Question

week 10 day 3

1. choose the correct relative pronoun to complete the sentence. this is the lady about ____ i was telling you. a. who b. where c. that d. whom
2. correct the following sentence: mrs mitchell told mona to rewrite her english paper
3. choose the antonym for the underlined word in the sentence. the lantern was lit to illuminate the dark path in the forest. a. smell b. darken c. lighten d. darken
4. choose the correct order of adjectives to correctly complete the sentence below. shuana did not want to open her ____ book to study. a. boring old math b. old boring math c. boring math old

daily reading
the basketball game
dashanay was so mad her best friend, alaiya. they had been playing basketball, and dashanay was ahead, as usual. suddenly alaiya had made a grab for the ball and made a three pointer. dashanay ground her teeth, but still had a four - point lead. alaiya quickly blocked dashanay’s shot and got the ball again. another 3 pointer for alaiya! alaiya laughed and said “if at first you don’t succeed try again, huh, dashanay?” dashanay felt her blood boil. “beating you is a piece of cake”, she snapped. she quickly stole the ball again and made the final shot of the game. “wow!” she sighed contentedly. “i’m like michael jordan on this court!” dashanay grabbed the ball and threw it right in her face. alaiya’s eyes filled with tears. “dashanay, that was just plain mean. you have beat me for years and you cannot let me win once. your pride is your achilles’ heel dashanay holmes!” she stormed, and ran home. dashanay walked slowly into her house and thought about what alaiya had said. she knew alaiya spoke the truth. dashanay called alaiya that night and begged her to accept her apology.

1. what does “achilles’ heel” most likely mean in this passage?
2. read the following sentence from the passage. “dashanay felt her blood boil.” what do the words “blood boil” most likely mean? a. dashanay was really angry. b. dashanay was running a fever. c. dashanay could feel her blood getting hotter and hotter within her body. d. dashanay’s blood was going to erupt like a volcano.

Explanation:

1. In the sentence "This is the lady about ___ I was telling you", the pre - position "about" is followed by "whom" as it refers to a person and is the object of the pre - position in a relative clause.
2. The sentence "mrs mitchell told mona to rewrite her english paper" should be "Mrs. Mitchell told Mona to rewrite her English paper" as proper nouns like names and the language name "English" need to be capitalized.
3. The word "illuminate" means to light up. Its antonym is "darken".
4. The correct order of adjectives is "opinion - age - purpose", so "old boring math" is correct. For the reading comprehension part, "Achilles' heel" is an idiom meaning a weak spot, and "blood boil" means being very angry.

Answer:

1. d. whom
2. Mrs. Mitchell told Mona to rewrite her English paper.
3. b. darken
4. b. old boring math

Reading Comprehension:

1. Dashanay's pride is her weak spot.
2. a. Dashanay was really angry.