Vocabulary
A type of small deer that has large beautiful eyes
Gazelle
The old man wanted to sell his land for
a. twenty hundred dollars
b. twelve hundred dollars
c. twelve thousand dollars
d. two thousand dollars
a. twelve hundred dollars
Don Anselmo sold his land, but he did not sell
the trees in the orchard
He tilled the same land they had tilled. His house was small and wretched, but quaint. The little creek ran through his land. His orchard was gnarled and beautiful.
Don Anselmo farmed the same land as his ancestors. His beautiful orchard has an old fashioned house, creek, and twisted trees.
Fill in the correct conjunction:
I want a mango, there are only apples available.
but
Of poor quality or very bad
Wretched
a. mountains
b. rain and his family
c. children
d. trees
b. rain and his family
Why were the Americans complaining after they bought the land?
The children of the village always came into the orchard.
I argued with him but it was useless. Finally he signed the deed and took the money but refused to take more than the amount agreed upon. Then he shook hands all around, put on his ragged gloves, took his stick and walked out with the boy behind him.
Don Anselmo refused to take more money for his land. He took his clothes and left the office.
This is a compound sentence. True or False?
I love kabbadi, and koko.
False
The definition of cutaway
old, fancy jacket
a.Don Anselmo signed the deed and agreed to sell his land
b. The narrator offered Don Anselmo more money and he refused
c. Don Anselmo lived in Rio en Medio
d. The Americans bought the trees from the descendants of Rio en Medio
c, a, b, d
"Friend, I do not like to have you speak to me in that manner."
Which characters do 'you' and 'I' refer to?
I: Don Anselmo
You: the narrator
"This was bad, Don Anselmo," I pleaded, "when one signs a deed and sells real property one sells also everything that grows on the land, and those trees, every one of them, are on the land and inside the boundaries of what you sold."
The narrator is begging Don Anselmo to talk to the children overrunning the orchard. He says that the trees are part of the land he sold.
Replace this conjunction with the correct conjunction:
I want to become a doctor, yet I have to study hard.
so
Definition of innumerable kin
large family
The old man was
a. understanding
b. quick
c. unhurried
d. witty
c. unhurried
Why did the narrator say Don Anselmo reminded him of Chaplin?
In the movie, Chaplin also bowed to everyone in the room and slowly took off his hat and gloves.
There was nothing we could do. Legally we owned the trees but the old man had been so generous, refusing what amounted to a fortune for him. It took most of the following winter to buy the trees, individually, from the descendants of Don Anselmo in the valley of Rio en Medio.
Identify all the independent and dependent clauses in this sentence.
Although I like to go camping, I haven't found the time to go yet, and I haven't found anyone to go with.
Independent: I haven't found the time to go yet
I haven't found anyone to go with
Dependent: Although I like to go camping
definition of broached
talk about a difficult subject
Choose all that are correct: What did the old man do every time he entered a room?
a. bow
b. take off his shoes
c. shake hands
d. remove his hat and gloves
a, c, d
Why did Don Anselmo not accept more money for his land?
He was a man of principles and wanted to sell it for the original price they had agreed on.
Well, he finds that you own more than eight acres. He tells us that your land extends across the river and that you own almost twice as much as you thought." He didn't know that. "And now, Don Anselmo," I added, "These Americans are buena gente, they are good people, and they are willing to pay you for the additional land as well, at the same rate per acre, so that instead of twelve hundred dollars you will get almost twice as much, and the money is here for you."
The surveyor found that Don Anselmo owned more land than he thought and the Americans are willing to pay him extra for it.
Create a complex sentence with the word descendants
Although Don Anselmo sold his land, the trees belonged to the descendants of Rio en Medio