Hard to Say

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question.

Who needs to get a visa?

• Linda, who is moving from Ohio to Illinois.

• Myra, who plans to leave her home state of Florida to study in Mexico for nine months.

Noah is editing an essay. Which of the following edits is an example of conjugation?

• changing agree to has agreed

• fixing a misspelling of achieve

In which sentence could response be replaced with retort without changing the meaning of the sentence?

• When I put up flyers for my babysitting service, I wasn’t expecting such an enthusiastic response.

• His sarcastic response to my question hurt my feelings.

Directions: Choose the word that is MOST similar in meaning to each word in bold.

staple

• necessity

• treat

Directions: Choose the word that is MOST similar in meaning to each word in bold

sacrilegious

• respectful

• disrespectful

Directions: Choose the word that is MOST similar in meaning to each word in bold

raucous

• calm

• noisy

Directions: Choose the word that is MOST similar in meaning to each word in bold

tirade

• complaint

• compliment

The central conflict of the story is that Val has trouble _____________.

• getting along with her sister

• cooking as well as Ita and her father

• communicating with her extended family

• painting with oil paints

Which detail would be LEAST important to include in a summary of the story?

• Val and her family are from Venezuela.

• Val’s sister and parents speak Spanish with ease while Val does not.

• Val’s mother puts cinnamon in Val’s pancakes.

• Val’s grandparents come to live with her and her family.

Which lines help develop the idea that Val feels left out? Choose TWO.

• “When I go to get some cereal around noon, Ita and Clari are in the kitchen.”

• “Ita and Clari don’t even notice I’ve gone.”

• “I gesture to the pile of herbs Clari is working on.”

• “And the faster they talk, the less chance I have of picking up even a single word.”