Question

5-a-day language review: week 6
1 my mother is an expert when it comes to handling our busy household. she is skilled at making great changes at a moments notice and handles many details in a calm manner. thanks to her, our family doesn’t find life to be hectic at all. hectic means:
2 circle the misspelled word and write it correctly in the space below. recreation retort catagory
3 rewrite the sentence adding a nonrestrictive element using dashes. his sisters played basketball in high school.
4 circle the correct pronoun for the sentence. identify if it is subjective, objective, or possessive. erin and (me, i) are going to the movies next weekend.
5 choose the antonym for: bland plain delicious smooth spicy

Explanation:

Question 1

To find the meaning of "hectic", we analyze the context. The sentence says the family doesn't find life hectic because the mother handles details calmly. So "hectic" should mean the opposite of calm, like busy or chaotic. The given options (crazy, wild) - "crazy" or "wild" can imply a busy/chaotic state. But more accurately, "hectic" means very busy or chaotic. From the options, "crazy" (or the intended maybe "busy" but from the written, "crazy" or "wild" - likely "crazy" as per the handwritten, but the correct meaning - but the task here is to see the handwritten, but the question is about the meaning. Wait, the first question: "hectic means: ____" with "crazy, wild" written. So the answer is that hectic means busy/chaotic, and the filled one is "crazy" (or "wild" but "crazy" is circled? Wait the image shows "crazy, wild" written. So the answer is that hectic means something like busy, and the provided answer is "crazy" (or "wild"). But maybe the intended is "busy" but from the options given (the handwritten), so the answer is "crazy" (or "wild" - but the first part: the user's image has "crazy, wild" written. So the answer for the meaning of hectic (from context) is that it means busy or chaotic, and the filled answer is "crazy" (or "wild").

We check each word: "recreation" is correct, "retort" is correct, "catagory" is misspelled. The correct spelling is "category". So we circle "catagory" and write "category" below.

A nonrestrictive element adds extra info, set off by dashes. The sentence: "His sisters played basketball in high school." We need to add a nonrestrictive element. Let's pick a detail, e.g., "His sisters—all three of them—played basketball in high school." So we rewrite the sentence with a nonrestrictive element using dashes.

Answer:

crazy (or wild, based on the handwritten response)

Question 2