Question

daily language
(1) create the correct relative pronoun to complete the sentence. we live across the street from a doctor, ______ cleaned up after his dog. a. which b. who c. that d. whom
(2) correct the following sentence. did not come to practice last week. a. i did not come to practice last week. b. did not come to practice last week.
(3) choose the antonym for the underlined word in the sentence. what is thirty - six divided by six? a. added b. subtracted c. split d. multiplied
(4) choose the correct order of adjectives to correctly complete the sentence below. the ______ looked great on debra at the party. a. old silk gorgeous b. old silk gorgeous c. silk old gorgeous d. gorgeous old silk
daily reading
basketball game
dashanay was so mad at her best friend, alaiya. they had been playing basketball, and alaiya had made a grab for the ball and made a three - pointer. another 3 pointer for alaiya! alaiya quickly blocked dashanay’s shot. alaiya laughed and said “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” dashanay felt her blood boil. “beating you is a piece of cake,” she said. dashanay quickly stole the ball again and made the final shot of the game. “wow!” she sighed. “i feel like michael jordan on this court!” dashanay grabbed the ball and threw it right in her face. alaiya was filled with tears. “dashanay, that was just plain mean. you have beat me for years. can’t you just let me win once. your pride is your achilles’ heel dashanay holmes!” she stormed off. dashanay walked slowly into her house and thought about what alaiya had said. she called alaiya that night and begged her to accept her apology.

1. what is the main idea of this passage?
2. dashanay tells alaiya “beating her is a piece of cake”. what does piece of cake mean? a. basketball is delicious. b. dashanay’s going to gobble her up. c. it’s time for a party. d. it’s easy for dashanay to beat alaiya.

Explanation:

The idiom "a piece of cake" means something is very easy. In the context, Alaiya says beating Dashanay is easy for her.

Answer:

d. It’s easy for Alaiya to beat Dashanay.