Vocabulary I
Making a loud noise.
What is Blairing
See what is good about something
What is appreciate
A phrase the is not to be taken Literally.
What is an Idiom?
When the Thomases realize their tv isn't working they become upset, embarrassed or relieved?
What is upset?
The reason the Thomases are always yelling.
What is they cannot hear over the sounds of the television.
a Mixture of things
what is a combonation
Active at night
What is nocturnal?
Choose one of the following Idioms for "Let's go to bed."
Let's hit the hay.
He tried not to "make waves".
Stuck between a rock and a hard place.
What is Let's hit the hay
The FIRST thing the family does after the tv stops working.
What is Tell stories?
The narrator of this story- and is it told in first or third person.
What is Humphrey, first person.
To give an Idea
What is to suggest
Hard work
What is effort?
Meaning of the idiom "get it over with" perform the activity twice, turn it upside down or complete an unpleasant task.
What is complete an unpleasant task?
One message conveyed in this story is- students should do their best in school, friends should work out their differences or you should learn more about your friends' families.
What is friends should work out their differences?
Humphery is getting so frustrated
what is because the tv is always on and he can not sleep?
Difficult actions
What is feats
What is to introduce?
Meaning of the idiom crack of dawn.
What is very early in the morning?
Humphrey's Big Idea.
What is to unplug the tv?
The familys reactions to Humphery's unpluging of the T.V.
What is Stunned?
What is promptly
Loud noise
What is a racket?
Meaning of the Idiom Feeling Blue.
What is feeling sad?
The reason we know this story is a fantasy.
What is it is told from a hamster's point of view.
Constantly fighting over something silly..
what is bickering?