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Worksheets6sem English Unit 4
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 35mins
Read and answer the question:
Sitting on the plane to Chicago, Mila wondered when exactly the idea had taken hold of her. Did the idea have an infancy or a childhood, or did it ground itself in the soil of her imagination like a full-grown poison tree? What Mila did know was when the idea finally hit it grew within seconds, its roots clawing their way into the depths of Mila's mind, drawing on her thoughts and the very marrow of her dreams. The branches grew robust with leaves that rustled in the wind of every breath that Mila took.
"Taken hold of her" in this passage means:
That she was being physically subdued
That she had become possessed by a spirit
That she had a powerful idea that she could not ignore
That she had a mental disease compelling her
Read and answer the question:
Nip's parents had fled to Toronto in the early seventies as refugees during the Bangladesh war. Nip was barely a teen at the time. Lacking language skills and the perseverance necessary to adjust to an alien culture, the elder Sens struggled all their lives, working odd jobs; sometimes two to three at a time. Every cent they could spare they put towards the education of their only son with a passion they could hardly contain.
In this passage, Nip's encounter with an "alien culture" means that he:
Was confronting an alien race of beings
Was an immigrant in a new country
Was an outsider in his own culture
Was experiencing deep existential unrest due to psychological problems
Read and then answer the question.
The only thing I ever got off my old man was a birthday card when I was ten. He'd gone off when I was three and left me and mom and my sister to fend for ourselves. Mom never talks about him but my sister remembers him.
In this passage "got off" means:
The only thing I ever received
The only thing I ever took
The only thing that ever happened
The only thing I remember
Fill in the blank.
He was a (a) because he prefered to live alone in the forrest.
Some people think that Donald Trump's Tweet tried to (a) a riot and the storming of the U.S. Capitol building.
Reward is to good behavior
as
__________ is to bad behavior.
impair
reprimand
refute
scrutinize
I had a lot of _________ about answering the questions of the police because I did not know what to say and thought it better to say nothing.
reticence
frugality
fervor
scrutiny
It is important for scientists to _________ their claims with evidence.
skeptic
repudiate
substantiate
fervor
Which sentence is written correctly using the present passive voice?
Cars were produced by the factory.
Cars is produced by the factory.
Cars are produced by the factory.
They have produced cars at the factory.
Which answer is correctly written in the past passive voice?
Marcus cleaned my car.
My car was cleaned by Marcus.
Marcus has cleaned my car.
My car is cleaned by Marcus.
You have 10 minutes to write about your favorite sci-fi movie. What is the plot? What makes it a sci-fi movie? What sort of social commentary does the movie make about our society? And why do you really like it? (Please use proper grammar, punctuation and spelling.)
The women yelled passionately and with great (a) as they protested equal rights for women.
He spoke to the audience in a very (a) manner, keeping his ideas brief and not using too many words to complicate what he said.
SHe is very (a) because she is young but uses a lot of makeup and acts like her much older sister.
It is important for good workers to be _______________ at completing their duties and conscientious about their obligations.
scrupulous
fallacious
furtive
rhetorical
The scene of the crime was so horrible and ___________ that the police wanted to catch the guilty suspect at all cost.
reclusive
hypocritical
impaired
reprehensible
He __________ snuck in to the classroom so that no one would notice that he was late.
fallaciously
furtively
hypocritically
somberly
