CONTEXT CLUES SYNONYMS

Answers and Explanations

1. B. Difficult - arduous is hard to climb in other words difficult.

2. A. Generous - benevolent means showing or motivated by sympathy and

understanding and generosity.

3. D. Clever - astute means to having or showing shrewdness and an ability to

understand things clearly, intelligent or clever.

4. C. Thoughtful - pensive means to deeply or seriously thoughtful

5. A. Shining - luminous means to emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused or

shining.

6. B. Wordy - verbose using or containing too my words.

7. A. Freezing – frigid means extremely cold or freezing.

8. B. Hardworking - diligent means steadily persevering especially in detail or

exactness.

9. B. Sorrowful - melancholy a feeling of thoughtful sadness.

10. A. Bright - vibrant colors that are bright and striking.

11. C. Wise - prudent wise in management of practical affairs.

12. B. Thrilled - elated full of high-spirited delight.

13. C. Hidden - obscure not clearly understood or expressed

VOCABULARY SYNONYMS
Answers and Explanations
 1. B. Huge - enormous means extraordinarily large in size or extent.

2. C. Overjoyed - ecstatic feeling great or delight.

3. B. Old - ancient a belonging to very old times.

4. A. Short - brief a short duration or distance.

5. C. Delicate - fragile easily broken, damaged or destroyed.

6. D. Confusion - chaos a state of extreme confusion and disorder.

7. A. Dependable - reliable worthy of reliance o trust.

8. D. Smell - aroma a distinctive odor that is pleasant.

9. C. Exact - precise a sharply exact, accurate or delimited.

10. B. Angry - hostile characterized by enmity or ill will.

11. B. Intelligent - brilliant having by unusual and impressive intelligence.

12. B. Puzzling - mysterious curiosity while baffling efforts to identify.

13. C. Enormous - tremendous extraordinarily large amount of power

CONTEXT CLUES ANTONYMS

Answers and Explanations

1. C. Silent - talkative means talking too much; its opposite would be silent.

2. B. Selfish - generous means willing to give; its opposite would be selfish.

3. B. New - ancient means very old; its opposite would be new.

4. A. Long - concise means expressing much in few words; its opposite would be long.
5. C. Scared - brave means invulnerable to fear or intimidation; its opposite would be
scared.

6. D) Dry - humid means containing a great amount of water; its opposite would be dry.

7. A) Negative - optimistic means showing hope for the future; its opposite would be
negative.

8. D) Stiff - flexible means able to blend easily; its opposite would be stiff.

9. B) Plain – luxurious means rich and superior in quality; its opposite would be plain.

10. C) Faded - vibrant means colors that are bright; its opposite would be faded.

11. B) Dishonest - honest means gained or earned without cheating; its opposite would be
dishonest.
12. A) Messy - orderly means clean or organized; its opposite would be messy.

13. D) Awkward – graceful means ease and suppleness; its opposite would be awkward.

VOCABULARY ANTONYMS
Answers and Explanations

1. A. wet
2. B. interesting
3. C. strong

4. D. lengthy
5. C. shiny
6. B. bendable
7. A. rich
8. B. direct
9. C. sugary
10. D. charitable
11. D. deep
12. B. silent
13. A. permanent
SENTENCE COMPLETION CORRECT
USAGE – PRONOUNS
Answers and Explanations

1. A) his

2. C) his or her

3. A. It’s

4. A. Our

5. C. His or her

6. B. Their

7. C) one's

8. B) her

9. B) its

10. A) he

11. B) me

12. A) their

13. A) his or her

SENTENCE COMPLETION CORRECT

USAGE- CONJUNCTIONS
Answers and Explanations

1. B) but

2. D) so that

3. A) Since
4. B) or

5. A) although

6. B) if

7. B) but

8. A) Unless

9. D) because

10. C) and

11. D) but

12. A) or

13. A) Unless

SENTENCE COMPLETION CORRECT

USAGE – PREPOSITIONS
Answers and Explanations

1. D) on

2. B) in

3. B) on

4. C) in

5. B) on

6. A) at

7. B) on

8. C) in
9. C) over

10. A) at

11. A) at

12. D) by

13.A) at

SENTENCE COMPLETION CORRECT

USAGE - PHRASAL VERB
Answers and Explanations

1. A) put off

2. B) turn off

3. A) give up

4. C) hand in

5. D) turn down

6. D) bring out

7. C) fill out

8. A) take out

9. A) take off

10. A) look after

11. C) look up

12. D) looking into

13. A) set off

SENTENCE COMPLETION CORRECT

USAGE – HOMOPHONES
Answer key and Explanations

1. A) air

2. B) pair

3. A) set

4. B) sun

5. C) close

6. D) knew

7. C) tale

8. D) study

9. A) plane

10. B) too

11. D) night

12. C) whether

13. A) current

IDENTIFYING SENTENCE
ERRORS
Answer key and Explanations

1. A) are - should be is for collective noun team.

2. B) have - should be has to agree with Neither.

3. A) laid - should be lay for past tense of lie down.

4. A) was wrote - should be was written.

5. B) are - should be is to agree with Each.

6. A) which -should be that or which I visited last week with commas.

7. A) should of - should be should have.

8. B) less - should be fewer for countable nouns.

9. A) Me and my brother - should be My brother and I.

10. B) are - should be is because along with doesn’t make the subject plural.

11. B) angry at - should be angry with.

12. A) Its - should be It’s for It is.

13. B) to complicated - should be too complicated.

PARAGRAPH ORGANIZATION
Answer key and Explanations

1. A) 2-3-1

2. A) 2-1-3

3. A) 3-1-2

4. C) 2-1-3

5. B) 2-1-3

6. D) 2-1-3

7. B) 2-1-3
8. A) 2-1-3

9. C) 2-3-1

10. B) 2-3-1

11. A) 2-1-3

12. A) 2-1-3

13. A) 2-1-3

CHOOSING CORRECT SENTENCE

Answer key and Explanations

1. C) She doesn’t like coffee.

2. B) The cat is lying on the sofa.

3. B) He went to the store yesterday.

4. B) There are many books on the shelf.

5. A) She is taller than me.

6. B) I have been working here for five years.

7. A) The movie was so boring that I fell asleep.

8. C) She asked me where I lived.

9. B) If I have time, I will call you.

10. B) The children play in the garden every day.

11. B) He is used to waking up early.

12. B) I look forward to meeting you.

13. B) She can swim very well.

READING COMPREHENSION
Answer key and Explanations

1. B) Providing 20% of the world's oxygen

2. B) Deforestation

3. A) She won two Nobel Prizes in different sciences

4. B) Her research on radioactivity helped medical treatments

5. C) Britain

6. D) Pollution and poor working conditions

7. C) Summer temperatures often exceed 100°F

8. A) Affordable housing and jobs

9. C) Persistence is more important than speed

10. B) Aesop

11. C) Melting polar ice caps

12. C) They are losing their habitats

13. B) Success comes from persistence