Category 1
Which of the following is not a positive word?
a. amused
b. apathetic
c. jubilant
d. refreshed
b. apathetic
apathetic = apático
showing no interest or enthusiasm
Which of the following is not a negative word?
a. confused
b. crushed
c. cranky
d. touched
d. touched
touched = conmovido/agradecido
feeling happy and grateful because of something kind that somebody has done
Which of the following is not a negative word?
a. rejected
b. exhausted
c. warm
d. grumpy
c. warm
warm = cálido/amigable
friendly / at a fairly high temperature in a way that is pleasant
Which of the following is not a positive word?
a. hopeful
b. victorious
c. amicable
d. frustrated
d. frustrated
frustrated = frustrado
Identify the author’s purpose for the following sentence.
Cloning human beings should be banned.
a. to inform
b. to persuade
c. to entertain
b. persuade
Identify the author’s purpose for the following sentence.
The best way to survive babysitting a set of triplets is to come armed with plenty of energy, lots of patience, and a first-aid kit.
a. to inform
b. to persuade
c. to entertain
c. to entertain.
Choose the tone word that best describes tone of the sentence.
“When are you going to take the garbage out? Sometime this year, maybe?”
a. sympathetic
b. straightforward
c. sad
d. sarcastic
e. irritated
f. threatening
“Please note in your checkbook how much money you spent using your ATM card today.”
“Hey, lay off, you don’t have to nag me. I was going to do it anyway!”
“I know it’s been hard. And I appreciate all you are going through right now. If you will just put the receipts on the counter, I will take care of the paperwork for you.”
d. sarcastic
Choose the tone word that best describes tone of the sentence.
“I know it’s been hard. And I appreciate all you are going through right now. If you will just put the receipts on the counter, I will take care of the paperwork for you.”
a. sympathetic
b. straightforward
c. sad
d. sarcastic
e. irritated
f. threatening
a. sympathetic
sympathetic = compasivo / comprensivo
kind to somebody who is hurt or sad; showing that you understand and care about their problems
Identify the tone of the passage.
A vaccine is a preparation of killed or weakened germs that is injected under the skin and causes the blood to produce antibodies against the disease. Effective vaccines, for instance, have been developed for small pox, rabies, and polio.
a. objective
b. arrogant
c. regretful
a. objective
Often you feel you’ve done nothing when you’ve actually done a lot. That’s because what you did do seemed beneath notice—it was so small that it didn’t “count.” But it did—just as each stitch counts toward a finished dress, each brick or nail toward a house you can live in, each mistake toward knowing how to do things right.
a. hesitant
b. encouraging
c. amused
b. encouraging
What is the tone of the paragraph?
We have come together this afternoon to mourn the deaths of sixteen miners—our friends and neighbors—who were trapped by fire yesterday, deep below the earth. They lived bravely and they died too soon, leaving behind grieving wives and bewildered children. We bid them a final farewell.
a. forgiving
b. sorrowful
c. angry
b. sorrowful
sorrowful = very sad
What is the tone of the paragraph?
What’s the matter with those idiots in the city council? First they pass new parking regulations saying we can’t park our cars in front of our own houses without a special permit. Now they’ve gone and slapped another tax on gas purchase—just to widen a road that’s already wide enough. Anyway, nobody enjoys the traffic delays resulting from road construction. The sooner we vote those incompetents out, the better off we’ll all be.
a. objective
b. angry
c. surprised
b. angry