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Synonyms/Antonyms

100

Choose the word that means the opposite of the underlined word.  

end school

a. close

b. start 

c. last

d. leave

b. start 

200

Choose the word that means the same, or about the same, as the underlined word.

To be sick

a. laugh 

b. ill 

c. sob 

d. healthy

b. ill

300

Choose the word that means the same, or about the same, as the underlined word.

Very clean

a. dirty 

b. messy 

c. tidy 

d. dusty

c. tidy

400

Choose the word that means the opposite, or about the opposite, as the underlined word.

To be first

a. second 

b. middle 

c. front 

d. last

d. last

500

Choose the word that means the opposite, or about the opposite, as the underlined word.

Is rough

a. bumpy

b. smooth 

c. hard 

d. soft

b. smooth

Context Clues

100

Read the story. For each of the blanks, there is a list of words with the same number. Choose the word the word from each list that best completes the meaning of the story.
My pet ___ is adorable. He walks slowly in his tank and hides in his ___.
cat, fur
dog, tail
fish, castle
turtle, shell

turtle, shell

200

The squirrel dashed into the street. My mom tried not to hit it with the car. Dashed means… 

A. Crawled 

B. Tiptoed 

C. Danced 

D. Ran quickly

D. Ran quickly

300

Choose the word that best completes the sentence:

My favorite animal is a(n) ______! They can use their trunks to spray water!

a. tiger

b. giraffe

c. elephant

c. elephant

400

Choose the word that best completes the sentence:

My sister loves to ______. She makes green by mixing blue and yellow.

a. skate

b. paint

c. dance

b. paint

500

Choose the word that best completes the sentence:

My best friend has a pet _____. She is so furry and loves to run on her wheel in her cage.

a. bird

b. cat

c. hamster

c. hamster

Homographs

100

Read the sentences.  Then choose the word that correctly completes both sentences.

I ______when I round second base.

My brother likes to go down the _______at the park. 

play           slide          fall        swing 

slide 

200

 Don't forget to ______your bag.  Buy a _____ of gum at the store.  

a. bring

b. stick

c. use

d. pack 

d. pack

300

Choose the word that correctly completes both sentences.

Last _____, my family went to the pumpkin patch. Be careful not to ____ on the ice!

a. year

b. slip

c. fall

c. fall

400

Choose the word that correctly completes both sentences.

Josh ordered a _____ for dessert. The earthquake caused the building to _____.

a. snack

b. shake

c. tremble

b. shake

500

She counted all the ______ in her purse.  He will _________clothes before practice.

a. coins

b. buy

c. change

d. money

c. change

Prefixes/Suffixes

100

Find the word that has the suffix and ONLY the suffix underlined.  

a. lively

b. coldest

c. rewind 

a. lively

200

Find the word that has the PREFIX, and only the PREFIX underlined.

a. understand 

b. precook 

c. sadness

d. pretend

b. precook

300

Find the word that has the suffix and ONLY the suffix underlined.  

a. swimming 

b. prefix 

c. beautiful 

d. happily

c. beautiful

400

Find the word that has the PREFIX, and only the PREFIX underlined.

a. misplace 

b. redo 

c. unpack 

d. grateful

b. redo 

500

Find the word that has the suffix and ONLY the suffix underlined. 

a. unorganized

b. confidently 

c. irregular 

d. respectful 

d. respectful

Beginning and Ending Sounds

100

Find the word that has the same ending sound as snack.

a.  snore

b. which 

c. rack

c. rack 

200

Read the word in bold, circle the word that has the same beginning sound as the bold word.

city:   a. cold      b. cow      c. sparkle

c. sparkle

300

Read the word in bold, circle the word that has the same beginning sound as the bold word.

rhyme:    a. wig      b. write      c. knight

b. write 

400

Read the word in bold, circle the word that has the same ending sound as the bold word.

by:     a. say           b.  lie          c. tray

b. lie

500

Read the word in bold, circle the word that has the same ending sound as the bold word.

cookie: a. nose      b.  sphere           c. tree

c. tree