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MSA Item of the Week
This item is one of the many resources available in the Reading State Curriculum Toolkit.
Reading Grade 8
Choose the word or group of words that means the same, or about the same, as the underlined word. Then mark the space for the answer you have chosen.
These directions will tell you how to operate the toy.
In which sentence does the word operate mean the same thing as in the sentence above?
- Carol knows how to operate that computer.
- The doctor will operate on my grandfather tomorrow.
- It’s sometimes hard to operate a business.
- This engine doesn’t operate well at all.
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