Ch 3 Quiz Working with words. Which one is right?
Which of the following usages is correct?
Peanut butter and jelly
Which of the following spellings is correct?
Purity
Which of the following usages is correct?
Regretting
____ describes informal words that are considered nonstandard English.
Slang
A _____ is a word part added to the end of a word to create a new meaning.
Suffix
_____ are words that have the same, or almost the same, meaning as another word.
Synonyms
Which of the following usages is correct?
We will bring our cameras to take pictures.
Which of the following rules regarding suffixes is correct?
When adding the suffix -ness and -ly to a word, the spelling of the word does not change.
Which of the following usages is correct?
When bowling, she practices the right form
Which of the following common spelling rules is correct?
When words end in a consonant plus "y", drop the "y" and add an "i" before adding another ending.
Which of the following spellings is correct?
cried
A _____ is the dictionary definition of a word.
denotation
In dictionaries, the _____ gives the history of the word. Group of answer choices
etymology
Which of the following usages is correct?
pen and pencil
_____ are words that have the opposite meaning of a given word.
Antonyms
____ are descriptive expressions that have lost their effectiveness because they are overused.
Clichés
____ are bits of information within a text that assist a reader in deciphering the meaning of unknown words.
Context clues
Which of the following usages is correct?
Happiness
_____ are words that sound like one another but have different meanings.
Homonyms
Which of the following usages is correct?
I know the male peacock sports the brilliant feathers.
