Determining meaning from context 6 pdf
Determining meaning from context 6 pdf
... about the subject of the
sentence.
One of the chairs is broken.
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3. Last month, Lillian ______ her bills with her credit card.
a. to pay
b. pay
c. paying
d. paid
4. ... sun rises at 4:30.
The minimum amount to open an account has been raised from $50 to $100.
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IRREGULAR VERBS
About 150 verbs in the English language are...
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... period of time from the mid-1700s
through World War I (1914). (5) In the first century of the Industrial Revolution, the country
undergoing the most dramatic change was England. (6) After 1850, ... calculate poverty levels was introduced in 1 963 . At that time,
the poverty line for a family of two adults and two children was about $3,100. In 1992, there were
36. 9 million people, or 14.5 pe...
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... semi-colon if the ideas
in the sentences are closely related.
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W
HEN WE ARE communicating with others, speaking has several advantages over writing.
For one ... to correct ourselves before we continue.
Not so with writing. Writing necessarily distances us from our audience, and we cannot correct ourselves
as we go along or backtrack if our reader doesn’t...
Determining Meaning from Context
... use the context of the sentence to determine the
meaning of the italicized word.
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There are two other types of context ... you have been determining
meaning from context. Context refers to the words and sentences that sur-
round a particular word and help fix its meaning. For example, not...
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... the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary words.You have to look for clues in the context. The best clues typ-
ically come from the writer’s word choice.
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ORD CHOICE
Often the best clues to meaning ... calculate poverty levels was introduced in 1 963 . At that time,
the poverty line for a family of two adults and two children was about $3,100. In 1992, there were
36. 9 million people, or...
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... American Diabetes Association, recommend that 50 60 per-
cent of daily calories come from carbohydrates, 12–20 percent from protein, and no more than
30% from fat. Foods that are rich in carbohydrates, ... digestion, but it does
prevent the body from using an important product of digestion—glucose (commonly known as
sugar)—for energy?
a. Diabetes prevents the body from digesting foo...
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... semi-colon if the ideas
in the sentences are closely related.
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IRREGULAR VERBS
About 150 verbs in the English language are irregular. They don’t follow the standard ... participle forms.
The table below lists the most common irregular verbs.
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Present Past Past Participle
Same past and past participle forms:
bite bit bit
d...
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... help
consider
delay
deny
discuss
dislike
enjoy
escape
finish
imagine
keep
miss
postpone
practice
put off
quit
recall
resist
risk
suggest
tolerate
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3. The center fielder catch the ball and threw it to home plate, but the throw was too late.
AB ... taller, I could be an astronaut, but I don’t meet the height requirement.
ABCD
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
6. Huey ______...
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... out of stock.
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Pronouns
Pronouns are very useful; they keep us from having to repeat nouns. There are several different kinds of pro-
nouns and some special rules ... (her/their) makeup in the bathroom.
5. Remember to give Jane and Rita (her/their) appointment card.
6. Almost anybody can improve (his or her/their) writing with practice.
7. Neither the sold...
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... example:
Swinging from branch to branch, I saw the spider monkey.
It’s quite obvious that it was the monkey, not the speaker, who was swinging from branch to branch.
But because the modifier (swinging from ... says that I was swinging from branch to branch. Here’s the corrected version:
I saw the spider monkey swinging from branch to branch.
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16. Th...