Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Challenge 1
Synonyms
Challenge 2
Grammar
100
Which word means the OPPOSITE of scouted?
a. caught
b. lost
c. searched
d. watched
What is b. lost?
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100
What does the word directing mean?
a. giving directions
b. following directions
c. asking for directions
d. looking in a direction
What is a. giving directions?
100
What point of view is this story being told?
What is third person point of view?
100
Tommy liked watching the huge elephant at the zoo.
What is the synonym for huge..
a. done
b. giant
c. perhaps
d. like
What is b. giant?
100
Grandma’s face lit up, her hesitation and doubts gone. She knew she could do this, and she was ready now! Which word means almost the same as hesitation?
A. calm
B. joy
C. uncertainty
D. unhappiness
What is C. uncertainty?
100
Which sentence that has pronoun-verb agreement and is written correctly.
a. It honk loudly.
b. They whisper softly.
c. I stumbles on the sidewalk.
d. She touch the slippery eel.
What is B. They whisper softly?
200
What does the word tinkering mean?
a. looking for something
b. clinking metal together
c. planning to make something
d. keeping busy in an aimless way
What is d. keeping busy in an aimless way?
200
Which word means almost the SAME as gleaming?
a. blocking
b. ordering
c. shining
d. winking
What is c. shining?
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200
What is "He was excited to get out of the barn where he was working on a new invention?"
200
What is the synonym for stone..
I tossed a stone in the lake.
a. pebble
b. silly
c. tidy
d. chuckle
What is a. pebble?
200
Grandma’s face lit up, her hesitation and doubts gone. She knew she could do this, and she was ready now! Which word from the sentence is a synonym for hesitation?
A. face
B. doubts
C. gone
D. now
What is B. doubts?
200
Which sentence has pronoun-verb agreement and is written correctly.
a. We hurries away from the danger.
b. He fall into a deep sleep.
c. You speak very quickly.
d. They crawls along the fl oor.
What is C. you speak very quickly?
300
What does the word decade mean?
a. a type of job
b. rules of a game
c. a type of calendar
d. a period of ten years
What is d. a period of ten years?
300
Which word means almost the SAME as squirmed?
a. itched
b. jumped
c. squared
d. twisted
What is d. twisted?
300
“The most exciting show on TV was about a cowboy and his horse, and it was black and white with absolutely no special effects. That show would look quaint and unusual now.”
Which words mean almost the same as quaint? Pick TWO choices.
A easy
B modern
C normal
D odd
E old-fashioned
F ugly
What is d. odd and e. old fashioned
300
What is the synonym for funny..
Carla knows so many funny jokes.
a. pebble
b. silly
c. tidy
d. chuckle
What is b. silly?
300
She pulled me over to the computer and pushed me down in the chair. “If you insist,” she said eagerly. What conclusion can you make about Grandma based on these sentences?
A She is sending an email only to please Jamal.
B She is pretending to be eager to send an email.
C She is pretending that Jamal is making her send an email.
D She does not want Jamal to know she is excited to send an email.
What is D. She does not want Jamal to know she is excited to send an email?
300
Write the correct form of have or be to complete each sentence
We _______ sure that this is the correct place.
A. is
B. are
C. been
D. has been
What is B. are?
400
Read the dictionary entry below.
• Noun: A profession putting knowledge of matter and energy to use
• Noun: The control and direction of something
Which of the following words is defined above?
a. directing
b. gleaming
c. engineering
d. tinkering
What is c. engineering?
400
What does the word technology mean?
a. a system of charts to make work easier
b. the use of objects to build something new
c. the way objects are put together to make things
d. the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
What is d. the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes?
400
Identify the word in the paragraph that is a synonym for the word remarkable. Shaking her head, Grandma said, “Emailing is already fast enough for me, Jamal. I still don’t know how to take a photo with my phone. I realize these new phones do amazing and remarkable things, but it’s just a treat for me to be able to call someone from wherever I am.”
What is amazing?
400
What is the synonym for finished..
Put your plate in the sink when you’re finished.
a. begin
b. done
c. perhaps
d. like
What is b. done?
400
Grandma patted his hand and said, “You have no idea, Jamal. Not only did you have to be next to the phone, but the phone could not be moved, and there was only one phone in our house. It was in the living room. We had our own phone, but we shared the phone line with five other families! It was called a party line, but it wasn’t much of a party because Sheila, who lived across the street, hogged the phone every night!” Jamal was momentarily speechless. How could five families share one phone line? He’d never get to call his friends! “Since the phone was in the living room, what if people were watching TV? Did you have to ask them to turn down the sound all the time?”
What is the most likely reason why Jamal is speechless when his grandmother tells him about phone party lines?
A He would not want to share his phone time with others.
B He did not think his grandmother went to many parties.
C He is surprised that a girl named Sheila hogged the phone.
D He wonders if other people listened to the phone conversations.
What is A He would not want to share his phone time with others?
400
She ___________ two parties to go to this weekend.
a. are
b. am
c. has
d. been
What is c. has?
500
Grandma’s face lit up, her hesitation and doubts gone. She knew she could do this, and she was ready now!
Which word means almost the same as hesitation?
a. calm
b. joy
c. uncertainty
d. unhappiness
What is c. uncertainty?
500
Grandma’s face lit up, her hesitation and doubts gone. She knew she could do this, and she was ready now!
Which word from the sentence is a synonym for hesitation?
a. face
b. doubts
c. gone
d. now
What is b. doubts?
500
Well, okay,” I said, trying to hide my cleverness. My quick thinking even surprised me, as it wasn’t often that I outwitted Grandma! Which word from the sentences gives a clue about the meaning of the word outwitted?
a. hide
b. cleverness
c. surprised
d. often
What is b. cleverness?
500
What is the synonym for Maybe..
Maybe we can go outside after lunch today.
a. done
b. giant
c. perhaps
d. like
What is c. perhaps?
500
Grandma patted his hand and said, “You have no idea, Jamal. Not only did you have to be next to the phone, but the phone could not be moved, and there was only one phone in our house. It was in the living room. We had our own phone, but we shared the phone line with five other families! It was called a party line, but it wasn’t much of a party because Sheila, who lived across the street, hogged the phone every night!” Jamal was momentarily speechless. How could five families share one phone line? He’d never get to call his friends! “Since the phone was in the living room, what if people were watching TV? Did you have to ask them to turn down the sound all the time?”
Which sentence from the passage best supports your answer Jamal would not want to share his phone time with others.
A “‘You had to be in a certain place to call people when you were growing up?’”
B “Grandma patted his hand and said, ‘You have no idea, Jamal.’”
C “How could five families share one phone line?”
D “‘Did you have to ask them to turn down the sound all the time?’”
What is C. "How could five families share one phone line?"
500
They _______ traveled to many different places.
A. has
B. be
C. been
D. have
What is D. khave?