WorksheetsELL: "Mathematics" vocabulary and content comprehension quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
This word means "to join" :
disconnect
contact
connect
correct
This word means "to not forget".
member
remember
mind
reminder
The story "Mathematics", by Alma Flor Ada, is what genre (type) of story?
science fiction
fiction
romance
a memoir
This word means "to get something from someone or something".
read
receive
remember
restaurant
Another word for "great happiness" is ______.
happy
upset
grief
joy
The opposite of "accept" is _____.
reject
rich
take
understand
The author of "Mathematics" was born in _____.
Spain
Canada
Cuba
Colombia
Another word for "presents" is _____.
pasts
gifts
things
gift
What is the opposite of "poor"?
poorer
uncomfortable
sad
rich
In "Mathematics", who is the story about?
The author's mother.
The author's great-grandmother.
The author's sister.
The author's grandmother.
What does "history" refer to?
What will happen in the future.
What may happen.
What happened in the past.
What is happening in the present.
Blob __________ to Blab talk about her day.
listening
listens
lissens
listen
My parrots were happy when they __________ for breakfast.
received fruit
received vegetables
receive fruit
receive berries
What was the name of the great-grandmother in the story?
Fatima
Mina
Alma
María
These are __________.
watermelons
peaches
oranges
lemons
To "show up with empty hands" means that ______.
your hands are open.
you have not brought anything.
you have brought a gift.
you have everything in your backpack.
These are ____________.
waterfalls
wallpaper
weeds
wildflowers
A type of jam made with fruit juice, not pieces of fruit, is called a ______.
joy
jelly
gelatin
jellyfish
Mina did not go to school. She could not read or write. The word for this in English is ____.
illiterate
literate
The author says that "Mina knew a different kind of mathematics." Explain what she means.
Mina knows how to ________________.
This is like math because ________________.
