Question

daily language
week 10 day 1
(1) choose the correct relative pronoun to complete the sentence. the johnsons, live across the creek from us, are friendly.
a. who b. which c. that d. whom
(2) correct the following sentence: all did not come to soccer practice last night.
(3) choose the antonym for the underlined word in the sentence. what is thirty - six divided by six?
a. added b. subtracted c. split
(4) choose the correct order of adjectives to correctly complete the sentence. the looked great on debra at the party.
a. gorgeous silk old b. old silk gorgeous c. silk old gorgeous
daily reading
the basketball game
dashanay was so mad at her best friend, alaiya. they had been playing basketball. dashanay was in the lead, as usual. suddenly alaiya made a grab for a 3 - pointer. dashanay ground her teeth, but still had a four - point lead. alaiya made the 3 - pointer and stole the ball again. another 3 - pointer for alaiya! alaiya laughed. “beat you! wanna succeed try again, huh, dashanay?” dashanay felt her blood boil. “beat you? you just got lucky!” alaiya quickly stole the ball again and made the final shot of the game. she smiled contentedly. “i’m michael jordan on this court!” dashanay grabbed the ball and threw it at alaiya. alaiya’s eyes filled with tears. “dashanay, that was just plain mean! it’s just a game and you cannot even let me win once. your pride is your achilles’ heel.” with that, alaiya turned and ran home. dashanay walked slowly into her house and thought about what alaiya had said. she knew alaiya spoke the truth. dashanay called alaiya that night and apologized.

1. what is the theme of this passage?

a. skills are the most important thing.
b. friendship is more important than winning.
c. winning is more important than feelings.
d. practice makes perfect.

1. dashanay tells alaiya she got lucky. what does she mean by that?

a. basketball is a game of luck.
b. dashanay’s good skills made her win.
c. it’s time for alaiya to practice more.
d. it’s easy for alaiya to win by luck.

Explanation:

1. For the relative - pronoun question, "who" is used for people, and "the Johnsons" are people.
2. The sentence "all did not come to soccer practice last night" has a double - negative error. It should be "not all came to soccer practice last night".
3. "Added" is the opposite of "subtracted".
4. In English, the order of adjectives is opinion - age - material, so "gorgeous old silk" is correct. For the theme of the passage, Dashanay and Alaiya's fight over the basketball game shows that Dashanay's pride in winning caused a rift in their friendship, indicating that friendship is more important than winning.

Answer:

1. a. who
2. Not all came to soccer practice last night.
3. b. subtracted
4. None of the given options for adjectives are correct (should be gorgeous old silk). For the theme question: b. Friendship is more important than winning.