Deck 49: Choosing the Right Word

Question 1

Nonstandard English is always wrong.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

What is slang?

A) Slang is misspelled words.
B) Slang is popular words and expressions that come and go.
C) Slang is anything offensive to the reader.
D) Slang is any words or phrases that you cannot find in the dictionary.

Answer 2

Slang is popular words and expressions that come and go.

Question 3

Which of the following sentences contains nonstandard English?

A) He made hisself lunch but then left it on the counter.
B) I'm diggin this new music.
C) Somewhere out there is the perfect girl for me.
D) both (a) and (b)

Answer 3

both (a) and (b)

Question 4

Which of the following sentences contains nonstandard English?

A) The committee is not meeting this month.
B) Brand A is no different from brand B.
C) I kinda like the blue one.
D) both (a) and (b)

Question 5

Where is nonstandard English used in the following sentence?
Darnel should have turned left at the last intersection.

A) should have
B) left
C) both (a) and (b)
D) There is no nonstandard English in that sentence.

Question 6

Where is nonstandard English used in the following sentence?
That outfit is really fly.

A) fly
B) really
C) both (a) and (b)
D) There is no nonstandard English in that sentence.

Question 7

Where is the nonstandard English used in the following sentence?
You're trippin if you think I ain't going to the party.

A) trippin
B) ain't
C) both (a) and (b)
D) There is no nonstandard English in that sentence.

Question 8

Which one of the following sentences uses the word already correctly?

A) I was already to go when the phone rang.
B) You already said that.
C) Monica is already for her date tonight.
D) We are already for take off.

Question 9

Which one of the following sentences uses the word good correctly?

A) Hashim performed good on opening night.
B) She skates really good for a beginner.
C) This hot chocolate is good.
D) Did you do good on your final?

Question 10

Which one of the following sentences uses the word badly correctly?

A) I wanted to apologize for behaving so badly the other night.
B) The movie was badly.
C) These eggs are badly, so throw them out.
D) I felt badly after I ate the tuna.

Question 11

Which one of the following sentences uses the word desert correctly?

A) We were all too full to eat our desert.
B) The new desert menu is very popular with the customers.
C) Even though you can't always see it, the desert is full of life.
D) We ordered cheery pie for desert.

Question 12

Which one of the following sentences uses the word hear correctly?

A) I know I filed the report in hear.
B) I can't hear you over all this noise.
C) Can you see this spot hear?
D) Hear is where Shawna last saw the lost puppy.

Question 13

Which one of the following sentences uses the word loose correctly?

A) The team doesn't plan to loose this game.
B) Thankfully the parachute came loose before the jump.
C) Do not loose your nametag since you can't get in without it.
D) If you loose your keys, I have a spare set.

Question 14

Why should you want to improve your spelling?

A) Spelling errors can make the reader doubt your writing abilities.
B) You might not always have access to a spell-checker.
C) Spell-checkers don't always catch all spelling errors.
D) All of the above are reasons why spelling skills are important.

Question 15

How can you become a better speller?

A) Watch several hours of quality television, especially PBS programming.
B) Use a dictionary when you run across words you don't know.
C) Avoid all slang and ungrammatical expressions.
D) Both (b) and (c) are good ideas.

Question 16

Which one of the following sentences contains a spelling error?

A) The nieghbors are having their roof redone.
B) Gardenwood and Falifax are the busiest streets.
C) The vet examined the dog for broken bones.
D) The FBI caught the assassin.

Question 17

Which one of the following sentences contains a spelling error?

A) A representative from each business will be at the assembly.
B) The vote to save the landmark was unanimous.
C) Simone has always been jelous of my height.
D) Please read the passage aloud beginning with the third paragraph.

Question 18

Complete the following sentence with the correctly spelled word.
When I was little, I _______________ all my Christmas gifts before Christmas.

A) unwraped
B) unwrapped
C) unrapped
D) unraped

Question 19

Complete the following sentence with the correctly spelled word.
I had flu-like _______________, so I made an appointment with the doctor.

A) simptons
B) symptons
C) symptoms
D) symptims

Question 20

Complete the following sentence with the correctly spelled word.
This glue is _______________, so use it carefully.

A) permanant
B) permenent
C) permanent
D) permanet

Question 21

What is the difference between standard and nonstandard English?

Question 22

Give two examples of nonstandard English expressions that you have used before.

Question 23

Underline the nonstandard English and misspelled words in the following sentence.
Irregardless of our current success, we still have a long ways to go.

Question 24

Rewrite the sentence in Question 3 to translate the nonstandard expressions into standard English.

Question 25

Choose the correct words from the choices provided in parentheses.
I (lay, lie) in the cool grass until the sun (passed, past) the horizon.

Question 26

What are two ways you could improve your own spelling skills?