English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Conventions of Standard English - I Know What That Means! (Answers)
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If there is one thing to understand about middle school English is that it will focus quite heavily on reading (reading lots of books) and writing (writing lots of book reports and research papers).
[readmore]Since by now you will have had years of learning words and word usage, to stretch you even further, the time has come to see just how well you can put all of that word usage learning to use and how well you can use language to express yourself and your ideas. That does not mean, however, that you can sit back and think that you no longer have to worry about knowing which words are conjunctions, verbs, adverbs, pronouns, adjectives, prepositions and so on. Nope, you still need to remember all of that in order to be able to write and write well-constructed reading papers.
So for this quiz you will be given a word usage word and then you need to see if you remember what it means. Sounds pretty easy - right? Well, let’s see just what you do remember about each of the following types of words.
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A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. Answer (b) the correct answer
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Antonyms are two words that mean the opposite or nearly the opposite thing. Answer (c) is correct
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A noun is a person, place or thing. Answer (d) is correct
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A conjunction is a word (or group of words) that is used to connect other words, phrases, clauses or sentences together. Answer (a) is the correct answer
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Homonyms are words that are spelled the same but in their given context have different meanings. Answer (b) is the correct answer
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A pronoun is a word that replaces one or more nouns. Answer (d) is the correct answer
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An adjective is a word that describes, identifies or further defines a noun or a pronoun. Answer (c) is the correct answer
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A colon is used to introduce a list or to make a point. Answer (d) is the correct answer
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A synonym is a word that means the same thing or nearly the same thing as another word. Answer (a) is the correct answer needed here
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With a metaphor, two things are implied as being the “same” thing. Answer (b) is the correct answer here
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