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Jose Maria College: Read The Following Story and Answer The Questions That Follow
Jose Maria College: Read The Following Story and Answer The Questions That Follow
MR.ALLAN A. MAGSIPOC
INSTRUCTOR
Read the following story and answer the questions that follow.
B. Vocabulary. Look at each number in parentheses. Find the paragraph in the story with the same
number. Then find the word that fits the given meaning. Write the word.
____________10. lie low on the ground (3)
____________11. happiness; joy (3)
____________12. kind; cultured (6)
____________13. fierce; hot tempered (12)
____________14. unkind(13)
C. Word Study.
serve + ant = servant (one who serves)
annoy + ance = annoyance (act or fact of annoying)
wreck + age = wreckage (result of wrecking)
Read each word and its incomplete definition. Write the word that completes the definition.
15. repentance: act or fact of _____________
16. spoilage: result of _____________
17. defiant: one who _____________
18. attendance: act or fact of ______________
19. breakage: result of _______________
20. attendant: one who _________________
21. deliverance: act or fact of _________________
22. resistance: act or fact of ____________________
D. There is an incomplete word in each passage below. Choose the suffix –ance or the suffix –age
to complete the word in a way that makes sense. Write ance or age.
23. The actor gave a remarkable perform_____. He performed his part with great feeling.
24. The violent storm caused wreck_____ throughout the city. Many houses and stores were
wrecked.
25. Thank you for assisting me with this letter. Your assist____ was a big help.
26. The leak_____ of air from the balloon was not noticed. No one saw that the air had leaked.
27. When the rabbit appeared in a puff of smoke, we clapped. The rabbit’s appear____ was a great
trick.
28. There was only slight break____ when the carton fell. Only a few things were broken.
29. Joyce won the race because of her endur____. Her ability to endure made her the winner.
30. A smoke detector is a kind of fire insur____. It is a way of ensuring us against harm.
If you are given the chance to change the ending of the story, how will it be?