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This document provides the answer key for a self-assessment module on subject-verb agreement and reading comprehension. It contains the correct answers to 15 multiple choice questions testing understanding of topics like identifying main ideas, details, meanings of words, and inferences from passages. It also includes the answers to analyzing a short poem about a cook's prayer.

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Answer Key For Module 1 Self

This document provides the answer key for a self-assessment module on subject-verb agreement and reading comprehension. It contains the correct answers to 15 multiple choice questions testing understanding of topics like identifying main ideas, details, meanings of words, and inferences from passages. It also includes the answers to analyzing a short poem about a cook's prayer.

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ANSWER KEY FOR MODULE 1 SELF-ASSESSMENT

Self-Assessment (Module 1, Lesson 1/Subject-Verb Agreement)


DIRECTIONS: Underline the correct verb for the subject of each sentence.
1. Carl (doesn’t, don’t) remember the combination.
2. Either the battery or the bulb in my flashlight (has, have) just failed.
3. Two students from our school (was, were) sent to a press conference in Ohio.
4. In Vermont there (is, are) several big ski resorts.
5. A large shrub (grow, grows) in the front yard.
6. They (type, types) rapidly.
7. Every student and teacher (was, were) present at the special assembly.
8. Both Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill (is, are) legendary heroes in American folklore.
9. Neither mom nor my sisters (likes, like) that movie.
10. The plans and arrangements for the picnic (has, have) not been finalized yet.
11. Everyone in the room (is, are) a member of the debate team.
12. Nobody (remembers, remember) the right formula for the problem.
13. A card for Father’s Day (makes, make) my Dad very happy.
14. There (is, are) two fullbacks on a soccer team.
15. Here (is, are) the photos of the class party.

Self-Assessment (Module 1, Lesson 2/Reading Comprehension)


DIRECTIONS: Read the following sentences/paragraphs carefully. Answer the questions
that follow.

For Questions 1-3:


Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four
U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and
Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this
amazing sight.

1. What is the main idea?


a. what Mount Rushmore is
b. where Mount Rushmore is
c. the names of the presidents

2. What is a detail that tells about the main idea?


a. how the four presidents were chosen
b. which presidents are at Mount Rushmore
c. why Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota

3. The best title for this paragraph would be?


a. The Face of Washington
b. Visiting South Dakota
c. Mount Rushmore Carvings
For Questions 4-6:
Crows are the robbers of the bird world. Crows especially like to steal food from other
birds. Sometimes they are very bold about taking things. They might chase another bird,
cackle at it, or even bump into it. At other times crows are sneaky. They get close and then
snatch food away when another bird isn’t looking.

4. The main idea of the paragraph is -


a. why crows like to take food
b. the kind of food that crows eat
c. how crows act like thieves

5. A detail that tells about the main idea is -


a. how crows can be sneaky
b. how other birds fight crows
c. where crows make their nests

6. The best title for this paragraph would be -


a. A Bump from a Crow
b. Bandit Birds
c. What Crows Eat

7. At first, the surgery seemed to be successful. But several hours later, the patient’s
condition began to deteriorate, and it continued to worsen over the next few days. What
is the meaning of deteriorate?
a. stabilize b. surprise everyone c. decay or decline

8. When my grandfather meets someone with that much knowledge in a field, he finds that
their erudition frightens him and he is inclined to withdraw. What is the meaning of the
word erudition?
a. rudeness b. scholarliness c. illiteracy

9. He is so timorous that he cannot sleep in the dark. What is the meaning of timorous?
a. fearful b. courageous c. timid

10. It is refreshing to see students so excited, so zealous in doing their homework.


a. dedicated b. indifferent c. jealous

11. “I circle several times while I lose altitude trying to penetrate the shadows from
different vantage points, getting the lay of the land as well as I can in the darkness.”

Infer who is speaking in the given passage.


a. photographer b. explorer c. pilot
12. Deliberately, his right hand fumbled at his waist. But then both his hands balled
themselves into mighty knotty fists of iron.

Infer the emotion of the character described.


a. disappointment b. pain c. anger

13. He always abhorred the idea of accepting aid from others; he felt that every man should
be sufficient unto himself.

Infer the characteristic of the person described.


a. selfish b. proud c. independent

For Questions 14-15:

The Cook’s Prayer

Lord of all pots and pans and things


Since I’ve no time to be
A saint by doing lovely things
Or watching late with Thee,
Or dreaming in the Dawnlight,
Or storming heaven’s gate
Make me a saint by getting meals
And washing up the plates.

14. Who is speaking in the poem?


a. a saint b. the Lord c. a cook

15. What do the last two lines mean? The speaker is saying that he _____.
a. be given patience so that he can do his work
b. likes his job and praying to his saints
c. wants to be a saint of pots and pans

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