5th Grade
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
What word refers to a very heavy rain?
Deluge
When do we use the word Where in a sentence?
If it has to do with a place.
What word means "aftermath"
wake
10x10
100
How many months are in a year?
12
What word means to move away?
Recede
What part of speech is WEAR?
Verb
A person, place, or thing that represents something beyond its self?
symbol
9x9
Answer: 81
Spell the word: opposite of brother
sister
What is a thermometer used for?
to measure temperature
It means to shelter from danger or distress?
refuge
What contraction can we make out of the two words WE ARE?
We're
The 'people' who are in a story are called the ________ .
characters
What is the Constitution?
The rights of freedom of the USA
Spell the word: where we are right now
school
Which is the closest star to the Earth?
the sun
Is a break or an escape from something difficult?
reprieve
Where/were is my coat?
Where
What is the setting in a story?
Where the story happens
What does ONOMATOPOEIA mean?
Use of words that imitate sounds.
example: hiss,buzz,swish,crunch
Spell the word: an animal that says neigh
horse
Why don't circus lions try to eat the clowns?
Because they taste funny
To soak or fill to the point where no more can be absorbed?
saturated
I am going to Wear/were my new shoes to school.
Wear
A feeling of excitement?
suspense
Name the largest state in America.
Alaska
Spell the word: the opposite of inside
outside
How many legs does a lobster have?
10
A fast moving flow of water?
torrent
Where/Were are we going?
Were
In the story "After The Flood" what was the main characters name?
Answer: Evelyn
What do you call the people in a story?
characters
Spell the antonym of hot
cold
How many days are in a year?
Answer: 365