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ELL: "Mathematics" vocabulary and content comprehension quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This word means "to join" :

a)

disconnect

b)

contact

c)

connect

d)

correct

2.

This word means "to not forget".

a)

member

b)

remember

c)

mind

d)

reminder

3.

The story "Mathematics", by Alma Flor Ada, is what genre (type) of story?

a)

science fiction

b)

fiction

c)

romance

d)

a memoir

4.

This word means "to get something from someone or something".

a)

read

b)

receive

c)

remember

d)

restaurant

5.

Another word for "great happiness" is ______.

a)

happy

b)

upset

c)

grief

d)

joy

6.

The opposite of "accept" is _____.

a)

reject

b)

rich

c)

take

d)

understand

7.

The author of "Mathematics" was born in _____.

a)

Spain

b)

Canada

c)

Cuba

d)

Colombia

8.

Another word for "presents" is _____.

a)

pasts

b)

gifts

c)

things

d)

gift

9.

What is the opposite of "poor"?

a)

poorer

b)

uncomfortable

c)

sad

d)

rich

10.

In "Mathematics", who is the story about?

a)

The author's mother.

b)

The author's great-grandmother.

c)

The author's sister.

d)

The author's grandmother.

11.

What does "history" refer to?

a)

What will happen in the future.

b)

What may happen.

c)

What happened in the past.

d)

What is happening in the present.

12.

Blob __________ to Blab talk about her day.

a)

listening

b)

listens

c)

lissens

d)

listen

13.

My parrots were happy when they __________ for breakfast.

a)

received fruit

b)

received vegetables

c)

receive fruit

d)

receive berries

14.

What was the name of the great-grandmother in the story?

a)

Fatima

b)

Mina

c)

Alma

d)

María

15.

These are __________.

a)

watermelons

b)

peaches

c)

oranges

d)

lemons

16.

To "show up with empty hands" means that ______.

a)

your hands are open.

b)

you have not brought anything.

c)

you have brought a gift.

d)

you have everything in your backpack.

17.

These are ____________.

a)

waterfalls

b)

wallpaper

c)

weeds

d)

wildflowers

18.

A type of jam made with fruit juice, not pieces of fruit, is called a ______.

a)

joy

b)

jelly

c)

gelatin

d)

jellyfish

19.

Mina did not go to school. She could not read or write. The word for this in English is ____.

a)

illiterate

b)

literate

20.

The author says that "Mina knew a different kind of mathematics." Explain what she means.

Mina knows how to ________________.

This is like math because ________________.

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