English Final

The world's largest water park, Tropical Island, opened in Germany in 2004. It can hold up to 8,200 people and has a tropical rainforest inside. The park has waterslides, pools, beaches, and other amenities. The buildings are designed like temples and houses from tropical places. The Space Force, a new branch of the US military, was created in 2019 to protect America's interests in space. Satellites are important resources for communication, weather monitoring, and GPS. The Space Force has bases in multiple locations and is made up of civilians and military personnel. The Space Force motto is "Semper Supra," meaning "always above" in Latin. Language arts questions cover parts of speech and past tense verbs. Lastly, there are questions about the meanings of words and identifying literal and non-literal language in sentences. ADC English final 2022. I will be reading the following passage. World's largest water park open. Have you ever gone swooshing down a slide at a water park? It can be a lot of fun on a hot summer day. On December 19th 2004 the largest water park in the world opened in Germany. It is in the third largest freestanding hall in the world. The huge hall is an old airship hangar. The water park is called Tropical Island. It can hold up to 8,200 people at a time. There are 600 people that work there. Walking into the building is like walking into another world. The air is kept at 78 degrees. It is also kept at a high humidity. This keeps all the plants and trees healthy. This is important because the largest indoor tropical rainforest in the world is in the building. There you will find 50,000 plants. The water park has waterslides, swimming pools, and beaches. The largest pool is 47,000 square feet. That's almost as big as a football field. The swimming pools are made to look like coral reefs and lagoons. There is also a volleyball beach, soccer field, and golf course. There are even restaurants in case you get hungry. The buildings in the park were made to like temples and houses from tropical places like Thailand and Bali. The roof is made from glass so visitors and plants can feel the Sun. Some visitors stay longer than just a day. They pretend they are on a tropical vacation and stay in a hotel room inside the park. Question number one. What is the water park in the story called? Number two. How many people can the water park hold at a time? 2,800 people, 8,200 people, 10,000 people. Number three. Why do they keep the air humid at the water park? Keeps all the plants and trees healthy all the time. Keeps people warm all the time. Keeps the water cleaner. Question number four. What do the buildings look like in the park? Skyscrapers in the city, country buildings like farms, temples and houses found in the tropics like Thailand. Question number five. Why do you think the pools are made to look like reefs and lagoons? Question number six. Which statement is an opinion? It is odd that there is a soccer field in the water park. The largest pool is 47,000 square feet. Reading passage number two. Space Force created. You may be familiar with the branches of the US military. They include the Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines. On December 20th 2019 the government created a new branch. It is called Space Force. The five existing branches were created to keep America safe. The Air Force protects the airspace close to the earth. The main job of the Army and the Marines is to protect the land. The Navy and Coast Guard protect the water. Space Force was created to protect America all the way out into space. Why is this necessary? Space has become an important resource. Satellites that orbit the earth help us in many ways. First responders rely on them to communicate during emergencies. We use them for broadcasting TV, radio and for making phone calls. Satellites help us to monitor the weather. GPS or global positioning system is connected to satellites. It has become a crucial part of our daily life. The job of the Space Force is to keep international space safe and available for use. There are six large bases in California, Colorado and Florida. Seven smaller stations are spread out from Hawaii to Florida. There is also a base in Greenland. Fun facts, the Space Force is based at the Pentagon. It is made up of civilians and military. From 1982 until 2019 the Space Force was part of the Air Force. The motto of the Space Force is Semper Supra. This means always above in Latin. China and Russia also have military branches dedicated to space defense. Questions? Question number one. When was Space Force created? December 2nd, 2000. December 20th, 2019. December 31st, 2010. December 21st, 2011. Question number two. What do first responders rely on to communicate during emergencies? Satellites, ammunition, medical equipment. Number three. Choose fact or opinion. The job of the Space Force is to keep international space safe. Number four. Choose fact or opinion. Working for the Space Force would be fun. Question number five. What does the Space Force motto Semper Supra mean? Always above, always there, always into it. Question six. Why do you think we didn't create the Space Force in 1775 when we created the Army? And number seven. From the story you can tell that Space Force is the most important military branch. Space Force has civilians and military workers. Space Force is awesome. Section number two. Language arts. Number one. Choose the part of speech or run. Is it an adjective, a verb, preposition? Number two. Choose the part of speech for over. Is that a preposition, an adverb, or noun? Question number three. Choose the part of speech for slowly. Is it a noun, verb, adverb? Number four. Choose the part of speech for can't. That an adjective, contraction, or a conjunction? Number five. Choose the part of speech for green. Is that an adverb, an adjective, a pronoun? Number six. Choose the part of speech for wouldn't. Is that a contraction, a verb, or a noun? Number seven. Choose the part of speech for and. Is that a conjunction, contraction, or a preposition? Number eight. Choose the part of speech for tiny. Is that an adverb, a preposition, or an adjective? Number nine. Choose the part of speech for into. Preposition, pronoun, adverb. Number ten. Choose the part of speech for she. Pronoun, noun, preposition. Number 11. Choose the part of speech for or. Adjective, conjunction, adverb. Number 12. Choose the part of speech for house. Is it a noun, verb, adjective? Second part of this. Choose the past tense verb that completes the sentence. Everyone blank singing. Begun, began, beginded. Number 14. Last week we blank to the store. Goaded, went, go. Number 15. She blank the movie without us. See, saw, sees. Number 16. Joe blank his new shoes. Wore, wear, wears. Number 17. When she blank race, I cheered. Run, run, ran. Eighteen. They blank down the garage. Tore, tear, teared it. Nineteen. Leave blank from the trees. Fell, fall, failed. Twenty. My friends blank over last week. Came, come, comes. Twenty-one. We blank all of the pieces, pizzas. Eated, ate, eat. Number 22. Dad blanked us each $10. Gived, give, gave. Choose the correct meaning for each word. Number 23. Joyful. Does it mean without joy, not having joy, full of joy. Twenty-four. Careless. Does it mean full of care, without any cares, having care. Number 25. Teacher. Does it mean one who teaches at a school without teaching. Number 26. Taller. Does it mean full of tall, not tall, more than tall, someone else. More tall than someone else, excuse me. Number 27. Revisit. Does that mean not visiting, to visit again, before visiting. Twenty-eight. Dishonest. Does it mean full of honesty, before being honest, not honest. Number 29. Pre-made. To make ahead of time, to make again, to not make. Number 30. Unhappy. Does it mean not happy, full of happiness, makes happiness. Choose if each sentence is an example of literal or non-literal language. Thirty-one. When my mom was cooking, she said, don't spill the beans. Number 32. Before the surprise party, he said, don't spill the beans. Number 33. My brother is good at basketball, because he is a giant. Number 34. She can reach the highest shelf, because she is very tall. Number 35. I couldn't talk, because there is a frog in my throat. Number 36. We zoomed down the street on our bikes. Number 37. The cookies were calling my name. Number 38. My favorite foods are pizza, pasta, and ice cream. Thirty-nine. When I have a sore throat, hot tea always helps.