Determining meaning from context 7 potx

... D 6. Huey ______ in bed for another hour after the alarm went off. a. lie b. lay c. lied d. lain 7. The sun was raising over the mountain when I rose out of bed and sat at the table. AB C D a. ... I expect ______ to the meeting. a. to go b. go c. goes d. going – STRUCTURE: GRAMMAR AND STYLE– 70 In this sentence, the subject is one, not chairs. Chairs is part of the prepositional phrase ......

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... use the context of the sentence to determine the meaning of the italicized word. Determining Meaning from Context 2 16 DETERMINING MEANING FROM CONTEXT 23 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, notic...

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... very rapid, the Industrial Revolution itself stretched over a rather long period of time from the mid- 170 0s through World War I (1914). (5) In the first century of the Industrial Revolution, the ... papermaking processes. 1. The Industrial Revolution took place during which years? a. 170 0–1850 b. 1850–1914 c. 170 0–1914 d. 1850–today 2. Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Indus...

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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. W ORD CHOICE Often the best clues to meaning ... because slim has a different connota- tion than thin. Connotation is a word’s suggested or implied meaning; it’s what the word makes you think or feel. Slim and thin have almost the same de...

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... 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, like breads, ... 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 food. b....

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... 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 ... doesn’t understand what we have written. When we write, there- fore, we need to be clear and correct from the start. Otherwise, our readers may not be able to understand our message. Because...

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... PRESENT PAST MEANING EXAMPLES & FUTURE will, shall would intention I will go to the store right away. She ... broken 6. He believes we ______ go to a specialist right away. a. will b. must c. should d. would 7. Be very careful; that dog ______ bite. a. may b. should c. would d. can 8. The thieves ______ ... object) This far north, the sun rises at 4:30. The minimum amount to open an ac...

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... that earned the highest ratings is out of stock. – STRUCTURE: GRAMMAR AND STYLE– 75 Pronouns Pronouns are very useful; they keep us from having to repeat nouns. There are several different kinds of pro- nouns ... didn’t go as I’d planned. a. would b. could c. might d. should – STRUCTURE: GRAMMAR AND STYLE– 71 The noun or pronoun following these indefinite pronouns determine their number....

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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 ... mon- key), the sentence actually says that I was swinging from branch to branch. Here’s the corrected version: I saw the spider monkey swinging from branch to branch. – STRUCTU...

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