Practice Test


For items 1– 4, fill in the letter of the answer choice that has the same or nearly the same meaning as the underlined word.


1 precious jewelry worthless pretty valuable personal


2 astonish me accompany surprise offer fool


3 annoy the neighbor bother visit call


ignore


4 with pleasure hunger


enjoyment envy anger


For items 5–10, fill in the letter of the answer choice that has the opposite or nearly the opposite meaning of the underlined word.


5 conserve energy save burn waste find


6 fortuitous event joyous unlucky recent


surprising


7 feeling of misery calm


silliness sadness joy


8 noble gesture unkind generous important sudden


9 preserve photos take copy


display discard


10 invade a country discover leave


take over visit


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TEST-TAKING STRATEGY Read the directions carefully whenever you take a test. Sometimes the directions change from one part of a test to another. For example, in one part of a vocabulary test, you may be asked to find synonyms. In another part of the test, you may need to find antonyms.


Sample A:


Fill in the letter of the answer choice that has the same or nearly the same meaning as the underlined word. good publicity


time news


morning party


Sample B:


Fill in the letter of the answer choice that has the opposite or nearly the opposite meaning of the underlined word. complex idea


new


worthy simple sudden


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UNIT 8 Good and Bad | Review 23 Teaching Tips


• Read the test-taking strategy box with students. Review the sample test, emphasizing to students that each part of the test has different directions.


• Remind students that if they don’t read and under- stand each set of directions, they may answer test items incorrectly.


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