Word Up Blue Unit 14

Which of these phrases makes the most sense?

• a pang of sadness
• a pang of sugar
• a pang from my friend
• a pang a day keeps the doctor away

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CCSS.L.8.5A

If you have a glut of something

• you need more
• you have plenty
• you have a pound of it
• you don't really have it at all

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CCSS.L.3.2F

A durable house is

• built for only the richest of the rich
• a house that has gone wrong
• built to last
• complex

A pithy speech is one that

• is strange
• is complex and hard to understand
• is full of holes
• is short and to the point

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CCSS.L.8.5A

A disgruntled employee is

• fed up with her job
• better than all the others
• someone who is doing her job first
• skilled at her job

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

There is often banter at dinner parties. There is often

• smooth music
• drinks
• arguments
• light talk

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

An exotic character entered the room. He was

• My cousin
• from a strange land
• better than everyone else
• clearly unhappy

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

If a rock is porous, it

• has holes in it
• can float
• sinks
• is hard to break

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A pioneer is someone who

• eats more than his share
• thinks carefully about a problem
• first settles an area of land
• has power in a certain area

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word proficient?

• Lena was the first woman ever to play pro hockey.
• Lena suddenly felt very hungry.
• Lena was a good painter.
• Lena had the power to fire people.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4