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Word Relationships: Accurate and Interesting Words — Unit test

Question 9 • 2026 Summer 305 ELA/ESOL CR_Grade 7

Read the paragraph.When I was a kid, my family rented a small house in Florida. It was a short walk down a weed-choked path to the small lake where my sister and I liked to go fishing. One day, just as the sun rose above the trees, we walked down the path and realized our way was blocked by a fallen tree. As we approached, the tree moved. This was no tree, this was a __________ alligator. We had seen small alligators now and then, but nothing like this.

Answer
A
big
B
grand
C
huge
D
bulky

Explanation

“Huge” best emphasizes how much larger this alligator was than the small alligators the children had seen before. “Big” is possible in general, but “huge” more strongly conveys their surprise and fits the contrast in the paragraph. “Grand” and “bulky” do not describe the alligator’s size as naturally in this context.

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