Choose the meaning of the bold word.
But since he had called our names at the beginning of the service we were mollified. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
mollified: appeased or pacified
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
But since he had called our names at the beginning of the service we were mollified. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
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Responses
baffled
baffled
alerted
alerted
calmed
calmed
upset
calmed
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
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Responses
puzzling
puzzling
too bold
too bold
silly
silly
pitiful
silly
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
The ugliness they left was palpable. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
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Responses
able to be felt
able to be felt
strange
strange
hurtful
hurtful
imagined
imagined
able to be felt
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
“I won’t touch it,” he said sullenly. (“The Scarlet Ibis")
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Responses
sulkily
sulkily
savagely
savagely
suspiciously
suspiciously
swiftly
sulkily
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
On the topmost branch a bird the size of a chicken, with scarlet feathers and long legs, was perched precariously. (“The Scarlet Ibis")
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Responses
oddly
oddly
insecurely
insecurely
enthusiastically
enthusiastically
for all to see
insecurely
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
What are the words that can solder cracked pride? (“The Scarlet Ibis")
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Responses
mend
mend
alert
alert
calm
calm
upset
upset
mend
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
The bleak feeling was back within him. (“My Brother’s Keeper")
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Responses
hopeless
hopeless
optimistic
optimistic
rejected
rejected
dangerous
dangerous
hopeless
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
Carmody was a lithe, tanned man with dark alert eyes and a quiet, self-assured voice. (“My Brother’s Keeper")
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Responses
handsome
handsome
graceful
graceful
towering
towering
squat
graceful
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
Carlos wrote a report about modern foods for his social studies class.
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Responses
common noun
common noun
proper noun
proper noun
compound noun
compound noun
collective noun
common noun
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
As I listened to Carlos, I pictured myself at the fair in St. Louis.
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Responses
common noun
common noun
proper noun
proper noun
compound noun
compound noun
collective noun
proper noun
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
When Carlos presented the report to the class, he brought in samples of the foods.
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Responses
first-person pronoun
first-person pronoun
second-person pronoun
second-person pronoun
third-person pronoun
third-person pronoun
reflexive pronoun
third-person pronoun
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
Although I do not pretend to understand the science behind it, this is reassuring to me.
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Responses
adverb
adverb
adjective
adjective
article
article
compound adjective
adjective
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
Scientific information like this does not always hold my attention.
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Responses
article
article
adjective
adjective
proper adjective
proper adjective
adverb
adjective
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
However, when a science article is about something that strongly appeals to me, such as snowflakes, I become interested.
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Responses
article
article
adjective
adjective
proper adjective
proper adjective
adverb
adverb
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
I sometimes read the science section of the Sunday newspaper.
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Responses
article
article
adjective
adjective
proper adjective
proper adjective
adverb
adverb
adjective
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
If you keep an open mind, you never know what you might learn.
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Responses
article
article
adjective
adjective
proper adjective
proper adjective
adverb
adjective
In which sentence is the word my used as an interjection?
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Responses
My, what a beautiful suit you are wearing!
My , what a beautiful suit you are wearing!
My car almost went off the curvy road!
My car almost went off the curvy road!
Do not mess with any of my things!
Do not mess with any of my things!
I finally found my way out of the creepy house!
My, what a beautiful suit you are wearing!
In which sentence is the word boy used as an interjection?
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Responses
That boy worked on the project for more than an hour!
That boy worked on the project for more than an hour!
There was not one single boy at the party!
There was not one single boy at the party!
“Boy, you’d better listen!” Al’s mother snapped.
“ Boy , you’d better listen!” Al’s mother snapped.
“Boy, is it hot in this room!” Jake complained.