Question 16 (1 point)
Which sentence correctly uses a Latin root word that means to see?

Question 16 options:

You can see that her prediction was right.


Do not disrespect me by telling a lie.


I will be a spectator at the game today.


She said the words to agitate me.

Question 17 (1 point)
Review the definition.

The root dict means "to say."

Which answer best identifies the prefix and explains how it affects meaning in the word contradict?

Question 17 options:

The prefix is contra- and it suggests that what is said is the opposite of something else.


The prefix is contra- and it suggests that this is the first point in a conversation.


The prefix is contra- and it suggests that a comment is nice and generous.


The prefix is contra- and it suggests that the comment is cruel and unfair.

Question 18 (1 point)
Which choice analyzes the parts of the word and determines the meaning of the word spectator?

Question 18 options:

Spec- (to be) and -tator (to look), meaning one who others often look at


Spec- (important) and -tator (a root vegetable), meaning a healthy vegetable to eat


Spect (to see) and -or (a person), meaning a person who looks on, or watches, others


Spect (glasses) and -or (maker of, or craftsman), meaning a person who makes glasses

Question 19 (1 point)
Which sentence best uses the word battery in the sense of "a group of army artillery"?

Question 19 options:

The first battery made slow progress into enemy territory.


When the appliance is dead, charge the battery.


During the case, he was charged with battery.


The company withstood a battery of complaints.

Question 20 (1 point)
What sentence shows the correct use of the dash?

Question 20 options:

Every time I open that door—oh, not again!


Every time—I open that door oh, not again!


Every time I open—that—door oh, not again!


Every time I open that door oh,—not again!

Question 21 (1 point)
Read the sentence.

They wandered over the hill and around the block before they came home.

How should the sentence be punctuated to omit the phrase "over the hill and around the block"?

Question 21 options:

They wandered . . . before they came home.


They wandered, before they came home.


They wandered—before they came home.


They wandered; before they came home.

Question 22 (1 point)
Read the sentence.

They ate the sandwiches, fruit, and vegetables before they washed the dishes.

How should the sentence be punctuated to omit the phrase "the sandwiches, fruit, and vegetables"?

Question 22 options:

They ate . . . before they washed the dishes.


They ate; before they washed the dishes.


They ate, before they washed the dishes.


They ate—before they washed the dishes.