Unit 3, Lesson 4
Blue Team
12.4.14
Vocabulary
Unit 3
Review Vocabulary
• Provide an antonym for each word below. Try to
do it without using your notes.
• prosaic
• tangential
• caustic
Review Vocabulary
• Provide an antonym for each word below. Try to
do it without using your notes.
• prosaic: creative
• tangential: relevant
• caustic: kind
17. petulant (adjective)
• having or showing the attitude of people who
become angry and annoyed when they don’t get
what they want
• synonyms: crabby, irritable
18. truculent (adjective)
• easily annoyed or angered and likely to argue
• synonyms: aggressive, argumentative, belligerent
19. insipid (adjective)
• not interesting or exciting; lacking strong flavor
• synonyms: flat, bland, weak, plain
20. languid (adjective)
• showing or having very little strength, energy or
activity
• synonyms: listless, limp, lethargic
21. acrimony (noun)
• angry and bitter feelings
• synonyms: hostility, tartness, cattiness
22. unwitting (adjective)
• not aware of what is really happening
• synonyms: accidental, unintended
23. impasse (noun)
• a situation in which no progress seems possible
• synonyms: deadlock, gridlock, standstill
Practice Sentence Completion
• Complete sentence completion exercises 1-6 on
page 624.
• Predict an answer
• Identify clue words and phrase
• Use process of elimination
Reading Passages
Unit 3
Review Reading Strategies
• Know what you’re being asked.
• Predict an answer
• Use process of elimination
• With long passages, annotate the passage.
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Main idea/purpose of each paragraph
Opinions
Key words underlined
Additional notes: examples, etc.
Practice Reading
• Read the passage on page 392 of the packet, and
answer questions 10-15.
• Read the passages on page 394 of the packet,
and answer questions 16-24.
Grammar Review
Unit 3
1
At the heart of the program, enthusiastically
A
endorsed by the city’s business association, is
B
plans for refurbishing neighborhoods and for
C
making low-interest mortgages available to young
D
families. No error
E
2
Although the details of the contract has not
A
yet been announced, it is likely that union
B
negotiators accepted the proposed training
C
program for newly hired workers. No error
D
E
3
Poor pitching, along with injuries and defensive
A
lapses, are among the problems that plagued last
B
C
D
year’s championship team. No error
E
4
The illustrated books by Dr.
Seuss have managed keeping
A
B
youngsters and adults alike
C
entertained for several decades.
D
No error
E
5
Virtually all of the members who attended the
A
B
meeting agreed to the president’s viewpoint on
C
the issue of budgetary restraints. No error
D
E
6
Though the statistics on their experiment
A
B
were neither precise or significant, the
C
D
biochemists still published them. No error
E
7
Before he sprained his back,
Morgan spends much of his
A
B
leisure time engaged in
C
outdoor sports, particularly
D
hiking and canoeing. No error
E
8
George Thornton Emmons was one of a
A
handful of ethnographers who committed
B
their life to studying the Tlingit culture of
C
D
the Northwest Coast. No error
E
9
Even though their commissions are paid by
A
B
the musicians, the typical booking agent
c
represents the interests of the nightclub
D
owners and managers. No error
E
10
Ms. Tanaka asked Juan and I whether we would
A
B
consider joining our school’s quiz bowl team.
C
D
No error
E
11
If someone loses his way in the airport, they can
A
B
C
ask any employee for directions. No error
D
E
13
The office manager and her coworker, Ms.
Andrews, received equal pay from the company
A
until she got a raise for helping to increase
B C
D
productivity. No error
E
14
Hiking along mountain trails is a less
A
expensive but considerably more
B
C
demanding vacation activity than to cruise
D
in the Bahamas. No error
E
15
It was fortunate that the inexperienced
A
veterinarian was able to examine the
B
C
injured horse calm and with confidence.
D
No error
E
16
None of this injury to life and damage to
A
property wouldn’t have happened if the
B
amateur pilot had only heeded the weather
C
forecasts and stayed on the ground.
D
No error