KAS Grade 10 homework 3

Read each passage and choose the word or group of words that belongs in each space. Mark the letter for your answer.

Do you think that a house and a home (1) the same thing? In one sense, they are. If you happen to live in a house, (2) also your home. In another sense, a house and a home are very different. A house is just a building. It might be a separate building (3) one family lives. It might be a larger building where several families live. However, it is the people in a place that (4) it a home. For some people, a tent is home. For others, a grass hut or a boat (5) home. In all cases, home is the place where we live. It can be as small as a single house. It can be as large as our (6) It could even mean our planet. If you ever met an alien, you would say that your home is planet Earth.

____ 1. Choose the correct answer for (1) above.

A. is B. are C. been D. was

____ 2. Choose the correct answer for (2) above.

A. it B. its C. its' D. it's

____ 3. Choose the correct answer for (3) above.

A. which B. where C. that D. who

____ 4. Choose the correct answer for (4) above.

A. makes B. made C. make D. is making

____ 5. Choose the correct answer for (5) above.

A. are B. were C. is D. was

____ 6. Choose the correct answer for (6) above.

A. neighborhood, town, or country. B. neighborhood, town or, country.

C. neighborhood town or country. D. neighborhood; town; or country.

The Washington Monument opened to the public in 1885, but plans (7) it began 100 years earlier. Even if you have not seen it in person, you probably know (8) familiar shape. The monument is a tall four-sided stone pillar. It gradually gets (9) as it rises. The top ends in a pyramid that comes to a point. (10) , you must see the monument in person to marvel at its size. It rises over 555 feet high from base to tip. Each of the four sides (11) over 55 feet at the bottom. The walls (12) are 15 feet thick at the bottom, but only 18 inches thick at the top. Inside, the monument is hollow. You can walk to the top by climbing 898 steps, or you can take an elevator to the top in 70 seconds. Every year, millions of visitors tour this monument.



____ 7. Choose the correct answer for (7) above.

A. for build B. building C. for builded D. for building

____ 8. Choose the correct answer for (8) above.

A. it's B. its C. their D. his

____ 9. Choose the correct answer for (9) above.

A. thinnest B. thinner C. more thinner D. most thin

____ 10. Choose the correct answer for (10) above.

A. Although B. Whether C. However D. Whenever

____ 11. Choose the correct answer for (11) above.

A. measure B. measuring C. measures D. have measured

____ 12. Choose the correct answer for (12) above.

A. itself B. theirselves C. themself D. themselves

Chris and his friends were (13) upset. The parking lot at the bank was the only safe place in the village for kids to go skateboarding. Now the village (14) a law against it. When Chris and his friends arrived at the lot on Sunday afternoon, the village policeman (15) there in his patrol car.
"Sorry, (16) you'll have to find someplace else to skate," he told (17) . "But there (18) no other place," Chris argued. That's when he got an idea. They could bring a petition to the village hall to build a skateboard lot in the park.

____ 13. Choose the correct answer for (13) above.

A. really B. real C. realistic D. real, real

____ 14. Choose the correct answer for (14) above.

A. passes B. had passed C. is passing D. have been passing

____ 15. Choose the correct answer for (15) above.

A. is sitting B. set C. was setting D. was sitting

____ 16. Choose the correct answer for (16) above.

A. boys, B. Boys, C. boy's, D. boys


____ 17. Choose the correct answer for (17) above.

A. they B. them C. to them D. them boys

____ 18. Choose the correct answer for (18) above.

A. are B. were C. is D. isn't

One of the (1) and most effective ways to help out in your community is to volunteer at a local food pantry. Many social service organizations (2) food donations and distribute them to people in the community who need it. How can you help? You can use part of your spending money to buy canned goods and (3) to your food pantry. You can organize drives in (4) community to collect food donations. You can contact the people (5) operate the pantry to offer your help in stocking shelves. (6) it good to know you can do something to help others in such an important way?

____ 51. Choose the correct answer for (1) above.

A. ease B. most easy C. easier D. easiest

____ 52. Choose the correct answer for (2) above.

A. collects B. collect C. collected D. is collecting

____ 53. Choose the correct answer for (3) above.

A. bring it B. bringing it C. bring them D. bringing them

____ 54. Choose the correct answer for (4) above.

A. you B. you're C. your D. their

____ 55. Choose the correct answer for (5) above.

A. who B. which C. whom D. they

____ 56. Choose the correct answer for (6) above.

A. Isn't B. Is'nt C. Isnt D. Isnt'

We (7) imagine that we see faces in natural shapes such as clouds and rocks. However, in the (8) , you can see four faces carved into a granite cliff, and what you see is not just imagined. (9) the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The faces are four American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. George (10) face alone is 60 feet high. Gutzon Borglum designed and supervised most of the work. Between 1927 and 1941, his helpers cut the figures out of the mountain (11) dynamite and drills. The mountain (12) rises 5,725 feet above sea level and more than 500 feet above surrounding land.

____ 57. Choose the correct answer for (7) above.

A. oftener B. oftenest C. often D. most often

____ 58. Choose the correct answer for (8) above.

A. black hills of South Dakota B. black hills of south dakota

C. Black hills of South Dakota D. Black Hills of South Dakota

____ 59. Choose the correct answer for (9) above.

A. Its B. It's C. Theres D. Their is

____ 60. Choose the correct answer for (10) above.

A. Washington B. Washingtons C. Washington's D. Washington, his

____ 61. Choose the correct answer for (11) above.

A. used B. and using C. to use D. using

____ 62. Choose the correct answer for (12) above.

A. its'self B. itself C. it D. themself

It is (13) called the "king of the jungle," but the lion actually spends little time deep in the jungle. It earned (14) name from its powerful body, large head, and mighty roar. Lions can grow up to 500 pounds and over nine feet long. Despite their ferocious appearance, you might think lions lazy if you saw (15) during the day. They spend much of the day (16) in the shade and sleeping. At night, they come out to hunt antelopes, zebras, and young rhinoceroses. They normally stay away from full-grown (17) . Lions can kill with one (18) sweep of their powerful forelegs and paws.

____ 63. Choose the correct answer for (13) above.

A. commonly B. common C. commonest D. most common

____ 64. Choose the correct answer for (14) above.

A. its B. their C. his D. it's

____ 65. Choose the correct answer for (15) above.

A. it B. they C. them D. themselves

____ 66. Choose the correct answer for (16) above.

A. laying B. laid C. lied D. lying

____ 67. Choose the correct answer for (17) above.

A. Elephants and Giraffes B. elephants and giraffes

C. elephants, and giraffes D. elephants, and, giraffes

____ 68. Choose the correct answer for (18) above.

A. might B. mightily C. mighty D. mightiest
As an art material, paper in its many forms (1) many opportunities. Preschool children tear shapes out of paper of one color and (2) on paper of another color. Professional artists design (3) patterns for wallpaper and wrapping paper. The Japanese (4) an art of making sculpture by folding paper. They call it origami. The favorite shapes in origami (5) birds and flowers, but you can fold an endless number of figures. Papier-mâché is another popular artistic use of paper. You soak newspaper scraps in water and add paste. Before the mixture (6) , you can mold it into any shape. Masks, doll heads, and puppets are often made using papier-mâché.

____ 101. Choose the correct answer for (1) above.

A. offer B. offers C. have offered D. offering

____ 102. Choose the correct answer for (2) above.

A. pasting it B. pasted them C. paste it D. paste them

____ 103. Choose the correct answer for (3) above.

A. beautifuller B. beautifully C. beauty D. beautiful

____ 104. Choose the correct answer for (4) above.

A. have developed B. has developed C. is developing D. develops

____ 105. Choose the correct answer for (5) above.

A. is B. was C. are D. will be

____ 106. Choose the correct answer for (6) above.

A. hardening B. hardens C. harden D. hardened

The Battle of Gettysburg, (7) lasted for three days in July of 1863, marked a turning point in the American Civil War. It started by accident. Troops from the South stumbled upon Union troops near (8) . Nearly 40,000 soldiers (9) or wounded in the battle. The (10) victory by the Northern army stopped the advance of the Southern army. General Robert E. Lee, who led the Southern forces, would never be able to fight on Northern soil again. The war (11) on for two more years, but Lee and his Southern troops no longer (12) chance of victory.

____ 107. Choose the correct answer for (7) above.

A. it B. which C. what D. who

____ 108. Choose the correct answer for (8) above.

A. Gettysburg Pennsylvania B. gettysburg, pennsylvania

C. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania D. gettysburg, Pennsylvania

____ 109. Choose the correct answer for (9) above.

A. was killed B. have been killed C. were killed D. is killed

____ 110. Choose the correct answer for (10) above.

A. cost B. costly C. most costliest D. costing

____ 111. Choose the correct answer for (11) above.

A. dragging B. drag C. drug D. dragged

____ 112. Choose the correct answer for (12) above.

A. hadn't a B. hadn't any C. had no D. had any

A bridge can be as simple as a log (13) across a small stream. However, building bridges to cross larger and (14) bodies of water requires great planning and skill. Many things can cause a bridge to collapse if (15) not properly designed and constructed. Engineers of the Roman Empire, 2,000 years ago, certainly (16) the skill! It was (17) who developed the arch bridge. These bridges could cross a river 100 feet wide. The Romans used stone to build (18) arch bridges, many of which still stand today.

____ 113. Choose the correct answer for (13) above.

A. lying B. laying C. lied D. lay

____ 114. Choose the correct answer for (14) above.

A. more dangerous B. most dangerous C. dangerouser D. dangerousest

____ 115. Choose the correct answer for (15) above.

A. its B. it's C. their D. their's

____ 116. Choose the correct answer for (16) above.

A. have B. has C. had D. are having

____ 117. Choose the correct answer for (17) above.

A. them B. him C. they D. themselves

____ 118. Choose the correct answer for (18) above.

A. its B. their C. there D. your

bonus word list from lyrics of flcabulary sat songs

P.S. the picture is of the two teachers who wrote the lyrics

quantify

coagulate
ruminate
vociferous
sedative
periphery
adulation
hesitation
beguiling
admire
nascent
indefinitely
obscure
caliginous
melodious
prune
Shot out
bawling,
vocalizing
weeping
singular
resplendent
blueprint
debacle
testimony
homonyms
neophyte
novice
belied
assiduous
diligently

venerate the venerable
robust and hardy
replicas, models, or clones
nurture
cultivate

FLOCABULARY

vividly
elocutionist
lyricist
fortitude
Linear
obstacles
visages
semblance
trepidation
dismay
initiating
illumination
rebirth
alienate
eccentric
adjacent
embellish
oscillating
manual
protagonist
digressing
universal
neglect
quiescence
tacit
famished
parched
critics
analyze
antagonize
Enmity
Abated
consensus
concave
convex
stoic
serene
the apex, the pinnacle, also the zenith

revision answer key

LITERATURE

2c
20b
9c
25a
27b
29b
33a
34c
44d
48a
49a
50c
52c
64a
65a
66d
67b
73b
74c
75a
76c
LANGUAGE
3c
4b
25b
48a
49a
50b
51b
31a
32b
33b
77a
78a
79b
80b
81b
82a
83b
84a
86b
87a
88b
89b
90b
91b
92a
153b
154b
155b
156a
157a
158a
159b
160b
161b
162a
163a
164a
165b
166b
167a
168a
169a
170b
171b
172b
173b
174b
175a
176b
177a
178a
179a
180a
181b
67a
68c
69c
70b
71b
98a
99b
100c
101c
102b
94c
96a
125a
126a
127b
108,109,111,138,141 passive
110,112,139,140,142 active
188b
189b
190a
191a
192a
193b
194b
195a
196b
197a
198b
199b
200a
201a
202a
203b
204a
205b
206a
207b
208a
209a
210b
211a
212b
213a
214b
215a
216a
217b
218b
219b
220b
221b
222b
223b
224b
225a
226b
227d
228b
229b
230b
231b
232b
233a
234a

revision literature quarter 3

Write the letter of the best answer.
____ 2. The hunters are allowed to kill dinosaurs that have been marked with red paint because those dinosaurs
A. aren't real. B. have only one brain.
C. are the easiest to kill. D. are about to die anyway.
____ 3. What leads Eckels to stray off the path?
A. panic B. curiosity
C. anger D. necessity
____ 4. In the story, which of the following actually changes the future?
A. a butterfly's natural death B. a butterfly's unnatural death
C. a dinosaur's natural death D. a dinosaur's unnatural death
____ 20. The path through the jungle is mainly intended to
A. prevent history from changing.
B. protect the hunters from dinosaurs.
C. protect the dinosaurs from hunters.
D. make it easier to walk through the jungle.
____ 21. Which of the following beliefs leads Eckels to decide against trying to kill the dinosaur?
A. There is no way that the dinosaur can be killed.
B. There is nothing to be gained from killing the dinosaur.
C. It would be wrong to kill such a magnificent beast.
D. The chances that the dinosaur's death will change history are too great.
____ 23. At the end of the story, Eckels gets the first clue that things may be changed when he
A. gets out of the machine. B. sees the sign on the wall.
C. sees the butterfly on his shoe. D. talks to the man behind the desk.
____ 9. A field of wheat would undulate because of
A. a breeze. B. sunshine. C. a plant disease.
____ 10. Which is most resilient?
A. steel B. wood C. rubber
____ 11. Expendable supplies are those one can
A. carry. B. consume. C. do without.
____ 36. In The Pedestrian, one can infer that the reason there is very little crime in the city at night is because
A. the police force is large and efficient.
B. people are home watching television.
C. television shows have successfully taught moral behavior.
D. people who commit crimes receive the death penalty.
____ 37. "But now these highways, too, were like stream beds in a dry season" is an example of
A. personification. B. simile. C. metaphor. D. exaggeration.
____ 38. In his ten years of walking at night, what probably surprises Leonard the most?
A. He has never met any other person walking.
B. The police have never stopped him.
C. Dogs have followed him.
D. Several homes he passes are dark.
____ 39. Which fact about Leonard is probably the most damaging to him when he is stopped by the police car?
A. He likes to walk at night. B. He is a writer.
C. He does not own a television. D. He is not married.
____ 40. The author of this story would most likely agree that
A. television is a wonderful invention. B. Leonard does not deserve any sympathy.
C. television can be misused. D. the police were right to stop Leonard.
____ 43. Atwood says that Canadians have "Porky Pig" noses because they
A. have their noses pressed up to the U. S. border.
B. are jealous of the wealth and prosperity in the U. S.
C. never look up from the ground and into the world.
D. produce so much waste in their country.
____ 44. Atwood compares Americans, with their fuzzy view of the world, to
A. Porky Pig. B. Bugs Bunny. C. Mr. Magoo. D. Daffy Duck.
____ 46. The "glare of truth" is what Mora misses about
A. the Heartland. B. the Mexican border. C. Cincinnati. D. North America.
____ 50. A person who makes an impudent remark is showing
A. consideration. B. kindness. C. contempt.
____ 51. An impenetrable book is difficult to
A. ignore. B. lift. C. understand
____ 60. In her essay, Atwood compares and contrasts
A. the United States and the Soviet Union. B. Mexico and the United States.
C. Canada and Mexico. D. Canada and the United States.
____ 62. Atwood maintains that it is not the Canadians' job to
A. protect their own interests in the world.
B. interpret Americans to the rest of the world.
C. maintain the border with the United States.
D. teach Canadian history in their high schools.
____ 63. Mora's tone when she describes Ohio is
A. resentful. B. angry. C. good-natured D. disappointed.
____ 64. Mora enjoys the Mexican spirit that allows her to
A. express herself with gusto. B. appreciate the beauty of the desert.
C. speak two languages. D. appreciate her new life in Ohio.
____ 65. What does Mora say about her children?
A. They want to live in Mexico. B. They are embarrassed by anything Mexican.
C. They will not speak Spanish. D. They appreciate knowing two languages.
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Answer one of the following questions based on your understanding of the selections Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
Description in a story helps you visualize scenes, characters, and events. Reread the description of the scene between Leonard and the police car. What words or phrases help you visualize the police car? How do those words contribute to your feelings about the police car?
52. What is Atwood saying about the United States when she compares it to the Romans, the British, and the French? Use details from the essay to support your ideas.
53. In your own words, explain what Mora means when she says, "Because language shapes as well as reflects our reality, exploring it allows us to see and to explore our world anew, much as experiencing the world with a young child causes us to pause, savor." Use examples from your life or experiences in your explanation.
41. Think about the theme, or central idea, in each of these two essays you read this quarter. Then, use your own words to state the theme of each essay and list two examples of comparison and contrast the author uses to support her central idea.

Recall the events described in the selection. Then answer each question in sentences or phrases.
16. How far back in time does the time machine take the group?
17. What does Travis tell the hunters before they step off the time machine into the past?
18. What steps does the time travel company take to prevent its safaris from making changes in history?
19. What does Eckels notice about the sign on the office wall when he returns?
32. According to The Pedestrian, what kinds of television shows are people watching in A.D. 2053?
33. Why is there only one police car in a city of three million?
34. What questions does the voice in the police car ask Mr. Mead?
Answer the following question based on your own experience and knowledge. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper
54. Why do you think the Mexican border is so strictly patrolled and the Canadian border has so few checkpoints? Does that seem fair? Explain your answer.
59. How does the border between Mexico and the United States illustrate what Renato Rosaldo states is a world "saturated with inequality, power, and domination"?

Grade10: Vocabulary List based on Flocabulary song Lyrics

Vividly
Elocutionist
Lyricist
Fortitude
Linear
Obstacles
Visages
Semblance
Trepidation
Dismay
Initiating
Illumination
Rebirth
Alienate
Eccentric
Adjacent
Embellish
Oscillating fan
Manual
Protagonist
Digressing
Universal
Never neglect
Quiescence
Never tacit
I’m famished
Parched
Critics
Analyze
Antagonize
Enmity
Abated
Consensus
Concave and convex
Stoic and serene
The apex, the pinnacle,

Grade10: Weekend assignment

1- Research the following historical events mentioned in " Through the One Way Mirror"
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b-
c-

2- American Politicians refer to themeselves as the Mounties and to Canadians as Rose Marie.
Research the plot of the Opera and find out the points of comparison.

3- After watching Crash, prepare a presentation about the different forms of discrimination aganist certain ethnic groups in the U.S.A; why and how such discrimination is being practised and what stereotypes it is based on.

4- After Watching Freaky Friday, prepare a presentation about the main theme of the movie and how its message is delivered.

Grade 10 Lots of stuff

1) Grade 10 Green:

Research what the butterfly effect is.

2) Blue and Green:

i) The deadline to finish reading the self study short story: A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury is Sunday 7th March

ii) The deadline for finishing the book you chose from the reading list on the blog is Sunday 14th March

iii) Vocabulary quiz on Thursday 4th March

iv) Start looking at your photo albums whether virtual or actual searching for the best pics of ur mum and u. We will need those for a MOther's Day celebration that will be held at the school on Mother's Day