List the words containing the /ai/ diagraph pronounced as a long a and a silent i. (50 points)

avail: to be of use or advantage

breakfast: first meal of the day

contain: to enclose

cylinder: any long, round object, solid or hollow, having flat ends

daily: every day

dainty: delicately beautiful

defeat: win victory over another; beat

eager: enthusiastic interest

entertainment: amusement

graphologist: one who studies handwriting

headache: a pain in the head; an annoying problem

heavy: having great weight

instead: in place of

leather: tanned hide of an animal

legible: readable

maintain: to carry on or keep up

measles: a contagious, viral disease causing red spots

release: to set free

responsive: react readily

reveal: make known

steady: stable; firmly in place

symbol: something that represents something else

teacher: one who instructs

Which is the best topic sentence for this letter? a) amelia grady likes the middle school fundraiser. b) the basketball team at kennedy middle school enjoys its community. c) kennedy middle school wants to get the community involved in its activities. d) kennedy middle school has organized an event in which you may be interested.

When they reached the door of the lonely house and stopped to unlock it, and the cat came to purr loudly, and rub against them, a deserted p***y, indeed, but fat with young robins, sylvia whispered that this was a beautiful place to live in, and she never should wish to go home. the description of the house in this excerpt gives an example of

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes