Essential English Words 1 Unit 9

Essential English Words 1 Unit 9

by Waine Evans

Multiple Choice

Choose the right definition for the given word.

wave

• to pass from physical life

• salt water that surrounds land

• a raised line of water

• land in the middle of water

Multiple Choice

Choose the right definition for the given word.

taste

• to hurt

• to find

• flavour

• to walk

Multiple Choice

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against

• to be touching something

• to stop from happening

• maybe

• enjoyable

Multiple Choice

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rock

• feelings

• a place by the ocean

• honest

• a hard thing in the ground

Multiple Choice

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throw

• to name something

• to put something into the air

• to make something work

• to stop something from being hurt

Multiple Choice

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island

• land

• salt water

• feelings

• hard things

Multiple Choice

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disover

• to be nice

• to find something

• to stop

• to name

Multiple Choice

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step

• to keep from harm

• to be next to

• to walk

• to hurt

Multiple Choice

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beach

• water that comes on land

• a sandy or rocky place by the ocean

• the flavour of something

• something could happen

Multiple Choice

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fix

• to make something work

• to pass from physical life

• to be honest

• to make something move in the air

Multiple Choice

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to be touching something

• beach

• against

• discover

• wave

Multiple Choice

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to break something

• identify

• maybe

• damage

• ocean

Multiple Choice

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a way that you feel

• prevent

• emotion

• rock

• pleasant

Multiple Choice

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very honest

• still

• step

• throw

• frank

Multiple Choice

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land in the middle of water

• save

• taste

• island

• fix

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that is a better fit for each sentence.

I like to play on the ______________.

• beach

• wave

• ocean

• island

• fix

Multiple Choice

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The big _______________ pushed the swimmer back.

• beach

• wave

• ocean

• island

• fix

Multiple Choice

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They walked across the __________ to find food.

• beach

• wave

• ocean

• island

• fix

Multiple Choice

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I am scared of some animals that live in the __________.

• beach

• wave

• ocean

• island

• fix

Multiple Choice

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My dad knows how to _______________ cars.

• beach

• wave

• ocean

• island

• fix

Multiple Choice

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If you ______________ the light, we won’t be able to see at night.

• throw

• still 

• damage

• step

• rock

Multiple Choice

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We have to go around that large______________.

• throw

• still 

• damage

• step

• rock

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that is a better fit for each sentence.

We are ______________ planning to go to Florida this winter.

• throw

• still 

• damage

• step

• rock

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that is a better fit for each sentence.

Do you know how to _______________ a football?

• throw

• still 

• damage

• step

• rock

Multiple Choice

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Please ______________ into the house.

• throw

• still 

• damage

• step

• rock

​The Starfish

​Last summer I took a trip to an island. I had a lot of fun. I sat and watched the waves and listened to the ocean. I learned to identify birds. I discovered pretty things and enjoyed the taste of new foods. It was a very nice time. One evening I took a pleasant walk by the ocean. When the waves came in, many starfish* fell on the beach. Some starfish went back into the water, and they were safe. But other starfish were still on the sand. They would die if they did not get into the water. There were many starfish on the beach that night. It made me sad, but I knew I could not fix the problem. I stepped very carefully so I did not damage them.

Then I saw a little girl. She was also sad about the starfish. She wanted to prevent all of them from dying. She asked me if I could perhaps help her. “To be frank, I don’t think we can do anything,” I said. The little girl started to cry. She sat back against a rock and thought for awhile. Finally, the emotion was gone. She stopped crying and stood up. Then she picked up a starfish and threw it into the water. “What are you doing?” I asked her. But she did not answer me. She just threw as many starfish as she could. “You cannot save all of them!” I said. She stopped to look at me. “No, I cannot save them all,” she replied. Then she picked up a very big starfish and said, “But I can save this one.” And then she smiled and threw the starfish as far as she could into the ocean.

Multiple Choice

Answer the questions.

What is the story about?

• A girl who wants to save starfish

• How to throw starfish

• A girl who is too frank

• Birds and animals at the ocean

Multiple Choice

What causes the little girl’s emotion?

• She cannot fix the damage she finds to homes.

• She cannot prevent starfish from dying in the sand.

• She discovers starfish in the water.

• She steps on a rock and hurts her foot.

Multiple Choice

What does the man think is NOT good about the island?

• Watching the waves

• Identifying birds

• The starfish dying on the sand

• Tasting new food

Multiple Choice

What does the girl think the man can perhaps do?

• Identify birds

• Take a walk on the beach

• Discover something pretty

• Help her save starfish

Open Ended

Which starfish were safe on the beach?