The sun is very big. It is very far away. It does not look big. It is not good to look at the sun. There is too much light to look at.
It will hurt your _____ .
a) feelings
b) feet
c) eyes
d) ears
100
Someone hops home. Someone runs home. Someone stomps home. Someone swims home. Someone races home.
There are _____ ways to go home.
a) many
b) two
c) hard
d) three
100
On Tuesday … Cookie knocked a plant off the windowsill. There was dirt everywhere! On Wednesday … Cookie upset the trash
can. There was garbage everywhere!
Cookie made a _____ .
a) snack
b) picture
c) mess
d) cake
100
Oh-oh! A river! A deep cold river. We can't go over it. We can't go under it. Oh, no! We've got to go through it! Splash splosh! Splash splosh! Splash splosh!
We are _____ .
a) wet
b) hot
c) loud
d) cute
100
A band strikes up. A piggy sings. Then, the doorbell rings. Someone yells: "The pizza's here!" And all the pigs begin to cheer.
The pigs were _____ .
a) bored
b) hungry
c) sick
d) afraid
200
People liked the young President. His thick brown hair would never stay in place. This amused them. When he smiled, they smiled
with him. He had a good mind. He said things in a quick, sure way.
The President was _____ .
a) popular
b) clean
c) sad
d) tall
200
Toad looked through the windows. He looked in the garden. He did not see Frog. Toad went to the woods. Frog was not there. He
went to the meadow. Frog was not there. Toad went down to the river. There was Frog.
Toad _____ Frog.
a) carried
b) fed
c) found
d) hated
200
My dog can jump. My dog can play and run. And I can jump. I like to jump. My dog and I have fun.
We can do the _____ things.
a) fast
b) same
c) big
d) good
200
Now it was the dinosaur's turn to hide. The children covered their eyes. The dinosaur hid behind a house. The children found him.
He hid behind a sign. The children found him. He hid behind a big gas tank. The children found him.
They all were playing a _____ .
a) music
b) story
c) game
d) party
200
Someone hops home. Someone runs home. Someone stomps home. Someone swims home. Someone races home.
There are _____ ways to go home.
a) many
b) two
c) hard
d) three
300
Round spiders, fat spiders, oval spiders, flat spiders, red or green or blue spiders, I think they're great! Climbing spiders, creeping
spiders, clinging spiders, leaping spiders.
I like _____ spiders.
a) mean
b) all
c) big
d) smart
300
One day Farmer Green could not find Katy. Mrs. Green could not find Katy. They looked everywhere. In the barn. In the field. In the
neighbor's field. But no one could find Katy.
Katy was _____ .
a) missing
b) talking
c) pretty
d) sweet
300
The geese waddle in line. And the sheep follow. The cat walks along the fence. And the sheep follow. The pigs get into the corn.
And the sheep follow.
The sheep follow _____ .
a) cars
b) everyone
c) paths
d) trains
300
It was time for lunch, and he was hungry. On the beach he saw some cheese. "Blah!" he said. "I hate cheese." And he went by.
He didn't _____ .
a) eat
b) buy
c) hide
d) make
300
The mayor of Littletown was not happy. Other towns had big houses. Other towns had big stores. Other towns even had big
vegetables! "Littletown needs something big!" the mayor said.
The mayor _____ bigger things.
a) wanted
b) had
c) ate
d) took
400
Freddy went to Ms. Matson's room. The girls in the sixth grade had made his costume. They all giggled when Ms. Matson helped
Freddy into it. His Green Kangaroo suit covered all of him. It even had green feet. Only his face stuck out. Ms. Matson put some green
dots on it. "We'll wash them off later. Okay?"
The costume looked _____ .
a) clean
b) small
c) funny
d) old
400
Animals live at different levels of the rain forest. Macaws live near the treetops. They find fruit to eat. Sloths hang from the middle of
trees. They find shelter there and plants to eat.
Animals live in _____ places.
a) better
b) many
c) pretty
d) noisy
400
The kitten walked softly across the bed. He lay down near Fluffo. The big cat did not wake up and hiss. The kitten moved closer and
snuggled up.
The kitten was _____ .
a) dirty
b) scared
c) cozy
d) fed
400
A wet butterfly crawled up to the mushroom. "Cousin ant, let me come in from the rain. I am so wet I cannot fly." "How can I let you
in?" said the ant. "There is barely room enough for one." "It does not matter," said the butterfly. "Better crowded than wet." The ant
moved over and made room for the butterfly.
The ant _____ the room.
a) shared
b) cried
c) grew
d) smiled
400
Old London Bridge crossed the Thames River in London. It had twenty arches of stone to hold it up. There were many, many
buildings on it. Battles were fought on it. People lived on it.
It was _____ .
a) big
b) shiny
c) weak
d) wet
500
He took a quick look at the clock on the wall. Joyce looked, too. Five minutes had gone by since her father had left the house with
Murph.
They checked the _____ .
a) time
b) cookies
c) baby
d) papers
500
In 1989 Jennifer reached the quarterfinals (top eight players) at the Italian Open Juniors and Junior Wimbledon (the British national
championship). She won the Belgian Indoor Juniors, the French Open Juniors, and the U.S. Open Juniors. She stood second on the
International Tennis Federation's (ITF) 18-and-under amateur women's ranking. She was just 13 years old.
Jennifer was _____ .
a) charming
b) successful
c) dangerous
d) unhappy
500
Everyone laughs and claps as Mom begins to wiggle up the rope. Hand over hand she goes, at first so careful. When she is more
sure, she goes faster. But the rope begins to sway and she has to slow up again. Still, the trip up there takes her no time at all. She's a
good climber, better than I'll ever be. Mom would say that because she has so little weight, she won't have to fight herself going up.
Mom is _____ .
a) agile
b) happy
c) jealous
d) tired
500
Alex was worried, but he was excited, too. He could chew another piece of gum and invisibly trail along for fun. The Gang wouldn't
know he was there, and he'd be able to watch everything. And be around his brother, too.
No one would _____ him.
a) harm
b) consider
c) see
d) touch
500
Dinner smells good," I said when I walked in the kitchen. We were having an early dinner because of the rehearsal. Mrs. Albright
was fixing spaghetti, my favorite. Her sauce is really special.
I _____ Mrs. Albright's dinner.