Question

5 - a - day language review: week 7
① the storm had passed, and the sea grew calm. after hours of floundering, our small boat had survived. i never thought our little vessel would hold up to the tossing and thrashing of the unforgiving ocean.
floundering means:
② circle the misspelled word and write it correctly in the space below.
greatful commend generate
③ rewrite the sentence adding a nonrestrictive element using commas.
traviss pizzeria serves the best new york style pizza.
④ circle the correct pronoun for the sentence. identify if it is subjective, objective, or possessive.
did you enter (your, mine) dog in the ugliest pet contest?
⑤ choose the antonym for: deteriorate improve agree ruins decay

① complete the sentence with an appropriate intensive pronoun.
all of you will need to raise the money
② which of the following are minute?
a) a one - celled organism b) a speck of dust
c) an organelle d) a grain of salt
③ list five words that contain the greek or latin root/affix. chrom - color
④ circle the vague pronoun. then rewrite the sentence so that its meaning is clear.
chen told her sister that she really liked her new shoes.
⑤ choose a matching analogy pecan : nut
a) hill : mountain b) river : lake c) sport : soccer d) helicopter : aircraft

Explanation:

1. "Floundering" in the context means struggling or moving clumsily in water. The boat was having a hard - time in the ocean.
2. "Greatful" is misspelled. The correct spelling is "grateful".
3. A non - restrictive element adds extra information that is not essential to the meaning of the sentence. Example: Travis's pizzeria, which is on Main Street, serves the best New York style pizza.
4. The correct pronoun is "your". It is a possessive pronoun as it shows ownership of the dog.
5. The antonym of "deteriorate" is "improve". Deteriorate means to get worse, and improve means to get better.
6. An appropriate intensive pronoun could be "yourselves" for "All of you will need to raise the money yourselves".
7. A one - celled organism, a speck of dust, an organelle, and a grain of salt can all be considered minute (very small).
8. Words with the root "chrom -" could be chromosome, chromatic, chromate, chromosphere, chromatin.
9. The vague pronoun is "she". A rewritten sentence could be: Chen told her sister that Chen really liked her sister's new shoes.
10. The matching analogy for "pecan : nut" is "helicopter : aircraft" as a pecan is a type of nut and a helicopter is a type of aircraft.

Answer:

1. Struggling
2. Greatful - grateful
3. Travis's pizzeria, which is on Main Street, serves the best New York style pizza.
4. your, possessive
5. improve
6. yourselves
7. a) a one - celled organism, b) a speck of dust, c) an organelle, d) a grain of salt
8. chromosome, chromatic, chromate, chromosphere, chromatin
9. she; Chen told her sister that Chen really liked her sister's new shoes.
10. d) helicopter : aircraft