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Exercise 3<br />

Choose the one that is similar in meaning to the given word.<br />

1. columnist<br />

a. singer b. journalist c. electrician d. CEO<br />

2. cricket<br />

a. grasshopper b. beetle c. ant d. mosquito<br />

3. maze<br />

a. disguise b. hoop c. tower d. puzzle<br />

4. gravel<br />

a. boulder b. rock c. hill d. mound<br />

5. haunt<br />

a. calm b. play c. terrorize d. soothe<br />

Exercise 4<br />

Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word bank.<br />

•£ Word Bank ) ..........................<br />

expired<br />

reservoir<br />

courteous<br />

crickets<br />

amber<br />

maze<br />

pebbles<br />

moss<br />

streak<br />

granite<br />

They had three minutes to find their way out of the 1______________ .<br />

They had to get out before the time 2______________ .<br />

Jessica had the carpet in her house replaced with 3______________tiles.<br />

The tiles had lovely designs on them and also pieces of A______________ .<br />

Gene squeezed the bottle and got a 5______________ of ketchup on his shirt.<br />

The 6______________ host was nice enough to get him a new shirt.<br />

There was a pile of 7______________near the water.<br />

They had been washed up from the bottom of the 8_____________ .<br />

We walked down the road and passed many trees covered in 9_____________<br />

It was dark already, and all that could be heard were the 10______________ .<br />

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