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Grammar
UNIT 2 Readings
100
to use a name for someone or something
What is the meaning of the word call?
100
not easy to do
What is the meaning of hard?
100
to learn where something is
What is the meaning of find?
100

What pattern do most English sentences follow?

SVO

Subject Verb Object

100

What does Ntikuma (the son) tell Ananse (his father) to do with the pot?

Ntikuma tells him to put it on his back. 
200
to feel good about something
What is the meaning of like?
200
to make bigger or to cultivate
What is the meaning of grow?
200
a thought or a plan
What is the meaning of idea?
200

Identify the subject, the verb and the object in this sentence. 

Trees always calm me. 

Subject- Trees

Verb- calm

Object- me

200

Why is Ananse selfish?

He does not want to share his wisdom. 

300
someone or something else
What is the meaning of other?
300
to go away
What is the meaning of leave?
300
almost the same
What is the meaning of similar?
300

Fill in the object pronoun. 

I remember my mother. I honor _________.

her

300

What does Yipman want Bruce to understand?

He wants him to understand how to be gentle. 

400
in all places
What is the meaning of everywhere?
400
to combine things or to do things in a pair or group
What is the meaning of together?
400
someone who studies plants, animals, chemicals, and other things in our world.
What is the meaning of scientist?
400

What do the ly and ful suffixes mean?

ly- in that way

ful- full of or having 

400

Explain what Young Ju means when she says " ...she only wished to see our hands holding books." 

She means that she does not want her children to work with their hands, like her. She wants them to study. 

500
the only one of its kind
What is the meaning of unique?
500
to be sad someone is not with you
What is the meaning of miss?
500
a design that repeats
What is the meaning of pattern?
500

Fill in the correct for of want/need/have

Michael's parents _______ to go on vacation. They _______ a babysitter. The babysitter ________ to be responsible. 

Michaels parents want to go on vacation. They need a babysitter. The babysitter has to be responsible. 

500

What kind of story is Mathematics? 

It is a ___________.

What does it mean when the author says, " Mina knew a different kind of mathematics." 

It is a memoir.


The author means she knows how to give and receive. (Other answers, She knows how to share and She gives and receives love. )

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