Question

week 10 day 4
daily language

1. choose the correct relative - pronoun to complete the sentence.

peter laughed at the story ____ i told to the class.
a. who b. where c. that d. whom

1. correct the following sentence:

there is know way we are going out in this thunderstorm

1. choose the antonym for the underlined word in the sentence.

the boy got a reward when he returned the lost money.
a. prize b. award c. money d. punishment

1. choose the correct order of adjectives to correctly complete the sentence below.

the ____ cheeseburger melted in johns mouth.
a. big delicious american b. american big delicious c. delicious big american
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 - point. dashanay ground her teeth, but still had a four - point lead. alaiya quickly blocked dashanays shot and stole the ball again. another 3 - pointer for alaiya! alaiya laughed and said \if at first you dont succeed, try again, huh, dashanay?\ dashanay felt her blood boil. \beating you is a piece of cake\, she snapped. alaiya quickly stole the ball again and made the final shot of the game. \wow!\ she sighed contentedly. \im michael jordan on this court!\ dashanay grabbed the ball and threw it right in her face. alaiyas eyes filled with tears. \dashanay, that was just plain mean. you have beat me for years and you cant even 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 was right. dashanay called alaiya that night and begged her to accept her apology.
what does achilles heel most likely mean

Explanation:

1. In the sentence "Peter laughed at the story ____ I told to the class", "that" is used as a relative - pronoun to refer to the non - human antecedent "story", so the answer is c.
2. The correct sentence should be "There is no way we are going out in this thunderstorm". The error was "know" instead of "no".
3. The antonym of "reward" is "punishment". A "reward" is something given for good behavior, while "punishment" is for bad behavior. So the answer is d.
4. The correct order of adjectives is opinion - size - origin, so "delicious big American" is correct. The answer is c.
5. "Achilles' heel" is an idiom meaning a person's weak point. In the story, Dashanay's pride is her weak point.

Answer:

1. c. that
2. There is no way we are going out in this thunderstorm.
3. d. punishment
4. c. delicious big American
5. A person's weak point.