Unit 3, Lesson 5Blue Team12.8.14

VocabularyUnit 3

Practice Sentence Completion

• Complete sentence completion exercises 1-6 on page 624.• Predict an answer• Identify clue words and phrase• Use process of elimination

Review Vocabulary

• Write a sentence for each of the words below. Try to do it without using your notes.

• truculent• languid• impasse

24. intrepid (adjective)

• feeling no fear; very bold or brave

• synonyms: courageous, gutsy

25. onerous (adjective)

• difficult and unpleasant to do or deal with

• brutal, burdensome, heavy

26. adroit (adjective)

• very clever or skillful

• synonyms: artful, deft, masterful

27. provincial (adjective)

• a person who comes from a place far away from large cities• a person lacking urban polish or refinement

• synonyms: bumpkin, rustic, countryman

28. slipshod (adjective)

• very careless or poorly done or made

• synonyms: shabby, botched, faulty, shoddy

29. tractable (adjective)

• easily managed or controlled; willing to learn or be guided by another

• synonyms: compliant, obedient, submissive

30. urbane (adjective)

• polite and confident; fashionable and somewhat formal

• synonyms: sophisticated, suave

Practice Sentence Completion

• Complete sentence completion exercises 1-5 on page 664.• Predict an answer• Identify clue words and phrase• Use process of elimination

Reading PassagesUnit 3

Review Reading Strategies

• Know what you’re being asked.• Predict an answer• Use process of elimination• With long passages, annotate the passage.• Main idea/purpose of each paragraph• Opinions• Key words underlined• Additional notes: examples, etc.

Practice Reading

• Read the passages on page 403 in your packet, and answer questions 9-12.

• Read the passage on page 404 in your packet, and answer questions 13-22.

Grammar ReviewUnit 3

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The chestnut, like the oak, is called an immortal tree, the reason is that the trunk and roots remain alive even after the tree has been felled.

A) tree, the reason is that the trunk and roots remainB) tree, which has a trunk and roots that are remainingC) tree, the trunk of which and the roots remainD) tree because its trunk and roots remainE) tree, whose trunk and roots are remaining

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Although several groups strongly opposed the new hiring policies of the city council, other groups being enthusiastic in their support of the new rules.

A) being enthusiastic in their support ofB) were enthusiastic and supportive ofC) enthusiastically supportedD) enthusiastically supportingE) are enthusiastically supportive of

19

While driving down the road, the house with the large yard and small pond attracted the family’s attention.

A) the house with the large yard and small pond attracted the family’s attention

B) the house having the large yard and a small pond attracted the attention of the family

C) the house with the yard and small pond was attractive to the family’s attention

D) the family’s attention was attracted by the house with the large yard and small pond

E) the family was attracted to the house with the large yard and small pond

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Modern dance and classical ballet help strengthen concentration, tone muscles, and for creating a sense of poise.

A) and for creating a sense of poiseB) thereby creating a sense of poiseC) and the creation of a sense of poise D) and create a sense of poiseE) so that a sense of poise is created

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While working as a nurse in the streets of Calcutta, that was when Mother Teresa developed a profound love for the poor.

A) that was when Mother Teresa developed a profound love for the poor

B) mother Teresa developed a profound love for the poorC) then the development of Mother Teresa’s profound love for the

poor took placeD) mother Teresa’s profound love for the poor developedE) a profound love for the poor developed in Mother Teresa

Review

• Complete the practice test.• Answers are available on the class website.