EAP320 Test 3

I have been __________ about eating healthy; I need to change my ways.

-don-, -dot-, -dow-: donate, antidote, endow

I was happy to __________ at the registration table. I like meeting new people.

My parents are strong _________ of letting children pick their own hobbies.

Sam Clemens wrote under the name Mark Twain. __, the writer Mary Evans is known as George Eliot

The most general term in the following list of words is ____.

Don’t let a job _________ your education; find ways to balance work and school.

Daniela wanted to ____her nephew’s interest in science, so she bought him a telescope.

Ajay’s _________ was hurt when he lied to me about where he had been all weekend.

Following transitional words indicate that the writer is continuing with the same idea except

The main purpose of transitions is to ___.

The most general term in the following list of words is ___.

If people stay alert when they are online, they can avoid dishonest schemes such as ____.

The polar bears’ __________ is endangered by global warming.

The words first, second, third, and last indicate the type of transition called ___.

-ia: nostalgia, insomnia, euphoria

In order to find the main idea of a paragraph, you should try to ___.

-fer-: transfer, offer, conference

anti-: antipathy, antidote, antiwar

The most likely place for a topic sentence to appear in a paragraph is ___.

The flowers of many plants are edible. ___, violets are sometimes used in salads.

I am __________ to ads dealing with food, so I close my eyes when they come on.

Sentences that explain the main idea of a paragraph are called ___.

Raccoons, bears, and crows are examples of __________ animals.

I had a hard time ___________ my friend’s message since I am new to texting.

The major details in a paragraph are those that ___.