Lesson 1
Causing death
What is fatal?
Fill in the blank: Mrs. Julian planted a plethora of red and yellow flowers in her garden to _______ hummingbirds.
What is attract?
Weak, not very strong
What is frail?
A silky case that a caterpillar makes to protect itself for a time before it becomes a moth
What is cocoon?
Having an unpleasant taste or smell
What is foul?
Fill in the blank: One unusual ____ of this room is the secret stairway hidden behind the wall.
What is feature?
A pile of sand or snow created by moving air or water
What is drift?
Fill in the blank: Jessie likes to ride her bicycle up the steep hill so that she can _______ back down, pretending she is on a roller coaster.
What is coast?
Fill in the blank: Polar bears and caribou are animals who live in the _____ region.
What is arctic?
Fill in the blank: As the hurricane drew closer, there was a forceful _____ of wind, knocking over the flower pots of the porch2.
What is gust?
A stream of liquid or gas that is forced at high speed through a small opening
What is jet?
Fill in the blank: The young _____ frolicked to the fence when the farmer pulled up on the tractor.
What is steer?
A long story about people and events that are imagined by the author; new and different
What is novel?
An open, flat area marked for a game or sport; the place where a judge holds trial and decides matters of law
What is court?
A plan that gives expected times for different things to happen; a list of times when trains, buses, and airplanes arrive and leave
What is schedule?
Having to do with the ocean or with ships and boats
What is marine?
An object, action, or sound that gives a message or warning; to do something that gives a message or warning
What is signal?
A person who lives in a certain place
What is resident?
Fill in the blank: Games that have smaller parts such as Checkers or Mancala are not _____ for small children because they could choke if they put the pieces in their mouths.
What is suitable?
Honor or praise; a way of expressing thanks; a way of buying things and paying for them later
What is credit?
Anything hollow that can be used to hold liquids; a ship or large boat
What is vessel?
An open motor boat that is used for short distances
What is launch?
Fill in the blank: Jake's ______ is to create a robot that folds laundry.
What is ambition?
Fill in the blank: Sally's favorite ______ is ice-skating.
What is recreation?
One of seven great land areas of the world. They include Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, North America, South America, and Europe.
What is continent?