Reading Comp

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The word tangible in this sentence means: For the little boy, a lolly was tangible, whereas a promise was not.

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actual

Front

Writing the essay became easy........

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once Jane lifted her pen and made a start.

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The boy’s incorrigible behaviour puzzled his sister. The word incorrigible in this sentence means:

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incurable

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Which statement best conveys the theme of this paragraph? Genealogy is fun. Just as a piece of furniture or a picture takes on much more interest if you know its history, so does an individual become more real once the ancestral elements that shaped him are known. An in-depth family history is a tapestry of all those to whom we owe our existence.

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Genealogical research can bring meaning and life to a family’s history.

Front

Choose the option which will best replace the underlined words in the sentence to make it correct: She done it to quick, so it came out looking rough.

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none of these

Front

‘More distance is needed to safely stop in rain or poor visibility.’ We can infer from this that:

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braking is more hazardous in rain and poor visibility.

Front

Lake Condah is seen as unusual, mainly because:

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it reveals a society that was at least partly settled and had building and engineering skills.

Front

The sentence below does not have any punctuation. Choose the option with the correct punctuation.

one of these days said mary youll get into trouble

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“One of these days,” said Mary, “you’ll get into trouble.”

Front

What does this sentence suggest? A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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To have something is better than having nothing at all.