prefix.
We went
shopping last night at our newest __partment store in our city.
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Read the sentence and choose
the correct suffix.
The steep
and icy road appeared to be very danger___.
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Choose the correct
contraction for the underlined words.
It does not make sense to put your shoes on before your
socks.
a. | isn’t | c. | wasn’t | b. | don’t | d. | doesn’t |
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Choose the word that is
divided correctly.
a. | hun/dred | c. | hu/nd/red | b. | hund/red | d. | hundr/ed |
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