Ras Tanura ERF Supplementary Task 3

Look back at Skills Zone 1 on pp. 116-118 of the ERF ibook and write down the 4 types of context clues.

I am tired of listening to your perpetual complaints. Every day you come to me to complain about unimportant and insignificant things.

Perpetual means:

• Interrupting

• Occasional

• Continual

• Rare

Humans are not quadrupeds like animals, such as lions and tigers, which are four-legged mammals. Humans are bipeds.

Bipeds are people or animals with:

• one leg

• two legs

• three legs

• no legs

After a long journey on a boat, I felt a little queasy. I had to take some medicine which ultimately made me feel better.

Queasy means:

• Well

• Sad

• Sick

• Pleased

Dentists fill in cavities by drilling away the part that is bad and then filling the hole with a special cement.

Cavity means:

• Mouth

• Hole in the teeth

• Space between the teeth

• Injection

The supporters of the city's football team were very jubilant. The team had won a match and would be in the national final. Everyone was extremely pleased about the possibility of winning the cup.

Jubilant means:

• Gentle

• Final

• Enjoyable

• Happy

Since it was the last day of the semester, the students would not do much work. They were feeling restive. They wanted to go home and so found it hard to start any work.

Restive means:

• Resting

• Unsettled

• Lazy

• Overworked

After some hours of driving we were glad to see a cluster of houses in the distance. When we got closer, we saw that it was a small village consisting only of about ten houses arranged around a wall.

Cluster means:

• Group

• City

• Building

• Ruin

When an army goes out on training and the soldiers have to live in tents, life for them is spartan. They do not get the comfort and facilities they would normally have. However, soldiers should be used to such conditions.

Spartan means:

• Comfortable

• Normal

• Hard

• Dangerous

In his spare time, Ali was a prolific writer of poetry. Everyone was surprised that he had written so much and that he had already produced a number of books.

Prolific means:

• Producing poetry

• Producing a lot

• Surprising

• Professional