Vocab
Which word BEST completes the sentence below?
You need to plug in the lamp because it runs on _________ power.
A. electric
B. gas
C. muscle
D. water
A. electric
What is the story MOSTLY about?
A. the lightbulb
B. a former teacher
C. a young inventor
D. the first telegraph
C. a young inventor
What happened AFTER Edison lost his job at the railroad station?
A. He invented the lightbulb.
B. He set up a lab in New Jersey.
C. He made money selling newspapers.
D. He traveled around working at a telegraph operator.
D. He traveled around working at a telegraph operator.
Which word BEST replaces the words The people in the boat in the sentence below?
The people in the boat saw some dolphins in the gulf.
A. he
B. our
C. she
D. they
Which word BEST replaces the words My friends and I in the sentence below?
My friends and I will go to the pool on Saturday.
A. he
B. them
C. us
D. we
D. we
Which word BEST completes the sentence below?
Yuri built an __________ that makes his bed for him.
A. airplane
B. exercise
C. idea
D. invention
D. invention
What was Edison's first job?
A. inventor
B. paper boy
C. railroad worker
D. telegraph operator
B. paper boy
What did Edison do while he was in Boston?
A. got in trouble with Congress
B. started a fire in a railroad car
C. invented the electric lightbulb
D. got his first patent on an invention
D. got his first patent on an invention
Which word BEST replaces the word mom in the sentence below?
The children like to hear mom tell stories.
A. her
B. she
C. them
D. you
A. her
Which word BEST replaces the words the ball in the sentence below?
Walter throws the ball for the cat.
A. it
B. she
C. us
D. you
A. it
Which word has almost the SAME meaning as the word anxious in the sentence below?
Jeff felt anxious before the big test.
A. angry
B. nervous
C. terrified
D. tired
B. nervous
How does the author organize the ideas in the two paragraphs on pg. 364?
A. by using cause and effect
B. by showing a problem and its solution
C. by comparing and contrasting the information
D. by showing a main idea and the supporting details
A. by using cause and effect
Which sentence from the story shows that Edison's mother kept helping him even after he left home?
A. "Mrs. Edison made sure he received an excellent education"
B. "He would miss her letters- her advice and encouragement."
C. "Al's mother, a former teacher, took him out of school after only three months."
D. "He went home and set up his laboratory again with the encouragement of his mother."
B. "He would miss her letters- her advice and encouragement."
After Steven and Maria finished eating dinner, they washed the dishes.
A. Steven and Maria
B. dinner
C. washed
D. dishes
A. Steven and Maria
What is the ANTECEDENT in the sentence below?
Greg will meet Sheri and me after he finishes washing the car.
A. Greg
B. Sheri
C. me
D. car
A. Greg
What does the word genius mean in the sentence below?
Like Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison was a genius.
A person who is very smart
How can the reader tell that Edison loved to read?
He spent all day at the library.
Why did Edison lose his job at the railroad office?
He was sleeping at work.
Which word is a PRONOUN in the sentence below?
Some of the parents are going camping with them.
them
What pronoun BEST replaces the words The bat in the sentence below?
The bat flew into the cave
it
What does the word laboratory mean in the sentence below?
Thomas Edison spent many hours in his laboratory trying to make a lightbulb.
A place where scientists work
What happened when Edison got scarlet fever?
He lost some of his hearing
Why did people start to call Edison "The Wizard"?
He made many inventions.
Which word is a PRONOUN in the sentence below?
Trina likes tomatoes, but she does not like eggplant.
she
Which word is a PRONOUN in the sentence below?
When are we going to wash the car?
we