An Apple Day
Meet Astronaut Danny Olivas
Vocab Unit 18
Spelling 3.5
Possessive Pronouns
100

What was Johnny Appleseed's real name?

John Chapman

100

Who are people that travel in space?

astronauts

100

definition: to shine with sparkling light

glisten

100

Which word is spelled correctly?

A) sweat

B) sweit

C) swwet

D) sweet

D) sweet

100

Complete the sentence with the correct possessive pronoun:

Miss Lovell loves ______ class. 

her

200

What is a legend?

an old story

200

What was Danny Olivas' job at NASA?

helping crews orbit; talking to ground crew; telling NASA if something went wrong

200

definition: to speak proudly of oneself, brag; to take pride in; talk that is too full of pride in oneself

boast

200

Which word is spelled correctly?

A) present

B) prisent

C) prasent

D) presunt

A) present

200

Complete the sentence with the correct possessive pronoun:

Miss Nicholes lost _______ car keys.

her

300

Who said, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away?"

J.T. Stinson

300

Why do astronauts practice in a machine?

To see what it is like to be in a rocket in space.

300

definition: a state of noisy excitement, confusion

uproar

300

Which word is spelled correctly?

A) chocoolate

B) chacolate

C) chocolate

D) chocclate

C) chocolate

300

Complete the sentence with the correct possessive pronoun:

Mike and Will will have ______ birthday party tomorrow.

their

400

Who discovered gravity by watching an apple fall from a tree?

Isaac Newton

400

Who inspired Danny to be an astronaut?

his teacher, Ms. Martha Pickrell

400

definition: to find the position of; to settle into a place

locate

400

Which word is spelled correctly?

A) devotion

B) divotion

C) devoton

D) devvition

A) devotion

400

Complete the sentence with the correct possessive pronoun:

Billy Bob went to ________ grandmother's house.

his

500

Greek and Roman doctors believed what?

Apples helped people digest their food.

500

What is the main idea of this text?

To tell about the life of Danny Olivas and how he became an astronaut.

500

definition: considered to be perfect; existing only in the imagination; a person or thing that is considered to be perfect

ideal

500

Which word is spelled correctly?

A) Febuary

B) February

C) Feburray

D) Febaruary

B) February

500

Complete the sentence with the correct possessive pronoun:

Amelia and I will present _______ class project on Friday.

our

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