"You got this!"
He runs, he eats, he plays, he barks. Billy let him outside.
He is a happy ________.
dog
Kate has a good friend Pete. Kate has yellow hair and blue eyes. Pete has brown hair and brown eyes.
Pete and Kate's hair is _____________.
different/not the same
The bird flew up in the sky. He flew high over the hill. He came back and said, "I can see a big strong tree. I must build a place for my babies."
The bird must make a __________.
nest
Fang was big. He had big sharp teeth. He showed them to me. I showed him mine. He sniffed me. I watched him bury a bone.
Fang buried a bone in the _______________.
yard/ground/dirt
One day Frog was not feeling well. Get into bed and rest. Toad gave Frog something to make him feel better.
Toad made Frog a cup of ________.
tea/soup
Red, yellow and blue are primary colors. You can make all the colors in the rainbow by mixing colors. But you can't make red, yellow or blue by mixing colors.
You can't mix colors to make _________ colors.
primary
Frog worked hard. He raked the leaves into a pie. Soon Toads lawn was clean. Frog picked up his rake and started home.
The wind came and the leaves ___________.
scattered/flew everywhere
Frog and Toad went outside.They tramped through the snow. "We will ride down the big hill on my sled," said Frog.
Frog and Toad had to wear_____________.
winter clothes (gloves, hat, scarf, coat, snow boots)
Something was definitely wrong. The machine was shaking from side to side. The walls were cracking. Boom!
The machine was ___________.
broken
George was fond of playing tricks on Martha. But that wasn't Martha's idea of fun. George nailed Martha's slippers to the floor. Martha was mad.
Martha didn't like George's ________.
jokes/pranks/tricks
You probably think of popcorn as a snack for the movies. But did you know U.S. colonists ate popcorn for breakfast? They ate the popped kernels in a bowl of milk as cereal.
Today, the breakfast seems _____ .
humorous
peculiar
fancy
revloutionary
peculiar
Shelby got up and went between the seats to the back of the bus where the luggage was piled. Her blue duffle bag, of course, was almost on the bottom. She got a grip on one of its loops and tugged.
Shelby tried to _____ her bag.
remove
fix
sell
pack
remove
"It's so hard for me to get up and down the stairs these days," Mrs. Cottler said. She had already said it three or four times that afternoon. "It's my legs. I'm in pretty good shape except for these old legs."
Mrs. Cottler's legs are _____ .
special
weak
lean
comfortable
weak
The goats are short and fat with long grey and white fur that ruffles in the wind. They don't do much. Rather, they are content to graze about the meadows munching on a bite of grass, occasionally sniffing a flower or two.
They are _____ .
tired
inactive
annoying
noisy
inactive
Around the far turn, she went wide. She urged her horse on, and he responded. Colonial Affair thundered down the track, surging past Wild Gate, past Sliver of Silver, past Cherokee Run, past the whole field at 40 miles an hour.
She was _____ .
exploring
traveling
racing
pretending
racing
As her high school days came to a close, Martha enjoyed the benefits of all her efforts. She graduated as one of the top ten students in her class. She also received a Rotary Club scholarship as a reward for high grades and leadership.
Martha had been a(n) _____ student.
excellent/good/great
Tomorrow morning, he said to himself, he'd begin working on his design for the ship or he'd begin hunting around to see how much material he could find to build it. And maybe Chuck Masterson could dig out a lot of old boards and stuff nobody wanted any more over in his grandfather's boathouse. But then all at once he thought: Why not begin drawing the plans right away? So he got some paper and a pencil and started to work. He was eager.
What does eager mean in this situation?
excited/anxious
Whenever someone new started coming to Clark most of the kids took some time to see what he was like. The boys would see if he was tough or weak, if he was cool or a square, and the girls would look to see if he was cute or ugly. They would evaluate them and then decide how to treat him.
What does evaluate mean here?
test/rate/assess/judge
Donald had stopped being a train and had become a fire engine. He charged round and round the room hooting and shrieking. How could he be so lively, Garnet wondered. He didn't even notice the awful heat although his hair clung to his head like wet feathers and his cheeks were red as radishes.
Donald was _____ .
sleeping
playing
eating
swimming
playing
"I am never alone when I am alone," Beethoven said. He usually got up early in the morning to compose, then later walked through the streets of Vienna, muttering, growling, and stamping his feet. He carried bulging notebooks of music with him at all times. His handwriting was so messy that almost no one other than himself could read it. Beethoven was eccentric.
What does eccentric mean here?
different/weird/extraordinary/peculiar/odd
Despite the rain the grandstands were packed. On each side of the field, an unbroken ripple of umbrellas sloped upward from the front row and away to the top row. The Aldridge High fans were out in force. They had more than the spectacle of a girl catching passes to bring them out on this cold and rainy October evening. Their Panthers, for the first time in almost a dozen years, were playing for the championship.
The fans were _____ .
supportive
As Mrs. Hamma began to write the next week's assignment on the board, some students looked anxiously at their watches and others asked about the time. Then they all quickly copied the information into their notebooks. It was almost eight o'clock. Those who had to get to second jobs did not want to be late; some even hoped to have time for a bite to eat first. Others were just tired and wanted to get home.
The students wanted to _____ .
leave
I know there's a certain way to create portraits. But I tried to forget the rules and go with how I was feeling. I drew my eyes first to anchor the piece. I drew one eye bigger than the other because it reminds me of the look people get when they're really angry—their eyes seem to pop out. Then I drew the raised eyebrow and the twisted mouth. It almost looks like I'm shouting, "I can't take it anymore!" Finally, I drew the hair going every which way.
The figure in the portrait looks _____ .
reluctant
frustrated
frustrated
"Robbie!" both Cochrans screamed when Shane came out of the trees with the boy. Robbie ran to them, his words tumbling over one another. "I almost got eaten by a lion, but Shane scared him away. Shane just looked that old lion in the eye and made him go away.
Shane had _____ Robbie.
saved
Owls can be many colors. Most are gray or brown with some white markings. Colored feathers make owls hard to see. They make the owls blend into their surroundings. It is hard for enemies to spot the owls. It is also hard for prey to see owls that are hunting.
Owls feathers help them _____ .
hide