Word List

• n. Ambition is the desire to succeed and to become the best at something.
  His great ambition led him to try to climb the mountain alone.
• n. An ambulance is a vehicle that transports people in a medical emergency.
  The ambulance sped through the street to get to the accident.
• n. An ankle connects your leg to your foot.
  The man hurt his ankle while jogging in the park.
• n. A cabin is a small wooden house in a forest or camping area.
  The man reached the mountain cabin after a long day of hiking along the river.
• n. A calendar is a chart that shows the days, weeks, and months of a year.
  Marco used an online calendar to keep track of his schedule.
• n. A calorie is a unit of heat used to measure how much energy a food will produce.
  My sister is on a low-calorie diet for fitness training.
• n. A cave is an open space or hole underground or inside a mountain or cliff.
  A crystal blue lake could be found in the underground cave.
• adv. Constantly means doing something on a continuous basis.
  He was constantly checking his watch to see if he was late.
• n. A contingent is a set of people that are part of a larger group.
  The movie star stood in front of an entire contingent of photographers.
• n. A deadline is the time by which you need to have something completed.
  Marius had a short deadline in which to finish his report.
• v. To exert means to use strength or ability to do something.
  You exert a lot of energy when you lift weights.
• v. To flank is to be positioned at the side of something or someone.
  The mayor entered the room flanked by her advisers.
• adj. To be fond of something means to cherish or like it.
  The mother cow was very fond of her lovely little calf.
• v. To forbid means to order someone not to do something.
  After Robert used his crayons on the wall, his mother wanted to forbid him from using them at all!
• v. To haul something means to carry it from place to place.
  The porter said he'd haul our suitcases up to our hotel room.
• v. To impair something means to make it weaker or worse.
  Regularly eating too much can impair your health.
• adj. To be impatient means to get angry or anxious when something takes too much time.
  The impatient teacher could not control the students in her classroom.
• adj. Mid means in the middle or center of something.
  Cassandra fell asleep mid-movie.
• n. Nutrition is the process of eating the right kind of food in order to stay healthy.
  The mother always made sure that her baby had good nutrition.
• n. An optimist is someone who has a lot of hope and always sees the bright side of things.
  Joe was an optimist, so he believed he would get the job that he wanted.

Exercise

A ‣ Write the word from the word bank that best fits each sentence.

B ‣ Check(✔) the better response to each question.

C ‣ Write the phrase that best fits each sentence.

Reading Comprehension

Part A: Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true.

Part B: Answer the questions.