The Big Race

Exercise 1. Choose the right word for the given definition.

1. something of value that is given to the winner

2. lucky

3. to eat

4. the feeling of being afraid

5. to do by chance

6. how long something is

7. to let air in and out of your body

8 . something you did wrong

9. up to this point

10. to understand

Exercise 2. Part A. Choose a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

1. I had to walk to the other side of the school to get to my next class.

2. Brad chose not to give an answer when I asked about his weekend.

3. Sarah ran around the park to get ready for the contest where people run against each other.

4. Michael saw the accident that occurred today.

5. Renee knew there was a chance of something bad happening when she went swimming in the ocean.

Part B. Check the sentence with the bolded word that makes better sense.

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