Festivals 2
QUESTION 1
Read this text about the Liwa Date Festival and answer the question that follows.
Over 2,500 farmers had displayed their best crops, and the winning dates were placed in a prominent position in front of all others for everyone to admire. Why? Because the farmers competed for 220 different prizes worth eight million dirhams!
If you did not know the meaning of the word prominent in this text, which type of context clue could you use to help you to understand it?
1. synonym
2. example
3. definition
4. surrounding words ✓
QUESTION 2
Select the correct definition for a myth.
1. a fact that you know to be true
2. when someone lies and says something is true for their own benefits
3. when someone tells you something that they know is not true
4. something that many people believe to be true but is really a false idea ✓
QUESTION 3
Identify three hints that might indicate that an example is about to follow in a text.
1. items listed in a series ✓
2. in addition
3. for instance ✓
4. firstly, secondly, etc.
5. on the other hand
6. such as ✓
7. a comma
8. information following the word or
9. words highlighted in bold
QUESTION 4
Laila reads this text and does not know the word techniques:
I watched as the farmers compared their dates and discussed their techniques or methods for growing them successfully.
She notices the words 'or methods' follow techniques. What kind of context clue has she used here to help her understand the meaning of the word techniques?
1. word parts
2. synonym ✓
3. example
4. surrounding words
QUESTION 5
Surrounding sentences, definitions, synonyms, examples, and breaking words down into word parts are all examples of context clues ✓ that you can use when reading to help you to determine the meaning of a word you do not know.
