Distance Learning S1 Final

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence:

To human beings, the Antarctic looks like a barren wasteland empty of everything but snow. However, to the penguin this hostile land is home.

• not producing plants; producing very little

• full of life; containing many living organisms

• frigid; extremely cold; unbearable

• Visually displeasing; grotesque; ugly in appearance

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence:

I once told you a story of a man who was banished from his village; it's similar to the story about the boy who was driven out of school.

• to send (someone) away from a country or place

• to be accepted into

• to disappear

• to attract; bait

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence:

Whatever you do, don't relinquish your true desires. Don't give up on the career that would make you the happiest.

• hand over; to give up

• mark as the most important possession

• share or have in common with (someone)

• forget about or make less important

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence:

I had a pimple on my nose. Mom told me it was just a blemish that no one would notice, but it felt as big as a grapefruit to me.

• a mark; a defect or minor imperfection

• enormous in size; extremely large and noticeable

• irritated

• round in shape

Identify the subject in the following sentence:

Henry traveled throughout Central and South America.

• Henry

• traveled

• South America

• Central and South America

Identify the subject in the following sentence:

Samantha and her puppy played in the park.

• Samantha

• puppy

• Samantha and puppy

• park

Identify the object in the following sentence:

Henry traveled throughout Central and South America.

• Henry

• traveled

• South America

• Central and South America

Identify the object in the following sentence:

Samantha and her puppy played in the park.

• Samantha

• puppy

• Samantha and puppy

• park

Select the nouns.

• laughing

• Jack

• animals

• clever

Identify the nouns in the following sentence:

Jackson wished only for peace and love above everything.

• Jackson

• wished

• peace

• love

• everything