Multiple Meaning Words

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The race began to heat up, the runners were coming around the corner. Kale's mom had no idea if he could pull a win. She knew he was capable of winning, she just didn't know if he had trained hard enough to win.

In this paragraph, the word heat means that the race --

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became more intense

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Front

Terra wanted to raise enough money for her church so that she could help feed 100 families. She felt as though no one should every go hungry if she had anything to do with it. She knew it would be a difficult task.

What is the meaning of raise in this paragraph.

Back

increase the amount of

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Front

Jenny was suddenly startled on the corner when she saw two cars crash.

Which is the best definition of the word crash as it is used in the sentence?

Options: Definition 1, Definition 2, Definition 3, Definition 4

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Definition 2

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

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wreck ("Mom and Dad acted as though they didn't even care that he had almost ripped my ear off or that my new school t-shirt was a mess. Or that my hair was a wreck and looked as though I had just survived a sand storm in the Middle East. It was the worst haircut ever.")

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mess

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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Which word uses the prefix un-, meaning "not," with a root word? Options: unite, units, until, uneasy.

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uneasy

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

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Which words from the poem best helps the reader understand the meaning of favored?

The bullfrog sang the strangest song,

he sang it night and day.

Ker-runk, ker-runk, ker-runk, ker-runk,

was all it seemed to say.

A duck who favored to sing all day,

thought he would give the song a try:

Ker-runk, quack, quack, ker-runk, quack,

they sang as I walked by.

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to prefer

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

triumph

Back

failure

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

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complete ("The next day in math we had to make pyramids. We could use anything we liked. Karen had this great idea to make her pyramid out of Lego. It was complete with a revolving door that went around and around and had a spaceman lying inside.")

Back

entire

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Front

hold

Brenda's mom decided to hold off on deciding about summer camp until she received Brenda's report card.

Back

to set aside

Front

shielding (in the context: "Last year our class visited several caves. Before we went inside the caves, we each had to put on a shielding helmet with a light on the front, so our heads would be protected, and we could see where we were going in the dark.")

Back

guard

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4