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Vocabulary & Comprehension Exercise

The passage describes a girl named Liz exploring the attic with her friends where they find an old trunk containing her great-grandmother's pearl earrings. Liz's grandmother had wanted to pass the earrings down to a girl named Anna Snow, but upon her deathbed told Liz's mother about it instead. Liz goes to a shop owned by Mr. Snow to ask if he knows about the earrings, in hopes of selling them to pay for a school trip, but he is uncertain about the story without more details.

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Vocabulary & Comprehension Exercise

The passage describes a girl named Liz exploring the attic with her friends where they find an old trunk containing her great-grandmother's pearl earrings. Liz's grandmother had wanted to pass the earrings down to a girl named Anna Snow, but upon her deathbed told Liz's mother about it instead. Liz goes to a shop owned by Mr. Snow to ask if he knows about the earrings, in hopes of selling them to pay for a school trip, but he is uncertain about the story without more details.

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Circle the word that best completes each sentence.

1. Hala found a of shells on the beach.


endeavor multitude tentatively entail

2. The donated money to the school.


benefactor endeavor indecision entail

3. The storm caused damage to the store.


tentatively indecision entail extensive

4. Ashraf has for his sister when she is sad.


entail indecision empathy endeavor

5. We had some about which movie to watch.


benefactor indecision extensive multitude

6. Wissam made a serious to score the winning goal.


endeavor multitude tentatively entail

7. Horse riding and swimming practice.


endeavor multitude tentatively entail

8. Georgiana agreed to meet Bissan after school.


endeavor multitude tentatively entail
Write the homophone of the following words:

Pane

principle

made

hour

side

principal

lessen

I’ll
1. What are the girls doing in the attic?
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2. Identify the meaning of the expressions “on the lookout, and solely
dependent.” Replace the terms with more familiar words and expressions.
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3. What do the girls find on the attic?
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4. What did Liz’s grandmother do with her pearl earrings? Whom did she tell?
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5. Why does Liz need money for? How does she intend to get the money?
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6. Why did Great-grandma want to give her earrings to Anna Snow?
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7. Was the grandma’s decision easy? Why?
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8. How does Liz react to Mr. Snow’s uncertainty? Why?
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9. Why are the note and earrings still in a safe in Mr. Snow’s store?
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10. Compare Liz’s attitude toward her family’s heirloom at the beginning and
at the end of the story.
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11. Explain what words sound like “heir, L14” and “bred, L20.”
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