Vocabulary 1
What vocabulary word means having merit or value?
Worthy.
What vocabulary word means depended on?
Relied
How is Charlotte different from other coach drivers?
She is a female and is blind in one eye.
What does the idiom break the ice mean in this sentence?
When I first met my friend Josh, he told me a funny story to break the ice.
Get the conversation started.
Which details shows that this passage is set long ago in the past?
a. Charlotte moves to California,
b. The travelers use stagecoaches,
c. The rivers washed out the bridge,
d. There are different kinds of roads.
The travelers use stagecoaches.
What vocabulary word means worthy, or able to have.
Deserve.
What vocabulary word means to grow larger?
Swelled
What does the idiom Tony felt like big fish in a little pond mean in the sentence below?
Although he had always been a leader before, Tony felt like a little frog in a big pond.
Tony felt unimportant.
Which adjective describes the noun soil in the sentence?
The skilled gardeners planted the prickly evergreen bush in sandy soil.
Sandy.
What vocabulary word means vigorously mixing or stirring?
Churning.
What vocabulary word means pleased?
Satisfied
How is Charlotte's driving different from James's ?
James drives by sight. Charlotte drives by smell and hearing.
What does the idiom have butterflies in my stomach mean in the sentence below?
I had butterflies in my stomach before I stepped on stage.
Felt nervous.
Which adjective describes the noun music in the sentence?
The noisy brass band played interesting music for four hours.
Interesting.
What vocabulary word means people's opinions about someone or something?
Reputation.
What vocabulary word means to walk next to someone?
Escorted
Why does Charlotte have to disguise her identity?
What does the metaphor Thomas Edison ia a giant mean in the sentence?
Thomas Edison is a giant in the history of inventions.
Thomas Edison is an important person.
What noun does the adjective heavy describe in the sentence?
The cowboy bought a heavy coat for winter at the mountain lodge.
What vocabulary word means a set of circumstances?
Situation.
What vocabulary word means to protect someone or something?
Defended.
What did Charlotte think would happen at the end of the story?
That the bridge would collapse.
What does the metaphor his new computer was a thorn in his side mean in the sentence below?
Dad said his new computer was a thorn in his side because it kept breaking down.
The computer was a constant bother.
What noun does the adjective two describe in the sentence?
Melanie lost two books while she was working on her history report.
Books.