Synonyms in Context 1
Dan is eager to start fifth grade in September.
He will be going to a new school and is excited to make new friends.
school
excited
friends
excited
If we divide the sandwiches, we'll each get two.
Let's split the bags of fruits too.
split
bags
fruit
split
None of Heather's necklaces are on her shelf.
She put all of them in a box in her closet.
all
box
closet
all
Did Alexa receive my birthday card?
I send her one every year.
send
every
year
send
If it stops raining, maybe we can play baseball in the park.
I think David will play, and perhaps Sam will come too.
perhaps
play
come
perhaps
When Ellie was a child, she wanted to be a firefighter.
Now that she's not a kid anymore, she wants to be an engineer.
kid
firefighter
engineer
kid
Did you lose your mitten at the playground?
You had better find it before it snows again.
better
find
again
find
The fisherman was poor, but he worked hard.
He dreamed of becoming rich.
dreamed
rich
worked
rich
The diver was below the surface of the water exploring the shipwreck.
He was searching the area under the bow of the ship.
under
bow
ship
under
Chameleons are lizards that can change their color when they get frightened or angry.
When a chameleon is mad, the cells in its skin change, producing different colors and patterns.
mad
change
producing
mad
The Stegosaurus was a huge dinosaur.
It had a tiny brain about the size of a Ping-Pong ball.
tiny
brain
size
tiny
Avery pulled the covers up to her chin and fell asleep.
Her mom was still awake and kissed her on the forehead.
kissed
forehead
awake
awake
Did you know that pigs are actually quite smart?
Mr. Kirby told us that pigs are just as clever as dogs.
pigs
quite
clever
clever
Life was difficult for pioneers in the 1800s.
Traveling west by wagon was hard, and many people died along the way
traveling
hard
died
hard
The mysterious woman didn't tell me her name, and I didn't ask.
mysterious
name
ask
ask
I may forget people's names, but I always remember faces.
always
faces
remember
remember
The cake we bought at the bakery last week was awful!
It was dry, and the frosting tasted terrible, too.
dry
terrible
tasted
terrible
The moral of the tale is that if you tell too many lies, people will stop believing anything you say.
moral
lies
tale
tale
The gravy we had at Thanksgiving tasted awful!
The roasted turkey was wonderful, though.
wonderful
roasted
turkey
wonderful
I arranged all the magazines in a neat stack on the coffee table.
Then they fell into a messy pile on the floor.
messy
fell
pile
messy