Cal Words

They had a pleasant ______ by phone.

• speech

• talk

• speak

• conversation

There was so much _____ , I longed for silence.

• sound

• vioce

• speech

• noise

Her ____  message requested immediate help.

• hurry

• quick

• fast

• urgent 

We went to the _____  to see the new film.

• cinema

• hospital

• library

• restaurant

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Hint: Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through context clues.

My friend is very careful about spending money. I admire that, so I call him ______________.

• thrifty

• stingy

• miserly

• selfish

Read the sentences and answer the question. I gave the most difficult task to Yandy because she is the most stubborn person I know. I gave the most difficult task to Yandy because she is the most persistent person I know. How does the connotation of the word persistent in the second sentence convey the author’s purpose?

• It implies a positive characteristic.

• It implies an increasingly negative characteristic.

• It implies a careless characteristic.

• It implies a playfully irresponsible characteristic.

Cal Words

• A) Calculate

• B) Calibrate

• C) Calamity

• D) Calisthenics

Cal Words

• A) Caliber

• B) Calorie

• C) Calibrate

• D) Calamity

Cal Words

• A) Calibrate

• B) Calamity

• C) Calisthenics

• D) Calorie

Cal Words

• A) Calamity

• B) Caliber

• C) Calibrate

• D) Calisthenics