E n g L i s h jenni Currie Santamaria

verb
adjective
adverb
alternate
alternating
diagonal
diagonally
typical
typically
oppose
opposing
shift
shifting
1.
The governor made negative statements about his ___ during the election.
a. 
opponent
b. 
oppose
2.
An ___ current is one that sometimes reverses directions.
a. 
alternate
b. 
alternating
3.
She ___ her position to make room on the bench.
a. 
shifting
b. 
shifted
4.
The teachers ___ any changes to the school rules.
a. 
opposing
b. 
opposed
5.
A red circle with a ___ line across it means “no.”
a.
diagonal
b. 
diagonally

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6.
On a ___ day, I wake up at 6:00.
a. 
typical
b. 
typically
7.
For sore muscles, ___ between heat and cold.
a. 
alternating
b. 
alternate
8.
Some countries have crosswalks that run ___ through the intersection.
a. 
diagonal
b. 
diagonally
9.
We sometimes refer to things that constantly change as “___ sands.”
a. 
shifting
b. 
shift
10.
I’m surprised Mark isn’t here. He ___ arrives by 9:00.
a. 
typical
b. 
typically
11.
The home team wore white uniforms and the ___ team wore blue.
a. 
opponent
b. 
opposing
B.
Use the new words
Complete the sentences with words from the chart in Exercise A. Use 
appropriate forms.
1.
He drew a line _________________________ across the paper.
2.
The _________________________ team was fast and strong.
3.
She _________________________ stays late at work, but today she left early.
4.
My husband likes the Chinese restaurant and I like the Italian one, so we 
_________________________ between them.
5.
He just looked like a _________________________ teenager. I don’t 
remember anything unusual about him.
6.
The coach made the players run _________________________ across the 
ield for practice.
7.
Try to learn as much as you can about your _________________________ 
before you play against him or her.
8.
She wore striped pajamas, in _________________________ blues and 
yellows.

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Better Reading English
9.
Businesses have to keep up with the _________________________ tastes of 
consumers.
10.
No one _________________________ the mayor in the last election. He won 
easily.
11.
The box fell over when the items inside it _________________________.
V. UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR: 
so
VS. 
so tHat
A.
Read about 
so
and 
so that
So
is a coordinating conjunction. It combines two independent clauses.
The second clause is a 
result
of t
he irst. The two clauses are separated with
a comma.
We needed bread, 
so I went to the store
.
They were hungry, 
so they ate dinner
.
So that
is a subordinating conjunction. It combines a dependent clause with an 
independent clause. Unlike other subordinating conjunctions, however, we 
rarely use so that at the beginning of a sentence. 
So that
introduces a purpose 
(not a result). We often use so that with a modal. like