Unit # 7

Today at school, there was a fire in the cafeteria, we were evacuated to the sidewalks where we witnessed a huge car wreck, thunderstorms rolled in, and we were told a tornado had been spotted nearby. It was truly an ____________________ day!

• epic

• emphasize

• optimistic

• sentimental

Cynthia had some ___________________ before entering her new classroom. As she waited in the hall, she heard a lot of noise in there and was worried that the students would be mean to her

• epic

• hesitation

• astounded

• instinctive

I became ______________________ when I started looking over old photographs of my grandfather. He passed away last year, and I still miss him every day.

• adversity

• sentimental

• instinctive

• neutral

When my teacher wanted to ____________________ an important point, she hit the desk really hard with a ruler. There was no way to fall asleep in that class!

• emphasize

• epic

• neutral

• optimistic

Even though Louis and his family were homeless at one point and lived in shelters, they overcame ___________________ when Louis's mother went back to school and was able to find a job that pays well.

• complement

• hestiation

• epic

• adversity

My brother and I were arguing over who was supposed to do the laundry. My mother remained ____________________ in the argument and told us to work it out for ourselves.

• epic

• astounded

• neutral

• adversity

I wish I could be more like my aunt. She has an ____________________ attitude by always thinks everything will turn out great and there won't be any problems.

• optimistic

• emphasize

• adversity

• astounded

Ben was __________________ when he failed the project. He had worked all night on it and thought he would receive an A or B.

• astounded

• instinctive

• complement

• hesitation

When I saw the little girl fall off her bike, my reaction was _____________________. I ran to her side, made sure she wasn't hurt badly, and waited with her until her mother arrived.

• neutral

• optimistic

• instinctive

• hesitation

Mom allowed my sister to paint her room blue. As a reward for making good grades, they went shopping for new blue bedding and curtains that would __________________ the color of her walls.

• sentimental

• adversity

• epic

• complement