Verbs
If you have a thatch roof and you get a hole in it, then you must do this.
rethatch
Finish this sentence: If you can eat it, then it must be _____.
edible
This word means the speed at which something moves.
pace
Fill in this sentence using a word from Unit 4: I like to sit and ______ in my teacher's chair. It is fun to spin in circles.
swivel
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cross
Fill in this blank using a word from Unit 6: I always need to _______ through my rucksack because I lose things in it all the time.
rummage
What word from unit 6 could go here: My mom doesn't like wrestling because she thinks it is too _______. Everyone is too violent and cruel.
vicious
What word from unit 5 could go here: I was so hungry that I chased a ________ around the pond, caught it, killed it, and ate it all by myself. He was delicious.
gander
Complete the poem using a word from Unit 4:
Rice is great to eat
Rice is my favorite treat
I eat it ________ every day
I eat it in many different ways
practically
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assume
Complete this haiku with a word from Unit 4:
Every time I go
to the zoo I hope to see
a monkey ________ poo.
fling
What word from unit 4 could go here: When I was bored I took kimchi, pizza, milk, cola, jam, and peanut butter and put it in a blender. It was so _______. The most unpleasant thing I have ever smelled or tasted.
nasty
What word from unit 7 means "a series of metal rings connected to each other?"
chain
Fill in the blank using an adverb from unit 6: "Get your own eraser! You didn't return my last one." she said _________ to the boy next to her in class.
peevishly
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instinct
This word means to change from one thing into something else completely.
transform
Fill in the blank: We must be ______ when crossing the street because we don't want to be hit by a car.
vigilant
What word from unit 6 could go here: My school is in the _____ of my house, so I don't have to walk far to get home.
vicinity
Fill in the blank using an adverb from unit 7: I plan to celebrate ________ after school is over. I won't wait until later, I will celebrate right away.
immediately
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squirrel
Fill in the blank: My mom was very scared when I didn't ______ my snake to its cage and it ended up slithering across the counter when she was cooking.
confine
Fill in the blank: I felt ________ today when I found out there was a test. I didn't study at all. I felt very unwell for the whole day.
miserable
This bird with sharp claws swooped down and stole a just born fledgling in Three Good Deeds.
falcon
Write a compliment you could give to a grade one student during mentor class.
Teachers will check.
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gesture