DAY 10
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Record your answers
on your AIMS
Practice Record as
you go.
R04-S1C4-01. Use knowledge of root words and affixes to
determine the meaning of unknown words.
What is the root word in "uncharacteristic"?
A)un
B)uncharacter
C)character
D)ristic
R04-S1C4-02. Use context to determine the relevant
meaning of a word.
"MR. HUBBARD. Darling, you did sigh. Tell me
what grieves you.
MRS. HUBBARD. Little Isabel. Her cough
troubles me."
Which sentence also uses the word "grieves"
correctly?
A)I wish that she could come to the grieves.
B)The grieves are beautiful to visit during spring.
C)It grieves me that I did not win the contest.
D)The Jones' sent grieves to their neighbors.
R04-S1C4-03. Determine the difference between
figurative language and literal language.
Which sentence is an example of figurative
language?
A)The bell rang and scared all the birds out of the
tree.
B)The girls were laughing so hard they didn't hear
the bell.
C)The girls' laughter sounded like a tree full of birds.
D)The birds sang every morning outside my window.
R04-S1C4-04. Identify figurative language, including
similes, personification, and idioms.
Which of the following is an example of
personification?
A)The children on the playground ran like the wind.
B)There is a twist in the game that makes it harder
to win.
C)The dark stairway twisted and turned every which
way.
D)The stairs groaned under the weight of all the
children.
R04-S1C4-05. Determine the meanings, pronunciations, syllabication, synonyms,
antonyms, and parts of speech of words, by using a variety of reference aids,
including dictionaries and thesauri, glossaries, and CD-ROM and internet when
available.
"Dictionary: canyon"
can • yon n. a deep opening cut into the earth by
running water
Syn. gorge, valley
Ant. mountain, summit
Which word is an antonym of "canyon"?
A)deep opening
B)gorge
C)valley
D)mountain
R04-S1C4-06. Identify antonyms, synonyms, and
homonyms for given words within text.
Paul always dressed in the current fashion.
Which of the following words is a synonym for the
word "current" as it is used in the sentence?
A)present-day
B)ancient
C)boring
D)cheap
R04-S1C6-01. Predict text content using prior knowledge
and text features
You have checked out a book from the library titled
Wilderness Sports.
What is this book most likely about?
A)wild animals
B)forest life cycles
C)baseball and soccer
D)hunting and fishing
R04-S2C1-09. Identify characteristics and structural
elements of poetry
You shake your chilly limbs,
and puff
Your crest in mild surprise,
And peep, a ball of downy
fluff,
With bright and beaded
eyes.
-by Arthur Christopher
Benson
What is being
described in these
lines?
A)a fish
B)a lizard
C)a bird
D)a snake
R04-S3C1-02. Distinguish fact from opinion in expository
text.
My family is going to visit the Grand Canyon for three days.
We leave on our trip Saturday. We are going to ride mules
down into the Canyon. I am so excited about going because
the Grand Canyon is the most beautiful place in the United
States.
Which sentence is an opinion?
A)We leave on our trip Saturday.
B)We are going to ride mules down into the Canyon.
C)My family is going to visit the Grand Canyon for three
days.
D)I am so excited about going because the Grand Canyon is
the most beautiful place in the United States.
R04-S3C1-07. Distinguish cause and effect.
Choose the best answer that describes the cause and effect in the
selection.
In 1773, the British Parliament raised taxes on tea and on other
goods that were going to the American colonies. The colonists
were so angry that some of them sneaked aboard a British ship
and dumped its cargo overboard. This event was called the
Boston Tea Party.
A)The American colonists loved to drink tea.
B)The British Parliament raised taxes on goods coming to
America, which made the colonists angry.
C)The American colonists wanted to be independent from Britain.
D)The British Parliament wanted the American colonies to obey
them.