Page 66 - Reading Success B7

Word Check-Up

Put the correct word in the blank.
Word

a. Many people ________ about Keith, after bad rumors
difference
spread at school.
comet b. ____________ have searched the stars for new findings

for centuries.
gravity
c. A _______ big enough to destroy a city may hit Earth soon.

d. ________ is what makes things fall.
astronomers

degrade Write the correct synonyms.

confrontation a. demote

distinctive b. characteristic
c. encounter
speculated
d. discrepancy

Word Search. Context Clues

Use the clues to find vocabulary words or their other word forms in the
puzzle. Circle each word. Then write the word to complete the sentence.

1. Famous historical people have been
HD T X I N J J H M D T
ST F Q M S Q G S L M A _________ to have been autistic.
PT E T S V O D G D E G
2. Eruption of Mount St. Helens is an example
EL N R E U X B E D L Q
CJ C C R M W T B P EN of a _________ volcano.
UT O Y U E O J H D Z J 3. The famous _________ Halley was visible
LH U T D M S C T S I O
1910 and again on 1986.
AH N S E C J T R B L C
TE T D K Z R X R K S L 4. He will be _________ for his unprofessional
EN E R L B R I F I Z L
conduct.
DR R M U Z B M Q C A X
QS S Z D R N Y T W J L 5. Many people claim to have had alien

_________.

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