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WorksheetsVocab (Sec 3 EL Holiday Asssign - Sameera)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
View the Visual Text. Complete the sentence below:
Hunger is the (a) threat to the world's public health.
Malnutrition reduces the body's resilience and immunity against treatable illnesses. Give 2 examples of such illnesses.
(a)
Malnutrition can caused deteriorating skin conditions, higher chance of getting bone disease, stunting and (a) .
From paragraph 1, we are told that taking the boat is a gamble that Sameera and her family have to take. What is another word for 'gamble'?
rough
grumble
risk
gambit
From paragraph 2, 'the boat starts up with a low menacing growl'. Which of the following is not a synonym of 'menacing'?
intimidating
threatening
approaching
forbidding
From paragraph 3, the drone ;swooped down from the summer sky like a ravenous dragon'. What is the meaning of 'ravenous'?
extremely ravishing
extremely hungry
extremely exotic
extremely large
From paragraph 4, the text states that 'the air reeked of smoke and death'. Which other short sentence in the same paragraph convey the same idea of 'reeked'?
(a)
What is the meaning of the word 'gauge'?
(paragraph 5)
estimate
gorge
agape
gawk
How do we know, from the last paragraph, that the boat sank? Which phrase tells us so?
'drifting away'
'fades into the abyss'
'the water is so cold'
'collapses with a shudder'
From paragraph 5, which word tells us that the boat fare was very expensive?
cut-throat
desperate
exorbitant
price
