E3D Issue 1

There are both positives and negatives to letting girls _____ on boys sports teams.

• competition

• competitive

• competing

• compete

It was so obvious in our game last week that the referee was _____ towards our opponents! He wouldn't call any fouls against them!

• biasing

• biased

• bias

• base

Most department stores organize their clothes by _____.

• gendering

• gender

• gander

• gendre

Girls can be just as capable as boys at handling pressure and _____ on the playing field.

• competition

• compete

• competitor

• competing

Traditionally, most teams have players that are all the same _____.

• genders

• height

• gender

• size

When I play checkers, I usually let my _____ take the first turn.

• barrier

• capable

• distinction

• opponent

People who are color-blind have a hard time making _____ between certain colors.

• distinct

• distinction

• distinctions

• distinctly

It is illegal for schools to _____ against students based on race, gender, or religion.

• discriminate

• discriminates

• discriminating

• discrimination

“Seventeen other girls have played in the 68-year history of the Little League World

Series, but none captured the nation’s attention the same way as the 5-foot-4

dynamo with long hair, a perpetual grin, and more than 27,000 Twitter followers.” Which sentence best paraphrases the underlined words?

• this energetic and popular pitcher

• this long-haired, grinning person

• the 5-foot-4 girl with long hair and Twitter followers

• the short girl with long hair and a grin

Place a bracket around the writer's claim.