Comprehension
What did Stormy want as a child?
a. He wanted to be like everyone else
b. He wanted to be taller
c. He wanted to travel the world
a. He wanted to be like everyone else
What does betrayed mean in the sentence?
My sister betrayed me when she blamed me for something she did and I got in trouble.
a. helped me out
b. scared me
c. act in a disloyal way
c. act in a disloyal way
What change should be made in the sentence below?
Twenty years ago, my parents moved from Louisiana to california.
a. change Louisiana to louisiana
b. change Twenty to twenty
c. change california to California
c. change california to California
Which word best completes the sentence?
My mom told us to ____ at the gate after school.
a. weight
b. weigh
c. wait
c. wait
Why did he feel disappointed when he arrived in Boston?
a. People were even more mean to him
b. The buildings were the same size as Cape Cod
c. It was too far away from the sea
b. The buildings were the same size as Cape Cod
What does horrified mean in the sentence?
We were horrified when the storm caused a blackout.
a. shocked
b. excited
c. confused
a. shocked
What change should be made in the sentence?
My favorite book by J.K rowling is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
a. change rowling to Rowling
b. change Prisoner to prisoner
c. change and to And
a. change rowling to Rowling
Which word best completes the sentence?
My favorite candle ______ is vanilla cupcake.
a. cent
b. scent
c. sent
b. scent
Why is this an example of a hyperbole?
"A giant baby three fathoms tall- or eighteen feet!"
a. because it is an exaggeration
b. because it tells us more details about Stormy
c. because it uses third person point of view
a. because it is an exaggeration
What does shortage mean in the sentence?
There was a shortage of spiral notebooks during the Back to School sale at Target.
a. lack of something
b. too much of something
c. a way of surviving
a. lack of something
What change should be made in the sentence?
We read a chinese poem that was translated to English.
a. change poem to Poem
b. change English to english
c. change chinese to Chinese
c. change chinese to Chinese
Which word best completes the sentence?
We saw a ______ of cows on our trip to Wyoming.
a. herd
b. heard
c. hear
a. herd
When do the sailors of The Lady of the Sea accept Stormy?
a. when they build him his own ship
b. when he teaches the sailors a song
c. when he fights a giant octopus
c. when he fights a giant octopus
What does seafaring mean in the sentence?
My cousins lived a seafaring lifestyle for years.
a. traveling by train
b. traveling by sea
c. preferred to live on a boat
b. traveling by sea
What change should be made in the sentence?
My grandpa would tell us stories from world War II.
a. change grandpa to Grandpa
b. change War to war
c. change world to World
c. change world to World
Which sentence best completes the sentence?
My dad _____ all the ice cream in the freezer.
a. eight
b. ate
c. eat
b. ate
Which of the following is NOT a hyperbole?
a. "he ate a hundred gallons of whale soup for lunch"
b. "Stormy felt like an outcast as he packed his trunk, hoisted it over his shoulder, and started away"
c. "The vessel was so big that when she hit an island in the Caribbean Sea, she knocked it clear into the Gulf of Mexico!"
b. "Stormy felt like an outcast as he packed his trunk, hoisted it over his shoulder, and started away"
What does yearning mean in the sentence?
After living in Europe for months, my brother had a yearning to visit home.
a. respect
b. desire
c. hated
b. desire
What change should be made in the sentence?
We read my favorite story "because of Winn Dixie" in our Journeys textbook.
a. change textbook to Textbook
b. change because to Because
c. change Journeys to journeys
b. change because to Because
Which word best completes the sentence?
My sister can be so _____ because she cares so much about her looks.
a. vein
b. vain
c. vane
b. vain