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Question:
Assistance comes from the word assist which means to help.
For example:
Students often need the assistance of a good teacher in order to develop their full potential.
aid
support
help
problem
Which answers are closest in meaning to assistance? Choose the 3 correct answers.
Response:
This exercise describes different ways of assisting someone.
Teach him new skills.
Provide him with an education.
Tell him how talented he is.
Ask your friends if they have a job for him.
How can we assist someone who does not have a job? Choose the 3 correct answers.
This exercise illustrates different kinds of assistance.
assistance from someone who works at the library
assistance from older students
financial assistance
legal assistance
Which three kinds of assistance would be helpful to most college students?
Choose the 3 correct answers.
Do you know this well-known saying?
'Give a poor and hungry man a fish and he will eat for one day. Teach him to fish and he will eat for a lifetime'.
One meaning of this saying is that some types of assistance may seem helpful for now, but a better way to help is to provide long-term assistance that will also help someone in the future.
Teach a man to grow his own vegetables.
Do your friend's homework for him.
Give a man a job.
Which answers describe long-term assistance that would help now as well as in the future? Choose the 2 correct answers.