Beginning sounds
What word has the same beginning sound as ball?
A. call
B. tall
c. bat
d. leg
What word has the same ending sound as drop?
B. pop
C. later
D. dive
What word has the same vowel sound as band?
A. bang
B. live
C. sand
D. pond
What word means the same, or about the same, as the underlined word below?
choose a book
A. help
B. send
C. pick
D. destroy
Read the sentence. At school Josey saw a bike, book, and a slide. What did Josey see last?
A. a bike
B. a slide
C. a book
D. a friend
What word has the same beginning sound as tiger?
A. lion
B. ranger
C. time
D. shake
What word has the same ending sound as week?
B. stop
C. water
D. window
What word has the same vowel sound as long?
A. soon
B. song
C. big
D. pool
Which word from the list best completes the meaning of the story?
Close the front __________ so the warm air stays inside the house.
A. box
B. case
C. door
D. lid
Read these sentences. Then choose the word that correctly completes both sentences.
The ________________ is coming down the track.
You can _______________ your dog to fetch the newspaper.
A. car
B. teach
C. train
D. horse
What word has the same beginning sound as paper?
B. pond
C. rip
D. shaper
Which word has the same ending sound as fossil?
A. crazy
B. find
C. sand
D. hazel
Which word has the same vowel sound as cake?
B. back
C. lake
D. track
Which word from the list best completes the meaning of the sentence?
You may want to put an extra _____________ on if you are still cold.
A. cane
B. ring
C. shoe
D. sweater
For each of the blanks, there is a list of words. Circle the word from each list that best completes the meaning of the story.
I like art class. My favorite tool to paint with is a __(1)____.
My favorite ___(2)___ is blue.
Blank 1: bowl, brush, paper, pencil
Blank 2: food, color, shape, sound
Choose the word that means the same, or about the same, as the underlined word.
massive mountain
A. small
B. tiny
C. brown
D. big
Read these sentences. Then choose the word that correctly completes both sentences.
The _____________ saw a bee buzzing around the blooming flowers.
Can you _____________ the thought of bees near the beautiful flowers?
B. stop
C. bear
D. squirrel
What word means the same, or about the same, as the underlined word?
slender man
A. slim
B. large
C. funny
D. exciting
For each of the blanks, there is a list of words. Choose the word from each list that best completes the meaning of the story.
Max wagged his _____(1)______ happily as Emily threw the ball. They loved going to the park to play ____(2)_____ with the ball.
Blank 1: eye tail sit run
Blank 2: fetch lazy circus play