Vocabulary
thinking about or deciding on something
planned
Why is Julian lonely at the beginning of the story?
A) Huey doesn't like to play with him.
B) The moving men won't talk to him.
C) His friend is moving to a new house.
D) The are no kids on his street.
D) The are no kids on his street.
Jay filled a ________ with water for the dogs.
F) pail
G) pale
H) peel
I) pile
F) pail
"Keep your chin up," said dad after my bad day.
What does the idiom mean?
F) stop misbehaving
G) lie down and rest
H) be brave and hopeful
I) watch where you are going
H) be brave and hopeful
Which ocean is the _______ in the world?
A) deep
B) deeper
C) deepest
D) deeppest
C) deepest
said something to someone as a reply
answered
How can you tell that Julian does not like to be embarrassed?
F) because he tries to copy what Gloria does
G) because he plans to go home if Gloria laughs
H) because he has never done a cartwheel before
I) because he falls over when he tries to do a
cartwheel
G) because he plans to go home if Gloria laughs
The _______ wander into our yard each evening.
A) dare
B) dear
C) deer
D) dirt
C) deer
When his parents were talking about vacation, Sam was all ears.
What does the idiom mean?
A) listened closely
B) pulled funny faces
C) had a short haircut
D) couldn't wait to talk
A) listened closely
The wire is _______ than a person's hair.
A) thin
B) thiner
C) thinner
D) thinnest
C) thinner
with a lot of power
heavily
Which words best describe Gloria?
A) loud and silly
B) shy and scared
C) serious and kind
D) proud and unfriendly
C) serious and kind
A _______ will eat almost anything.
F) bar
G) bare
H) bear
I) burr
H) bear
Mia was down in the dumps after her team lost the big game.
F) angry
G) excited
H) relaxed
I) sad
I) sad
This color is _______ than the other color.
F) bright
G) brighter
H) brightest
I) brighttest
G) brighter
in a way that is not joking
seriously
Why does Gloria climb down from the tree and quit watching the robins?
A) She thinks the bird nest is boring.
B) She wants to go to see Julian's house.
C) She isn't used to seeng birds and trees.
D) She can tell she is upsetting the robins.
D) She can tell she is upsetting the robins.
Tyler flew in a _______ for the first time.
A) pain
B) plain
C) plan
D) plane
D) plane
Javier wanted to argue, but he held his tongue to keep from getting in trouble.
A) told the truth
B) did not speak
C) laughed out loud
D) said something rude
B) did not speak
That building is the _______ in our city.
A) taler
B) tall
C) taller
D) tallest
D) tallest
unhappy because you are alone
lonely
Why does Julian show Gloria his room and his things?
F) He wants to play a game.
G) He is trying to be friendly.
H) He knows Gloria likes rocks.
I) He wants to get something to drink.
G) He is trying to be friendly.
Ann likes to _______ on the lake with her dad.
F) sail
G) sale
H) seal
I) sell
F) sail
Uncle Lee said some frogs can fly, but I knew he was pulling my leg.
What does the idiom mean?
F) forgetting
G) guessing
H) kidding
I) wishing
H) kidding
This is the _______ spring in ten years
A) wet
B) wetest
C) wetter
D) wettest
D) wettest