Chapter 3: Review Test 6

Vocabulary-Building Skills

A. Using the chart and the context of each sentence, select the word that best fits the meaning of the sentence. Use each word once.

Using the pulldown boxes, match each item on the left to the corresponding item at right.

1. The police finally caught the __________ of the kidnapped child. A. rejection

2. The monster in the movie was a giant frog, the result of a __________ caused by pollution. B. mutation

3. Marie received a letter of __________ in response to her job application. C. abductor

4. The fighter pilot has been trained to ___________ from his plane if it is heading for a crash. D. eject

B. Look over the following entry adapted from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition. Then mark the questions true or false, based on the entry.

5. The guide words for this page of the dictionary are taco and tail fin.

True

False

6. The word tad is believed to be a variant of the English word toad.

True

False

7. The word taffy would also be found on this page of the dictionary.

True

False

C. Look over the glossary entries from The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers. Based on the definition of each word and the context of each sentence, label the statements that follow the list true or false.

8. A thesis statement is often found at the end of an essay.

True

False

9. A topic is a sentence.

True

False

10. A topic sentence announces the main idea of a paragraph.

True

False