Choose the answer that best fits the question.
c. A tasty dinner
1. What would be hard to tolerate?
a. A nice summer day b. A good movie
2. What is something that could be implemented?
a. A plan
3. What has a ridge?
a. A person
b. A cloud
b. A mountain
4. What would be peculiar to find in the ocean?
a. A ship
b. A shark
5. What would impair vision?
a. An eye test
b. Rough fabric
c. A school
c. A swamp
c. A camel
c. A strong smell
E x e r c i s e 2
Choose the one that is similar in meaning to the given word.
b. a break
c. an idea
b. an activity
c. a branch
b. to grow
c. to succeed
b. extreme
1. fracture
a. a failure
2. limb
a. a party
3. thrust
a. to push
4. indigenous
a. rude
5. devise
a. to impress
7. insight
a. a skill
8. altitude
a. layer
9. migraine
a. a headache
10. quest
a. a problem
b. beautiful
6. optimism
a. a good feeling
b. to love
b. a journey
b. height
b. a vehicle
b. a search
c. native
c. to plan
c. to determine
c. a method
c. station
c. a chore
c. a hero
d. A broken leg
d. A storm
d. Fog
d. A piece of coral
d. A bright light
d. a creation
d. a belief
d. to fall
d. cheap
d. confusing
d. to reveal
d. an understanding
d. freedom
d. a benefit
d. a story
Write C if the italicized word is used correctly. Write I if the word is used incorrectly.
1.
The little girl loves her cat. She tolerates it when they are together.
2.
Going away to college is scary, but I have optimism that I’ll have a good time.
3.
This migraine is killing me. My head hurts so badly that I can’t think straight.
4.
My bike’s tire is flat again. I guess I’ll have to impair it.
5.
Her child is peculiar. He likes to wear his shoes on the wrong feet.
6.
The tree is getting too big for our yard! Ask Jim to cut off some of the limbs.
7.
I fell off my bike, but I didn’t break any bones. I just got a slight fracture on my toe.
8.
This bush in my yard comes from another country. It’s indigenous to my yard.
9.
From the mountain ridge, you can see the entire city below.
10.
Mike is a very proficient reader. He finished the entire novel in just an hour.
11.
We were in awe of the professor’s expertise on the subject.
12.
You should thrustthe baby when putting him in bed, so he doesn’t wake up.
13.
I will get married to my spouse one year from today.
14.
Australia has a very long coastline.
15.
She is on a quest to find her long lost brother.
16.
If you don’t like your job, you should devise it.
17.
She will have to get more altitude if she wants to swim faster.
18.
The workers implemented a new strategy to be more efficient.
19.
Nothing will deter me in my hunt for the perfect flower.
20.
Her insight into our problem really helped us out.
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