Reading Comprehension
Which two facts about the humpback whale are correct?
They travel far
They can swim quickly
Their teeth are sharp
The female is often bigger than the male
They travel far
The female is often bigger than the male
Add a comma to this statement to show the removable part of the sentence.
The subject was speed and in a week’s practice he learned more about speed than the fastest gull alive.
The subject was speed and, in a week's practice, he learned more about speed than the fastest gull alive.
From the Unit 5 Review, what's a suitable heading for the first paragraph?
Design changes from 1914
Give an example of alliteration (minimum 4 words) using the letter 'L'
student's choice
Change from direct to indirect speech. Replace all 'say' verbs.
Akbar said, "I am afraid it is going to be a difficult job."
Akbar expressed that he was afraid it was going to be a difficult job.
Where do humpback whales like to feed during the summer?
icy polar seas (line 6)
Bubu was a young child. A child can sometimes have trouble making friends at school. It was full of many kinds of people.
Bubu was a young child, who can sometimes have trouble making friends at school, which was full of many kinds of people.
Bubu was a young child, who can sometimes have trouble making friends at school, where it was full of many kinds of people.
From the Unit 5 Review, what's a suitable heading for the second paragraph?
Engineering Advances
From the Humpback whales passage, which of these words from the third paragraph is a verb?
methods
surfaces
mouthfuls
surfaces
Change from direct to indirect speech. Replace all 'say' verbs.
Birbal said to himself, "All these people cannot be really lazy."
Birbal thought to himself that all those people could not be really lazy.
'Humpback whales exhibit some creative feeding methods....'
What does the use of the word 'creative' tell us?
They are artistic.
They are clever.
They are playful.
They are clever.
Underline the dependent clause and circle the main clause.
The food is left behind, caught in the 270-400 pairs of coarse baleen, which hang from its mouth.
The food is left behind, caught in the 270-400 pairs of coarse baleen, which hang from its mouth.
From the Unit 5 Review, what's a suitable heading for the third paragraph?
Technical improvements in the 1930s
Find an adverb in the second paragraph of Humpback whales passage that compare the speed of humpback whales to other animals.
Find a verb in the third paragraph that shows how humpback whales move to trap prey.
adverb: relatively
verb: encircles
Change from direct to indirect speech. Replace all 'say' verbs.
She asked me "Where are you from? Do you know anything about the accident?"
She asked me where I was from and if I knew anything about the accident.
From the passage Akbar the Great, find one word from the passage that shows 'a lack of interest or concern towards something.'
apathetic
Combine the following into one sentence using an appositive and a relative clause.
Humpback whales feed on krill and small fish. Krill are tiny crustaceans. These are very small.
Humpback whales feed on krill, tiny crustaceans, and small fish, which are very small.
From the Unit 5 Review, what's a suitable heading for the fourth and fifth paragraph?
4th: The Douglas DC-3 Transport Plane
5th: Future Aims for Aviation
Find an example of a hyperbole, onomatopoeia and simile from the passage Akbar the Great.
hyperbole: 'people started running for their lives'
onomatopoeia: 'the flickering flames...'
simile: '...as lazy as sloths'
Change from indirect to direct speech. Replace all 'say' verbs.
She asked me if I had listened to the 9 o'clock news and whether I had been studying this entire time.
She asked me, "Did you listen to the 9 o'clock news and have you been studying this entire time?"
Put the following in the correct order, 1-4, to describe the bubble net technique.
The humpback whale
comes up through the middle
catches food
opens its mouth wide
blows a bubble net
blows a bubble net
opens its mouth wide
comes up through the middle
catches food
Put the eight missing commas back.
Even when each of his brothers and his little sister whose wings were far shorter than his own ran to the brink flapped their wings and flew away he failed to muster up courage to take that plunge which appeared to him so desperate. His father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly scolding him threatening to let him starve on his ledge unless he flew away but for the life of him he could not move.
Even when each of his brothers and his little sister, whose wings were far shorter than his own, ran to the brink, flapped their wings and flew away, he failed to muster up courage to take that plunge, which appeared to him so desperate. His father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly, scolding him, threatening to let him starve on his ledge unless he flew away, but for the life of him he could not move.
From the Final Exam Sample, in the Humpback Whales passage, what's a suitable heading for the first, second and third paragraph?
1st: Humpback Whales' Size and Weight
2nd: Humpback Whales' Travels and Diet
3rd: Humpback Whales' Feeding Method: Bubble Net Technique
'A very big, special pandal was erected. Very soon there assembled a huge crowd at the gate.'
Find the part of speech for the words in italics.
special:
erected:
very:
crowd:
at:
special: adjective
erected: verb
very: adverb
crowd: noun
at: preposition
Change from indirect to direct speech. Replace all 'say' verbs.
Helen said that she would give up trying.
Change from direct to indirect speech. Replace all 'say' verbs.
The students said, "We may be a little late."
Helen exclaimed, "I will give up trying."
The students explained that they might be a little late.