IVS Chapter 6: Words in Context

1) This year's (annual) family reunion will be held at a campground. 2) Our town is having a big (bicentennial) parade exactly two hundred years after the day the town was founded.

• four.
• year.
• hang.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

1) The bride's softly spoken wedding vows were not (audible) to those at the back of the church. 2) The sound system in the new (auditorium) is so good that music can be heard clearly even in the upper balconies.

• condition.
• feelings.
• hearing.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

1) When Bob asked his parents if he could buy a new "two-wheeler," they didn't realize he meant a (motorcycle). 2) A (cyclone) travels in a circular motion.

• circle.
• four.
• condition

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

1) When children reach (adulthood), how much help should their parents give them? 2) For my great-grandmother, (womanhood) began early - she was married at 15.

• state of.
• sound.
• not.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

1) Nancy is (hypersensitive) to conflict. When people disagree with her, she thinks they are rejecting her personally. 2) The (hypermarket), a combination of a department store and a supermarket, is relatively new in the United States.

• opposite of.
• more than normal.
• fourth.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

1) One cannot (easily) drown in Utah's Great Salt Lake because the lake's high percentage of salt helps people float. 2) During the American Revolution, many brides (proudly) wore red, instead of white, as a symbol of rebellion.

• fourth.
• in a certain way.
• opposite of.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

1) The paints used in elementary schools are (nontoxic) so that a child who might swallow some won't be poisoned. 2) The story about the aliens was supposed to be (nonfiction), but it sounded made-up to me.

• condition.
• not.
• overly.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

1) When Rich's marriage fell apart, Ben's reaction was very (empathic) because he had also been rejected by a loved one. 2) Felicia and her mother claim to have powers of (telepathy). They say they know each other's feelings and thoughts without being told.

• feeling.
• hearing
• the opposite.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

1) The children's swing is an old tire that's (suspended) from a strong oak branch. 2) I can't sit and watch the swinging (pendulum) of a grandfather clock without starting to feel sleepy.

• suffering.
• to listen.
• to hang.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

1) Let's cut the apple into (quarters) so all four of us can have a piece. 2) The ad said I would (quadruple) my money in two months. But instead of making four times as much money, I lost what I had invested.

• overly.
• two.
• four.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A