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Grade 5 Root Words
The Greek root "auto" means        self       .
Grade 5 Context Clues
Sue discovered that her favorite dress, which she had hung out to dry on a clothesline, had fallen and become bedraggled in the mud.

What does BEDRAGGLED mean?
  1. small and helpless
  2. smooth and colorful
  3. limp and dirty
  4. fresh and clean
Grade 5 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.5.4
Read the following sentence.

"The grasshoppers devoured everything around them."

Using context clues, we can determine that the meaning of the word "devoured" is                .
  1. ate
  2. landed on
  3. flew over
  4. ignored
Grade 5 Social Studies Words
A collection of maps and geographic information.
  1. Almanac
  2. Atlas
  3. Dictionary
  4. Geographic dictionary
Grade 5 Synonyms
A synonym for necessary is                .
  1. required
  2. boring
  3. common
  4. useless
Grade 5 Defining Words
Lack of knowledge
  1. dusk
  2. rural
  3. ignorance
  4. evident
Grade 5 STEM Words
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
  1. oxygan
  2. oxegan
  3. oxygen
  4. oxagen
Grade 5 Prefixes CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.5.4, L.5.4b
The prefix PRO- means "before," so a PROLOGUE happens at the end of a story or play.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Defining Words
To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation; a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for future use.
  1. conveyance
  2. sleuth
  3. hoard
  4. hull
Grade 5 Prefixes
In the words microscope and microchip, what does the prefix micro- mean?
  1. small
  2. many
  3. again
  4. beyond
Grade 5 Root Words
bi
  1. one
  2. small
  3. write
  4. two
Grade 5 Synonyms
A synonym for precious is                .
  1. valuable
  2. ordinary
  3. common
  4. bland
Grade 5 Context Clues
What does the term EXAGGERATE mean in the following question?

I would not exaggerate and call it a large museum, because it is not.
  1. to represent something as being larger, smaller, etc.
  2. to be expensive or cost a lot of money
  3. to be closed or inaccessbile
Grade 5 Defining Words
A detective.
  1. yonder
  2. hoard
  3. sleuth
  4. gait
Grade 5 Context Clues
Jerry often drove at hypersonic speeds, even though he had stopped racing cars years ago.

In this sentence, 'hypersonic' means:
  1. normal
  2. crazy
  3. fast
  4. safe
Grade 5 Context Clues
Animals live in diverse and varied communities.

In the sentence above, what is the antonym of DIVERSE?
  1. different
  2. multiple
  3. alike
  4. hostile
Grade 5 Context Clues
Every positive endeavor, such as exercise and hard work, is a worthwhile thing.

In this sentence, 'endeavor' means:
  1. idleness
  2. activity
  3. mission
  4. attitude
Grade 5 Suffixes
Which of the following suffixes means "having the characteristics of"?
  1. able
  2. ible
  3. ish
  4. ation
Grade 5 Prefixes
Choose the definition that matches the word.

disrespect
  1. treat properly
  2. do not treat properly
Grade 5 Suffixes
If the root word ess means female, what does lioness mean?
  1. laying around
  2. a lazy person
  3. a female lion
  4. a male lion
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