Achieve3000 Review

When you come across a word that you don't know or are unsure about, look in the surrounding text for clues to the word's ______.

• pronunciation

• meaning

• spelling

Check your guess of a word by ______ your definition for the unknown word and then rereading the sentence.

• substituting

• spelling

• swapping

• both "substituting" and "swapping"

If your substituted definition makes sense, then your guess is probably ______.

• right

• wrong

The main idea is the ______ idea that a text is expressing.

• small

• average

• big

• narrow

The main idea answers the question "What is this text _______ about?"

• mostly

• really

• hardly

Supporting details are the specific pieces of information that support or ______ the main idea.

• define

• separate

• replace

• explain

Supporting details answer the question(s) . . .

• why

• how

• who

• why, how, who

In a diagram of a table, what part or parts represent the supporting details?

• table top

• legs of the table

What is the meaning of the underlined word? Use context clues. The principal CONFISCATED the student's phone that she was using during a test.

• forfeited

• gave up

• seized

• released

What is the meaning of the underlined word? Use context clues.

I thought it was PECULIAR to see children in town this morning since it was a school day.

• normal

• strange

• lovely

• interesting