Multiple Meaning Words #1

The kids had to desert their camp in

the desert when a rattlesnake came

rattling through their tent.

fly (It took hours for the fly to realize that he could not fly through the sliding glass door.)

Mark needed more lead for his pencil

so his teacher lead him to the school

supply storage room.

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Kara shut her eyes. She couldn’t bear

to see the bear chowing down on all of

their food in the garbage can.

The blue skies that had been covered

with gloomy clouds and rain showers

made Martin feel blue.

bills (in context: Paul looked through his bills. He knew he would have to get more bills from the bank to be able to pay them all.)

Mary’s boss told her that she would

need to change or she would get

fired. She couldn’t even count out

correct change for customers!

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clear (Joey needed to clear the table before he could put down all of the plates and clear glasses.)

Do the underlined words have the same meaning? The fisherman weighed the fish on a scale before he took off the scales of the fish so that he could fry it.

Do the underlined words have the same meaning? Pat wasn’t sure if he had made the right decision when he turned right at the sign. Was he supposed to turn left instead?