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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.
problem
help
support
aid
Which answers are closest in meaning to assistance? Choose the 3 correct answers.
Response:
This exercise describes different ways of assisting someone.
Ask your friends if they have a job for him.
Teach him new skills.
Provide him with an education.
Tell him how talented he is.
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 older students
legal assistance
financial assistance
assistance from someone who works at the library
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.
Do your friend's homework for him.
Give a man a job.
Teach a man to grow his own vegetables.
Which answers describe long-term assistance that would help now as well as in the future? Choose the 2 correct answers.